5 Things No One Would Know About You From BFP Alone

[Leader]

This is my first post here. I thought I'd post here as a way of introducing myself, so here goes...

1. I once won second place on an Olivia Halloween Cruise for my all-time favorite costume: "The little Dutch Boy who Stuck his Finger in the Dyke." The audience roared, and had they been the ones to vote, I'd have definitely taken first. The judges went for cute, half-naked femme over funny butch. (hell, I'd have voted for her too)
2. I was 6 feet tall as a freshman in high school after having shot up 6 inches in a year and a half -- so fast my bones hurt. Although I love my height, I don't think of myself as tall and am still somewhat surprised when people mention my height.
3. I always have salsa in the fridge and think that you can never have too much cilantro. Ever.
4. I usually think that I can do anything, whether or not I've actually ever done it before. I once talked my way into a job cooking for one of the top 10 restaurants in Boston, having never actually cooked in a restaurant in my life. It was an amazing experience (and a funny story, ask me about it sometime).
5. I'm extraordinarily lucky to have such an amazing family. Especially my Mom, who is an incredible loving and giving woman. I hear other's stories and honestly don't know how I got to be so fortunate, but thank the Universe often.

I'm looking forward to meeting some new friends here. Thanks for creating such a great community.

[jenny]

• I have a magazine addiction. I subscribe to more magazines than I can count, and don't have time to read them all.

• I have chronic plantar fasciitis in both feet, which means they hurt most of the time. Luckily, wearing heels is actually helpful for this condition!

• I have jars of sea glass all over my house.

• I love old houses, and even though my house is new construction, I still subscribe to Old House Journal. I frequently go to real estate open houses just to see the insides of old homes. (Note: attending such open houses can be dangerous... I recently fell head over heels in love with a house as I walked through it... *sigh*)

• I'm terrified of heights, to the point where I can get panicky if a movie I'm watching shows the actor's perspective as he looks over the side of a tall building...

[Abigail Crabby]

1. I can't walk out of my bedroom without making my bed first thing
in the morning. I'll even make up a motel bed before I leave

2. I'm more gullible than I wish to be.....

3. I have an aversion to talking on the phone and prefer emails and
text messaging to voice calls...

4. I carry packages of Splenda, Wisps disposable tooth brushes, and an
ethernet cable in my purse.

5. I will have your back if you're my friend or lover, unless you mess with
my family. And then it's Family First...

[Laerkin]

• I opt for laughter in life and really try not to take myself too seriously (life is too short for that crap).

• I think compassion and education are the two salves that will heal the world, if only we'd give them a chance.

• I love those posh, expensive, not-enough-food, Michelin starred restaurants...I try to visit a few new ones each year and I always learn something new about food and flavors I'd never imagined. Then I try to recreate them at home (I will be honest and admit my failures slighty outweight my successes )

• I'm graceful when I dance, but the rest of the time I'm somewhat clumsy. Walls and I meet too often. Gravity and I disagree frequently. It's when I catch myself apologizing to the wall that I know I'm having a bad day. LOL.

• My largest phobia in life is needles. My therapist and I are working very hard at helping me overcome it as it's paralyzed me for my entire life and my health suffers for it. So yeah...needles and Laerkin = tears, but I'm trying to get better.

[jenny]

• I love, love, love rollercoasters. LOVE. Which, I realize, is in contradiction to my fear of heights. *shrugs*

• I hate trying things on in stores, so I usually just buy stuff then return it if it doesn't fit.

• My house is generally neat as a pin, but my office looks like a disaster area.

• I wear a pink shirt to work every Tuesday. Actually, everyone who works with me wears a pink shirt on Tuesdays. It's always fun to see the customers looking around, puzzled...

• I love playing card games.

[FeminineAllure]

I love walking in bare feet

I wear my hair in a ponytail often

I don't wear much make up during the day if I am not going out but always wear lipstick/gloss, mascara and perfume.

I don't drink alcohol at all.

I came out very late in life. About 10 years now.

[turasultana]

1. I had pink hair in my senior year.
2. I won a national merit scholorship which i found about by hearing it over the loudspeaker while I was in the smoking lounge smoking pot out of an apple.
3. I refused to take AP Biology cause you had to dissect a cat.
4. I punched out a guy in the cafeteria cause he grabbed my friend Michael's ass while calling him a "fairy"
5. I was a brown belt in Kyokushinkai Karate

[Jet]

I never open mail except for checks
(If companies need to reach me they can save a tree and call me.)
My cousin won a bunch of things on The Price is Right years ago
I love Jeopardy
I'm not tall, just very stocky
I love the ocean

[Arwen]

• I don't like talking on the phone unless I like talking on the phone in which case I'm all about talking on the phone
• I frequently try to give up caffeine but I just can't quit him
• I know secrets that I'll never tell
• I like to push buttons
• I'm available for a hugathon starting 8/19 and running through 8/22
  

[Spirit Dancer]

~I can be very shy
~ I love jazz
~ Life to me is most precious
~ I meditate daily
~ If crossed, I bite

[Kätzchen]

- I like to wander on long walks out in the woods

- I love sweaters of all kinds, but mostly I like sweaters that have either a crew neck or a deep plunging v-neck; and in shades of white, blue, charcoal grey or black as a solid color or with varying shades of colors - Like I have a cashmere sweater in varying shades of purples, greys and blues and it's beautiful!

- I love to eat anything that has dates, coconuts and walnuts!
Add chocolate to it and I'm hooked for life! *yum*

- I bought some pomegranate/tangerine sherbert today (pineapple sherbert is my favorite) and it tastes absoluely yummy!

- I love to go for long bicycle rides: I always like the way I feel so free when I'm doing that...

[Abigail Crabby]

I can't go a day without caffiene .
I prefer dark chocolate - but will succumb to any chocolatey goodness

I think bald heads are hot

Despite any adversity I've endured, I still believe in the goodness of humanity.

I have a small collection of rubber ducks

[Gemme]

I like hummus...or at least roasted red pepper hummus. This, even *I* didn't know.

*mutters something about stupid changing taste buds*

I have had my last Wednesday and Thursday nights at my current job.

My bedroom curtains are a sheer ocean blue.

My favorite hair scrunchy is leopard print.

I have a LOT to do in the next 8 days.

[dixie]

Growing up in my house we got used to having a FULL breakfast on the table by 2:30am. (Cereal was only for snacking in my house.)

I have to re-organize things every so often. (Even my farmville, etc has to be moved around and completely redone every other week at the least...lol)

My mother made sure that I could read at high school level by the time I went into kindergarten. (And dad made sure I had finished the complete works of Shakespeare by 3rd grade...lol)

I am a flea market/yard sale/thrift store fanatic.

I suck royally at math, and some days have trouble adding 2+2...LOL

[Jesse]

I will only eat steak if it is still sizzling from the grill. Once it starts cooling down you can forget about me eating it.

I cannot stand for a wet dishrag to be left wadded up in the bottom of the sink. It needs to be rinsed out good, squeezed out then draped to dry.

I only drink organic milk

I use Mentadent toothpaste

I am left handed, but write with my right hand.

[jenny]

Originally Posted by Arwen

[LIST][*]I don't like talking on the phone unless I like talking on the phone in which case I'm all about talking on the phone

EXACTLY!!!!!

[Kätzchen]

- I always have a million-squillion back-up plans in case my current plan of the moment isn't working out the way I would like to see it play out.

- I tend to have a curiousity driven side to my personality: I'm always wondering and daydreaming and trying to come up with a feasible plan of action.

- I don't give two flying flips if I ever see a doctor for care or treatment or have health insurance: I've been without medical care for so long that I believe that the alternative treatments I find to help myself are working just fine (even if society doesn't think it's proper- I'm gonna do what I have to do to take care of me and so far, it's working just fine; it's about quality of life issues for me, seriously).

- It doesn't matter to me what type of shoes I wear because I'm pretty talented at making my feet take me wherever I need to go and I usually end up where I'm supposed to be anyway, LOL!

- I don't think of myself as a too bright or too intellectual or too smart for my own good: I do possess some talent, some intuitive intellect but for the most part, I tend to take life slowly and what I don't understand and am not able to find solutions (for current dilemmas), I do tend to defer to alternative knowledge sources to help me figure out what to do next - if that makes sense at all.

[Duchess]

Ms. Pac Man rawks my world!!
I only buy HTC cell phones.
I LOVE Scrabble, the board game!!!
I only wear red or black toenail polish.
My favorite room in my house is the bathroom.


Duchess

[Laerkin]

I think traveling alone for long trips is one of the most liberating and empowering experiences a person can have.

I hate anything bubble gum flavored.

I'm seriously allergic to East Coast mosquitoes which limits what I can do outdoors in the spring and summer. (Yes, they're different than West Coast mosquitoes like the ones I grew up with.)

I've been written up at work for laughing too loud (god forbid I have too much fun)!

I cry whenever I think about or see homeless pets, even if I'm at a no-kill adoption center...I want to save them all and will cry myself to sleep over it.

[Jet]

I hate clowns (except for Emmet Kelly)
I like rainy nights in Georgia
I used to collect Stephen King in hardback (and since tossed them)
German wines are my favorites
I once had a 13 hour phone conversation