May 9, 2013
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16 Facts, Habits or Goals
Today I was tagged by my friend, @megabyyte to do this cute new trend someone started where you have to tell 16 facts, habits, or goals about yourself, and then, “If you’ve been tagged, please complete and tag me. Don’t forget to tag 10 of your friends.” If you’ve been reading me for a while, you may already know some or all of these things. But, anyway….So, here goes.
1.) I was a HUGE nerd in school. Never invited to any parties or asked out by any guys or anything. I sat alone a lot at lunch.
2.) I collect books, music albums and different kinds of bird feathers. I don’t think it is possible to have too many of any of these things.
3.) One time, I hit a wife beating SOB with my car on purpose. (He did jump in front of me trying to intimidate me first though.)
4.) The closest thing I think there is to feeling like you are flying is riding on on a motorcycle. Although I’ve only been able to do that maybe a total of five times, I absolutely love it and there is nothing else in the world like it.
5.) Music must be in my DNA because I love it like a fifth child. My music keeps me sane and cheers me when I am down. I cannot wait to hear what they come up with in heaven! I can learn to play anything by ear on the piano (only one key though, no chords. I’m not that talented yet.) And it seems all my children have a knack for music too.
6.) I also collect jewelry. I don’t care if it is real or not, but real stuff doesn’t turn so it lasts longer. I tend to go with silver because it is cheaper. I have every single piece of jewelry I have ever owned, and that adds up to a whole bunch. But since most of it is fake it’s not like it’s all that valuable to anyone else.
7.) I like to write/draw calligraphy. I also like to paint little knickknacks too – it really brings them to life.
8.) Planting flowers is also a hobby of mine. When we finally get our very own house, I plan on making it beautiful with all kinds of plants and flowers. And if it turns out I am lucky enough to own property with a little brook or creek nearby, I have a whole plan for turning one spot near it into my own little piece of heaven.
9.) Ever since I was a child, I’ve always loved animals. I was that kid who took in every stray. Once, a German Shepherd who had been abused and her spirit broken showed up. We taught her to be a guard dog in six or eight months. It is my dream to have a pet fox and a pet otter.
10.) When I was in my mid teens, I sang in the church youth choir. Everyone that heard us loved us and invited us to come sing at their church. So we went around and guest sang at churches all over NC and VA. Those were some of the happiest times of my childhood.
11.) I have a serious goal to obtain a hammered dulcimer and learn to play it.
12.) There is a place in my heart so full of rage at all the wrong I have endured, all the wrong that I am aware of in this world, and all the injustice, deception and cruelty. Sometimes it seems so overwhelming, and I feel so completely out of place in this world. The older I get the more I understand certain things older folks in church used to say about being homesick for heaven. And I think that most people still as young as I don’t think like that, and then it makes me just feel old.
13.) If I eat chocolate, cookies or cake, I MUST have milk to go with it. I will actually turn it down if I can’t (most times). And the chocolate has to be milk chocolate – I hate semisweet or dark. BLAH.
14.) When I was growing up, my mother never really cooked. If it didn’t come out of a can or a box she didn’t fix it. But apparently, I’ve learned a lot because everyone seems to think I am a great cook.
15.) Of all of God’s creation, I hate crows, opossums, ants and coyotes. The death of these creatures brings me no remorse at all whatsoever. I really do mean hate.
16.) I can bait a hook and catch a fish, and I will even cook it. I don’t mind slimy worms. But I refuse to skin and clean the fish.
Oh, to tag 10 friends, hmm. @WaitingToShrug, @grim_truth, @firetyger, @Erika_Steele, @Ghillies_guide, @lonelywanderer2, @musterion99, @Facetiouseloquence, @blonde_apocalypse, @TheGuyYouD0ntKnow. Have FUN!!!!
Comments (24)
You do realize there’s no way I’m gonna do this, right?
I avoid these things like the plague, and as president of the man club, I must continue to do so.
But these are great facts, I knew some of them about you but a few are new. The dulcimer makes a beautiful sound, but if you do end up trying it you’ve got to be dedicated to it. That sucker ain’t easy.
great list
i didn’t know a lot of these 
HA! I was just gonna ask if you cleaned the fish too, but never mind. hehehe You’re a real down-to-earth kind of a woman.
Oh man… I have a soft spot for coyotes. Well, all predators really, although I wouldn’t want to get too close to them. I like your facts, you’ve got a lot of interesting little things about you.
@Ghillies_guide - Worth a shot. But you have to get off this manhood kick. Real men’s manhood is not really actually that fragile.
And we’d all enjoy reading it, you know.
I think the dulcimer would be easier for me than the piano or guitar.
@jersey_jenn - Thanks! I should have tagged you instead of @Ghillies_guide - since he says he won’t do it.
@olwd - Thanks!
@WaitingToShrug - Thanks. Coyotes just got added to the list when they chewed their way through the wire fence Rick built for our dogs while we were at the beach and attacked our dogs. Our little beagle, Remington, had a swollen spot on his neck as big as a baseball full of infection from their nasty bites. Also, they have killed two cats, injured our turkey so we had to slaughter him before Thanksgiving, and killed Ricks favorite beagle, Duke. So they got on the list.
@Ghillies_guide - will probably get bored and do it anyway lol the man club might impeach him if he doesn’t honor the request of a pretty lady ;P
@jersey_jenn - LOL That’s a good spin, we’ll go with that!
@jersey_jenn - @mtngirlsouth - Both of you suck. Suckers.
(and the manhood stuff is all tongue in cheek. As founding member of the man club, I’m the only one qualified to comment on the fragility of a real man’s manliness, thank you very much!!)
Also, you’re both punks. Punks.
@Ghillies_guide - LOL Just do the survey – PUNK. (You know you secretly want to.) You can blame us.
These made me smile (what of them I could read. For some reason, your site loads half-on and half-”off” my screen.) Love that you hit a wife-beater with your car. Nice.
Will get back to you when I do this myself.
@blonde_apocalypse - You are the second person to tell me this, and I have no idea why. What are you using to look at it? What kind of browser? And I look forward to reading yours!
We have a lot in common. Thanks for sharing these things. I will do this later if I think of it. Busy getting ready to move out on my cheating wife, tomorrow. Ironically, she’s the one driving me, to stay with HER father, until Saturday, when I will move into a house owned by HER brother-in-law.
@WaitingToShrug - I’ve had a number of wild animals as pets. I’ve never had a pet coyote, though, and I’ve always wanted one.
I absolutely love that you hit a wifebeater with your car. Your description of riding a motorcycle really does make me want to learn to drive my dad’s Harley. He doesn’t appreciate it. He buys toys and then forgets about him. Doug would be sad that there is a Harley sitting in somebody’s garage collecting dust.
@mtngirlsouth - :( That’s sad.
@lonelywanderer2 - I am more of a dog person for pets, but I think wild predators are really interesting. Coyotes especially interest me because some people posit that they might fill the ecological role of the wolf in the US. Did you read about the breeding experiment in Russia for foxes, where they actually ended up with house-trained pet foxes? I thought that was cool.
This is a great list of facts
The best being the car one, hehe 
I love the sound the dulcimer makes. Always one of the best parts of any Renaissance Faire I’ve been too. Well, that and the ample bosom-ed women the faires attract. Lol.
@WaitingToShrug - I thought that was really cool, too. I not only read about it, I posted about it!!! It proves what I’ve said for a long time. Any animal can be tamed, or even truly domesticated. A lot of people say wild animals should be left in the wild, but they don’t think about the fact that all current domestic animals came from wild ancestors.
Oh, and I’ve also wanted a wolf, or failing that, a wolf hybrid, for most of my life.
I like reading about you. Although I have some very different views than you do, I think I relate a lot to your passion. I understand that pit of anger you spoke of.
On a lighter note, regarding #15- I absolutely HATE geese. This vegan would happily fry one up for dinner tonight, given the opportunity.
17. we share the same love for butterflies!
Did you really tag me?! Well looky here, I’m moving up in the Xanga world! Yee haw
But really, I’m shocked. I think this is the first time I’ve been tagged since I’ve been on here. I might do it for fun… but I also might take a while since I’m extremely uninteresting. ..And I may not be able to tag anyone since I don’t really have any Xanga friends who are still around.
As for your post: OH MY CHOCOLATE. I’m almost exactly the same way with sweets, although I will eat them alone, with an amount of disappointment. And agreed on milk chocolate! Can’t stand the other stuff .