- My favourite colour is Red
- I was born in
Montreal - I was raised in Nelson BC by my mom
- My mom has been married twice
- My mom has been widowed twice
- My Dad is still alive
- My mom’s first husband and the first man that I saw to be my dad was gay… he died of Aids in 97
- I met my dad when I was 9
- I met Simon through a BBS
- I got married in 1999 at 21
- I wore my “Docs” sandals under my wedding dress
- He wasn’t my “style” but I fell in love with him instantly
- I never wanted to get married when I was younger
- I have never thought I could feel so comfortable with someone
- I hate when he is not home
- I have
twoThree amazing little boys - I am Tandem nursing the boys and will nurse them until they self-wean. *update: I am still Tandem nursing but Xavier self-weaned just before his 5th birthday.
- I feel sorry for kids that have never been breastfed
- I was never breastfed because my mom needed to take meds and was told that she couldn’t breastfeed me
- I want to have 4 kids
- I am an only child
- I have a half brother and a step-brother
- I have always wondered what it was like to have a real sibling
- I have always wanted children
- I want to adopt
- I want to homeschool
- I want to have a hobby farm
- I would love to live in a communal setting
- I hate crowds
- As a child we lived in a house without electricity or a bathroom
- I also lived in a ’62 ford Econoline
- I also lived in a tent for about 6 months
- I have attended 11 schools, 6 of them before grade 6
- I was in Foster care twice
- My mother is/was a drug addict/alcoholic (and denies it)
- My godmother used to shoplift meat by stuffing it into my coat
- I have a love/hate relationship with my mother
- I Have never had a “boys are yucky” phase
- I took 3 years of figure skating
- I was in a choir for 4 years
- I was in Air Cadets for 6 years
- I was a officer for 2 years and taught drill and music
- I hate Cadets and military
- I played Trombone for 8 years
- I was in two plays in high school
- I did two musicals in College (Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar)
- I designed/drew a poster for a play in College
- I started College in Liberal Arts, I graduated in Creative Arts
- I went half way across the country to study Native Studies and stayed only one semester
- I graduated with a degree in Religion
- I learned Hebrew
- I am an Atheist
- I have never believed in a god
- I went to many different churches when I young
- I don’t know what I could do with my degree
- I love a good debate
- As a child I was addicted to Archie comics and Judy Bloom novels
- My favourite books are: The Pillars of the Earth, Wicked, Harry Potter, Narnia,
- My favourite kid books are: The Butterfly Ball & the Grasshopper’s Feast, No Kiss for Mother,
- My favourite movies: The Big Lobowski, Oh Brother where art thou?, Ghost World, Amadeus, Harold and Maude ( and well almost anything by Tim Burton)
- My Favourite music: Barenaked Ladies, Great Big Sea, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Chris de Burgh,
- I don’t wear make up
- I don’t dye my hair
- I only have 2 pairs of pants that I wear for days at a time
- I only wear PJ’s at home
- I hate having things (socks and shoes) on my feet
- I get insulted if someone doesn’t take off their shoes coming into my house
- I have always wanted to write a book
- I have worked as a cashier, receptionist, office temp, at a vet, grocery store sample lady, portrait photographer.
- I am lazy
- I bake bread every 1-2 days
- I like window shopping
- I am very sensitive to scents
- I get offended if someone smokes close to me or my kids
- I am a Leo
- I was born in the year of the snake
- I once saw a Lion up close at a sad little Cliffside “zoo” in
Monaco - I have 2 tattoos : a sleeping lion cub on my ankle and a dove on my back
- I love to travel
- I have long strawberry-dirty blond hair & blue eyes
- I am not afraid of getting older
- I have two cats “Nelson” and “sparky” * Nelson died spring 2006
- 15 year old Nelson pee’s everywhere but I can’t imagine “putting him down”*update: I had to put him down after he was suddenly parylysed by a blood clot in his spine…
- I would start woodworking but don’t have money for tools
- I want to make toys
- I watch too much TV
- I love to sew
- I love to knit (Nelson peed on my last project though)
- I have Asthma
- I have had several operations: Tonsils and adenoids (removed), Appendicitis (removed), ruptured ovarian cysts, bleeding polyps in my gall bladder (removed) & a Spitz Nevus (Juvenile melanoma) on my cheek (removed)
- I was once attacked by an army of ants
- I was once attacked by bees (I had about a dozen stings)
- I once came face to face with a bear
- At 5 years old I persuaded a teenager to put me on his back while he dove off a 100 foot cliff into a swimming hole
- I almost drowned in a lake at 1 year old, after a friend of the family dove three times and finally found my foot and brought me to the surface I squealed “encore!”(more!)
- I don’t go to the doctor
- I am scared of Dentists
- I love staying at home
- I would like to have more friends IRL
Fantastic list! You sure are an interesting person — you should write that book!
Fun list! We have a few more things in common than I thought.
“#9 I met Simon through a BBS”
I met Sage online on Relay back in 1991. She came for a four day visit over the Thanksgiving holiday and hasn’t left yet. We got married in April of 1992.
“#32 I also lived in a tent for about 6 months”
We lived in a tent (of sorts – a yurt, really) for about two years. I talk a bit about it here and a great deal about it in the yurt category of my blog.
But enough about me. I find it hugely ironic that you posted “# 71 I am lazy” right before “# 72 I bake bread every 1-2 days” Something tells me those are mutually exclusive.
Thanks for writing this list. We have lots in common. No big surprise there.
Wow. You’ve lived quite the life! Did your boys inherit your sense of adventure? It’s rather funny that you’re afraid of dentists but not of diving off a 100 ft. cliff.
In light of item #7, you have been added to http://www.oversampled.net. Please let me know if this is not okay with you. Otherwise, I’d love to have you on board.
You’re a proud intactivist. 😉 I, too had a cat named Nelson… ours was a childhood kitty who had to be put down after only 10 years.
Your site is very warm. I feel very comfortable, like I’ve known you forever. You’re the kind of person I wish I could get to know. I’m sorry you feel like you wish you had more friends. I bet you have a lot to offer. I also love the intimacy and warmth of the photos. Perhaps someday we’ll meet.
Caryx
I really thought I was the only one lucky enough to get attacked by both ants and bees.
héhé j’ai presque tout compris 😀
j’ignore ce qu’est IRL, mais je serais honorée d’être de tes amies 😉
à très bientôt,
Cath