List five facts about yourself...

They can be any facts about you from blood type to what you love...so long as its a fact
about you. I have listed mine.

1. I only eat Veggies, Fruits, fish and Poultry. No meat. (Can't digest it.)
2. Afraid of Heights,(except flying) though I once climbed up two stories on a fire escape. Hated coming down...why do people always shake the ladder when they know your scared to death?
3. I collect sports and celebrity autographed photos. Have some nice ones!
4. I once actually worked for a real commerical radio station as an annoucer midnight-6am shift.
5 Been to Moorea Tahiti.

1) I work retail.
2) I foster kittens.
3) I don't sleep well.
4) I love to read.
5) I make the best lemon bars.

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:hi:

aA

i like your list :hi:

Good to be here.

It's great to have you with us!:toast:

As for me:
(1 I'm not working right now, but I used to write the TV listings that you may have read in your newspaper
(2 I adopt older animals, from rescue, including my little guy in my sig...:-)
(3 I don't sleep well, either
(4 I used to read profusely, but now my concentration is shot...:-(
(5 I love to cook, and made chicken and sour cream enchiladas for dinner, which were a big hit.:-)

:hi:

I love lemon bars!!!!

1. I've been vegan almost four years.
2. I have a really boring car but I drive it like it's an exotic.
3. I am deathly allergic to avocado.
4. I have a five year old son.
5. I've sang in front of thousands of people before, even though my voice isn't that great.

you're allergic to that would explain what the specific substance is that you're allergic to? Nuts in general or a type of nuts specifically, maybe?

I'm genuinely curious.

Redstone

I'm also allergic to dairy, some medical adhesives and a lot of antibiotics. I don't have any nut allergies that I know of, I can eat any sort of tree nut from morning to night with no problems.

Well...actually only one so far but I'm expecting the other to follow in his big brother's footsteps.

Both of them are allergic to bananas. That's how it started. As they've gotten older, other things have jumped in. Now my oldest has problems with nuts and avocados and some other things...

So far, with the youngest, it's just the bananas...the nuts are starting, I think. And I can't get him to go anywhere near enough to an avocado to find out.

They're Green, y'know. And lumpy.

I can't stand bananas anyhow, so I don't really know if they are problematic for me or not.

I sometimes get rashes from latex but not consistently. I don't know if my latex problem is with the latex itself or with casien (a dairy derivative used in most latex) but I avoid it both due to the occasional reactions, since I've read that latex sensitivity gets worse with exposure, and because of the potential for animal product contamination.

at least not yet.

Heh...gives my youngest one more reason to loathe balloons (he's got this balloon phobia...ever since he was little), though.

They're quite closely related to Avocados.

1. I love whitewater rafting, though I haven't had the opportunity to do it in a few years.
2. I often drive down to Malibu and sit on the beach after the sun goes down.
3. My sister is going to make me an aunt (again) in 10 days.
4. I think that putting TV shows on DVD was the best idea EVER.
5. I swam with dolphins in Hawaii when I was 14.

1: I don't travel unless forced.
2: I'm 5'11" and 1/2, but I say I'm Six Foot.
3: I own over 400 neckties, not counting bowties or clip-ons
4: I make jewellery, mostly silver.
5: I spend as much time on my paintings with sandpaper as I do with the brushes.

1. I once drove a steam locomotive.

2. I have two daughters.

3. I have blue eyes.

4. I have a small mitral valve prolapse.

5. I am a nurse; once I restored a patient's heartbeat by simply hitting him in the chest.

:hi:

is really cool great job.:thumbsup: :applause:

I actually looked at my hand in amazement!

There hadn't been time to get the defibrillator!

It's controlled with meds.

I think I read somewhere that maybe 30% of all people have it.....

It is normally not a problem....

OMG! You are my Goddess now...

Where did you do this?

RL

You will turn my head with your compliments!

I was about 10 years old....and my father loved railroads.

One day our whole family drove down to the rail yard to watch the trains switching.

There was a steam locomotive that was just about to be moved. The engineer asked my little brother if he'd like to drive it.

He said yes, and so my mom, and me and my brother all got into the cab.

But my brother changed his mind, so the engineer asked me if I'd like to...

Good thing I didn't have to steer! I could hardly get it to move steadily, but I did drive it!

We all had a very good time, and a very good laugh too!


:hi:

why is it not a surprise that you are a nurse? :hi:

I thank you......:blush:


:hi: back atcha!

1. I like beer.
2. I like whiskey.
3. I like tequila.
4. I like vodka.
5. I like wine.

:D

I like those five attributes :p

1: I have voted for two republicans in my life.
2: I am certified as a white water rafting guide in Colorado.
3: I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom, just to say I did it.
4: I was arrested by the KGB at the age of 15.
5: I have bribed a Mexican Federale to avoid a DUI.

1) I'm female

2) I used to drive a Semi across Canada and the USA

3) I am a grandma

4) I've been married 6 wonderful years

5) I always wanted to be a funeral director and have actually worked in a funeral home doing everything that has to be done, with the guidance of a licensed director.


aA
:hi:

:loveya:

I didn't know about #5! What is it that you feel drawn to?

handle looking after people who were ill. I hate to see people in pain. Looking after them, once they have passed is easy, it's an honour. Comforting their families is such a priviledge! When my mother passed away, I prepared her. A trusted friend/co-worker did the embalming and I took care of everything else. It was a gift to my father. I was able to give him back a vision of the woman he'd loved for almost 50 years and erase the pained memories of seeing her suffer. It's truly something I enjoy and feel blessed to have been able to do for people.

:hi:
:loveya:

aA

auntieA. :hug:

:hug:

thank you u4ic.


aA
:loveya:

1. Most of my money is spent on music (concerts, CDs, etc)

2. I think the iPod was the greatest invention ever

3. I think the marketing industry is Satan

4. I practically live at Angel Stadium during the summer (though this season... :eyes: )

5. In the three elections I've been able to vote in (starting in 2000) I have never, not once voted republican and it will stay that way!

Although I have been a struggling and disheartened Rangers fan since they came to the area in the early 70's. At least your team has a World Series to its name.

No more hauling around all those CDs. And it gives you more flexibility.

1) The first time I ever flew in a plane was when I flew with my fiancee to Las Vegas to get married.
2) I once stopped a St. Patrick's Day bar fight between two guys who were throwing beer at each other.
3) The first CDs I owned were Equinoxe by Jean-Michel Jarre, China by Vangelis, and the soundtrack to Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
4) About a year ago, I found a perfectly good pair of Bose QuietComfort 2 headphones just lying in the street; I never did find the rightful owner.
5) The oldest coin in my collection is a piece of Chinese "spade money" that dates to at least 200 years before the birth of Christ.

But I can only come up with these:

1. I can read music.
2. I can curl my tongue.
3. I'm not allergic to anything.
4. My favorite fruit is raspberries.
5. I love flying, sailing and hanging out with my cats.

1. I stopped a commuter train with one finger

2. I was part of the largest evacuation in the history of North America (at that time)

3. I once made a fool of myself on national tv

4. The coldest temperature I've ever experienced was -53C/-64F; that's without the wind chill

5. I love kidney beans, and eat them almost every day

:)

1. Guess which finger?

I was commuting 3-4 hrs a day to college. (if I didn't make the train/bus/subway connections, that's where the hourly difference could come in)The train was pulling out of the platform in Union Station, Toronto, just as I rushed up the stairs. Perhaps it was teenage anst, I yelled and flipped the bird. The conductor must have seen it, because it stopped for me and I quite happily boarded. :-)

2. http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Vm18Ug6XFCkJ:www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/patterson/pages/prinfo/Hazmat%2520Trespass%2520excerpt.doc+mississauga+train+accident&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=9

Oddly enough, I slept through the explosion (oddly because I was never a sound sleeper), but many on my street, and across the city, heard and saw the fireball.

3. When I was in grade 9, we went to a taping of a CBC show called the Great Debate. I HAD to sit in the first row, on the aisle seat. I had no idea, however, that the host interviewed the audience members about the topic before the taping.

The host asked me for my opinion on the subject (which I had no clue about), and I made a complete fool of myself. Not only did I think so, but a couple of my peers mentioned it to me as well. Then a few others who happened to see it on tv. :silly:

4. I lived in northern Alberta for a space of time; for a week, it didn't get above -50C/-58F. One day (yes, day) it got down to -53C. The ice crystals were so heavy in the air that it was like a dense fog; you couldn't see a few feet in front of you. It was terrifying to drive.

:hi:

and what a horrible mess #2 was. Yuck. I am glad that you are alright. I wish I would have seen #4. Thanks for sharing.

P.S. Number one is hilarious.

and what a horrible mess #2 was. Yuck. I am glad that you are alright. I wish I would have seen #3. Number 4 I never want to experience. Thanks for sharing.

P.S. Number one is hilarious.

1. I'm terribly nearsighted
2. I sunburn easily.
3. I hate liver.
4. I collect old movies (Barbara Stanwyck flicks).
5. I once met Jerry Reed (country music personality and star in the Smokey & The Bandit films).

I look forward to every sneeze. For lunch I had a slice of pizza and a Jones Cream Soda at Pizza Schmizza. I need to buy some new shoes. It's time for me to go to sleep. I am typing this as I type.

1. I got lost in Toronto when I was 12.
2. I'm afraid of Heights, too. Though I wasn't when I was a kid. I used to be the kid who climbed to the tops of trees and hopped over to the next tree. :scared:
3. Apparently, when I was a wittle toddler, I used to catch tarantulas in cups. (We lived in ElPaso.) :scared:
4. I've had my favorite pen for six years. I've had to refill it eight times.
5. The smell of makes me sick. ;)

I live in France.
I left primarily because USA politics are circling the drain.
My husband is French.
I'm a democrat, liberal, socialist, feminist.

Just to clear that all up for critter loving starbucks drinking moms.

I am:

1) Male
2) of Irish ancestry
3) 42
4) A democrat
5) 6 ft. tall

And that's all you're going to get...

:P

1. I love to make people laugh, but I rarely laugh myself when I am alone.

2. No matter how shallow the cut, I will always get a scar.

3. My hair has had several dramatic changes in color. All natural. Gone from bright blonde to dirty blonde to brown to dark brown to light brown to red-brown.

4. I am the only female saxophone player in my entire school district.

5. My natural temperature is 96.4.

1. Blood type: B positive.
2. I started going bald at 24.
3. Canada and Germany are my two favorite foreign countries.
4. I once had dinner with much-honored fantasist Harlan Ellison.
5. I appeared on the game show "Jeopardy!" recently.

1. Just adopted a 10-year old Border Collie mix and brought her home from Oklahoma to live in my rental house that doesn't allow pets...Hah!

2. Just finished reading "Bad Twin", and found a lot of clues in the book that directly relate to the ABC series "Lost".

3. I have a nasty burn from falling asleep with a heating pad on my leg, and am on antibiotics and special cream to help it heal...am sure it will leave a small crater scar...oh well ***sigh***

4. I have a secret crush on a DU'er...Nope...won't tell, and you can't make me! :P

5. My younger sister is on DU, but you would never believe the family story behind it all, and NO, I won't tell you her name :evilgrin:

2. I live with my husband, 2 sons, three cats, and their dog.

3. I can wiggle my nose.

4. When I watch some of my sons' video games, I sometimes suffer from motion sickness

5. My feet hurt.

Am totally with you on that one, dear GoG. Have two sibs who believe everyone should be accountable to them, who don't respect the boundaries of others, and have been quoted as saying they will never apologize to anyone.

when people can't recognize themselves as human and accept responsibility for their errors in judgement.
I think that's the quality that infuriates me most about Dumbyass. I can forgive anyone who is truly sorry.

Five?

I'm really pretty boring...let's see if I can THINK of five.

1. I've got five children. Youngest is 9 and the oldest is 22. (that should count as all five...whaddaya mean it doesn't?)

2. I'm a night person who's forced to function during the day. Doesn't always work real well.

3. I've lived in Germany twice...when I was 5-8 and then again when I was 13-16.

4. I can be loud and mouthy and pushy sometimes.

5. I work in the sports section at a mid-size newspaper.

:hi:

1. I don't do boycotts... usually. But there is something I'm boycotting: the RIAA and it's use of DRM technology on CDs and DVDs. While some have suggested (illegaly) that people buy and return DRM'ed CDs (right away) between 11am and 2pm on the Saturday before July 4th... Well, suggesting that would be illegal, wouldn't it?

2. I was an idiot seven years ago, and I still am today. Difference is, I'm no longer proud of it.

3. I'm a Windows geek. I built my own computer- several times- and I fix PCs... but I now use an intel iMac... and I'm usually booted into Mac OS X, though I'm considering a diffferent *nix OS (or OS/2)

4. I listen to music constantly. When people say they have a large music collection... I have 200Gb, last I checked (more like 210Gb now).

5. I listen to all of that music, too.

•I've seen "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" like 60 times and each episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" at least... hell, I dunno. Maybe 30; maybe more.

•I've owned only two vehicles in my life (and I'm 50) — a '66 Chevy Bel Air and a '65 Chevy El Camino. I've had the El Camino for 25 years.

•When I was a kid, I was absolutely certain I'd be a pilot when I grew up. Then I found out that flying scares the shit out of me.

•I've been in about half a dozen earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater, including the 7.0 Loma Prieta quake on Oct. 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. That was the only one that really scared me.

•I've been a Dodgers fan since 1965 but I've never been to Dodger Stadium. :cry:

1. Even though I have never a US citizen and had never visited the United States until three years ago, I have been fascinated with every aspect of American history, culture, government and lifestyle since the age of eight.
2. Even though I was ideologically conservative during the first few years I was interested in politics, I have never voted for a conservative candidate at an election
3. I’ve lived in two different countries with vastly different and exotic lifestyles, religions and cultures during the two decades through which I have lived
4. I tend to be attracted to women at least 10-15 years older than myself
5. I have a fascination with researching the voting records of US senators over the past several decades and also reading about their election and re-election campaigns.

Tristan broke my heart

I want to get over Tristan

I'd do anything to get over him

I don't know how to get over him

1) I'm quite severely allergic to birds.
2) I just dyed my hair black.
3) My blood type is B+, which makes me smile (get it, "be positive"), and is easy to remember.
4) I've only been in one major earthquake, despite the fact I have a secret desire to be in many earthquakes.
5) I like to cook authentic Roman dishes, although it's really pretty hit or miss concerning quality.

1: My mom's a dyke and so is her partner. Dad is not.

2: I eat snack foods in groups of two. If there is one cracker left, my husband has to eat it.

3: I had vomit on my pantsleg when I got home today. The vomit was not my own.

4: I was married three times...to the same man...within a month.

5: I lived in a Shaker village for about a year.

This is fun

1. I've never voted for a Republican thus far.
2. I have multiple piercings in my earlobes but none anywhere else.
3. Two of my favorite foods are Tempeh and General Tso's Tofu.
4. I am a natural blonde.
5. I love the red-rock desert.

1. i've been to france
2. i played desdemona at 14
3. i have an orange cat
4. i have a forest green car
5. i lost some dear friends in the towers on 9-11

1 - I'm going bald.
2 - When I lived in MA, I went for 10 years without owning a car.
3 - I'll be 43 this year.
4 - Though my parents thought it would be a passing phase, I sill enjoy playing video/computer games.
5 - My oldest friend that I talk to more then once a week, I have known since kindergarten.

1. I've been married 26 years.
2. I have probably a dangerous level of education. I think i know everything now!
3. I have multiple sclerosis.
4. I play piano, guitar and bass.
5. I've been to 29 countries outside of North America.

That ok?
The Professor

1. I am madly in love with my husband.
2. I have a very low key temperament.
3. I have been to every state in the union except Alaska, Hawaii and Maine.
4. My kids have kids.
5. I live in a 127 year old house.

1) I'm an only child.
2) I was born in Brooklyn.
3) I once got Bush's autograph (long story).
4) I'm a fan of almost all types of music.
5) I have three days left in my current job.

:hi:

1. I'm less than a month from turning 30. I'm still deciding whether to go into mourning or party.
2. I've followed the Washington Redskins since I was 10. I've watched every game since 1986.
3. Under NO circumstances will I eat onions. Any food that can make your eyes well up is evil in my book.
4. I had the pleasure of sneaking into a Metallica concert in Philly back in '97. Long story.
5. I listen to any kind of music, so long as it isn't pop or country.

1) I'm the oldest of four girls.
2) In theory I'm brilliant; in reality I make terrible life choices.
3) I love music. All music.
4) My three children are the joy of my life.
5) Recent events have me discovering I am as tough as shoe leather.

I went to high school with Ben Folds
I wear size 13 shoes
I got my first credit card at age 33
I’m a good tipper
I’m a cliché. I like all the outdoor stuff: cycling, hiking, and canoeing.

1. I've worked in the media most of my life.
2. I haven't eaten red meat in 25 years.
3. I loved flying until about 15 years ago when I developed a phobia and haven't flown since.
4. I like people..but I think I like animals more.
5. My husband will divorce me if I get another cat (I have 4).

1. I have an incredible 2-year-old boy who's the smartest and cutest kid in the whole world, EVER (biased? moi?) and a very, very understanding husband.

2. I turned 40 this year (yike!) but I feel like I'm 17 (and some would say I act like it).

3. I almost got arrested for stealing laminated theater posters in a London tube station.

4. I believe every conspiracy theory known to mankind, and I'm proud of it!

5. I sing and play the guitar (always wanted to learn to play the piano but never could afford one) and always wanted to be a Broadway diva or a rock star.

1. I survived a brain tumor (16 years and counting)

2. Not many people know that I draw and paint fairly well

3. I'm afraid of birds

4. I collect teenage series books from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s

5. I was voted Most Opinionated in my high school class

My DU username comes from a cartoon in the English magazine Punch from the 1960s.

My office is extremely messy.

I can't eat spinach even though I like it.

The soundtrack to "A Mighty Wind" is in my cd-rom drive right now, but not playing.

I have never used my Ignore list.

1) I work in public education
2) I love music.
3) I like genealogy. Here is a pic of my great, great, grandfather when he was a teen in Pennsylvania.

4) I speak English and Spanish fluently.
5) I'm a father and a husband (the two toughest jobs I've ever had.) ;)

Bonus: I had my girlfriend stolen from me by the singer (who lated committed suicide), Eliot Smith. I knew him as Steve Smith. We would get in arguments over who was the better prog band, Pink Floyd or Rush.

1. I hate *
2. I Love animals and wild birds
3. I hate *
4. I'm retired
5. I hate* and his cronies

*? I wasn't clear on that. ;)

Curious minds want to know.

1. I cannot swim. I went to an instructor. My dad threw me in a river. Numerous friends have offered to teach me. Nothing worked. If the polar caps melt, I am especially screwed.

2. I am in 2 bands. I play guitar and sing for one, and I play drums for the other, which can be heard at www.myspace.com/thetouched. I think my fan base of both combined is an approximate 12.

3. My day job requires me to watch downloaded video files from news broadcasts around the country, including 2 hours of CNBC in the morning. If I could get paid exactly what I'm paid now just to eat my own feces, I'd have to take a long, hard look at that option.

4. I have tried stand-up comedy a few times to little success. When I watch prime time television, I understand why. And, I hope that John Belushi rises from the grave to devour his talentless brother.

5. My oddest brush with "fame," per say, may be when I invited country artist Robbie Fulks to a local dive in Louisville, where we sang a karaoke duet of Elvis Costello's "Everyday I Write the Book."

1. I'm a leftie.

2. I lived in Cancun for quite some time.

3. I've never been on a train.

4. I love roller-coasters.

5. Although I type over 65 wpm, I still do it the hunt-and-peck way and never learned the formal discipline or QWERTY typing.

1. I have six ferrets-Akira, Tetsuo, Michiko, Kuma, Kiyoshi, and Yoko.
2. I love birdwatching.
3. I'm going to Shedd Aquarium next month.
4. I was a vegetarian for three years.
5. I'm distantly related to Diego Rivera.

1. I have a mortgage
2. I have a boring and sometimes stressful job to keep mortgage paid
3. I have been on the summit of Pikes Peak 3 times
4. I have seen the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
5. I have never flown on an airplane

1. I have a wicked sense of humor.

2. I can imitate nearly any mannerism or accent.

3. I'm allergic to everything except maple trees and feathers.

4. I am terrified of heights and water. Bridges over rivers are hell.

5. I can do without tv or movies, but must have music in my life.

1. I can swear in several languages.
2. I just bought myself a digital camera -- only the fourth camera I've ever owned, counting gifts and disposable cameras, in 37 years of taking pictures.
3. First opera I ever saw: La Traviata, when I was 11 years old.
4. Last album listened to: Salutation Road by Martin Stephenson and the Daintees.
5. I once danced in the streets of Bamberg, Germany, with a Turk.

I'm the youngest of 4 (my closest sibling is 10 1/2 yrs older)
I'm a huge Alfred Hitchcock fan
I have a "P" tatooed on my back (I'm a huge Pixies fan as well)
I've been to Ireland twice and would like to move there in the near future
Currently studying for the GRE in order to apply to the Univ. of TX School of Gov't

terribly exciting, I know....

1) Although I do not play in bands anymore, my prized possession is my 1978 Les Paul Custom Balck Beauty guitar.

2) I have published poetry and stories, and was at one time the Poetry Editor of a national literary magazine. I stopped writing for a long time and have in the past year found myself in the most productive point ever and have written many new poems and stories, and have 200 pages of a novel in progress.

3) My night light in my bedroom is a blue Lava Lamp with silver aparkly glitter in it.

4) I am sober 16 years.

5) My life is currently spinning out of control into a very sad, depressive, scary, unknown dark place yet I believe in the need to go deeply into the darkness and that it will somehow transform me in ways I cannot even imagine and will ultimately be looked at as a positive time in my life where I finally made the next evolutionary leap in creative, spiritual and mental growth.

RL

:hug: :hug: :hug: :loveya: I hope things improve for you very soon and that you are able to find peace and happiness in your life. I'm also in a similar predicament and have similar feelings for different reasons and I too hope that I will come to look back on this phase of my life in the way that you so eloquently described above.

Peace :hug:

Congratulations on #4! :)

As far as #5, faced it and survived. We'll be here to help prop you up when you need it. :hug:

:hug:

Today was one of those days. Woke up in a dark mood and haven't been able to shake it, although it's better now...

RL

Left messages with bank today.

Spoke to lawyer also.

We are looking at a different location on Thursday.

RL

1. I'm customizing my van. Like something out of the seventies.
2. I don't act my age.
3. I play way too many video games (see 2).
4.. I enjoy gardening.
5. I sometimes eat at Olive Garden.

1: Unusual eye color; sort of blue-green.
2: I listen to a lot of George Carlin.
3: Medieval arms and armor (study, along with construction and use of reproductions) are a hobby of mine.
4: I've been to the southernmost and easternmost points in the US.
5: Phobic of roaches.

We'll start out with five fairly well-known things around here:

1. I'm only 14

2. I'm female

3. I love writing, listening to music, and playing music

4. I love Steely Dan

5. I'm from Maine, ayuh!

And five lesser-known tidbits:

1. Confessions from the CD collection: I actually only have 2 'Dan albums: Can't Buy A Thrill (their 1st, which panders a bit to commerical rock radio, as the inclusion of David Palmer on lead vocals on a few tracks shows) and Aja (the critically-acclaimed seminal jazz-rock album, which was their 6th). :blush: But I still love 'em, more and more every day, and my goal is to get at least all 7 classic albums by next year. :D

Also, despite my known passion for jazz, I own only 2 classic jazz albums, one of which is the ubiquitous Kind of Blue. I'm working on this, however, at the same rate I'm gunning for Steely Dan!

2. I will have ridden horses for 10 years this fall, despite the fact I haven't really enjoyed riding in the past few years. When I was little, however, horses were all I thought about! :D Actually, at age 6 I threw a fit at school when a new student, who also loved horses, joined the class, and I was forced to share my title of "Princess of the Horses." :rofl:

3. I fell in love with the piano at approximately age 3, was able to generally ignore it through my true childhood years, and fell back in love in 6th grade when, quite out of the blue, I received a keyboard for Christmas. Well, it all went downhill from there; I banged around, sightreading the right-hand parts of every single carol in the Christmas books I had, until the discovery that a teacher I was obsessed with was married to a jazz pianist (who is the one and only true OAJD, as some Loungers know him, in fact.) This produced such a wild fascination with him (which started out as fascination with him by means that he was married to her, but quickly spread into fascination with him for his own sake), that I was actually inspired to ask, firmly, for lessons. A spinet piano was delivered to my house in late September of 2005, and my formal lessons began on November 30th, 2005. So a total stranger (whom, to this day, I have not met, and not because I haven't been scheming on that, either! :D) spurred me on towards formal piano lessons. Weird to think of it, eh? :D

4. I have recieved detention twice in my life, both for disturbing class, and in both cases that class was math, albeit different math classes (once in 6th grade, and once in 7th)!

5. I am on very friendly turns with a total Bushbot, who remains one of the funniest people I know, despite the fact that he and his family are addicted to Kool-Aid, so to speak.

;)

1) I have been a liberal ever since I knew what the word meant, and I have voted in every single election since I turned 18. (Haven't missed one yet!) I campaigned for Gary Hart in the 1984 election, the first Presidential election I was eligible to vote in. Still have a bunch of Gary Hart buttons too.
2) I have a Master's degree.
3) I have a VERY high sex drive, and it's done nothing but get stronger over time. ;)
4) I am bi. :)
5) I'm 5 ft. 4.5 in. tall---in fact, I'm the shortest person in my family. (My mom is 5' 5", my sister is 5' 6", and my brother and father are both 6 ft.)

That's more than you probably wanted to know about me, but there you go.....

1. I am the youngest of 6 children, including my identical twin sister.

2. I love to eat. It is my favorite past-time. There are very few foods that I don't like.

3. I have worked for a major university for 20 years. Of all of the people in my department, only 2 others have worked at this university longer than I.

4. I have had 7 surgeries over the last 24 years.

5. I'm allergic to mussels. I love them, but if I eat them I :puke: :puke: :puke: .

I have one too, but we're fraternal. We don't look related at all.

:P

1. I am incredibly disturbed by having blood drawn.
2. I am currently in the midst of a massive salad-craving phase.
3. When I was six, I wanted to grow up to be a ballerina/ detective.
4. I am deeply perturbed by people who don't smile.
5. I am in the process (for the brazillionth time) of rediciding what my life needs to be.

1. I like origami.
2. I love collecting vintage postcards.
3. I have red hair.
4. I love to read.
5. Vintage jazz music is comforting to me.

I am a Husband
I am a Father
I hold a Doctorate in Computer Science
I sing Tenor
I play Trumpet

daughter a lawyer, son a computer tech. I'm a professional Engineer, A general contractor, licensed private pilot.Never been to college. Oops, thats 6
That's about it.

1. I started wearing women's sizes in shoes when I was 7 (5 women's). My shoe size is now a women's 12.

2. I have been a cat lover from the time I was a baby.
3. I am so nearsighted I literally can't see a foot in front of me without corrective lenses.
4. When I was a kid growing up in New York, I always had a minimum of 3 pets at any one time.
5. I am a diehard Met fan, and have been that way since I showed interest in baseball (age 7)

1. My blood type is A+.
2. I'm female.
3. I was born in N.C.
4. I'm married.
5. I now live in Texas.

1) I am afraid of the dark
2)I have mondo crushes on Jeremy Piven and David Cross (weird, right?)
3)I like to knit
4)WannaBeGrumpy is my best friend
5)I have a tendency to make up words and misspeak frequently.

1. i am Mrs Grumpy's favorite and only daughter ( I hope)
2. I am a baseball fanatic and i 'm going to marry Magglio. I love the Tigers!
3. I am best friends with WannaBePassingfair
4. I'm a bit gregarious and I'm totally outgoing
5. I am a major daydreamer

Bonus fact: My greatest dream is to work with children and have ones of my own..

ENJOY!!! :hi:

1-i'm a macadamia nut fiend
2-mother of four sons, three grown
3-i attended the same high school as my mother and maternal grandfather (and i'm 50)
4-i love me some reggae music
5-one of my paternal ancestors was a knights templar

1) collected wacky packages stickers
2) a lousy artist -- trying to draw and paint (I got a C in art in jr high school and have been trying ever since..)
3) will barbecue veggies and meat (my favorite is portabello burgers)
4) love roller coaster riding
5) sewed my own maternity and nursing clothes once - made 3 nursing swimsuits in one day...Yes nursed 'em at the beach or the pool and no one knew I was nursing.

2. I get lonely, sometimes.
3. I work in a hillbilly ER
4. I like to wish on stars and ride rainbows.
5. I wish I was a better person.

2. I don't have a landline phone
3. I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower with my wife
4. The first World Cup I watched on TV was 1974
5. Although I'm right-handed, I use the mouse to the left of the keyboard. And I don't switch buttons.

wow, I've read this entire thread and I'm having trouble thinking of anything interesting enough.
1.) I had a rose petal massage in Jaipur
2.) I will be making a seersucker suit for a professional theatre production of Give 'Em Hell Harry
3.) I have 3 teenage daughters
4.) There's a man on my porch installing a new custom made screen door on my 1929 house
5.) I am currently unemployed.

5. I am 54 years old, have nothing (and I mean nothing) saved for retirement and am scared shitless about it.

4. Never been married and have no children although I've been living with the same woman for 17 years.

3. Still grieve the loss of my little Bugaboo who passed away on March 24, 2004.

2. I've always had a deep interest in geology and mineralogy and if I do it over would like to be teaching
these subjects at a college/university level.

1. I feel closer to God when I'm flyfishing than when I'm in church.

1) I'm a huge Star Trek Geek.
2) I have a crush on a TV newscaster.
3) Married 2 grown children
4) Love to knit and crochet
5) addicted to tortilla chips

1 - I have 2 kids
2 - I eat a high protein, high fiber, moderate *good* fat diet
3 - I work out 5x per week
4 - I think CSI is the only good show from the franchise
5 - I served in the Peace Corps in Thailand from 92-95

1. I have had a beard for 12 years and my wife LOVES it.
2. I collect hockey cards, love to watch hockey (though I have never played it).
3. I enjoy woodworking, and am finishing up a laminate floor in our house.
4. I was in the early '80's movie "Amerika" with Kris Kristofferson.
5. I once crossed illegally INTO Mexico.

1) I'm creative. If all else fails, I could write for a living. My mom wants me to help her write a book on her genealogy research. I also love to write poetry. And I like to make lists. For example, here are my top 30 celeb crushes at the moment: Alyssa Milano, Colleen Haskell, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Ali Larter, Reese Witherspoon, Alison Lohman, Salma Hayek, Thandie Newton, Eliza Dushku, Bonnie Somerville, Samaire Armstrong, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Connelly, Kaley Cuoco, Marisa Tomei, Kristen Bell, Maggie Grace, Zooey Deschanel, Amber Tamblyn (#1 crush as of now), Sharon Case (plays Sharon on Young And The Restless,) Lauren Woodland (ex-Brittany on Y&R), Leslie Mills, Amie Miriello, Courtney Jaye, Anna Nalick, Katharine McPhee, Michelle Branch, Andrea Corr, Stacie Rose. Others I like would include Jessica Harp, Angela Ammons, Z Berg, Adrienne Frantz, Rachael Bilson, Z Berg, Aishwarya Rai, Nina Gordon, Stephanie Gatschet, Claire Danes, Dominique Swain, Adrianne Leon, Poppy Montgomery, Lisa Walker of Wussy (haven't seen her much, but she's appealing,) Morgan Webb...

2) I'm a huge music fan. I'm very open-minded and don't subscribe to the music snob philosophy or the casual, mainstream only philosophy. Favorite band is the Beatles. My last purchase was Nina Gordon's Bleeding Heart Graffiti. I love Nina so much that I pre-ordered it already when it comes out in early August.

3) I love to read. Favorite authors include John Grisham, J.K. Rowling, Charles Dickens, Lisa Scottoline, and good political writers like Mark Crispin Miller and Al Franken.

4) I love Christmas. It brings back the magic of childhood to me. I even like the shopping and early Christmas music. I still like to enjoy the rest of the year, though. Religiously, I'm a baptized Catholic with independent spiritual views.

5) I will always own a dog. Great pets IMO.

I don't really need a replacement since she's not currently in my 30.

1. I went to the same high school as John Mellencamp (he's a couple years younger than me)

2. Married with 2 grown kids

3. I love ice cream

4. I hate to dust

5. I have a beagle and a cat