I think my mom’s trying to tell me something

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First of all, a bit of administrivia: TODAY IS B‘S BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Give her love. (And peace!)

My mom (among other people) tagged me on Facebook and reposted her meme on her own blog so I guess I better be a good kid and do it!

25 things about me:
1. I really love peanut butter, but didn’t catch on so much until I was 33.
2. I would be a vegetarian if I didn’t love cows so very much that I must consume them.
3. I could actually do without bacon, and have done so.
4. My life seems perfectly normal and unexciting to me until I compare notes with other people and then I realize that most people are really not leading their lives to their fullest potential… (What are you all waiting for, exactly?)
5. I randomly say very profound things without meaning to.
6. Whenever I am outside my home I have a scenario worked out for if someone attacks me.
7. But I feel really safe. Honest. It’s just called “being prepared”.
8. When I was a teenager I used to yell at my boobs to stop growing.
9. I have gone through stages of life where I thought I might have multiple personalities so would spot check and ask myself my name. (I always answer my given name.)
10. Dawg calls me Poppy. I call him Dawgy. When we speak about each other to our friends or family I call him Dave or David and he calls me Stef or Stefanie. Around bloggers it’s blog names.
11. When I was a pre-teen I thought it would be easier to be a boy so I wished I was one.
12. Yes, Blake, I stole your pink purse your mom gave you and threw it in the woods.
13. I hope to learn Spanish specifically so I can read all the subway signs without having to read their English equivalents.
14. I don’t tell people at my current job that I have a blog or that I’m Internet Famous, despite the fact that they could put all the pieces together just by actually paying attention to the calendar hanging up at my desk.
15. I love the subway so much that I’ve randomly happily considered memorizing every train line, starting with A. (I hadn’t quite thought through when I’d learn the numbered lines.)
16. I dated a guy that Knitting Girl also dated. He is the only guy besides my ex-husband that I ever dumped. Dumping him was so horrible that from that point on I would always make guys break up with me. I just told Knitting Girl this past weekend why I dumped the guy (then a boy) at 13. I had a vision of the future with him that freaked me the fuck out and I was unwilling to let that come to life.
17. I love to walk around naked. I’m pretty sure it slightly embarrasses Dawg, or at least makes him uncomfortable, because he won’t look directly at me. Not sure why, since I’m hot and beautiful and fun to look at.
18. I like to read periodicals from right to left.
19. I didn’t dare tell my mom until I was 33 years old that I ever drink alcohol. Before that I was scared to. Now I realize it’s part of who I am and I need to stop being scared to let people know the real me. I barely ever drink.
20. I am very happy to no longer be a homeowner for now.
21. I can’t wait to be a mommy to more babies. (Beautiful orange boy kitty, where aaaaaaaare you?)
22. Five days a week I hear or say the phrase “that’s what she said.”
23. I could take a shower all day. I love the hot water running over me…
24. …but I love ice in the bedroom. :smiles:
25. I am randomly psychic. I can read your minds right now. Stop thinking about 23 and 24. You are dirty birdies. :winks:

13 thoughts on “I think my mom’s trying to tell me something”

  2. My notes:

    My plan for being attacked is “Lose my mind, and consume the flesh of my attackers.”
    I never said it was a good plan.

    I find it funny that you used to check for more names… and now you have two.

    It occurs to me that at 13, you had amazing foresight for your age.

    Oh god, I hate hearing snippets from the sex lives of people I know. It immediately forms a visual and I feel guilty about that. Wargh !
    (The guilt might also stem from the fact that I, yet, don’t stop reading those, anyway)

  4. I’m sitting in the airport (flight got cancelled,) and laughed out loud at that picture. Ah, memories!

    Thanks for the birthday wishes! Love you girl!

  5. What is this living “without” bacon I hear???

    *SNIFF* *SNIFF*

    I suppose I could if I had to.

    I still :pinkpuffyheart: you!!!

    And Happy Birthday B!!!

  6. Oh my gosh! #18! I do the same thing! I thought I was the only one who did that! I KNEW we were so alike!

    #21 – At first I thought you meant human babies, but then I realized of course you meant the BEST kind of baby – furry ones! I am plotting a way to add another furry child to THIS household as well…but don’t tell my S.O. It has to be a surprise addition.

    J.

  8. #6 – Me too. Never hurts to be prepared.

    And I love that you want to learn Spanish for the subway signs. I like to sit and try to translate them into their literal meanings (hysterical) and their intended meanings. I’m a dork.

    Happy Birthday B!

  10. Be careful what you wish for. A couple of years ago I mentioned out loud that I’d always wanted an orange boy kitty, and very soon after I was trapping an entire litter of them (feral, of course) in the neighbor’s backyard. I only kept one of them, though…and his cute little brown tabby sister.

  11. You can #8 all you want but all the rest of us are drowning you out. Especially for #17 and Dawg’s benefit.

  13. I thought I was the only one that screamed at my boobs. Now it’s, “Hey guys, get back up here where you belong!!”