ESSENTIALS
Name: Has anyone ever noticed what a weird word name is? N-A-M-E...one little word that says so much about a person...
I'm sorry, I seem to have forgotten the question....
Nicknames: too many to list here
Current SN's: ?
B-day: 12/8/79 (feast of the immaculate conception)
Zodiac Sign: Sag
Siblings: Michelle (33, never met), Jesse (dangerously close to the big 3-1), Barbara (dangerously close to 29), Rachel (25 and dangerously Cheese-y)
City/State: Kirksville, Missouri
Collections: books (can't get enough of 'em), dried roses from my husband, music, movies, candles, video games, vases, dolls (for my nieces to play with, not for looking at), stuffed animals (ditto, most of the time), and used floppy disks
Goals/Ambitions: get divorced, find a man more suited to me, have babies, finish writing my novels, and try to achieve happiness (which can be attained by appreciating what I have...and sometimes antidepressants help)
Hobbies: writing, listening to music, reading, playing on the Net, playing with my nieces and nephews, singing very badly, experimental cooking, painting, drawing, stargazing, etc...
Lefty/Righty/Ambi: Ambi, for the most part...
Nationality: mongrel (Hispanic, English, Swedish, Irish, Native American, and rumors of African ancestry from my mother...Celtic, Scottish, German, French, Native American, and rumors of Hebrew or Arabic ancestry from my father, which might explain my love of exotic music and Ofra Haza's voice)
Religion: Christian, straight up with two olives
School/Job: Unit Secretary at Northeast Regional
Smoker/Nonsmoker: let me put it to you this way: I only smoke when someone sets me on fire
Faves
4 Letter Word: shit (hate to admit it, but it's true)
Actor/Actress: I like a lot of the older ones, like Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Bates, but Tim Curry rocks my world in the acting field
Animal/Insect: Cat/Butterfly
Athletes: Kurt Warner, Aeneas Williams, Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce, Reggie White
Board Game: Risk, Trivial Pursuit
Computer Game: You Don't Know Jack
Video Game: N64's Legend of Zelda: the Ocarina of Time (known affectionately to some as "TOOT"). Ganondorf is, hands down, the best villain ever created. Not only is he scary-looking, but he's smart and multidimensional. His design makes Link and Zelda look shallow.
Book: The MasterHarper of Pern by Anne McCaffrey and Isle of View by Piers Anthony, among others
Candy: dark chocolate
Cartoon: Peanuts, Garfield, Heathcliff, etc...
Cereal: life
Chewing Gum: Trident Freshmint, Carefree Spearmint, and Ice Breakers Cinnamon
Mint: Cinnamon Altoids. That stuff'll knock out ONION breath!
Color Nail Polish: burgundy and light purple (when I have time to put it on)
Cosmetics Brand: whichever works (probably Cover Girl), though I think that makeup is usually a waste of time. I look like this--deal with it.
Day of Week: Gomi Day! "Gomi, gomi, gomi, gomi day..." *dances like an idiot*
Least fave day: Whenever I have to handle more than one admit, 3 charts, 2 missing Kardexes, and 4 phone calls all at once.
Drink (Alcoholic): my body no like de alcohol
Drink (Nonalcoholic): diet dr. pepper and jasmine tea
Fabric: t-shirt material
Fashion Designer: any that makes stuff for women my size
Fashion Model: Emme, but she's still taller and thinner than the average woman
Female Music Artist: Ofra Hazzah
Male Music Artist: Tim Curry, Jon Secada, and Peter Gabriel
Flower: violets, white violets, white roses, and burgundy roses
Food: mexican, italian, and chinese
Fruit: raspberry, blueberry, cherry
Gemstone: emerald, diamond, amethyst
Group/Band: Vangelis
Holiday: Christmas
Hour of Day: twilight
Ice Cream: bear claw, tin roof sundae, moose tracks
Jell-O Flavor: raspberry and cranberry
Jewelry: none, after I developed an allergy to marriage
Magazine: Reader's Digest, but I buy Glamour most often, and get the most use from Time (ha ha ha) and Reader's Digest.
Music Video: none
Number: 26, 5, 10
Perfume: Night-Blooming Jasmine by Bath & Body Works, Fresh White Musk by Parfums de Couer, and Vanderbilt by... gee, you don't know?
Cologne: I don't wear them, but I like Eternity and Cool Water...men need to remember the value of keeping a scent subtle
Place/Town: the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Gradens
Quote/Saying: "Don't let the bastards grind you down."
U2, Acrobat
Restaurant Chain: none
School Subject: Art, Drama, English
Season: spring and autumn
Shampoo: Clairol Renewal. I'm infamous for my shampooo/conditioner collection, but this seems to work best on my fine, thick, permed hair. Now I understand why my sister Barb would spend a little extra on a good shampoo.
Shapes: Hearts, Stars, Diamonds, Moons, Purple Horseshoes...-wait...that's something else entirely...
Songs: "Come to Me" by Vangelis and Caroline Lavelle, "Five O'Clock World" by The Vogues, "Woman in Chains" by Tears for Fears, "Love Has a Hold on Me" by Amy Grant, "Im Nin Alu," by Ofra Haza...and many more...
Sport to Play: if it involves the word "pool," I'm in
Sport to watch: football...but only if the Packers or Rams are playing
Sports Team: Green Bay Packers and St. Louis Rams
Store/Shop: Hastings, Barnes and Noble
Toothpaste: Colgate whitening and Mentadent
Toy: *pleads the 5th*
TV Channel: TV? Wassat?
TV Show: Jeopardy, Whose Line is it Anyway?, and Jackie Chan Advenures
Type of Tunes: everything but incoherent rap, whiny country, and particulary bad metal
Vegetable: green beans
Word(s): aiyaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Online Stuff
AOL/Online Buds: WingedCat, Phil the brain guy, Mojo, Agnes, gandalf/daniel, dark star/daniel, quiyera, nightphan, Query, R-Cat, Wildfox, Ethan S. Ramsey, Weary, Alec, Sierra, Ferfy, Sera, River, Janet, Colleen...and many more!
Computer: whatever I can afford
Rooms U Go 2: yahoo, hotmail, my message board, my webpage, my friends' webpages, etc...
Oddities
Habits: talking to myself, nailbiting, tugging my hair
Obsessions: color coordination, locks, job security
Piercings: one in each ear, and that's plenty
Special Skills/Talents: I'm very good with kids
Tattoos: None...yet
Which Is Better..?
Ballads/Fast Dance songs: both, though I'll never forget a slow dance to "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues and another one to "All My Life" by KC and JoJo. Those were probably two of the best moments in my life...and I'll remember them, bittersweetly, along with "the one who got away..."
Bitter/Sweet: sweet (metaphysical as well)
Coke/Pepsi: neither
Day/Night: twilight
Diamonds/Pearls: "a diamond is forever" (deBeers)
Disney/Warner Bros: neither
Flowers/Candy/Poem: why not all three? okay, okay, poem
Gold/Silver: Silver
Haagen Daaz/Ben&Jerry's: raspberry sherbet
Heaven/Hell: Heaven
Kissing/Hugging: both, and as often as possible
Land/Sea: both
Love/Lust: love
McD's/Burger King: neither
Mountains/Prairies: mountains...it's an ongoing obsession
Pie/Cake: my brother's raspberry pie
Polka Dots/Stripes: wouldn't be caught in either
Smiling/Laughing: Laughing
FINISH THIS OFF
I Always: seem to say the wrong thing
I can barely: keep myself from having a nervous breakdown.
I feel like: roadkill
I Hate: politics, people (as a group), ego, supermodels (as a group), and regretting the past.
I Love: God, my husband, family (esp mom), people (as individuals)
I see myself as: the one who lives in fear of being abandoned
I Will Never: forget the ones I love
I Will Never Regret: flying, being in love with a really great guy who didn't love me in that way, but loves me in his way...he's the greatest human friend I've ever had...and I did honestly love him...but that was the past, and I can't live there...
I Wish: that all of my family, friends, and I could be happy and prosperous
If I could, I would: make myself into something or someone better
I've had days that are: not worth remembering
The last thing I need right now is: to dwell on the past
Friendship, Love & All That Jazz
Best Love Relationship: my relationship with my mother, because she's been my rock in tough times, especially with the divorce
Do you believe in love at first sight? yes
Do you have a crush on a school mate/coworker? yeah, sort of...but it would never work
Do you want children one day & if so, how many? yes...and the number depends on how painful childbirth is...*G*
Fave thing about the opposite sex: eyes
First thing you notice in the opposite sex: hands and feet (What can I say? I'm shy!)
Something that makes you jealous about the opposite sex: they never have PMS
If you really liked someone but they just wanted to use you for sex, would you let them? No way in hell
Least fave thing about the opposite sex: guys who don't know what they want or guys that will put looks before personality
Most important thing to you in a friendship is: honesty
Turn Offs: hypocrisy, vanity, bossiness
Turn Ons: intelligence, open-mindedness, kindness
My dream lover would be: *pleads the 5th*
What do you think is a good age to get married? that's not for me to decide
Worst Love Relationship was: none
Your Best Offline Friend is who and why: Mom, because she's helped me through some seriously tough times
Other Info
Charities you support or would like to: the Audoubon Society, the National Arbor Day Foundation, and the ASPCA
Coolest Experience: making a difference
Criminal Record? none
Do you eat chicken fingers with a fork? chickens have fingers?!?
Do you ever write your name with the last name of your crush? not lately
Do you gossip? I try not to...it's such a nasty habit...kinda like eating boogers...
Do you save ICQ conversations? I haven't figured out how to
Do you speak any other languages? some spanish, and a little bit of some other languages
Ever done drugs or drank alcohol? alcohol, yup...no drugs...
Everything I own I owe thanks to: the grace of God and my own ferengi tendancies
Grossest Human Habit is: pack behavior and public nose-picking
Have you ever been attacked by a big dog? no, but I have been attacked by a bull
How do you eat an oreo? in my own complicated way
How often do you floss your teeth? what is floss?
Last Modified: 10/21/03 by Rebecca L. Oaks Hawkins
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