I was tagged by a few different people on Facebook to do this, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. If you're reading this, then you're hereby tagged.
1. People tell me that I'm creative, but I always feel like I fall short of my own expectations in that department.
2. I really love to sing and be on stage. For a while I considered doing it for a living. Not as a pop star, but in the theater. Even now, when I go see shows, I feel a huge tinge of regret that I didn't pursue that with a little more tenacity.
3. I was in the Air Force for 8 years and sometimes I really miss it. It was also the hardest 8 years of my life and I made a lot of mistakes during that time. Even now when I see an Air Force commercial, I wince at the memories that I associate with that time of my life.
4. Before I was married, I had a few boyfriends who told me they loved me, but I never believed them. I always expected them to do something hurtful and I was rarely disappointed.
5. Everyone thinks I'm really outgoing, but I really like being by myself. I love people (in small groups), but truthfully, being in crowds makes me sweaty and anxious. When I get anxious, I talk a lot. I don't know why...
6. I absolutely LOVE dressing up. Costumes, cocktail gowns, whatever... I love stepping outside myself and being glamorous. Probably why I should have been on Broadway...
7. My husband Tim is my favorite person on the planet. I knew the day we got married that we'd always be together. He's the sweetest, smartest, and most hilarious person I've ever known and I really can NOT believe he loves me back.
8. I really and truly HATE my skin. Everyone that has ever heard me say this says, "Awww, freckles are cute!" and it makes me want to hit them. I hate being pale and freckly. I am SO jealous of people who can tan easily and I really hope our daughter gets my husband's complexion.
9. One of my only real regrets in life is that I didn't go to college when I was younger. I've had a lot of education, and I am smart and well read, but I hate how left out I feel in conversations about college and degrees. I have GI Bill money and can go to school anytime I like, but every time I've gotten close, I couldn't decide what I wanted to study and chickened out. Plus, the Air Force trained me to be a designer, and I've done it for 11 years successfully...Do I really need a degree in that? Maybe I should study something else entirely...
10. I despise olives and I despise myself for despising them. I'm a foodie, and I hate how many cool recipes that involve olives never make it into my kitchen because of my irrational distate for olives and all olive flavored things. TAPENADE, I'm talking to you...
11. My parents loved me a lot, but my upbringing was pretty tough in a lot of ways. I think this made me really intolerant of spoiled and lazy people, especially children. I worked my whole life and I don't have any respect for kids who've had things handed to them.
12. I believe in God, but I really HATE going to church. I only go on special occasions (weddings etc.) and even then I just can't WAIT to get out. There is something so stifling and completely un-spiritual about that environment to me.
13. I felt really good about being vegetarian, but the things I missed most were chicken strips and Taco Bell. Now that I'm eating meat again, I still try to eat very carefully, organic produce, healthy amounts of fruits and veggies, but every now and then, I just want a Nacho Supreme and NOTHING else will do.
14. I love my siblings very much, but I wish we were all better friends. I am pretty different from everyone in my family and sometimes feel like the outsider. I'm the only liberal, agnostic, vegetarian recycler and sometimes I feel like they all think I'm pretty out there.
15. I've lived a lot of great places in my life, but no where has ever felt more like home to me than the southern Oregon coast. I miss the ocean and the beaches and the climate. I really hope someday that we can live there and raise our kids close to beach.
16. I'm due to have my first child this spring and even though I'm very excited and all that, I am really terrified about all the people who are going to be looking at my vagina. I know it's medical, blah blah, but I am REALLY not looking forward to that. OH, and I heard that sometimes you poop on the table. I REALLY don't want anyone to see my POOP!
17. I get really fed up with people who won't take my advice after asking for it. Seriously, if you've got a problem, and you ask me for advice and then give me all the reasons why you can't take my advice, I will probably cut you off. Next time you need help, friggin' GOOGLE IT or something.
18. I absolutely love digging through thrift stores, antique stores, and garage sales. I think the reason I love my best friend Echo as much as I do is because she would always do that with me and we'd find the best stuff and then wear it all around town. Every weirdo needs a partner in crime and she was always mine.
19. I was not really an animal person until we got our cat Daisy. She made me love kitties, and kitty hair, and being meowed at for breakfast at 5 in the morning. Sometimes I worry that she will get kidnapped or die and I will just be INCONSOLABLE.
20. I secretly think everyone is a little bit gay and the ones who deny it are gayer than most.
21. I always wear a bra, and when I go to bed, I wear a sports bra underneath my pajamas.
22. The people I love most in my life are the people who laugh at my stories and make me feel cooler than I am.
23. I hate the color pink, but since I found out I'm having a little girl, I'm hating it less.
24. I don't understand people who haven't seen The Sound Of Music. I mean, what the hell? Shouldn't that be required viewing for all children?
25. I love campy music and movies. Elvis movies, bossa nova lounge music, musicals, John Water's films, Disney Movies (the old ones) and Shirley Temple movies. All that stuff puts a smile on my face...