Ok, just to warn you, this is going to be a long post. But, I'm sick (again), so I have nothing better to do.
I've been blogging so little lately, that I thought maybe I could make up for it by doing this.
I thought about putting it behind a cut, but then I remembered that I've forgotten how to do cuts. I'll look for the instructions later, when I feel like finding the scrap of paper I wrote them on.
I'm just doing it because I want to, but you can do it as a meme if you feel the need.
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100 Things About Me (That You Probably Never Cared About, Anyway)1) I smoke, but I only smoke the cheap cigarettes. The expensive ones give me nose bleeds or sore throats. My current brand is 'Sonoma', which is really the same as 'USA Gold', but cheaper by around thirty cents.
2) I only smoke menthol cigarettes. Lights make me gag, and full flavors don't have enough flavor for me.
3) I was 350 pounds in July, now down to anywhere between 312 to 320.
4) Did that by changing my diet. Fiber really
IS our friend.
5) My best fiber-full recipe is one that I haven't given a title to, but it has split peas, lentels, chicken, lots of herbs and garlic, and a little margarine.
6) I have no problem sharing any of my high-fiber recipes if anyone asks.
7) I hate stupidity. Even my own.
8) I hate people that take money from the penny cup at the store, and stick it in their pocket. The penny cup is a charity, not a convenience.
9) I also don't believe that the penny cup is some magical, money-cloning device that takes your pennies, and "
somehow" turns them into nickels, quarters and dimes for you to take back on your next trip to buy something.
10) I tried being straight, but it sucked, and I don't mean in the good way.
11) I now have too much respect for women to let them think I'm straight if they like me, even if it means people I don't want to find out I'm gay have to find out.
12) I hate children. I don't even like them if I know their going home to their own parents, though that is the only way I can tolerate them.
13) I hate loud noises, and have since my PTSD started really taking effect in the '90s.
14) I can stare at shiny things for hours without moving. Muscle Bears have the same effect.
15) I really like hairy older bears, but am finding myself really starting to like a particular younger smooth asian guy I've only seen in person once. I have no idea why.
16) He'd probably kill me if he read that (at least right now, when we have no idea if this is going to turn into something down the road or not), so nobody can tell him, or I'll hunt you down and make you listen to the current moron/president trying to read Shakespear.
17) That happens to be one of my nightmares.
18) Most of my nightmares are either scifi or horror based. I almost never have any that are based on real life.
19) I would do anything I possibly could to protect a cat from being hurt.
20) I think my affinity for cats comes from when my sister (when she was...maybe 5 or 6) was attcked by one because she cornered it behind the couch, and wouldn't let it go.
21) PJ the cat was taught how to fly across the garage by my mom minutes after.
22) PJ the cat was made to dissappear by my mom and her boyfriend the same night.
23) My usual screen name is Panthor.
24) For years I thought Panthor came from the combination of the Norse Gods of Pan and Thor.
25) Until I realized that it was the name of one of the talking big cats on the 80s cartoon "He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe".
26) That was the only 80s cartoon I couldn't live without. I hate the modern re-vamp of it.
27) I'm a hourder (horder? hoarder?), and hate throwing anything away that I might be able to use in my lifetime.
28) Most of the things I have I will never actually use in my lifetime, but their still buried somewhere in my closets.
29) I hate Oprah for pointing out how bad hoarding is.
30) I can't remember how to spell. Spellings for simple words that should be easy to spell never quite make it into my mental file.
31) I'm scared of losing all of my excess weight, because I don't know what kind of person I'll be when I'm thin.
32) I'm also scared of losing weight because I'll get more attention from people, and I hate getting attention. I like to blend into the walls, not stand in the spot light.
33) But I love to sing, even though if I ever became a professional singer, I would get more attention then if I were just thin.
34) Every pet I had growing up had to have a name that ended with "uffy", because my grandmother started that tradition when she was a kid.
35) The only exceptions were pets I'd had that were previously named by someone else, and a lap dog that I named Chucky after watching the movie "Child's Play" (yes, after the freaky killer doll; but the dog was cute, and I don't think it it was trying to steal my body so it could live again).
36) My oldest cat Duffy is the last of the "uffy" names. Every other one except "Buffy" has been used, but I don't want my pets fighting vampires. The pets wouldn't have a chance (unless I get a pit bull - then, maybe....)
37) I'd love to open a no-kill shelter, but only if there were no cages involved (except for maybe a very comfortable one, but only for if an animal became sick, because it would have to be separated from the others until it got well).
38) I love to write, but I'm afraid to try to get anything published (the "attention" thing), even though I dream about being a published writer.
39) I actually, in my sleep, dream of being a published writer.
40) And dating Bob Hoskins.
41) I wish I lived closer to Kendall Kelly ("There Is No Fear" and "Kendall's Head" Kendall), just so I could hit on him.
42) In reality, I'd be my usual, superemely quiet self because I don't talk much until I actually get to know someone.
43) Even though I bought a CD from him, he doesn't know me and has no reason to remember me, so if anyone points this out to him so he'll know who I am, it's the 'Bush Reading Shakespear' project for you.
44) I will respect the presidency, but I will always hate our current Moron in office.
45) I wouldn't shake his hand if he saved my life.
46) I wouldn't shake his hand if he arranged a threesome for me with Kendall and Bob Hoskins, and forced Hoskins to be my love slave for the next 20 years (Kendall could come and go as he pleased, since he's a much more recent crush). Though, I might grunt a non-commital "Thank you, you Moron".
47) I believe in the supernatural, but I'm always skeptical when I hear something paranormal has happened.
48) I don't think Syvia Brown is all that great, but I still like watching her every Wednesday on Montell.
49) I'm addicted to chocolate.
50) Chocolate gives me heart burn.
51) I'm addicted to Tums and Rolaids just so I can fulfill my addiction to chocolate.
52) I have one comforter for my bed. It's my favorite blanket of all time.
53) I have to wash it after seeing my asian friend this past Wednesday. Draw your own conclusions. Maybe one of my cats threw up on it.
54) Maybe not.
55) Probably not.
56) Stop badgering me.
57) I never wanted three cats. Duffy was the only one I ever expected to take care of. She's 15 years old now.
58) I'm glad the other two came into my life. I just wish they hadn't been abandoned for that to happen.
58) I hate people who abandon animals, especially cats, because they think the animal can make it on it's own.
59) How stupid can people be?
60) I've only been in two physical fights in my life. Lost one. The other was a stalemate.
62) They both made me study martial arts.
63) I never had the money for martial arts classes, so I studied on my own. Never learned flips or spin kicks, and my balence has always sucked, but I'm not as bad as I could be at it.
64) Wish my apartment gave me the room to still practice.
65) I'm afraid to get into a fight now, because I'm afraid I'd actually win, and I don't want to win if it means having to hurt someone else.
66) I like to knit and crochette, but my carpal tunnel syndrome wont let me.
67) I also get bored easily, and most knit and crochette projects take a lot of time.
68) Which is why I try to do a project in one day. I found that a good scarf takes me 6 hours, if I only stop to use the bathroom or yell at the cat to stop playing with the yarn.
69) Cats never listen to me.
70) I give up on things too easily; mostly because I get bored if it's the same thing over and over, like the knitting and crochette.
71) It scares me to know that I can't figure out why I remember how to spell 'crochette', but every other word in the English language trips me up.
72) I have all of the symptoms of Dyslexia, but have never been tested for it. It really makes me wonder about the people in charge of my education at the schools I went to.
73) I loved school, but I hated going with the other kids. I always wanted to be the only one there.
74) If you're still reading this, you've done more reading than I have done since the last Harry Potter book came out.
75) I never cared if Dumbledore was gay or not. And now I can't understand why the hell it would matter.
76) I would love to write like J.K. Rowlings.
77) I want to write the first gay-themed, fantasy but non-scifi trilogy.
78) I love the characters and stories that are tied into Dungeons and Drangons, but I hate playing the game. Again, easily bored.
79) I love iced tea of any kind, but only really like the 'Red Rose' brand for hot tea. The little statues they include in the box are nice, too.
80) I never thought I'd have this much to say about myself, and right now I'm worried that I'll run out of things to say before I make it to number 100.
81) I had my first cup of Earl Grey tea after watching Captain Picard (Patirck Stewart) drink it on 'Star Trek - The Next Generation'. It was very good.
82) Earl Grey is the only tea I can drink with milk or cream in it, and the only one which I can drink sweetened or unsweetened.
83) I only like other tea if it's sweetened, but only with artificial sweetener. Sugar thickens it, and I can't stand the texture in my mouth.
84) Yes, I like the texture of something else. Draw your own conclusions.
85) I love coffee. A lot.
86) But, if it's a choice between coffee or hot chocolate, hot cocoa will beat the crap out of coffee every time.
87) I don't drink alcohol because I've never even gotten a buzz from it (yes, I have drank more than enough alcohol to try to get one), so I don't understand what's so enjoyable about it.
88) I don't know why it doesn't affect me, since I'm mostly Irish, so I should be stone-cold drunk off the first sip. Not to mention that every other drug on the planet effects me more then it should because I'm overly sensitive to chemicals.
89) The only alcohol I ever really liked the taste of is Irish Whiskey. The burn going down my throat reminds me of NyQuil.
90) Nyquil used to knock me unconscious within thirty minutes. Hasn't happened since they took out the decongestant.
91) I don't think that new laws do anything to help protect us.
92) I think punishing authority figures that choose what laws they want to enforce, and what laws they abuse or simply ignore, would protect us instead.
93) I don't believe in gay rights. I believe in Human Rights that cover everyone, not just one specific group. I think making specific rights for specific groups just separates us more. No group is better than another, but laws that cover those groups make them seem to outsiders like their supposed to be important than anyone not included. Gee, that can't be bad for anyone trying to unite people, now can it? (Yes, that was sarchasm)
94) I believe that just because we don't like something someone else does, it doesn't give us the right to choose to change it (as long as it literally doesn't hurt others), no matter what political position a person holds.
95) I believe advice should only be given if someone asks for it, OR if it's completely obvious that a person wouldn't mind some imput (that look on their face that says "Freaking help me, already!" would be one of those obvious things).
96) I believe that people who regularly give advice to people who don't want it should be jailed. Or, at least have to listen to "Shakespear by Bush" tapes for six hours straight. Long enough for me to knit them a scarf to wrap around their mouths so everything they say is muffled to the point of non-clarity.
97) I have a lot of opinions (not nessecarily < sp? > along the
advice line) and information I'm dying to share, but keep it to myself because no one listens to me.
98) I can't understand why even internet courses on subjects are so expensive when learning is supposed to be free.
99) I can't understand a lot of things people do, like how a world of nearly 7 billion people can allow a hand-full of people to control the worlds oil supply. Or how a single mother can be fined multiple thousands of dollars for downloading and sharing a few songs that would have only cost maybe twenty dollars at most. Hasn't everyone at some time or other let a friend listen to a cd? Maybe let the friend tape a few songs? Anyone ever hear of a 'mix-tape' made for a boy- or girl-friend of songs they really liked together? What the hell? I don't nessecarily(sp?) believe in all music being free, but that's just f^@%ing stupid!
100) "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." and "Where's the beef?" are my favorite phrases from commercials of all time, even though I'm only old enough to remember the "Where's the beef?" lady from the Wendy's commercial. I know the first is from an alkaseltzer (or, some kind of antacid) commercial, but I've never seen it.
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And, there's my hundred things.
If you do this as a meme, it's really just coming up with a hundred things. Nothing in particular, or in any kind of order.
And, that's it (probably for another two months, the way I've been posting lately).
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