Alright, I've been tagged again, and it's a long one. I was originally planning on doing the tag and the update, but I don't think that will happen, so let me get this out of the way first. Alright, from Pandy, this is 100 (or however many I come up with) facts about me:
1) I collect piles and piles of fabric for when I'll be able to make something from them, which usually is an outfit from the middle ages.
2) I love photography, and tried to minor in it at college, but couldn't without taking drawing.
3) I can't stand trying to draw; my skills are completely non-existent.
4) I've been in the process of making a tarot deck for over 10 years now, but need to find an artist for the drawings, with a style I'll like.
5) I am obsessed with DDR!!!!!!
6) I sing here, there, everywhere. If I'm not singing out loud, I'm singing in my head.
7) Music is the key to my sanity, both to help me blow off steam, and to help me energize myself.
8) There's only one person in my life that can get me soo angry I lose my ability to speak, and that's my ex. This doesn't happen with anyone else, and with most other people, I usually am pretty calm and easy going.
9) I'm not allowed to eat one of my favorite foods, fruit, but at least there is still cheese. And, with any luck, as my body goes back to normal, fruit will be on the menu again :-)
10) I carry something to do with me everywhere I go. I just don't feel right if I'm not multi-tasking!!!
11) I've tried keeping a journal before, and it's been reduced to writing cryptic notes to myself on my calendar, since I really hate writing. I keep this blog going by pretending it’s an email to one of my friends.
12) The friend I miss hanging out with the most is a friend from my college days at the UW, because I rarely get to see her. Next friend, for similar reasons is a friend that moved to Philly. 13) I love many types of music, depending on the mood I'm in. My current mix in my car has Godsmack, Love Spit Love, Letters From Cleo, Stained, Nickelback, Vitamin C, and many others on it, and yes, I sing to them all.
14) I get a charge from going to cemeteries. For one of my projects, I went to one of the cemeteries said to have been used for the original Night of the Living Dead, and took photographs of the stones, double exposed with clouds to give a ghostly feel.
15) Speaking of ghosts, I have many pictures of ghosts down in Gettysburg, and I'd love to get more of them!
16) I have been out of the closet about my religion, Paganism, since high school, but I've learned to not mention it to ppl that will have a difficult time dealing with it if I don't have to.
17) No, I don't believe any such being as the Devil exists, and yes I worship both the Goddess and her Consort, the Horned Stag since I tend towards the Celtic side of things. No, the Horned God isn't the Devil; as the Bible describes the Devil, he's an angel, and just as beautiful, and human-like in form, as all other angels. However, (short version), when Christianity would move into an area, the priests would vilify the old Gods and Goddesses to drive out the other religions in the area.
18) I've wanted to work with animals all of my life, however I have also wanted to go into singing, law, and the FBI. Animals have won still :P
19) I have songs memorized that I haven't heard for years, and have driven friends nuts being able to sing said songs word/note perfect after having said how longs it's been since I heard them.
20) I had my skull broken as a baby - yes I know, it explains a lot! Other than that, I broke a toe once, and that's it.
21) I tend to go for guys with blue or green eyes, and fine features. I also look at both guys and girls just for aesthetic reasons, without any real interest in them.
22) I have an on/off switch in my brain when it comes to finding guys attractive; generally, as soon as I know a guy is involved, my interest gets turned off.
23) I hate flying!!!!! I was not meant to fly, I was meant to swim. I don't generally dream of flying, I dream of living in the ocean, or in the forest near huge lakes/stream. I've never really wanted to live on top of a mountain!
24) I 'm afraid of heights. Not high heights like ladders, although I'm more comfortable if they don't move on me since my balance is shot until I get my weight under control. No, I'm afraid of stepping on step stools and chairs, and even low ladders. It has to do with the fact that I prefer death to pain, and if I fall from somewhere high enough, I'll be dead, not in pain.
25) I get carsick if I'm not driving, and I get motion sick in elevators. People have stood in an elevator with me and watched the blood drain from my face.
26) I can't sleep if there's music playing, since I'll be too busy singing to myself. I also have a hard time sleeping around strangers, so I don't sleep on buses, planes, etc.
27) The only living critter I'm afraid of are spiders. I have moderate arachnophobia; it used to be worse, but I've been training myself for about 15 years to not be as afraid as I used to be, although I still get the willies sometimes.
28) I used to wear braces, but since my wisdom teeth grew in wrong, and I stopped wearing my retainers, I need to get them straightened again.
29) I'm a cat person. In some ways, my bitchy kitton is the perfect pet for me, since we're very similar. Both of us are very picky about who's allowed to touch us, and are just as likely to bite and scratch to get what we want as we are to purr. However, if we're around our selected humans, we have no problems.
30) I have eclectic decorating styles, with medieval, oriental, fantasy, and nature based all in various rooms. However, I don't normally do *cute*.
31) I look younger than I am; most of my friends underestimate my age by 6-8 years. That's all fine until I have 16 year olds patting my head and telling me how *cute* I am.....
32) My dreams almost always involve searching for something lost that I desperately need to find. And yes, I've figured out the meanings of many of them.
33) The three things I like most about myself are my intelligence, my independence, and my open-mindedness.
34) The three things I like least about myself are my weight, my speech problems, and anything that makes me embarrass myself.
35) I've rather competitive. However, I'm willing to try new things, as long as I'm reasonably sure I won't fail. If I think I might fail, I'll try it by myself, and if I fail, you won't know I ever tried, unless I need help to succeed for some reason.
36) I find it very boring to play games where I guaranteed to either win or lose, unless I'm at work, and have already come to the end of the internet, which I have done unfortunately. Anyone who doesn't think it has an end is lucky with the types of jobs they have!
37) I'd love to travel. I want to see so many parts of the world that I can't name them all, but they include Wales, Scotland, Ireland, England, Australia, the Amazon, Hawaii, and many more.
38) I drove the Uhaul back across the country when I moved back to PA from Seattle. If my (now ex)husband hadn't been driving the car back, it would have been a great trip for me, but I don't think Mischief enjoyed it very much.... However it would have been better if he would have let us stop to sleep once in a while, not to mention doing a bit of sightseeing. However, he was in such a hurry to get his itch scratched that sleep and rest stops weren't allowed. Nah, I'm not still bitter over that...
39) I'd love to take a driving trip across the country, as long as I had the time, money, and a good supply of music, because some of those places have only talk radio, and that's one thing I can't handle!
40) My ideal home would have lots of rooms, decorated in many different styles. I'd love to have a castle complete with tower, with courtyard gardens hidden from the outside, fountains both inside and outside, a pool, a huge library with fireplaces and comfortable nooks to read in, window seats, bright colors in the rooms, with different themes from different cultures. I also want to have forest around my yard, to cut me off from the rest of the world, and a Japanese garden, with tea room and of course pond/lake in it between my house and the forest.
41) I love rain in the summer. I love dancing in the rain. I've washed my hair with rain water when I can. I also love storms, although I don't dance in them :P
42) II love bookstores!!! I wish I could get authors to publish books faster so I could read them faster!!!
43) When I was a kid, I was never allowed to wash the dishes, since I would just play in the water for hours.
44) I first saw the ocean when I was 18 months old. I don't remember it, but apparently I went straight into it, was knocked down by a wave, stood up and went right back in. My folks had to drag me kicking and screaming away when we left for the day. Not much has really changed since then :P
45) I'm a mutt! My family roots are English, German, French, Scottish, Irish, and Russian Jewish. And yes, I always say Russian Jewish since there are some genetics specific to that group due to small population size and inbreeding.
46) I want some tattoos, but I haven't decided whether to get a dragon or a jaguar or both, and I need to find good designs for both.
47) I hate having my picture taken. I'm not photogenic, and see no reason to subject myself to the humiliation of seeing my photo if I don't need to.
48) I love tiger eyes, all except the tumbled stones. My family and friends like to tease me that I'm trying to tie up the world's market in them. I even had a Tiger Eye for my engagement ring, and I have a Tiger Eye menagerie, as well as amulet. Tiger Eye's supposed to be v. good for combating stubbornness, which means I should only need several tons more...
49) I'm a soprano. I used to be first soprano, except never hit the high "c", but now am 2nd. And yes, women's voices also deepen with age, just not as noticeably as men’s do. (*Real* women are sopranos :P)
50) I've fallen in love with men on the basis of their voices while singing. The first time was in my high school with a guy that sang "Music of the night" better than Michael Crawford. Put shivers up and down my spine..... I also have the annoying tendency to be able to recognize ppl by their voices, annoying because when friends argue with me about whether I'm right or not, I get pissed. I'm very aware of what my senses tell me, and sense of hearing is no different.
Alright, I think that's enough, starting to run out of things I don't mind random strangers on the street knowing about me.
