Brave Enough to Burn

59) When I was 10, I was given the "Christmas gift" of a years worth of Weight Watchers meetings. So there I was, a kid, being dropped off every week by myself with a bunch of whiny grown-ups.

Ya know, I think the sad thing is, I wasn't a huge child; I weighed around 15lbs over the "average" for my age group. Nowadays, that would BE average, based on the kids I see every day.

And people wonder why I have self esteem issues. I started Kindergarten at age 6, and I think I started "dieting" the next day.

Kids can be cruel, and well-meaning parents can be crueler.

57)My pinkie toes are pointed, with almost no nail:p It's a family thing on my mother's side.

55) I like scotch. A lot.

54) Favorite cocktail: Amaretto Sour

52) One of my Dad's hobbies is working on cars. I'm not talking "get the heap out on Sat's and work on it". I'm talking about a man who regularly buys wrecks, rebuilds them, and sells them for a nice profit. So I and my sister know our way around a vehicle, and how to keep one running till it "just can't run no more". Though I'm less adept at working on my Saturn then I was at deciphering the problems of my old, trusty Chevy Cavalier. Damn Toyota engines, pain in the ass to work around. Just kidding, I like Toyotas.

First off I fully admit that I have had assistance in these endeavors, esp as most of them are 2 person jobs. Thanks in particular to wolfboi, Christoff, my hubby, Christopher Robin, and my dear old Dad for assists at different times.

I have made the following repairs to my car(s) sans shop: Changed various hoses, changed out the alternator, changed out various belts, replaced a tensioner pully (which I have no desire to repeat), changed brakes,...and there was some wiring stuff in there too, but that was mostly my dad w/ my help.

Perhaps the one thing I'm bad about is checking my tires regularly.

And I hate to change my oil; I get someone else (ahem, the hubby) to do that.

48) I'm a witch...but I don't consider myself Wiccan, for various reasons.

Yes, I know that most of you know that already; however, I have made many new LJ friends recently who don't. And I'm still sick and doped on meds and can't think of anything else super-interesting.

46) When I'm feeling very stressed, I will randomly screech Chick-eennns!!!. What made me associate that word w/ de-stressing I'll never know. I've done it since I was a kid. And, scarily enough, it works.

44) I HATE English peas. HATE HATE HATE THEM!!!!! I won't order fried rice if they put those damn peas in there!!!!!

42) Not too long after my intial move to Memphis, I decided on a whim to color my hair. I picked out this great black cherry, burgandy color.

It came out purple...which incidentally, I loved:) I kept it that way for a few years, though each time I re-colored, it was more red and less purple, but s'okay.