tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post8663010477414884874..comments2023-05-18T16:36:29.969-04:00Comments on Ask Garcia...: 10 Things You Might Not KnowGarciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107616512060089594noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-87441486085773079722010-04-01T01:14:45.813-04:002010-04-01T01:14:45.813-04:00A bit late, but here goes! I'll try not to be...A bit late, but here goes! I'll try not to be too deep. ;) Fun game!<br /><br />1. I suffer from severe arachnophobia.<br /><br />2. I stopped watching scary movies after Amnityville Horror (the most recent one). I made Peter wake up with me for two weeks straight whenever I had to go to the bathroom.<br /><br />3. I'm sometimes a bit ashamed I don't live up to the ideals I carry around in my mind of what the perfect mother would be.<br /><br />4. I love being lazy. If I were allowed to, I'd lounge around all day, everyday, daydreaming.<br /><br />5. I'm very sensitive, but I will usually never let anyone know they have hurt me.<br /><br />6. I love board games, but I'm a sore loser.<br /><br />7. I like to cuss. I know it's wrong and I know it is not the most intelligent or eloquent form of expression, but sometimes nothing feels as cathartic as dropping the F-bomb.<br /><br />8. In my marriage I am the selfish partner. In no other relationship have I been more selfish as a counterpart than in my marriage (I usually try to out give, so I don't feel as if I owe debts to anyone). I do work hard to restore the balance of giving in my house though. <br /><br />9. I prefer to take baths, because sometimes I'm too lazy to stand in the shower.<br /><br />10. I get crushes easily.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219056911867796018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-29950330242829386732010-03-30T21:08:06.875-04:002010-03-30T21:08:06.875-04:00I use a post office box and have a court-order rem...I use a post office box and have a court-order removing my address from public records so the criminals I supervise cannot locate my residence. Although, Garcia could probably find it.<br /><br />Since my husband and I got married 17 years ago(1st and only marriage for both), we have bought, lived in and sold eight houses. I have a hard time staying in one place; however, with the state of the economy, we might be in this one a while.<br /><br />I described myself as an empath although never officially been diagnosed.<br /><br />I won the "good sportsmanship" award every year from third to sixth grade.<br /><br />The older I get, the more I enjoy the company of my dogs.<br /><br />I like falling asleep to the radio which I think stems from when my Dad used to read us bedtime stories. I love listening to George Noory and Art Bell and miss listening to Mystery Theater.<br /><br />My husband is my complete opposite which keeps things interesting.<br /><br />I get an adrenaline rush from the dangers of my job.<br /><br />I am extremely independent and would never ask for help from anyone. I insist on making it through life on my own.<br /><br />I play the flute and earned 1st chair in 10th grade.<br /><br /><br />Garcia, this is fun; wish more people would have responded. I think you need to re-post it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02991672943256696647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-75098969810775698122010-03-30T16:21:03.297-04:002010-03-30T16:21:03.297-04:00Lili!! How strangely coincidental! I also have had...Lili!! How strangely coincidental! I also have had a long-lived fear of showering when I'm the only one home. Funny thing is I never caved to the peer pressure of watching horror flicks - 'cause I was THAT big of a chicken! I think my shower fear comes from the Psycho shower scene. I've never seen the whole movie, but I some how managed to see that scene!<br /><br /><br />I am REALLY enjoying reading everyone's comments!! Thanks so much for ALL of your replies!!Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107616512060089594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-15988331520017361352010-03-30T14:45:47.564-04:002010-03-30T14:45:47.564-04:001. When I was 10 years old, I won a city-wide chec...1. When I was 10 years old, I won a city-wide checkers tournament. Now, I’m positive a 10 year old could beat me playing checkers.<br /><br />2. I’m known for singing jazz and R&B, but sometimes I enjoy listening to country music and love Broadway show tunes.<br /><br />3. I love being in the country, camping and fishing.<br /><br />4. I love New York City, riding the subway and listening to street musicians.<br /><br />5. I still love Looney Tunes.<br /><br />6. MOVIES: I have seen Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest” at least a couple of hundred times (maybe more). I like a couple of old westerns and can’t count how many times I’ve seen them: “The Magnificent Seven”, “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”.<br /><br />7. My favorite cat was all white and named, “Alaska”. He thought he was a dog. <br /><br />8. I used to have a commercial driver’s license. Secretly, I want a to own a pick-up truck (for me, but I would share it with hubby if he’s a good boy)!<br /><br />9. I’ve won a couple of awards: a Billboard Songwriting Contest “Honorable Mention” award and I still write songs and poetry. All sit in a notebook waiting to be unearthed one day. A Drama Guild award for best actress in high school. Who knows where that one is? <br /><br />10. A cooking contest bread category award: Dark N’ Sweet Bran Muffins, sadly the recipe was lost during a move. The joy for me really IS in the creating…LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-30179341962936767732010-03-30T13:36:32.436-04:002010-03-30T13:36:32.436-04:00Here goes:
1. This is my second marriage
2. My hus...Here goes:<br />1. This is my second marriage<br />2. My husband always vacuums in fact i'm not too sure how to turn it on :)<br />3. I once worked in the children's department of the public library. Loved it!<br />4. I was born in England my husband in a Newfie<br />5. I love to sing out loud when i have my mp3 on<br />6. I was brought up by my grandparents since i was 2 and they are now both passed away.<br />7. I have narcolepsy<br />8. I don't often drink coffee but i love tea<br />9. I have always loved cooking since i was young<br />10. I don't shave my legs all winter long :) But i do in the spring!WWSuzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14200582568720343436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-64438763277583509532010-03-30T13:29:27.237-04:002010-03-30T13:29:27.237-04:001. I'm with you Garcia - can't watch scary...1. I'm with you Garcia - can't watch scary movies!<br /><br />2. When I was a teenager and had to watch scary movies due to peer pressure, I came to the conclusion that you only got killed if you were both naked and alone. So I never took a shower when I was at home alone.....<br /><br />3. Also like Garcia, I used to work for AT&T. Actually I worked for BellSouth for 8 years and then after the AT&T "merger" (takeover) I only lasted one more year. It was as if the Flintstones had taken over the Jetsons!<br /><br />4. I can't use electric powered can openers to save my life. I can only use the hand-crank kind.<br /><br />5. Pets I've had the honor of sharing my life with include: 26 cats, 4 rabbits, 3 dogs, 1 horse and several fish.<br /><br />5. I've never broken a bone, except deliberately in jaw surgery.<br /><br />6. I'm teaching myself how to play the ukulele, but i just realized last weekend that I've taught myself backwards (using my left hand on the frets) and now have to start all over again.<br /><br />7. I have a decent singing voice, and sang through school. <br /><br />8. I was president of the drama club and LOVE acting on stage. As soon as I "go freelance" with my work I'll be taking that back up again, but not as a day job.<br /><br />9. The town I grew up in in Ohio was so remote that it had 29 houses in the zip code. <br /><br />10. I have the hearing of a bat and am incapable of tuning out background noise. This makes a high-interruption or high-noise environment nerve-wracking.The Lili Effecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036380002299750548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-81848884770908284172010-03-30T13:27:29.512-04:002010-03-30T13:27:29.512-04:001. If you asked for 10 leading vices, I would lik...1. If you asked for 10 leading vices, I would likely list 10 virtues: ie, I'm "too nice" for my own good. I am such a human.<br /><br />2. Certain lines of poetry, prose, even the first story my mother told me as a child that I remember, "The 3 Little Pigs", haunt me. I always play them over in my mind finding new things about myself and the world. Walking today it was Dylan Thomas on dying --- "we leave this world not with a bang, but a whimper".<br /><br />3. As a young man 19-21 I earned an Equity Card for stage-acting. I had the requisite ego--but no talent. <br /><br />4. I am agnostic. My wife, Pam, is as devout as they come. We have never argued about religion. Undoubdetly, she will leave with a "bang", I will go with a "whimper". Sigh ...<br /><br />5. At the old age of 70, I have have finally found what I want to be in life: "A door opener".<br /><br />6. I love dreaming about blue skies; and I love other people who dream.<br /><br />7. I am only happy when I am creating something that pleases me. <br /><br />8. When I see prominent business people like Bill Gates, I never see business magnates or heads of corporate America. Instead, I imagine them as little boys --- tinkerers and more curious than the rest. <br /><br />9. I think way tooooo much and way too deeply. (Wait, this is supposed to be 10 things you don't know abo me). My escape is movies. I see way too many of them.<br /><br />10. I am the most private of persons and have never been good in company. I have zero ability for chit chat. An ex-business partner summed my social-personality up well as "as a stick in the mud".jimrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418371386857618420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-35764129169611824562010-03-30T12:55:21.971-04:002010-03-30T12:55:21.971-04:001. never been married.
2. wait. Yes, I have, to a...1. never been married.<br />2. wait. Yes, I have, to an Iranian so he could get his green card.<br />3. I only get to vaccuuming about every two weeks - and I have three cats and a dog.<br />4. I believe in ghosts.<br />5. I used to have a pet terantula.<br />6. My first career was as a travel agent.<br />7. I spent a summer on a 42-foot purse seiner in Southeast Alaska on the led line and as the cook enslaved to five men who didn't give a rat's ass whether I slept or not.<br />8. I lied about my sister's near death experience to get off of the boat in number 7.<br />9. I was a theater arts major in college.<br />10. I once road my horse to school, an eight-mile trip.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379283116592652519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-54815504461397121112010-03-30T12:20:41.291-04:002010-03-30T12:20:41.291-04:00As a fellow NMer here's my 10 things:
1. I wa...As a fellow NMer here's my 10 things:<br /><br />1. I was born with blond hair (which turned dark brown as a child).<br /><br />2. In 7th grade I wore a baseball hat 24/7 for a full year (and started to lose my hair)<br /><br />3. Even if you ask, I won't discuss my prison experience. <br /><br />4. I MAY have an extra toe.<br /><br />5. I like Cap'N Crunch but he doesn't answer me when I ask him questions.<br /><br />6. Boxers<br /><br />7. I have never been convicted of running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme<br /><br />8. My best friend Adam got me so drunk on Bacardi 151 that to this day I can't drink it.<br /><br />9. As a child, I was deathly afraid of Dracula. As an adult, I'm deathly afraid of Jessica Simpson.<br /><br />10. I love pasta so much I once tried to marry it. See number 3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-60973397979718878582010-03-30T12:13:23.231-04:002010-03-30T12:13:23.231-04:001. I am addicted to psychology. (which typically m...1. I am addicted to psychology. (which typically means I over think things)<br />2. I am very confident and brave to the outside world and take the cloak off when I get home, and grow insecure and question myself.<br />3. I am better at completing things for myself if I can find a reason it will be better for someone else. (i.e. I am now a runner because it's a good influence for my kids, and they now enjoy racing too. I know....)<br />4. I am a logical thinker, which makes it difficult to connect with emotional folks at times. (just as my hubby he's full of them)<br />5. (sorry Garcia) - as a child I loved horror films and used them to torture my older brother who had nightmares as a result.<br />6. I am amazed at the amount of people at the top of Corporate America who really don't have a clue.<br />7. I find peace in doodling nonsense, then try to find the overall secret message in the doodle.(I might be subconsciously trying to tell myself something...LOL it could happen!)<br />8. I don't enjoy casino's at all. Never have.<br />9. I love sitting in an empty field with nothing for miles and daydream, look for God's beauty in simple creations that others might not see. <br />10. I wanted to be a Broadway star all through high school. <br /><br />This was fun. Thanks.Stockh01https://www.blogger.com/profile/11280852956128112686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-31654669566269432052010-03-30T12:09:31.553-04:002010-03-30T12:09:31.553-04:00And you are the best twin brother born 14 years ah...And you are the best twin brother born 14 years ahead of me ever!Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107616512060089594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172091607080917337.post-36946491077763592712010-03-30T11:54:47.161-04:002010-03-30T11:54:47.161-04:001. I use to own a 1970 candy apple red corvette co...1. I use to own a 1970 candy apple red corvette convertable.<br />2. Been married 4 times...finally got it right...<br />3. Love to shoot...just put on a fun pistol shoot for the men at church last Saturday...<br />4. I have had 3 back operations, 3 knee, 2 hand, 1 shoulder, 1 nose...lasik eye,that's all I can remember...<br />5. I was the past President of Tandy Leather Co.<br />6. Born in California but grew up in Montana and graduated from the Air Force Academy HS in Colorado...<br />7. I'm a Viet Nam Veteran...spent the war watching Russia move warhead missles around so we could counter with our warheads...<br />8. Had a country music band in the 70's and 80's...<br />9. Came to know the Lord late in life...7 years ago...<br />10. I'm an optimist and motivator...donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943668993590288417noreply@blogger.com