50 Random Things
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mynewplaceOriginally posted in March, 2005. Some of the items have changed, so I've updated it a bit. Originally stolen from
phaballa and danxsunday1. I was born with eleven fingers.
2. I really do have two different colored eyes, but the difference is very subtle.
3. I won a settlement in a car accident and lived off it for almost two years.
4. I have filed bankruptcy.
5. I have seen my father naked.
6. I have owned my own home.
7. I knew all the words to every song from “The Sound Of Music”, and could sing either the melody or the harmony parts before I was ever allowed to watch the movie.
8. I have worked for the U.S. Secret Service, and knew the Secret Service codename for President Reagan.
9. I had coal black hair as a child, and it lightened as I grew older. When introducing me and my stepsister to a coworker, my stepfather once described me as “the black one”.
10. I was pulled over, arrested, and taken to jail by a bike cop.
11. I’m a trained interior decorator.
12. I’m a trained pharmacy technician.
13. I first suspected I was pregnant when I found myself drinking spicy dill pickle juice straight from the jar.
14. I have never had a legitimate proposal of marriage.
15. I have never received a piece of jewelry from a man. That is no longer true. I have, however, still never recieved a ring from a man, that he purchased himself for me.
16. I suspect that #14 and 15 are two of many subconscious reasons for my lack of self-esteem.
17. I’m not comfortable when people try to buy me or give me things. I've gotten over this. I like it now. lol
18. I raised a yellow-naped Amazon parrot from a spiky-headed chick, fed her on liquid gruel and mothered her until she was a beautiful adult bird who could say over 50 different words and phrases, sing, and could identify (by speaking their names) various members of my family accurately.
19. I have held a hummingbird captive in my hand.
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21. I believe that God exists, and loves me. And I believe there will be a time after I die when I will understand what the fuck He was thinking.
22. I’ve had breast-reduction surgery.
23. I’ve had my navel pierced, and have purchased the equipment to have it done again.
24. I have overcome mild obsessive-compulsive disorder.
24. I have overcome mild obsessive-compulsive disorder.
HA-ha!
25. When I was in grade school I used to catch glimpses of porn flicks on a drive-in screen on Sunday nights, as we would drive home from church.
26. I lived in a fantasy world populated by the characters from the television show “The Fitzpatricks” during my entire seventh grade year.
27. I have never trusted a man in real life enough to let him see my face during an orgasm. Also no longer true. But most men haven't seen it, because they've been "busy".
28. I would abandon every friend I have for the man who cared enough to step into the gap in my life. He would have to be a specific type and have a very strong personality in order for me to do that, and I would be just as willing to accept a man who wasn’t that specific type and personality. But I wouldn’t abandon my friends for anyone else.
29. I lost eighty pounds in six weeks, primarily through night-sweats, after I had Scarlett.
30. I did not name my daughter after the character of Scarlett O’Hara in the movie Gone With The Wind. I named her after the character of Scarlett O’Hara in the BOOK Gone With The Wind. There IS a difference.
31. I had a dream about my unborn daughter before I learned I was pregnant.
32. I used to have a crush on Denny Doherty from The Mamas And The Papas, until I learned that he was in love with Michelle Phillips, and not just using her. I lost interest in him after that.
33. I have kissed Garth Brooks.
34. I have fallen in love on sight.
35. I am remarkably astute in assessing a person’s character. Although I am sometimes wrong.
36. I worked for the U.S. Postal Service for over four years. No one who knew me then ever asks why postal employees kill one another.
37. I used to sing karaoke on a regular basis, and had a following. They called me “Kitten”. Don’t call me that.
38. I have committed myself to a mental hospital twice.
39. I have a pentacle formed by the lines in my palm; it’s very prominent in my right hand, but is slightly visible in my left as well.
40. I HATE it when a man asks me if he can kiss me.
41. I used to hate long hair on men.
42. I think bald men are sexy.
43. I can count on one hand the number of blonde men I have been sexually attracted to in my lifetime.
44. I would be thrilled to have sex with several of the men on my friends list. And one of the women.
45. I have actually HAD sex with one of the men on my friends list. ;-)
46. I had to give away my dog Molly ten years ago, when I was pregnant with Scarlett. My mother MADE me do it. I still miss her. And I still resent it.
47. I would probably give serious consideration to a proposal of marriage from my daughter’s father, even now. Say it with me folks - NEVAHH!!!
48. I hate to drive long distances.
49. I don’t have a lot of love or respect for some of my closer family members.
50. I used to want to be a porn star.
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Date: 2006-05-04 12:41 pm (UTC)24.
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See? I'm worse! LOL ;)
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Date: 2006-05-04 12:53 pm (UTC)DONT GET ME STARTED, DAMMIT!!!
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Date: 2006-05-04 01:15 pm (UTC)Now back to surfing the web for reduction mammoplasty "before" photos. :-)
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Date: 2006-05-04 01:07 pm (UTC)Mine are both a changable hazel.
I raised TWO cockateils from chicks. I miss them, an ex has them. From what I hear, they're both doing great, at 12 and 10.
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Date: 2006-05-04 01:31 pm (UTC)They're such amusing little guys. Big parrot attitude, small size.
I'm getting all pet-jonesy. Bart the Hamster is pretty funny, though. He thinks he's a bat.
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Date: 2006-05-04 01:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 01:45 pm (UTC)Lab/Golden for Bill.
Irish Terrier for me.
Siamese/Ragdoll/Maine Coon cat(or all three)
African Grey. Preferrably Congo, the bigger ones.
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Date: 2006-05-04 01:55 pm (UTC)If I lived in a home of my own, I'd have another cat. I'd like another black lab, too. But only if I had a yard. I took my Molly with me everywhere. She was such a good girl.
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Date: 2006-05-04 07:16 pm (UTC)Hey, I use to want to be a porn star too!!! And just for the sex!! No other reason.
Questions:
why did you lose 80 pounds through sweating? What was wrong? Did you have pregnancy complications?
how can you work for the Post office and not hear a gazillion lame postal jokes? :--)
what prompted you to check yourself into a mental hospital? And twice?
I understand if you don't want to answer any or all of my questions....so I apologize in advance if I am being too personal....I just find you interesting...people who know me well will tell you I am a cold, emotionless self-centered bitch.....so I think you are something special to have grabbed my attention...not only grabbed my attention but you have held it unrelentingly.
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Date: 2006-05-05 06:06 am (UTC)Let's see... 80 pounds. I gained about that much during my pregnancy. Way too much, really. I developed night sweats immediately after Scarlett was born. My body temperature would shoot up to 101 or 102, and I'd start sweating in my sleep. I ended up soaking the bed, and they'd have to change the sheets during the night at the hospital. By the time I got home, I'd lost about 25 pounds. (She weighed ten, tho, so I carried ten pounds of it home with me. lol)
Anyway, I slept on a towel for the first three or four months. No one could tell me what was wrong, really. It was just my body's way of reacting to the changes brought about by the birth. I took codeine every day for the first three or four weeks, to offset the pain from the C-Section, and the back pain. I couldn't pick her up, unless I was sitting down, and she was lying beside me. My back was really fucked up for a while.
The post office - That place made me crazier than I already was. I heard plenty while I worked there, but by the time I left, I was so depressed and fucked up in the head that what I said in #36 is absolutely true. People who knew me then understand COMPLETELY why postal employees kill one another. Those people made me crazy. (crazier. I was already a little crazy)
Mental hospital - depression, primarily. I'm not sure how familiar you are with psychiatric diagnoses, but they break them down into four axis, your primary problem, and then any other underlying, or situational problems. My main problem is I'm bi-polar. HORRID mood swings, brought on by a chemical inbalance, but also exacerbated by situations around me. My second diagnosis is always severe depression. It's worse during the winter, but it is always there, in the back of my head, nagging at everything I do. I ignore it a lot these days, but it's why I spend a lot of time alone. I'm too depressed to go out and do things. When the depression overwhelms me, either because of situations, or because of chemical inbalances, I have become suicidal in the past. Most the time I just cry a lot, and start to hide. Spend more time in a single room, watching t.v. and not interacting with people. And eating, sometimes. The first time I checked myself in, my boyfriend that had been living with me had moved out, and I couldn't cope with it. The second time I'd been living on my own for a while and had taken a low-paying job as a typist. I was on the verge of losing my house because I wasn't making enough money, and I was lonely and just couldn't cope again. I'm having trouble remembering the details of that second time, but I tend to block unpleasant things. I don't think there were very many years between the hospitalizations. The first time I stayed three weeks, and the second time I stayed a month.
Overall, they were helpful in getting me 'unsuicidal'. But I've learned more with other therapists, and through self-analysis, than I ever learned during either hospital visit.
I look forward to seeing your list!
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Date: 2006-05-05 05:49 am (UTC)I was driving on a dead car tag, expired inspection, and revoked drivers license. And made the mistake of WAVING at the cop on the bike, which called his attention to me.
I was also pregnant, and we were right across the street from the police station. So he made me pull over, get out (I had to carry in my books for pharmacy tech class) and go inside to be fingerprinted, etc. They didn't make me sit in the cell, tho, because I was pregnant. I thought that was rather nice of them. lol