*I appear to be as tough as nails in many situations, but cute kittens, (yes-redundant, I know. ALL kittens are cute), are my Kryptonite. A live baby kitten can turn me into babbling mush. Photos and videos of same are nearly as effective.

*I've taught a straight woman, a butch, and a few gay men to wear high heels. Sa-SHAY they desired, and sa-SHAY they did!

*Back in the late 1970s when we thought they were about to become the hottest visual art medium, I spent a year making holograms.

*Once I find a motorcycle or a car that suits me, I just keep replacing the worn out vehicles with the same model.

*I love roses. The more old fashioned and fragrant, the better.

I can be fierce if you mess with someone I love

I took a huge pay cut because I wasn't happy with what I was doing and now do something I enjoy

I HATE cooking

My two favorite places, San Juan and Belize

People either like me or hate me, there is no in between - and I don't know why... :confused:

Booby Trap
 

1. I would like to live in a zoo; eat, sleep, beat my chest now and again, then embarrass myself in front of onlookers. Nevermind that is my life already.

2. I had an imaginary friend as a child. His name was Toby. He had red hair, wore Osh Kosh B’gosh farmer jeans without a shirt and carried a sling shot in his back pocket. I only saw him from the back and never even came close to seeing his face. He giggled wildly and I would try to catch him as he ran through a small wooded area behind my house.

3. I will rearrange the entire top rack of the dishwasher just to fit one more coffee mug in. It’s like Tetris. I have issues.

4. If I text you “Hey!” I expect you to bring the same intensity and reply with “Hi!”.

5. I wore black the day that Joe Montana retired.

Tomato soup is my favorite
I collect sea shells
I'm afraid of ghosts
I believe everything is in the kiss
this world may be a mirage

Since I quit smoking and drink very little now, food is my vice. (Terrible Addiction). I used to draw and was kinda good at one time. I love to smell the insides of dog's ears. I could browse around on Pinterest for hours. I'm crazy about anything coconut.

1) I'd do anything to help a friend.

2) I'm fairly short at 5"2'.

3) I can eat an entire pint of ice cream in one sitting.

4) I'm a nervous driver.

5) I love teen magazines.

Curiosity killed the cat...
 

1. I've cried a LOT over the last year. Maybe more than I have in my entire life. I'm grateful for all of the tears for being mostly cleansing, even in times of grief, and especially grateful that almost all of my tears in the past several months have been tears of happy happy joy joy.

2. I still believe that one of the most powerful and shortest sentences in the English language is: "I Love."

3. I am currently carrying 7 different red lipsticks in my purse. Brands include: Chanel, Bobbi Brown, MAC, Kat Von D, Guerlain, Tom Ford, and Christian Louboutin. I would NEVER pay $90 for a lipstick but it does help to have a very handsome Gay Bear who works in the beauty industry who loves to shower me with pretty things once in a while.

4. I kinda love seeing people get all sparkly about the holidays. As long as no holiday sweaters are involved :)

5. I'm really, really happy lately.

1. A complete anxious melt down is part of nearly every presentation I create for work (I have to stop that shit)
2. I tend to veer quickly off small talk and try to have real conversations with people I meet. I like to ask questions like "What super power would you want and why" or "if your kid self met your adult self would they think you're cool?"
3. I struggle with my career eclipsing my actual life
4. I miss long rambling walks in the woods (not much forestation in Houston)
5. I long to be free from the tyranny of the urgent and constantly being scheduled

Wind storms scare me.
I like an uncluttered house, with minimal things on the walls.
little Debbie cupcakes straight from the freezer make me happy. :)
i wear white socks with my clogs when I work in the yard
All I want for Christmas this year is a huge pack of new white socks:jester:

Refuse to act my age.
Am a "sammie" Southern belle bottom.
Hate to wear anything tight.
Am a hermit.
Let my driver's license expire 3 years ago, and refused to drive ever since.
Love "high cocoa" dark chocolate.
Spend way too much time online.
Am a terrible US/World news addict.

1. I am a world news hound. I generally watch Reuters TV or Newsy via Roku, but also peruse the following news websites:
http://www.therealnews.com
https://www.indymedia.org
http://www.alternet.org/

2. It truly hurts my heart to see people treated unfairly. I have a strong sense of justice and believe very much in treating others with equity, even though I sometimes fail to achieve this to the degree I aim for.

3. I am certified in both human and canine CPR and First Aid

4. Most of my life I have struggled with an issue pertaining to washing dishes that stems from childhood trauma. After working diligently on changing the way I think when approaching this particular challenge, it seems to have been resolved most recently. It was so bad when I was younger that I would only buy dishes from a thrift store, so I could throw them away rather than washing them. Back then I could buy a box full for a couple of bucks. Lol!

5. It is very possible that I have a container fetish. I love wooden boxes, metal tins, etc.

1. That I wake up many time in the night.
2. That I'm a graphic artist with no passion for my work. I love my job (in part) because I manage, distribute, and update art files instead of creating them.
3. That I'm not good at original designs but am good at copying others' work. I would be an excellent counterfeiter, but I don't have the patience nor the inclination.
4. That I had a car accident in 2014 where my soft-top car rolled over after I lost control after getting a flat tire while speeding on the freeway. I'm still amazed I walked away without even needing a band aid, though I am scarred mentally.
5. That I'm having the inside of my garage painted a pale color of pink over the next couple days. Am looking at some paint samples this morning, and may even create a mural in the garage, but for now i'm starting with a pink palette that may remain blank. Very stoked about this!

:bow:

1) As I have aged, grown, I've noticed that I'm not as fast to drop kick problematic issues like I used to. But, under mixed combinations of trigger tripping circumstances, I am known to pull out my proverbial big guns and apply the perfect hush remedy.

2) I've had a few loves in life....but when Juan came into my life, my whole world burst into flames. I've fallen sooooo hard, for my Cuban Sugarman. He's so smart, I'm almost terrified of his intelligence, lol. I'm sure he probably thinks the same thing about me. When we're together, I know there's nothing in the world we can't face together. He's mine and I'm his, hook, line and sinker.

3) I love to drive, I'm proud of my near perfect driving record. But I might not ever drive again. And, I'm okay with that, for now. My near traffic fatality accident has traumatized me in ways that I couldn't expect.... I'm fearless, in so many ways. But life changed for me the day I nearly died. Maybe, in time, I will not be so deeply affected by the traffic accident.

4) I've always prided myself on my own independence. I've since discovered that I can't live without Juan. He's my whole world. He's all I can see, for miles and miles. We study each other with hungry eyes and devour each other like we haven't eaten anything in days. He drives his closest friends crazy with talking about me all the time. I have no idea if I'm driving my friends crazy, lol. :blush:

5) I've come close to swooning, a few times in life. I used to be so jaded and thought that swooning was just some imagined personal experience. Not anymore, though. Juan makes me swoooooon. Swooning is a very real thing. Juan proved that to me.

When I get sick of reading text books, I find myself reading children's book

I think having sleepover at aquarium is so awesome

Wearing high heels gets me on a power trip

I did not cry at the movies this year

One day, I will take a train "sleeper car" across the U.S.

I quit smoking.. cold turkey 2 years ago and havent touched a cigarette since.

I've lost 2 siblings to cancer.

My mother is a breast cancer survivor.

I've had 2 heart surgeries and it worked. I'm heart healthy now.

I'm terrified I will get breast cancer. My only sister died from breast cancer at the age I am now. (I just had a mammogram and am waiting for the results)

1) I love earrings. Its the main piece of jewelry I wear and I feel incomplete if I dont have a pair on.

2) I never buy anything yellow. And I just noticed this recently and come spring, I am willing myself to buy a yellow dress

3) I drive a jeep and my husband drives a jeep. We are a jeep family!

4) I have gone from 8 bookcases to 2 in the last few years.

5) I love to watch stupid sitcoms. I dont get a chance to watch much tv, so when I do, I indulge in the salt water taffy of tv shows...lol

to bump this thread..five other things about me

1) I am Russian Slavik/Romany. My maternal grandmother was an actual "gypsy" and my paternal side had a relative that played the violin for the czars.

2) I often try to have the last word....its a character flaw and it gets me in trouble. LOL. Its not as bad as it use to be but yeah, it still lingers as part of me

3) I really worry about why there arent more cemetaries. People die all the time and I believe we just dont have as many cemetaries as I think there should be to account for all the deaths.We have more apartments than graves and there have been FAR more people who have died than people who are currently alive. Where are all the dead people?

4) Speaking of dead people, my daughter is a professional medium. She does readings at a local holistic alternative spirituality shop, on a regular basis. She has quite the local following. She has had this gift since she was a child..she was always conjuring up spirits!

5) I keep all my old jewelry in old purses. I have about three big handbags full of dated jewelry. I cant wait for my grand daughters to get bigger so I can give them to them!