5 Things You Probably Don’t Care About
Ok so in the spirit of a good "Let it all hang out" kind of day I figured ya’ll might want to know a few things about me (random) that most people don’t already know. Not that you care, I just feel like hammered horseshit today between the whole "moon-phase" thing and a roaring two day sinus headache (despite taking even OTC allopathic meds *gah*) I’m feeling a little odd.
1) I am an aspiring writer - of Fantasy/Sci-Fi and historical romance (ok stop laughing…here…put your head down between your knees it’ll pass). I have two Sci-Fi/Fantasy type books floating around in my head and one historical romance that begs to be put BACK on paper. I had the romance 27 chapters into production and guess who’s drive blew up…and the backup CD was friggin’ fried…yep…and now I can’t find the heart to do it again which is said. It’s a good piece if I do say so myself. I’d read it.
2) I had to explain the facts of life last week. To my 9 year old male-child. The GIRL facts. Now before you calll CPS on me - The Cubscouts are making me go camping (again for those who don’t know me well - I MAY be a gardener and herbalist but I am also very much an indoor kind of girl if you get my drift). I am going to be forced into a tent, with things like camping stoves and lanterns, and sleeping bags….and bugs. Facts of Life kind of hooks into this because this is all supposed to go down when my cycle "peaks" and far away from showering facilities and a good tampon disposal is the LAST place I am going to wish to be…ahem. I don’t want the lad to think I am looking for any excuses to NOT take his beloved butt camping (what sane woman CAMPS??? MEN can go days without showering…women?…feh…) so I had to explain that if our great Mother of The Moon Phases was good to his Mama we’d be able to go but if not and things panned out as I thought it might…it’s a no go. I sweated thru the whole thing and he turned grey and looked ill. At least (God Bless his little heart) he doesn’t ask me every.stinking.day. "Didja get it yet?"
3) I really REALLY want to own a large plot of land. Not because I want to resell it and make a chunkachange. I want to own it and live on it with a 5 acre buffer on all 4 sides bewteen me and…anything…I have this overwhelming feeling that we as a species are running out of time and unless we have the wherewithal to be self sufficient - we are in trouble. I figure a good chunk of land should enable us to grow our own groceries and have enough trees for firewood eh? I know…as if the government would allow us to keep it if things get that dire.
4) My husband and I, along with a couple of friends, once bumped into Kevin Dillon in a Dunkin’ Donuts whilst driving back from his best budd’s wedding in Penssylvania. We were in some podunk backwoods upstatey kinda smalltown and he walked in. You could tell he’d (a) been there before and the locals were comfortable enough to treat him like anyone else off the street and (b) was UNcomfortable at being in there with people he did NOT know. We ALL recognized him from the movie "Platoon" but all elected to act like we bumped into actors every day. We all looked at him, nodded casually and ordered our coffee and doughballs. For some reason he seemed to leave in a foul mood even though he had acted like he wanted to be left alone and we left him alone. Ah well….
5) My father once told me that (a) everything he had ever done he did for me (explain please how molesting your daughter was something you did "for her"…) and (b) I would never ever amount to anything because everything I was, I was because of HIM and when I left I would be a failure for sure without him. Up your ass daddy-oh. I am everything I am without you and I like me SOOO much better this way. And so does everyone else.
OK so if I was allowed to add a 6th one it would be that I REALLY wish I had another daughter because this part time daughter stuff is very painful…a full time female I could torture into pink dresses would be quite nice and round out my little world beautifully but…I wouldn’t trade my male babies for anything.
How about you? Up to talking about yourself? What is ONE thing you are brave enough to "put out there" for those of us who want to know?
