Three random facts:

[mejaka]

This is something I did with the participants in my big LMAO, and it was really interesting. It's a swap. Three random facts about me, for three random facts about you...Every time you post here you gotta list three random facts, okay? YOu can also cheerfully comment on other people's facts, but you have to post three about you every time...

Mine:
1. I was once paid good money for writing lousy poetry.
2. I'm a Cubmaster.
3. I can recognize and distinguish Dursban, malathion, and diazinon by smell.

[sistasmell]

This is a great idea!
Okay.
1. I can rollerskate figure eights backwards.
2. I like the smell of my dog's feet.
3. I am a pack rat.

[pixelady]

Interesting idea... =-)

1) I work at a publishing company but am attending school with my husband to become a massage therapist

2) My pound-puppy was named Coco and I still have him!

3) Most people think my name means "pixie, as in fairy, - lady" but it actually means "pixel - lady" because I do so much photographic work and photo retouching, among other graphic stuff

[Katiekat]

I love random facts! I find them very telling and usually very funny. Ok, here's mine:

1. I love coffee, and I love ice cream, but I hate coffee-flavored ice cream.
2. I used to hate driving, and didn't do it until recently.
3. I love massages. I wish I could have one right now. I am a very tactile person.

[eenie]

1.  i have a basset hound named bippus
2.  i have a tattoo on my left thigh
3. my boyfriend was once my high school drama teacher

[naughtymonkey]

1* I skipped a grade in elementary school so I can't drive til April of my jr. year ( http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif )

2* I like to say I have blond moments, but the sad, sad truth is that my once strawberry blond hair is darkening to brown.

3* I once found 11 cents in my bra after coming home from Bill Gray's. That one would take knowing me and some explanation to understand.

[sistasmell]

KatieKat- we are soul sisters! I just got my LP (cool slang for learner's permit) at age 32. Ditto on the ice cream. Ditto on the massages.
And eenie! So naughty with the teacher! And here I sit, still pining away after my college ceramics teacher.

1. One of my favorite things to do in life is go to the grocery store
2. I cut my own hair
3. I got the aforementioned LP, but I still can't drive for shite.

[Helquin]

OK, I'll play too!

1. I won't kill spiders.
2. In 23 years of driving, I've never had an accident!
3. "Helquin" was originally the name of my home-based business.

[Katiekat]

Ha! I love it. I knew we had a bond, Sista. And eeniebug, check out #1:

1. I had a huge crush on my 8th grade art teacher. Oh Mr. Holland, where are you now?
2. I am so messy, it's disturbing. My room & bathroom could very easily be classified as disaster areas.
3. I am a huge romantic. I yearn for love notes and roses, but unfortunately, rarely get them.

[flea]

1. i think the worse way to die is suffocation by a large amount of spiders crawling in my mouth and nose. i sometimes put a pillow over my face at night to prevent spiders from getting in my mouth while i sleep.
2. my hair is 2 feet long
3. i dated my husband for 8 1/2 years before we got married

[WitchDust]

1. I was in a movie when I was in my 20's & in a television special a few years ago.

2. I once dated a famous country music star.

3. I'm the daughter of an infamous person.

[Melbernai]

Hehee, this is fun.

1) I secretly long for a pet monkey.

2) I love to wear fun socks, today my socks have flames all over them.

3) I want someone to sleep over tonight.

[zanna]

such randomness ..is amusing.

1. i used to have a deadly obsession with the x-files and mulder and scully's 'relationship'. i not only wished for them to get together on the series, but wanted them to be together outside, in their normal lives also, as david and gillian. it broke my heart when david fell for tea leoni. i feel into a deep disguist for the woman and would shudder eveytime i heard her name. a little bit of my dispise must have carried over, because even to this day i won't watch a thing she's in.

2. i work at a video store and am the youngest employee ever hired there. i have my own account and have rented over 150 movies within the last 4 months. yet blockbuster, they won't let me open an account cause i'm underage.

3. i like to go dumpster diving in goodwill's 'trash recepticles' placed outside in an easily accessible location at the back of their store.

[FriedSpamOnaStik]

ZANNA! Dumpster diving sounds so cool! I've always wanted to try it. Got any hints and tips? ;-)

1. I love rats and rodent-like creatures. I plan on getting a pet rat when I move out to a University.
2. I'm a super-messy person. My cluttered room can easily overwhelm me sometimes.
3. I'm a Fine arts major at a little community college. I really want to transfer somewhere to major in art therapy. (Ahem, like the Art Institute of Chicago! Lol!)

[paperdream]

This is fun - I did the "101 things about me" LMAO a while back and I'm really looking forwards to receiving everyone's entries. sistasmell - I cut my own hair too! It's getting harder now it's longer though. It's much easier to cut it when it's short and cropped close to my head.

Here's my 3:

1. I bought my own house when I was 18.
2. I love knowing the names of plants and like to name what I see as I walk along.
3. I have three PCs, two Ataris, an Amiga and an Oric. Oh, and a Dreamcast and an X-Box. We used to have a Playstation and a Playstation II but they were sold to fund the Dreamcast and X-Box.

~Erica

[GuineaBaby]

1. **edited out**

2. I'm completely and totally convinced I am going to marry Elijah Wood and have been since I was 12 or 13. I even got an "engagement" ring from him (Mamaw and Mom) when I was 15 that I have tucked away in my jewelry box.

3. I would love to get a short hair cut but I'm too scared to try something new for fear it comes out looking horridly.

[jaydestarr]

Wow... this is an interesting thread. Here goes my addition:

1) I graduated high school a year early for two reasons. First, I was literally allergic to my school - it had a weird breed of mold growing in it. Second, I absolutely hated the BS involved in high school (the cliques, the standardized testing, all that crap).

2) I have a scar in my right eyebrow that I got when I was 8 years old. I tripped and smacked my head against a chair.

3) Even though I'm afraid of spiders, I feel bad when one gets killed. Especially big ones.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

1) I HATE sneezing. I will fight off a sneeze for as long as I possibly can.
2) I can juggle (I'm not good at it, but I used to be mediocre.)
3) I ran off to New Orleans with a friend 3 Madi Gras ago. We slept in my car for 4 days and ate lots of crawfish.

[mejaka]

I love reading all you guys' facts! :^ )

1. I once gave a pet fish a postmortem c-section (I was about 7 or 8). In the process the babies received unintended lobotomies. I always wondered--if I had cut her open differently, would they have survived?
2. When my son was 8 I got to find out--except that this time the fry were too young to survive.
3. I have no interest in Hawaii but have always dreamed of going to Alaska.

[kittie_naughty]

1. my parents taught me to drive at the age of 11 and let me drive.
2. i am 6'3"
3. i have a tiny scar above my left eyebrow since two years from an evening when i drank 1/3 litre of vodka in 20 minutes, and my head crashed on a table's edge as a girl pushed me off of her when i tried to kiss her. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Sui_Generis]

Yay, fun!

1.) I'm adopted.
2.) I dropped one pants size since I posted re: my WW journey
3.) I got a new job that makes me feel stupid... but at the same time challenges me.

[lobster-girl]

i am such a ham...

1. i talk way too much! and fast!
2. playing the six degrees of separation game, i can link myself with kevin bacon to each one of his movies without duplicating a person. (i was bored yesterday!http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif)
3. i was an extra in the DOORs movie

[eenie]

hot teachers are fun.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1.  i'm addicted to live journal, and have been for two years
2.  i used to be obsessed with the show lois and clark: the new adventures of superman. my room was covered with pictures of dean cain and teri hatcher, and when the show was cancelled, i wore black the next day. (yes, i'm a loser :-p)
3.  my boyfriend is 8 1/2 years older than i am

[Bugitha]

I wanna play too. . .

Katiekat, we must be opposites 'cause I don't like coffee but adore coffee ice cream (My absolute fave!). If I do drink coffee, I have to put so much sugar and cream in it that it might as well be ice cream. And mejeka--Alaska is my dream destination--well, within the U.S. anyways. Infinitely more appealing than Hawaii.

1. I'm sort of obsessive with ink pens--I have to use one up before starting another--even if I buy a box of 20 identical pens I actually keep track of where they are and use 'em one at a time. Sick, huh?

2. Unlike some of you, I WILL kill spiders in my house. It's MY house, after all. (Does this make me evil?) Plus, they sort of freak me out. Once had a baaad spidy bite which made me very sick on my 19th birthday. But if I see one outside I leave him alone. The house rule goes for centipedes and ants, too. But moths I'm careful to catch and let go outside. Don't know why.

3. I'm a bit long winded. As you can tell. ^

[queenfisher]

revealing things like this is one of the reasons i don't have a weblog. but am going to try...

1 - i used to be obssessed with the colour blue (http://www.cari.com.my/personalitytest/blue.php) but turned my obsession to pink (http://www.cari.com.my/personalitytest/pink.php) a couple of years ago. and this is saying a lot!
2 - i am designing bags with my younger sister and we're going to have a sale in the city in a couple of months - and i can't even sew :-P
3 - i would like to live in a windmill one day.

;-)

/shafina

[Wombat]

1. I love barren landscapes, especially deserts and the ocean.

2. I'd jump at the chance to visit the Moon or another planet.

3. I would love to work overseas for a few years with an aid organisation.

[arizabif]

1) I have a friend in the Russian mafia
2) I met my first husband over the internet, and we eloped to South Dakota.
3) I'm a classically trained floutist. Went to music school and everything, but I dropped out of the program abruptly, and it was a big scandal at the school. Oooh la la!

flea, you are wise to put the pillow over your mouth. Humans eat an average of 12 spiders a year, while they sleep. The little buggers crawl right in. If you ever wake up chewing, well, you know what that's about.

[Heartwindow]

1)Having grown up in a hilly, seaside area, I am disconcerted by large, flat areas and the absence of the sea when coming over a hill.

2)I'd like to call a child Austin James, but probably won't because (a)the Austin Powers movies are just too dumb and embarassing (b)I've called my cat James, so I can't re-use the name. (No kids yet!)

3)When I was 11 my teacher told my Mum that I had the "artistic ability of a 6-year-old" But then again, she was an arrogant would-be-artist herself, and misunderstood my messy wee style as lack of talent (I obviously haven't forgiven her!)

[origamifreak]

1) Catching Chicken Pox at 25 was horrible - If I ever have to go through chemo, my hairless scalp will be a hideous mass of scars, because that's the only part I allowed myself to scratch.

2) I have a PhD in genetics.

3) I just became a Great Aunt yesterday. I feel venerable. Or something.

[dogbytes]

what most of my friends already know about me:

1. i dont like my food to touch.

2. i hate snails n slugs (although my favorite ruberstamps are of snails n slugs)

3.i get lost. a lot. (so much that i'm putting in a 3000 gps navigation system in my car before we move to seattle)

[victoria]

Great thread - I love seeing everybody's posts!... here's mine:

1. I would hide behind the couch to eat roly-poly bugs when I was very small.

2. One of my prize possessions is a John Waters autograph.

3. I've had plastic surgery.

[arizabif]

victoria, what does a roly poly bug taste like? I'm not interested in trying for myself, but am now incredibly curious.

1) I can't do a cartwheel
2) I have one class left to take for my degree. I've had one class left for several years now. If I just take the class, I'd graduate magna cum laude, but I'm too freakin' lazy to take it. (how's that for wasted potential?)
3) I can't standing breathing in the scent of anyone I don't know very well. If I walk by some one at the mall, and they are very "smelly" (not smelly bad, just that I can smell their scent), I hold my breath. It just feels too personal to smell them when I don't know them.

[GuineaBaby]

Fear no more! I saw a whole thing on television. You can't swallow spiders when you sleep. Your breath would chase them away if they were to crawl in. THe only chance they'd land in your mouth were if they were to fall from the ceiling. If you ever do swallow a spider, it's either on purpose or a once in a life time chance.

Heartwindow-I love the name Austin! I say go for it! I want to name one of my kids (if I have them) Austin Lee or Leigh (depending on the sex).

dogbytes-I get lost a lot too. My mom does too. Heck, my sister got lost going around the block once lol. It's like my mom's side of the family all are directionally challenged.

arizabif-What's that one class you gotta take?

Here are three more things about me:
1. My pen name is based on movie characters Elijah Wood has played.

2. I don't, nor have I ever, nor will I ever, wear make up. I think it smells like fish and lipstick sets of my gagging reflex.

3. If I could go anywhere in the world, I would want to go to Coalwood, West Virgina to see Homer Hickam's home town.

[Dalmaney]

Ahh! A fun thread! Excellent reading.

1. I am a first year engineering student, after a few years of relative freedom.

2. I have seen the pyramids.

3. I know how to curl. As in the sport.

[evelynhoney]

Dating somebody famous, being IN a movie, a genetics degree! And the teacher. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. My prom night I paid for the room ($80 which is ALOT in high school) and my boyfriend of eight months laid down on the bed with me and his nose started to bleed... all over me. and then all night long. I ended up paying money to watch MTV.

2. I have secretly dated the following: a philosophy professor (HE WAS CHINESE!!!!), coworker, older man, and a woman [sshhh http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif ]; and am now going on a date tomorrow with a guy when I would secretly rather be dating his dad, who is more my type.

3. I adore Monet and have his work on my walls... and in my notebook, and on stationary, and postcards, and even in my car, but cannot seem to actually use any of the consumable monet - maybe I can get up the nerve to do a postcard exchange. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[jaydestarr]

Well, I'm bored and everyone else is starting to do it, so here are three more things about me.

1) I have absolutely no clue what I am going to do with my degree when I graduate. None. In fact, I'm starting to wonder why I'm on this degree track in the first place. (looooong posts about this in my LJ are possible)

2) I bought my boyfriend an account at SuicideGirls.com for one of our anniversaries. It was a gag gift. He said I'd never do it, so I did. So there. Besides, the site isn't that bad! We actually still have the account, and I'm considering trying to get a job as a writer for them.

3) I name pretty much everything I own. Or I let someone else name it for me. My printer is The Printer of Doooom! My plant is Puddles. I could go on for ages about all of my stuffed animals. I do not, however, name my body parts.

Depending on how bored I get tonight, I may come back for some more. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Z'anne]

This is so fun to read through.  Here goes:

1. I love the mountains.  That's where I live now.  On 5 acres with lots of trees and brushy, ferny, mushroomy things.

2. I have waist long, brown hair which is silvering (no gray here) at the temples and looks great when put up.

3. I love most living things. That includes most humans, crawly things, (even though they make me jump), some slimey things and ALL things soft and furry.

[GuineaBaby]

This is fun! Making me think about stuff I wouldn't normally point out. ^_^ More stuff about me:
1. **edit**

2. **edit**

3. I just bought a small roll of green canvas that I have to figure out something to do with.

[littlest-bee]

My turn!

1. I love going to the cinema by myself

2. I have an imaginary pet cat called Doctor Cat (its a long story!)

3. Disgusting party trick: I can flip my eyelids inside-out!

[GuineaBaby]

1. I have a fear of clowns.

2. I'm claustrophobic and I've only had two real two major attacks in my life.

3. I am terrified that I might spontaniously combust.

[queenfisher]

hey now don't think you've got everything covered with the spider thing...

1. i always have to cover my feet when i sleep, even for a short nap and no matter how hot it is, to protect my toes from the toe-biting monster. it comes and try to get your toes, especially at night. i found out about this when i was 8 from a very reliable source. so better safe than sorry, yea? ;-)

2. i like short names especially kim and gus. i need to get to know someone named ben.

3. i have a big extended family, so something huge always seem to be happening on both sides. the latest one i just found out, made front page news in today's local dailies no less, involving a kidnapping, murder and 'royalty among 7 held'. all very strange and unreal at the moment and it is 'funny' to write about. stay tuned for further updates... or not.

:-/

/shafina

grrr to typos.



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[GuineaBaby]

1. Whenever I get scared, I have to be off the floor and able to see my feet. I saw a movie once where the devil reached up through the floor and grabbed someones foot. It was only a snippet of the movie, too, not the whole thing.

2. At night, I still make a big jump to and from the bed so the monsters underneath don't get me.

3. I have a temper problem. The smallest thing can set me off.

[flea]

these are 3 that other people ahve mentioned that are true for me too.

1. i have driven a car 2ce since the day i got my liscense. the first time was when i offered to move my sisters hunk o junk from the driveway to the street. i stalled it in the road and paniced. the second time i was kidnapped by my mother in law and forced to drive. 9 years of having a liscense and 2 bad experiences.

2. i have a scar that runs through my left eyebrow. i usually tweeze it so you cany tell. i wouldnt want people to think i did it on purpose.

3. i am still very good friends with my college art teacher. i wouldnt call it a crush because he is one of the only two people i've met who i would marry.

[flea]

read some more- have to comment.

thanks for the tip about the spiders... my fear started when my father and my sister were discussing the average number of spiders a person swallows per year. they said 30 or something. then i heard about a guy who had to go to the hospital because i spider was living in his ear. i guess if i swallow one in my sleep- it wont matter because i would be asleep.

i want to know what a lobotimized fish acts like. fish appear rather stupid anyway so what would a brainless fish do?
and i don't know if that would cause a labotomy unless you sliced into every one of their heads. could it be pre mature birth brain damage? and i though fish layed eggs?

1. i, too, cover my feet when i sleep. i'm better about it now. it's from reading the amityville horror and it's a part where some ghost lady in a rocking chair likes to touch feet. since then ive heard the tale is a bunch of bullshit.

2. my husband is terrified of clowns. he once passed out when a party clown he didnt know was there was behind him. he turned around and it offered him a baloon animal and he hit the floor. we have to cross the street to avoid them sometimes. he will grab my arm and act like a 3 year old. oddly enough- we both like a band called the insane clown posse and attended a concert of theirs where a lot of people dressed like wicked clowns. he didn't freak once. it's only party clowns that scare him.

3. one of the dreams i have sometimes is that i somehow graduated highschool but i am missing a gym class and they make me go back to take this one class and i hate it. i wander down the halls trying to find where to go and still can't remember my locker combination.

[kimr]

This was great fun to read. Here are a few from me:
1. I am deathly afraid of losing my teeth and I have nightmares about my teeth all falling out. (This stems from poor dental care as a child I think)

2. My husband is 14 years older than me.

3. My husband has a daughter that is closer in age to me than he is and I have two step-grandchildren but no children of my own.

I am relived to hear of others fears of having their feet exposed while they sleep. I have to have my whole body covered by a sheet or blanket while I sleep to feel safe too and my husband thinks that is strange.

KIM

[Sui_Generis]

1.) i went to my first concert when I was about 4 or so..my babysitter was *very* irresponsible & took me to see Judas Priest, lol

2.) i love cats; but cannot stand cat litter

3.) im just barely 5 ft tall

[evelynhoney]

5 ft tall sui? Well your much larger in life here.

1. The only thing I seem deathly afraid of is chickens and turkeys. I have been to two state fairs. one all the chickens were in there cages and clucking away and i started hyperventalating. but i couldn't get out of there fast enough because it was a line and i was like in the middle. The turkey thing happened a year later when somebody was showing a tom (which are HUGE) and i ran away from where people were petting the smaller turkeys.

2. when the waco thing happened I freaked out because the map they showed was right where my biological father lives. And his name is David. Took me about an hour to find out it wasn't him. Am not that close to him so pictures didn't help.

3. I actually like writing obituaries. I meet some people I can help during their time of need, even if I am only doing a small part of it.

[Melbernai]

1) I like to run around and crush acorns that are in the driveway.

2) There are these monster mutated centipede types of things at my school, that are rediculously huge and have like 86 berzillion legs and icky long feelers, so I named them Gerzillapedes and all 3 years of my students called them the same.

3) Ever since I watched "Poltergeist" a ton of times as a kid with my dad, I've been scared to let any part of my feet hang off the bed.

[eenie]

i'm glad i'm not the only one afraid to let feet hang out!

1. when i was little, my brother told me there were 6 foot long red-eyed rats that lived under the house. at night, they'd come out and nibble on your hands or feet if they were hanging over the bed. to this day, my hands and feet *must* be covered and on the bed when i sleep.

2. i'm 5'6"

3. i collect angels and things relating to the virgin mary. even though i'm not catholic, the image of mary is comforting to me.

[sistasmell]

These are so fun to read, so I'll offer up three more.
1. A couple of years ago I got a very protective little dog, so I am much more comfortable about letting my arms and legs dangle out of the bed. I figure if there was a munzie under there waiting to get me, he'd have smelled it and killed it by now. He's good like that.
2. I am obsessed with decorating my house. I would rather buy a rug than clothes (or food).
3. I have a major green thumb. I think I have some sixth sense about when they need to be watered, because I don't put much effort into it.

[WitchDust]

This is by far one of the more interesting topics, fun, thought provoking & interesting to hear about all you guys!

1. I've been married 3 times. I was 17 the first time (no I wasn't pregnant) & have been with this husband since 1986.

2. I turned down a recording contract when I was 25.

3. I can only drink milk if it has ice cubes in it.

[Dalmaney]

I can't help myself...

1.I flew half way around the world to go to my best friend's wedding. She has since stopped speaking to me.

2. I can vibrate my eyes back and forth. The only other person I know that can do that is my aforementioned best friend.

3. I am absolutely a physical miss average. Pants are the right length (I'm about 5'61/2"), I take a size 9 shoe (which is always sold out, and so I assume average), and a size 10/12 or medium everything else. I am perfectly average, except my feet don't match. One's a size 9, and the other's a 7. I just buy the 9's, though.

[Melbernai]

1) When I was little, my brother Cliff told me that there was a monster in the "boiler room" of our basement. See, there was a crowbar cemented into the steps leading into the basement, don't ask me why. And in the boiler room, which was all dark and scary and only my Dad went into, there was an old wheelchair from the man who lived in the house before us. So my brother told me that if I stepped on the crowbar, I'd be sucked into the boiler room with the wheelchair monster and would be forced to live there with him and be tortured for the rest of my life. When I was 12, I decided it was stupid for me to believe this and stomped on the crowbar like crazy, but still make sure not to step on it now.

2) I want to get a tattoo of my favorite butterfly (the one on my diary-x diary) on my lower back.

3) I had a dream last night that I was dating that ugly tall guy from Happy Gilmore that protected Happy from that mean golfer dude. Eep.

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Dalmaney @ Oct. 12 2002,08:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. I can vibrate my eyes back and forth. The only other person I know that can do that is my aforementioned best friend.[/b][/quote]
oh, i can do that! it freaks the #### out of my boyfriend.

1. i wear a size 6 in shoes.. people always say that it's small for my height.

2. i met my best friend on the internet, but no longer consider her just an internet friend. next sept., i'll be her maid-of-honour.

3. in 2 1/2 years, i'll be an english teacher, although i probably won't look much older than most of the students i'll be teaching.

[mejaka]

Hey, my husband can vibrate his eyes--I've never met anyone else who can do it though! Coool.

Sui_Gen--congrats on the size loss! :^ )

Victoria, I used to eat ants. Salty tasting.

bugitha, I have tons of pens, too, but I have dozens going at a time! (I like to have at least one unopened package in the house all the time)

About fish c-sections. I did cut off the fronts of each head, because I cut into the dead mother's belly slightly from the side. When I tried again as an adult, I did it differently (being careful of graphic descriptions here) and avoided cutting the fry, but they were much younger than the first set. Some fish lay eggs, others are live-bearers. Live-bearers can choose when to bear, once the fry are mature.

1. My first job was as a pest-control operator's assistant (my Dad's).
2. The only two bugs that give me the creeps are maggots and lice, and yeah, there's a story behind each.
3. When I was a kid I was scared of under-the-bed--I lept from my threshold to my bed, and always had to have my feet covered. One day I decided it was stupid to be scared when I knew there was nothing under there, so I laid down beside my bed for a half hour. However, when I watch a scary movie I still have to have my feet covered.

[Helquin]

More fun before I get busy today!

1. I have an aversion to the colors brown & orange.

2. I'm a double-Aries (sun & moon)

3. Last night, former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton & Jimmy Carter were in my dreams. President Carter lusted after me in his heart, but I can't say I was flattered by the attention. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[GuineaBaby]

eenie-I'm five six too! ^_^ But I wish I was taller lol

1. I think there are monsters under the bed, but I used to sleep next to my parents under-the-bed when I got scared at night.

2. I have wanted to get a tattoo since I was 16, but am deathly afraid of needles so I don't see that ever happening

3. Dawn and I will still sleep together when we get scared.

[Melbernai]

1) My favorite kind of apple is Gala.

2) I have a cold right now, and I must be a light sleeper cuz I kept waking up last night from my own snoring.

3) My all time favorite past-time is kissing. I haven't been kissed in 2 weeks. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[JustSu]

this is a hoot and a half!

1. i'm the daughter of an adopted person and the mother of two adopted persons.

2. most of my elementary/junior high/high school teachers had, years earlier, taught elvis.

3. i compulsively play with thinking putty (http://www.puttyworld.com). i have different colors for home, real office, and customer onsite office.

[JustSu]

hey, witchdust, am i the cauldron stirrer or the blue-face?

1. i hate creatures with more than 4 legs, unless they're butterflies/moths or ladybugs.

2. i've moved 49 times in 31 years.

3. my favorite books as a child were the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books

[Sui_Generis]

1.) I have a serious aversion to body hair..on females and males alike.

2.) My favorite childhood books were: Where the Wild Things Are, Le Petit Prince, The Secret Garden and A Little Princess

3.) I used to sing in a band in southern California, and was courted by a record company..but things with my boyfriend in the band went sour..and I'm back on the East Coast..

[Death_Or_Aldona]

I feel bad reading everyone else's stuff and not adding anymore weirdness about me...so here goes it...
1)I can only wink my left eye. I know one other person with this "problem" and she can only wink her right eye.
2)My hair is almost 3ft long. I can't remember what my natural hair color looks like...I think it's a very light brown.
3) I wiggle and tap my toes to a toon in my head when I'm trying to fall asleep.

[mejaka]

Death_Or_Aldona, that would so KEEP ME AWAKE!! lol!

flea...your husband being so phobic about clowns is really interesting.

Melbernai--I love crunching leaves; I've never crunched acorns!

Sistasmell, my friend gave me a bunch of plants and they are all dying...I can never keep houseplants alive and my outdoor gardens tend to go to weeds over the summer...

WitchDust, wow...I love milk. In fact, part of my weight loss (30 pounds, over a year ago) was to cut back from about 7 cups of milk a day to three...

JustSu--I just had to laugh about the teachers of Elvis. It sounds funny...We call the little marmots at our favorite camping place "the Flying Elvises." They got that name the first year, because every time we opened the cabin door about twenty of them would leap from our porch with all for appendages spread like skydivers, and seconds later they would be gone ("Did you see them! I saw them. Yes I DID!")

So, three facts again:

1. Jed Moss, who plays keyboards for Air Supply (and caused quite a roil in the band's fan boards when an instrumental he wrote was recorded on a recent album), is an old family friend and played classical background music for two hours at my wedding reception.
2. My Dad was in the airport scene of _Wag the Dog_.
3. I speak Spanish.

[someofmyorange]

1. I love grapefruit juice. I drink it almost every day.

2. I want to become an interior designer. That is what I will go to college for.

3. I am afraid to let any part of my body hang off the bed at night and I almost always sleep on my tummy.

I have more than 3 that I want to share though...

0. I have been with my bestfriend/boyfriend Jake (everybody (http://www.nervousness.org/people/index.cgi?id=everybody) on nervousness) for 1 year, 1 month, and 6 days.

[victoria]

This is really fun, I like finding out things I didn't know about all of us!

1. I had a dream last night that I was eating roly bugs! In the dream, they tasted like grasshopper, which taste like corn-meal. We used to eat fried grasshoppers when I lived in Mexico. I also like ant tacos.

2. I've been curling a couple times and really sucked at it, and I used to nine-pin bowl some, I was okay but inconsistent.

3. The psych word for clown-fear is coulrophobia, I know this from teaching HS psych and from having it. I once disrupted Mass because of a clown, very embarrassing.

[zanna]

friedspamonastick - to dumpster dive, one must ..um, really want to. you would not believe how many people are appaled at even the thought of going into a trash can. when i tell them i do it on a daily basis, its like i corrupt their whole world. shame.

guinea baby - i too, like yourself, will not and have not ever worn make-up. i have no intentions on starting and i think it's one of the biggest problems of today.


1. i am an atheist.

2. i believe that abortion is ok.

3. i am a vegetarian.

[jaydestarr]

Sui, I've got a huge aversion to body hair, too, but it's not so bad with regards to men.

Zanna, I'm with you on the abortion issue. Most definitely.

Ok, here are three more facts about me:

1) I am addicted to Nerds (the candy, not the people). I know I'm probably killing my teeth, but I just can't get enough of them.

2) I have a problem opening up to people I'm close to, but I can talk about all manner of problems with complete strangers. I think this is because I can't stand to have anyone I know worry about me.

3) The first concert I ever went to was New Kids on the Block. Now I absolutely cannot stand that genre of music. I haven't listened to it since they broke up.

Go on, laugh at me. You know you want to. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[kimr]

I love this thread, so fun to read.

1. I have 3 dogs and 3 cats and if I had more money I would probably have more.....my husband probably thanks his lucky stars we don't.

2. I love spinach...cooked or raw.

3. I have struggled with my weight my whole life and I wish that chubby was "in".

KIM

[Bugitha]

Justsu, "A hoot and a half" has been one of my favorite expressions since I was twelve! Most people look at me funny when I say it. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Okay, I gotta get in on this under the bed business. . . .

1. Under no circumstances is any part of my body is allowed to dangle over the side of the bed. Not just 'cause of Poltergiest which started it for me too, but also because I once saw on the news that a woman was assaulted and her attacker had sneaked into her house, hid under her bed, and then waited for her to fall asleep before striking. Still freaks me out. . .I especially scare myself when I think I hear breathing under there. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

2. I *should* be working on a paper for my Historic Preservation class even as we speak.

3. I've actually met people who don't have a pair of scissors in their house. I don't know how people live like that.

[kimr]

Oh, after reading that last one I have to post again.

1. I always look in the backseat of my car at night, even when I have had the car locked.

2. I once read a true crime novel where a legitimate policeman was stopping women at night and raping and killing them and now I am nervous about getting a speeding ticket or something at night.

3. I am florist and everyone thinks my job would be "so fun and relaxing" when it really is kind of stressful at times.

KIM

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kimr @ Oct. 12 2002,17:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2.  I once read a true crime novel where a legitimate policeman was stopping women at night and raping and killing them and now I am nervous about getting a speeding ticket or something at night.[/b][/quote]
ack. i read that story online, and i have the same fear.. though it's also based on my experiences. i'm always afraid that some psycho will buy flashing lights to put in the front of his car. i've since decided that if i get pulled over at night, i'm going to stop and then yell out the window that i'm driving to a visible area and the policeman can follow me.

1. i've been with my boyfriend for 2 years and 2 months.
2. i'm pro-choice and very liberal.
3. i lost my virginity at 18.

[kimr]

Eenie,
I say the very same thing to my husband. If I am ever stopped at night I am driving to the nearest gas station before I open my car window alone.
Here's a couple more:

1. I long to be a "real artist" but I don't think I ever will be.

2. I am addicted to the computer, even though I used to call my brother a nerd for the same thing.

3. I can't cook, I can't even manage to make hamburger helper without burning it.

4. I have a pygmy goat named maxwell
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[FriedSpamOnaStik]

We're starting to get into eccentric territory here! Lol.  Thought of some more stuff..

1. I ALWAYS eat Chinese food (or any other Asian foods) with chopsticks.  This habit started when I was very young... now, if I have to eat Asian foods with a fork, it's really akward for me.  Like eating ice cream with a freaking knife.    http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif
2.  I get those dreams about my teeth loosening and falling out.  No idea why.
3.  I believe in ghosts.  OoooOooo.  ;-)

[queenfisher]

i just saw this linked on metafilter and it's perfect for some of your facts - i used to believe (http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/).

umm, have to think of 3 more now...

1. i love butterflies.
2. i love birds even more.
3. i read 'a photographic guide to the birds of malaysia & singapore' in bed sometimes.

;-)

/shafina

[flea]

1. my parents are those kind of people who have 2 dozen cats. they also have 2 weasels. it's been that was since i was like 15. i only have 2 cats. thats the limit.

2. i was in an art contest over the summer. the piece i spent 2 months on didn't place because it busted on the way in- but the piece i did as a joke won 3rd.

3. i am uncontrollably messy. i hate to clean because i know it will just turn back into a mess within a few hours. i'll get out an art project and then loose interest in it as soon as i start it so i always have a few things going on at once.

[kimr]

Okay, a few more,

1. I think feet are ugly, especially mine.

2. I work in a flower shop but my husband cares for our houseplants because I kill them.

3. I don't get along well with my mother in law.

KIM

[GuineaBaby]

1. the last two nights before last I had dreams where my teeth fell out

2. I taught my dog to "Gimme kiss" and lick me on the nose

3. I've just started reading "Beautiful Bones" or something like that and I want to go finish

[JustSu]

hey, witchdust, am i the cauldron stirrer or the blue-face?

1. i hate creatures with more than 4 legs, unless they're butterflies/moths or ladybugs.

2. i've moved 49 times in 31 years.

3. my favorite books as a child were the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books

[Death_Or_Aldona]

Alright...so I'm addicted to this thread...It's so fun to find out new things about everyone!

1) I have 7 kitties, a chinchilla, and a hermit crab.
2) I went through a 2 month phase where I would barely eat anything except for altoids.
3) My first concert was Tina Turner.

My best friend got to see the new kids on the block and I was extremely jealous
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[JustSu]

what is this with the teeth falling out dreams? man that is weird that several people have those! um. gee, now that i think - so do i. the only difference is, usually it also *really* happens. (very bad teeth - horrid dental care as a child, genetics, and an accidental fall when i was 10)

1. when i'm somewhere between having the blues and time to adjust my medication depressed, i like to read a cheap romance novel while soaking in a hot tub and drinking tea.

2. i'm a smell freak. i smell everything before i buy it, unless i would have to break the seal to do so.

3. i'm compulsively honest - i won't eat one grape from a bunch i'm buying till it's paid for, etc. (only exception - when my blood sugar drops. as a diabetic, i have to watch that!)

[kimr]

I am addicted to this post too.

1. I took my sister to see the new kids on the block 3 times and I was probably the oldest person there.

2. I never ever tan, in fact I am so white I am flourescent.

3. my co-workers find my addiction to art and mail art "strange".

KIM

[Penster]

I've been getting a lot of enjoyment and smiles http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif from reading this thread and thought I might jump in now.  

1.  I spent the first 8 years of my life on a farm - last house on the road to anywhere.....

2.  I have one older sister and three younger brothers.

3.  I believe in the Freedom of Choice.

Very boring stuff actually....  http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[zanna]

mmmm. yummy.

1. i have a horrible adversion to feet. i think they are the most unattractive part of the body. everytime i see someone in flipflops i want to take a machete and chop their toes off.

2. i've kept all the letters my penpals have ever written me. i've got more than 6 plump-full shoeboxes. one day when i'm older, i'll read through all of them and have a good cry, or something.

3. i've never had a broken bone, and i've only had 4 sitches ..in my bum. a mean chow bit me and took a bit of flesh 8|

[eenie]

i love any kind of "survey" type questions (even those darn email surveys :-p), so i'm addicted to this board!

1. i think hugh hefner is a gross old man, but i love the playboy bunny logo. i think it's cute. i have a bunny barbell for my bellybutton.

2. i'm scared of bald men

3. i love to read. i started reading when i was 3 1/2, and was put into gifted and talented classes, because i read moby dick in 2nd grade. which is odd, because reading it now makes me want to scream.

[jaydestarr]

You guys are great. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Here are more of mine:

1) Like kimr, I have a strong aversion to feet. All feet. That whole toe sucking fetish is completely beyond my comprehension.

2) Before I go to bed in any bed, I have to thoroughly check it for spiders and other crawlies. I really can't go to sleep unless I check. I'll lay there and imagine things crawling on me.

3) I can watch surgery on TV, help change dressings on someone's wounds, and watch crime dramas where they show crime scene photos in full color, but I cannot stand the site of my own blood when I'm hurt or when I'm having blood drawn. In fact, I almost faint when I just see a needle.

[eenie]

double post, sorry

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (eenie @ Oct. 12 2002,20:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">[/b][/quote]
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. i have a horrible adversion to feet. i think they are the most unattractive part of the body. everytime i see someone in flipflops i want to take a machete and chop their toes off.[/b][/quote]
i think feet can be very erotic.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That whole toe sucking fetish is completely beyond my comprehension. [/b][/quote]
i used to think that.. but, um, let's just say i don't think that anymore. ::blush::

i also just realised that i should have replied to this in my above post, because now i have to list three more facts. um, um...

1. i'm taking a ceramics class and i'm horrible at it. my style is to flatten out the clay, smash it together and declare it art.

2. i collect simpsons action figures.

3. the boy who was my first kiss recently came out of the closet. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[Melbernai]

1) I have had quite a few dreams about my teeth falling out. I once heard that when you dream about losing your teeth, it is connected to an issue with food that you want to get rid of. With me, I wish I could stop eating so #### much and me a normal-sized person. Bleh.

2) My first concert was Tiffany at Jones Beach Ampitheater. NKOTB opened for them, and even though I was in the 3rd grade, I thought they were rediculously cheezy. I never liked NKOTB, althogh I thought the Tiffany part of the concert rocked. My all time favorite concert is probably a tie between when I saw Eric Clapton 3rd row at Madison Square Garden, and when I saw Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band at the small round place that I forgot what it's called.

3) I absolutely LOVE feet, and think I've got one of the most attractive set of feet ever made. My toes are really cute, especially after a lovely pedicure. And yes, eenie, I aggree, toe sucking is quite lovely, when it's done to me, of course. There are very few male-toes I'd suck on. Bleh. I have given my boyfriends pedicures before, just to make their feet more lovely for cuddling.

Okay, my 3 things are like huge monstrous things. I talk a lot.

[WitchDust]

1. I have to change the sheets on my bed at least every two days or I can't sleep in them because there might be grit, a stray hair or "something" there & I just don't see it. I also have to "flip" my pillow if it gets warm thru the nite...it must be cold on the side touching my face. This may relate to the fact our 5 lb Chichi terrier sleeps with us...or just because I'm so anal about shit...who knows?

2. I lived in 38 states by the time I was 25

3. I don't drink & cannot stand the smell of alcohol on anyone, at anytime. I can smell it when people perspire too...ewwww!

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Melbernai @ Oct. 12 2002,20:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">And yes, eenie, I aggree, toe sucking is quite lovely, when it's done to me, of course.  There are very few male-toes I'd suck on.  Bleh.  I have given my boyfriends pedicures before, just to make their feet more lovely for cuddling.[/b][/quote]
yes, boy toes are scary.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif my boy only gets his toes sucked after a bubblebath.

1. my first concert was the charlie daniels band when i was 8.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif my favourite concert is a tie between all the lilith fairs.

2. i was accidently involved in a riot when IU fired bobby knight. i was trying to get to a study group, and a large mob of people were trying to destroy campus. i ended up deciding that the study group was not worth it, and hightailed it back to my dorm before the police got there.

3. i am crazy about cracking parts of my body, despite my mother's constant arthritis threats. i crack my fingers, toes, neck, and back.. i've tried to stop before, but i can't.

[Katiekat]

Wow, I share a lot of random talents, likes, and dislikes with you guys!! (I can also vibrate my eyes, I'm paler than white, I don't like feet either, and how the #### do people live without scissors?!.)

Three more:

1. Men with comb-overs need to shave their heads. Nothing makes me feel more like screaming than a man trying to hide his baldness with 6 strands of hair.
2. I used to be really grossed out by men with hairy backs. I used to cringe openly when I saw a guy with hair coming out of his shirt collar. But then I met Chris, my boyfriend of 2+ years... He's hella-hairy, and it doesn't bother me at all. Makes him more cuddly, I think.
3. I go through phases of addictions. For awhile, it was Dentyne Ice cinnamon gum. I would go through a couple of packs a week. Right now it seems to be little blank journals. I keep buying them, even though I already have a ton. I need to start some lmao's with them. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Katiekat @ Oct. 12 2002,20:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2.  I used to be really grossed out by men with hairy backs.  I used to cringe openly when I saw a guy with hair coming out of his shirt collar.  But then I met Chris, my boyfriend of 2+ years... He's hella-hairy, and it doesn't bother me at all.  Makes him more cuddly, I think.[/b][/quote]
i'm totally the same way. shane has a lot of chest hair, and the thought of chest hair used to gross me out so much.. now it doesn't bother me. it keeps you warmer at night.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

1. i sleep with a stuffed animal, unless someone else is in bed with me.

2. my freshman year of college, i had a shrine to al gore next to my bed. it provoked a lot of interesting comments from random people.

3. i heard the best quote in a movie today.. "i think i want to be a criminal lawyer." "really?" "yeah, or a hooker, or a garbage collector..." what with my current dislike of lawyers, i found this quite amusing.

[Sui_Generis]

I need the cold side of the pillows, too! You should invest in some Sobikawa pillows (sp?) They're filled with rice and *never* get hot. They're so comfy.

1.) I'm picking up my boyfriend in 8 hours *nervousssss*

2.) I am incredibly seasonally dysfunctional..I'm hoping Nervousness will help the wintertime blues this year http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3.) I love the taste the texture the smell and anything caramel

[queenfisher]

hey enie, i think you have to edit your double post and make another 3 entries so it won't break the chain. really :-P

1. my favourite thing to do on sunday mornings when i was in uni was to get the bus from campus to the old part of georgetown, sit in a coffee shop to have breakfast and finding old people to have a chat with. sometimes i'd then meet my friends in the afternoon but none of them knew what i already go up to ;-)

2. just a few days ago i bought myself a pretty silver anklet with a tiny butterfly on it. i think my feet are ugly though.

3. first concert i went to was to see eric clapton, sat 3rd row with my dad and cousin. a bunch of my uncles and aunts were there were also there. i also saw b. b. king and santana with almost the same group. i like going to concerts with the 'oldies' haha. i took my little niece to see westlife last year.

;-)

/shafina



Last edited by queenfisher at Oct. 13 2002,04:54

[victoria]

I'm so addicted to this thread, so here I am again - eenie, Melbernai, I agree on the feet thing. I have the teeth dreams, too, but heard they might be general anxiety.

More facts -

1. I have three grand trines in my astro chart, I was told its unusual.

2. I'm a pisces, so my feet are small for my height. I think my feet are pretty attractive.

3. I'm a sleepwalker.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

[QUOTE]3. i am crazy about cracking parts of my body, despite my mother's constant arthritis threats. i crack my fingers, toes, neck, and back.. i've tried to stop before, but i can't.

I also have that *cracking* addiction. I use to freak my old roomates out with my loud neck crackles. I love learning new ways to crack my back!

3 more:

1) Um...a couple years ago on Halloween some friends and I went to a graveyard. We built a little shrine for Bob Saget and sacrificed hot dogs to him...
2) I brush my teeth about 4 times in a normal day.
3) I like draw pictures of pirates on placemats in restaurants. My friend Jeff has a large collection of my awful doodles.

[Lissa]

oh boy! only three things?

1) the love of my life is my 6 month old lab, Daisy.
2) i HATE spiders, so much so that i've called my sister at midnight to leave our parents house to come to my house to kill one lurking over my bed. i shake, i scream, i cry...it's bad.
3) i make as much money now, as i did last year, but i'm working 30 less hours. rock! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Penster]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2. I'm a pisces, so my feet are small for my height. I think my feet are pretty attractive.[/b][/quote]

1.  I think my feet are quite cute too (size 5/6) and my piggies must be warm or I cannot go to sleep.

2.  My family tree has been traced back to 1700's Germany.  Interestingly enough, my mother and father were descended from one particular man, just different generations.  That may explain some things about my dysfunctional family.....

3.  During my pre-teen years I was one-third of a church trio.

[Katiekat]

Alright, me again.  Should we start some sort of 12-step program for "random fact" junkies??  I think we might need to.

1.  I am addicted to shower/bath/toiletry type products.  Shampoos, gels, lotions, soaps, lip balms...i want it all.  My favorite brands are Lush (http://www.lushcanada.com) and Burt's Bees (http://www.burtsbees.com).  
2.  I think Jimmy Fallon is incredibly cute -- his sense of humor & personality makes him such a hottie.
3.  I have every line from The Breakfast Club memorized.  If I'm cleaning my room, or doing something where i need some back-ground noise, I usually pop that movie in & talk along with it.

"Saturday, March 24, 1984.  Shermer High School, Shermer Illinios, 60062.  Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong... ( will stop now, or else it could be dangerous).

[Death_Or_Aldona]

Katiekat, I'm like that with The Jerk! I've seen it at least 30 times. Nearly everytime I'm bored, lonely, or cleaning I pop it in. It's like visiting an old friend. Drove my roomates nuts! Now it just drives the boyfriend nuts http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

1) My tongue is pierced
2) I'm addicted to cosmic brownies (those little debbie thingies.) They're like crack.
3) I sing little songs about my pets to my pets ("Your name is Ziggy. You're not a piggy. Watch me smoke a ciggy...")

[WitchDust]

ooooh, you guys have some good shit on here! I can do the cracking of almost every bone in my body, but my worst habit is "popping" my elbows by throwing them out like I'm punching someone. I can do this every 8 minutes..yes someone timed me once!

1. I was once so grossed out when french kissing a guy who I discovered had false teeth on top that I broke up with him the next day! It just felt....weird & creepy!

2. I swallowed a fly once while I was watching an Elvis movie.

3. I cannot stand to walk barefoot across a floor unless it's carpeted.

[flea]

witchdust- your 1st 3 sounded like quiz questions and i am wanting to hear the answers to them.

1. i havn't had a tv chanel come into my house since we disconnected the cable 2 years ago. no channel will come in so now i own close to 100 DVD's. (always wanted to collect them!)

2. one of them is the breaskfast club- and althrough i couldnt quote the whole thing impromptu- i can say every line one second faster then they can on the film.

3. from the movie- i most am like alley sheedy's character. in high school i always made dandruff rain from my head, was the school oddabll, and have an odd sense of tatse. i love pepsi with chocolate syrup in it. i had a bit of the nerd from the movie mixed in.... i graduated sumna cumm laude from collage and only had 2 B's in my entire collage career.

[GuineaBaby]

1. I would give anything to meet Tiffany. I want to meet her more than Elijah Wood. I carry a picture of my cousin's band the Smokin Armadillos I pulled out of a teen mag from when they met her.

2. I'm interesting when I sleep. I talk, I walk, I snore, I kick and when I get extremely tired, I drool. My mom caught me trying to leave the house once. She believes if the door wasn't locked, I'd be gone.

3. I feel asleep reading (It's called Lovely Bones, not beautiful like i first thought) between this post and the last one I made.

[Bugitha]

I LOVE The Breakfast Club, too! I could probably say the lines with the movie, but not all of them on my own. I often listen to my old cassette sound track of the movie~I still love those songs. I have actually practiced everybody's moves from the big dance scene--well, except for Emilio's. I'm not a gymnast.

Um, I think I'm addicted to this thread, too.

1. I once thought my own feet were quite lovely. I really adored them. Now. . .not so much. They got ugly. Though the tattoo on top of my right foot is cute.

2. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas (already!)

3. When I was nine, I dislocated my elbow after falling out of a tree I was climbing in high heels. (kids!)

[evelynhoney]

yea.. another three before i go to bed. And a tattoo on the foot is neat. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. I would NOT repeat NOT touch my husband's feet or any others including my own forever. Then taking care of a baby made me love his tiny cute feet and now feet aren't so bad. ALthough I don't run up to people just to touch theirs. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

2. I am genealogically related to someone from the texas revolution, civil war, war of independence, the mayflower and possibly a bastard of Charles II. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I used to write for a newspaper during college, but don't have the guts to try now.

[Z'anne]

My God! I go away for one day and there's 7 more pages !?!?! This is fun !! http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

1. My favorite comedy is Young Frankenstein (too many great lines to quote here).

2. MY husband is 14 years older, has 2 daughters, one is which is only 7 years younger than me, and between them have 3 grandchildren. My son has not procreated yet, give him time.

3. I helped out my friend, who owns a bookstore, today. There were 2 conferences and she had to be a both, so I did one and sold a bunch of stuff and she did the other and got lots of contacts. We are gooooooddddd!

And the under the bed thing, the dog sleeps on the floor next to my side of the bed, so I'm safe. And I don't let things hang out even though he is there to protect us.

And living out in the woods, I get everything of creepy crawly in the house, so I've learned to live with them. Karma, Karma, Karma.

[GuineaBaby]

1. I'm afraid I'm going to die because a ton of teenagers decided to gather, dispurse, and regather in front of my house. Drive by is all I can think of.

2. I am extremely ticklish. I can't even have a back rub or a foot massage.

3. I aboid looking in mirrors because I hate the way I look.

[Sui_Generis]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GuineaBaby @ Oct. 13 2002,00:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. I aboid looking in mirrors because I hate the way I look.[/b][/quote]
I do *exactly* the same thing..

1.) Try as I might to fall asleep; I'm too nervous for Daniel to get here that I'm sitting here....reading this thread

2.) I can make a *really* good/obscure 80's mix CD.

3.) I think Life as a House is an absolutely beautiful movie & I think everyone should watch it.

[GuineaBaby]

1. I'm taking generic Costco diet pills right now. Last time I was on them for like 3 weeks I lost 5 lbs so I'm hoping if I stick with it this time (i got the flu in the middle of taking them last time so stopped) I'll lose more. I'm not very active.

2. I love Harry Potter stuff, but I have never read the books (though I want to) and I've seen the movie once.

3. I am *very* easily influenced and have to really work not to be.

And a bonus!

More than a few ants give me the heebie jeebies, but only when they're inside the house. I like watching them outside.

[Helquin]

This thread is too much fun! I don't know that I'm addicted, but it is a hoot reading everyone's posts. My latest 3:

1. I once got a bee-sting on my tongue when a bee landed on a donut I was eating at an outdoor rally. Now I try to pay more attention to what I'm putting in my mouth!

2. I used to have both nipples pierced, but got tired of the tit-rings & took 'em out one day.

3. Although I'm not a cross-dresser myself, I have (at different times) worked closely with 2 pioneers of the transvestite/transgender movement.

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (WitchDust @ Oct. 12 2002,21:20)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">[/b][/quote]
ooh, shafina, you're tough! i promise to go back and add three new facts.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. I was once so grossed out when french kissing a guy who I discovered had false teeth on top that I broke up with him the next day! It just felt....weird & creepy![/b][/quote]

haha!
1. i was once so grossed out by french kissing a REALLY slobbery guy that i started laughing (i mean, REALLY laughing) in the middle of kissing him. needless to say, that was our first and last date. i think i mumbled some excuse about hearing my dog howling, and it struck me as funny. what really happened was that i was thinking, "i think i'd rather kiss my dog, he'd slobber less."

2. i never liked kissing until my current boyfriend. every guy i kissed before him grossed me out so much that i hated kissing. i thought there was something wrong with me, until shane and i kissed for the first time. wow. fireworks went off in my head (along with the brief thought "oh my gosh, he used to grade my papers.").

3. i forgot to mention that i also crack my jaw like mad. i can do this without a break in between, because i have TMJ and it's constantly cracking or popping or something. i try not to do it too much, but sometimes it starts to lock up, so i have to pop it.

[JustSu]

yup, i'm hooked too! if it wouldn't mean that i'd have to come up with a gazillion things, i'd reply to every one of your posts! i love this!

1. unlike many of you, i prefer for my feet to be uncovered while sleeping. can't stand sweaty feet and i live in the South. not so bad now, since central air is the norm, but in the days of window units, man it was awful trying to sleep!

2. i also want my pillow to be cool, but it doesn't wake me if if it gets warm.

3. the most frightening thing i've ever seen was in about 1968 (before most of you were born). out with my mom and her best friend - we drove by a park where the KKK was having a meeting. broad daylight. all those white robes and peaked hooded chilled my blood. i thought i was going to lose my lunch.

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (JustSu @ Oct. 13 2002,07:09)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">3. the most frightening thing i've ever seen was in about 1968 (before most of you were born).  out with my mom and her best friend - we drove by a park where the KKK was having a meeting.  broad daylight.  all those white robes and peaked hooded chilled my blood.  i thought i was going to lose my lunch.[/b][/quote]
the KKK has rallies every year in gary (where i go to school), and it terrifies my soul. it's almost like you can feel the hatred. indiana has a huge population of KKK members (for awhile, it had the highest of any state--don't know if it still does), and it makes me sick.

1. i'm going to be late for church if i don't stop typing up random facts, but i had to comment on su's.http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. my bedroom is painted white, with sun, moon, and star wallpaper.

3. i have a lot of things on my walls, including a painted postcard from flea and a few other postcards from nervousness people.

[kimr]

Some more from me, I had to sleep finally last night too.

1. Yesterday when I was driving home from work it was snowing, but none of it has stuck to the ground.(I live in northern Minnesota)

2. My cat's favorite place to nap is under my chin, which immobilizes me if I let her get away with it.

3. I have a post card from flea in a frame in my living room, I look at it all the time because I am awed by her talent and I like to have great art around me to inspire me.

KIM

[Bugitha]

Yikes! Helquin, a bee sting on your tongue??? Ow! Your donut story reminded me:

1. Once a really aggressive squirrel in the Boston Commons stole a donut right out of my hand. I was so afraid of getting rabbies if he bit me I didn't even fight for it. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. I'm trying to figure out how to come up with $50K for grad school, without having to borrow it. It's not looking too good.

3. Our family cat, Bear, who lives with my brother is 19 years old.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

Helquin: 2. I used to have both nipples pierced, but got tired of the tit-rings & took 'em out one day.

Just wondering what kind of scars they left behind. I've been obsessed with the idea of having my nipples pierced lately. I've just been a little nervous. I'm afraid that if I decide I no longer want them they will leave my nipples looking funny.

ummm...ok...3 more...

1) As I mentioned before, I have 7 cats...but I'm very allergic to cats. I am supposed to be taking allergy shots.

2) I'm afraid of needles cause I have tiny veins that like to hide. Last time I had to get an IV it took them 5 tries to get it in *shudders*.

3) I wish Johnny Cash was my grandpa.

[mejaka]

Okay, three more. :^ )

1. Where I used to live I often bought flowers on Friday at a particular florist where the employees were mellow about letting me step into the arranging room and breathe in the scent of roses. It always made me want to apply for a job there.
2. I don't do tattoos or piercings (I do have a single pierce in each ear but I hardly ever wear earrings any more. But I have used a Sharpie marker sometimes to draw a decorative band across each of my feet right between the straps of my Eastlands. I started doing this after seeing some gracefully Bohemian women at an outdoor classical concert who had foot tattoos. I found the idea very sensual. (I *am* very glad that mine are not permanent, though...I always think about the hairstyle I wore in, say, 1982, and wow, there is no way I'd want to still be wearing that today, and that's kind of what I think it would be like to wear a tattoo all my life that seemed pretty or cool when I was 18).
3. I have never been to any concerts that weren't either school-related or classical (usually featuring a member of my family). The closest I have come is that I once had fourth-row seats for a talk by Gladys Knight, who also sang three or four songs nobody here would probably know.

[mejaka]

Oh, shoot--I was going to tell queenfisher I'm glad she participated even though (as she said) it's not normally her thing. Now, since I'm going to need to come up with three more facts, I'm going to make some other comments:

#1: Sistasmell, I can't rollerskate fig-8s backwards, but when I was a kid I was a pretty good rollerskater. So my first fact is that when my eldest was in third grade I went as a chaperone on a trip to the rink, and in an attempt to further impress him and his friends (after doing so successfully several times already), I tried yet another trick I hadn't done in over 15 years. My head hit the floor so hard that the skating attendant in the opposite corner (the learner's corner) heard it, and an hour later was still saying she couldn't believe that was the sound of my *head*.
#2: paperdream, I like to know the names of plants, too--and birds (queenfisher, I read bird guides too). When we first moved to N. Idaho last year I remember noting 10 different kinds of pine/fir/spruce trees, one of which really caught my eye. Unlike most pines, with their patterned growth, this one's branches grew everywhere, all directions, totally at random, like a pine tree having a bad hair day. I now know that it is a Western Larch or Tamarack...and it turns bright yellow and drops its needles in the fall!
#3: Zanna, I finally threw away a lot of letters from former penpals when we moved. At one time I was writing fairly regular letters to 118 people, by hand...at least one and often up to five letters a day. (I kept letters from the ones who are still corresponding with me).

[flea]

wow- i take a bath and there are like 5 new posts

eenie and kimr - curious to know what postcard i sent you? i forget what i mail to whom. glad they found good homes.

hmmm lets see....

1. i think i have an empathy problem. my best friend called me cold once. i dont cry much at all. when i do- its very embarrasing. i wish i would stop totally. maybe i might sqeeze a tear out at a sentimental commercial near my period.... but other then that i probably really really cry about once every 1 or 2 years.

2. the last time i cried was at my sisters wedding. that was 2 years ago. i wasn't crying for joy- but rather because i was stuck at her house and i was half way across the country from my bf and my parents where halfway across the city in a hotel and it was my first time being that far from my bf and i felt disconnected. i couldnt be comfortable around my sister because i hadn/t seen her in a year.

3. i almost cried a year ago when i read part of a poem at my own wedding... but i chalk it up to nerves. it made for an emotional read of the poem, though.

well- i'm late for work now.

[someofmyorange]

sorry, double post

[someofmyorange]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That whole toe sucking fetish is completely beyond my comprehension. [/b][/quote]
i used to think that.. but, um, let's just say i don't think that anymore. ::blush::[/b][/quote]
Heh heh, I'll have agree with you there eenie *blush too*

1. I don't usually wear any makeup.
2. I had a dream with David Bowie in it last night (you can read it at my livejournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/someofmyorange)).
3. I am a very neat and organized person, I have to be or I'd be depressed all the time.

[sistasmell]

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! So many wonderful things I'm learning!
Bugitha- the squirrels in Boston Common are NUTS, aren't they? They aren't afraid of anything. The skunks in Boston are pretty ballsy, too. One chased my husband last night after spraying our dog. They both came tear-assing into the house.
Death_or_Aldona- I sing songs about my dog to my dog, too. "His name is Shambles, Shambles Crockett, king of the wild frontier!" Sad, I know. Even sadder- my husband has taught him to "show respect". The dog licks his rings.
I have heard that dreams about loose teeth are about a fear of losing control.
1. I live in Dorchester, MA, home of NKOTB. I still see one of them once in a while.
2. I have size 9 feet that still manage to look dainty. I always have a perfect home done pedicure. It's kind of an obsession.
3. I can cook like you read about. People whine to be invited over for dinner. Hence my chubbiness. I act like chubby is "in", though, which seems to work.

[Helquin]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Death_Or_Aldona @ Oct. 13 2002,07:49)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Just wondering what kind of scars they left behind. I've been obsessed with the idea of having my nipples pierced lately. I've just been a little nervous. I'm afraid that if I decide I no longer want them they will leave my nipples looking funny.[/b][/quote]
Death_or_Aldona: they didn't leave much of a scar at all. It's now about 6 years since I had the piercing done. If you look really close you can see where the holes used to be... but (for better or worse!) my nips don't get that kinda scrutiny much these days. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I don't know if it makes any difference that I have boy titties.

1. My veins are so prominent they could probably draw blood without the tourniquet. I'm a phlebotomist's dream!

2. My favorite color is red, which worries my mom because her husband told her that indicates a person who feels a lot of anger. Ha! Armchair psychoanalysis be damned! For me it's the color of life, joy & passion.

3. I once dated a guy from India who claimed to trace his family tree all the way back to the god Vishnu, with the records to prove it locked away in some ancient place. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif No deities in my family tree, just the usual nuts!

[Death_Or_Aldona]

Helquin: Thanks for letting me know! Hmmm....maybe I should start setting some $$$ aside http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Ahhh...maybe I should stop posting...It's getting harder and harder to find things to say about myself...

1) ummm...well...I once spent over $100 on a taxi ride in Montreal. My best friend was passed out in the front seat and I was much too busy making out with someone in the back seat to give directions.

2) hmm...I dream about mice alot. Usually baby mice. When I was little I had nightmares about mice. I would sleep walk and yell about them. It freaked my parents out so much they took me to the hospital. It's weird cause I LOVE mice...I use to raise them.

3) I wish I had a tail or maybe some wings. Both would be just lovely : )

[paperdream]

Helquin! My mum has always said my veins are a phlebotomist's dream! (She is/was a doctor) They're all in perfectly straight lines and so so so close to my skin. They don't stick out like man-veins though. That freaks me out.

1. Every single Sunday I go to visit my parents for a Sunday dinner. Thinking about it it's a very strange tradition, because when I lived with them we (mum, dad, me, my two sisters and my brother) could never last a whole meal without fights or tears.

2. I collect notebooks/notepads/journals etc. and I really can't get enough. My most recent is a little pink Tinkerbell book - she's so cute! (I also have a Tinkerbell watch). I want to collect packets of sugar like you get in cafés, but have real difficulties finding them.

3. I love to lick my fiancé's teeth. He doesn't let me do it very often though, only as a special treat.

~Erica

[Z'anne]

First thing on the list today is check these pages. Yes, I'm addicted.

1. Our dog is a spoiled brat. In the past couple of weeks my husband has started to take him for rides in the '57 Willys. Now, when my husband leaves and doesn't take the dog, Bear, sits and howls. This is happening right now and I am having a hard time typing, cause I'm laughing so hard.

2. Last February I got artist block. REALLY bad. Then something strange happened. I started getting words in my head and translated them into English. This new language is Ruq. Don't ask where it came from, I have no idea. I still keep getting words, the latest is le'hu (short e, long u) meaning autumn. And da'sho (long a, long o) I don't have a translation for that, yet. It's weird. And a name popped up, Anexia.

3. When my son moved out to be on his own, I went in to paint and refurbish for a guest room. Well, one thing lead to another and I ended up texturing the walls, stenciling and painting and now have a neolithic themed office. I love it.

Sistasmell ~ Girl, you're not chubby, you are voluptuous! I, on the other hand, have the body of a goddess. The Goddess of Willendorf, that is.

[naughtymonkey]

1) I sleep with a teddy bear named Manny
2) My cat Henrietta is named after a puppet on Mr. Rogers (my little brother named it at age 2)
3) I am completely addicted to the TV show "Ed" and spend half my online time at stuckeyville.com (http://stuckeyville.com).

[Bugitha]

Oh, Flea--I kinda wish I had your problem, I cry at the drop of a hat, and even though I do it all the time its still very embarrassing when its in public.

1. I cry when I'm frustrated (even at work a couple of times, geesh), when I'm mad, sad, happy, whatever. Just thinking of certain people makes the tears well up. I cry at commercials, T.V., the news, movies, certain songs, books, some poems. I have to avoid news magazine shows if there is some kinda of story of hope on them or I'm a blubbering idiot, and don't even get me started on stories related to 9/11. Yup. Its a problem.

2. My apartment is really hard to find since the door doesn't face the street so I never get salespeople, religious people, etc at my door, which is good. But I never get trick-or-treaters either which is bad. I love the costumes!!! Still I buy candy every year just in case. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

3. I won't be able to check this page again till late late tonight, which makes me sad (but I'm not crying this time) http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[Someone]

1. I took a year off school when my friends were in grade 10.
2. I can bend my thumbs backward to my wrists.
3. I like to go hiking barefoot.

[sistasmell]

1. I can sit and put both my feet behind my head, which I once demonstrated in mixed company on Thanksgiving while drunk. It was at my boyfriend's parents' house, no less.
2. I'm a cryer, too. My most embarassing cry was while watching Who's the Boss?, even though I was alone.
3. I'm a huge Willie Nelson fan.

[JustSu]

mejaka, were those songs at the talk from with or without the Pips? (see, someone does know them!)

i am also a crier. someone once described me as the only person she knew who cried over deodorant commercials.

1. i was quite literally riding horses before i could walk - got the pictures to prove it.

2. i'm very very good in emergency situations - not squeamish and i don't panic - but afterwards, i need a quiet corner to shake and cry in.

3. i'm double-jointed and when i weighed what i should, could put my feet behind my back, do a back somersault while in lotus position, and walk in first position (heels touching, toes pointed straight out to the sides, ala charlie chaplin - except i don't rock from side to side to do it)

[WitchDust]

It's amazing how many things we all have in common. I started to make a list but now that this thread is so long I doubt I'll do that. 3 more useless facts about me:

1. I have a strange obsession with a little "green velvet huggy pillow". The feathers inside it are from a gigantic feather bed that was my great grandmothers. I've had it since 1975 & since it looks like the "velveteen rabbit pillow" now I keep an embroidered pillowcase on it made by my biological mom. It's really special to me since it carries over 3 generations of handiwork in that one little huggy pillow & makes me feel like a tiny part of each of them watches over me in my sleep.

2. I skipped two grades in school and graduated when I was 16.

3. I've had a tat of "Hot Stuff" since 1983 (he's the cute little devil holding a pitchfork from the Casper cartoons, which was a childhood fav)

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">eenie and kimr - curious to know what postcard i sent you? i forget what i mail to whom. glad they found good homes. [/b][/quote]

it has a shiny silver background, and a woman with long black hair is painted over a red circle (that was a sucky description, but i don't have my contacts in).

1. i am a crier too. everyone i know has seen me cry so many times. i don't watch disney movies anymore, because they make me cry too much.

2. i've never broken or sprained anything.

3. i don't like monkeys at all. i hate the monkey house at the zoo and i'd never, ever go to someone's house if they had a pet monkey. ::shudder::

[cieart]

I haven't gone throught the 14 pages yet...hey eenie I'm a crier too...although I don't cry over movies...more like depressed crier...anyways

1. I live in the South Pacific...Fiji
2. Fiji has had 3 coups...yes, I've seen guns, heard them fired, bombs...etc, etc,
3. Don't believe the brochure...it rains in the tropics...

Dulcie

[GuineaBaby]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Sistasmell ~ Girl, you're not chubby, you are voluptuous!  I, on the other hand, have the body of a goddess.  The Goddess of Willendorf, that is.[/b][/quote]
That's what I say! I'm voluptuous!

And ooooh! I love love love Ed! I think Carol is making a big mistake with the principal. I love their ten buck dares, too. ^_^

1. I've never broken or sprained anything nor gotten stitches. Actually, I've never been admitted to the hospital, aside from my birth of course. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

2. **edit**

3. I have two friends in real life-My sister and my best friend. That's it. I'm very shy and I was a loner in high school. I get along more with adults than people my age. I have a hard time getting to know people, too, because my shyness comes off like I'm stuck up. And no matter what the magazines or anyone else says, shyness is VERY hard to overcome, and Lord knows I've tried.

[GuineaBaby]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (eenie @ Oct. 13 2002,15:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1.  i am a crier too. everyone i know has seen me cry so many times. i don't watch disney movies anymore, because they make me cry too much.[/b][/quote]
I used to watch disney movies ALL the time. Now they just piss me off because they don't have people kiss anymore and that is just not right, especially since you know it should happen. It's like it revolves around romance, but it doesnt.

Guess I have to state three more facts huh? lol

1. I'm a hopeless romantic. No matter what I see or read, I want some sort of romance involved and I want certain people to get together.

2. I can't sleep unless I'm hugging or I have an arm draped around SnowBall, my teddy bear. THat's only recently, too.

3. No matter what people say about how stupid guinea pigs are, they're not. Mine know their names. Dawn just said "Genovia" and she came out and looked. And when I yell at them for chewing on something they're not supposed to (when I let them loose on the ground) and I say their name, only that one will jump back and run or hide.

[kimr]

Flea, my postcard was black velvet and it has the face of a woman in the center with silver swirls painted in the frame of black velvet. It is amazing and I look at it all the time, it definitely has a good home.

Three more facts

1. My shetland sheepdog is overweight and I get angry when people comment on it because I feel like they are commenting about me too.

2. I am very shy also, I have lived in Brainerd for 5 years now and the only friends I have here are the people I work with. Unless you count the chats I have with the lady at the coffee house while she's making my latte.

3. I have collected books on bookbinding and journal making for 3 years but I finally finished my first book totally sewn and bound from scratch this year. Guess I am a bit of a procrastinator.

4. I collect elvis memorobilia and have a room dedicated to elvis(my husband tries not to go in there.)

[sundaysushiman]

never been to these boards before in my life, but this thread was much to fascinating to leave alone! so here you go:

.001. I truly and honestly believe that I have been blessed with divine knowledge and that I am favored by a higher power. Which is very funny, considering how not-religious I am.

.002. I'm confident that I will die prematurely, and I'm okay with that, though there are a few things I'd like to do first.

.003. I love octopuses, yet they scare me unbelievably. I will hyperventilate if I come close to a (live) octopus, but at the same time be thinking how fascinating it is.

[flea]

hey helquin- that explains the penis art. excellent. and thanks for the wonderful postcard. i'll see if i can find you one to trade.

1. i have a huggy pillow too. unfortunatly i like to use my husbands 2 ft long pillow before he gets into bed and then he has to steal it from me. sometimes when i'm considerate i use my chenille throw pillow.

2. i have thoughts of death a lot too. it's getting better- but when my husband was late i always feared he was dead. i used to freak out in the car when i thought he was going to hit someone. i keep thinking about how my parenst are getting older and that they will die in the next 30 years. i look at the obituaries everyday to see if i know anyone who has died.

3. i dislike mansteam anything. i hate mainstream music. i wonder who all these people are who bought that kelly from teen idols single to shoot it to #1. i hate girl bands and boy bands and top 40 music. i dont like chick flicks. it took me a long time before i would even watch friends because it was popular. i have a hard time talking to normal people because i have an odd sense of humor.

[cieart]

1. I've only moved once in my 24years of living...2 if you count moving from the top to the bottom flat of my fathers family home...i live on my boyfriends family farm now...full of grass and cassava
2. Since moving I've driven a tractor (but don't wanna learn how to drive), planted tomatoes and cassava, harvested chinese cabbage, tomatoes and cucumber.
3...since moving, I now pay $1.50 to got to Suva city...compared to what i use to have to pay...40cents...

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Guest @ Oct. 13 2002,16:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">never been to these boards before in my life, but this thread was much to fascinating to leave alone! so here you go:[/b][/quote]
welcome to the boards.: ) i love your name.

1. my thumbs are double jointed (i forget who else said that). i can bend them back to my wrist, and i can fold them up and over the top of my hand.

2. the last time i was tested, i typed 75 words a minute.

3. i'm a political junkie. when i turned 18, i was so excited that i would be able to vote. during the whole election madness of 2000, i used to skip class to watch CNN.

[queenfisher]

mejaka - it would be very selfish if i were to only read and enjoy this thread (and there are great stuff here!) but not add to it, so here's adding 3 more...

eenie - hehe, sorry. i was just teasing you though.

wish i could comment on everything. welcome to sundaysushiman.

1. i cry easily too, sometimes over the silliest things - but i don't like it when people see me cry or found out i've cried. flea, i would so like your problem. some recent and memorable cries:
- i was watching a hindi movie with my sister a few days ago and a few minutes into it i thought oh great, comedy, no risk of crying, phew. but dang, some minutes before the end the mom hugged for the first tiem after 20 years her step daughter (daughter of woman her now dead husband had an affair with) who(m?) she has taken to live with her after the accident where her real mom also died. uhh, i should stop watching hindi movies :-D
- during one of my friend's church wedding when i saw how gorgeous she looked as she was walking down the aisle - other friends saw me crying then, couldn't be helped - i didn't think of wearing the dark sunglasses.
- watching the news on tv this morning about the bali bombings, more anger than anything though.
- a couple of weeks ago at my cousin's wife's funeral, as the men were carrying the coffin to the burial ground, my 3 year old nephew reached his little hand up high so he could hold on to the cover cloth on the coffin, stumbling as he followed, barefoot, following them all the way to the grave. that made everybody cry.

2. i like the swedish band 'bo kaspers orkester' and have downloaded all songs from all their albums plus all known live recordings. please don't sue me.

3. i got a rather nice sketch in my mailbox this morning from someone who visited my website.

;-)

/shafina

[GuineaBaby]

1. I can't wait to be called to jury duty. I didn't want to go when I first turned 18 (I've never been called) but now I see it as an opportunity to help me understand my future job and I can't wait. Mom said it would look too suspicious if I called in and requested to be called lol.

2. My favorite number is 17. I used to like three but changed my mind, though I'm still partial to it. I liked 7, but it looked too weird all by itself. ^_^

3. My favorite word is AquaticSpackle (spackle for mermaids I assume ^_^) because I *love* the kuh sound.

[jaydestarr]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. My veins are so prominent they could probably draw blood without the tourniquet. I'm a phlebotomist's dream![/b][/quote]

I'm the same way. I just have to hold my arm out and there they are. ^_^

Three more facts...

1) My stuffed bunny, Fred The Nappy Bunny, has to be in bed with me when I'm sleeping. That's probably why he's nappy.

2) I'm *beginning* to see that there is possibly a basis for the foot fetish, but I still hate feet.

3) I broke my middle finger on my left hand and now if I bend it at the middle knuckle, it twitches uncontrollably. I love doing it to freak my oldest sister out. ^_~

[eenie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (GuineaBaby @ Oct. 13 2002,19:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1. I can't wait to be called to jury duty. I didn't want to go when I first turned 18 (I've never been called) but now I see it as an opportunity to help me understand my future job and I can't wait. Mom said it would look too suspicious if I called in and requested to be called lol.[/b][/quote]
my mom gets called for jury duty every other year (though she's never been chosen), but my 86 year old grandpa has never been called. i don't think i'd be able to be impartial, since i know (and dislike) most of the prosecutors, so i wouldn't like to be called. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

1. i get sad very easily.. i dwell on fights with my boyfriend and things said while fighting instead of remembering all the good things. i wish i could change this. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

2. i read every section of the newspaper each morning, except the sports.

3. i go to school in the murder capital of the US

[jaydestarr]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i don't think i'd be able to be impartial, since i know (and dislike) most of the prosecutors, so i wouldn't like to be called. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif[/b][/quote]

I would imagine that would get you excused from jury duty if you were called for it.

1) I get sad very easily, too. I cry a lot, but not around anyone. My roommates think I'm weird because of how overemotional I get. Unfortunately, a medicine I'm on right now magnifies this immensely. http://nervousness.org/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif Not good. I'm also very cranky tonight and all alone since all of my roommates are gone on fall break and my boyfriend is sleeping (since he didn't sleep much last night). I apologize if I'm cranky to anyone. :: nods ::

2) I'm on a T3 connection here at school and currently I am getting .02 kb/second on a download from perl.org. Um, somehow I don't think that's fast enough. :: sigh ::

3) I think that instead of cutting university funding, the state of Virginia should cut the rather immense amount of welfare it doles out. Of course, that would cost the politicians precious votes. It's much better to just hurt the quality of education in Virginia's higher education institutes. I'll refrain from the full rant... I'm just really upset about this and no one seems to really care about it. :: sigh ::

(edited for typos & stuff)