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  • dropofhope
    dropofhope Posts: 89
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    Name: Tanya
    Gender: Female
    Age: 34 years
    Lives in: Las Vegas, NV
    Want to lose: 130 pounds to go!
    Fave movies: The Sound of Music, Inception, Moulin Rouge 2001, Nine, Something's Gotta Give, The Devil Wears Prada, You've Got Mail, Julie & Julia, Harry Potter Series, Twilight Series
    Fave books: I read A LOT but I don't have any favorite books, once I'm done reading a book I'm genuinely ready for something new - I don't re-read very often.
    Fave TV: Gossip Girl, Modern Family, Glee, The New Girl, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, The Daily Show, What Not To Wear, The Biggest Loser, Triple D(Diners, Drive-ins and Dives)
    Fave music: Coldplay, Phoenix, Muse, Kanye West, JayZ, Chris Brown, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Adele, Mumford & Sons, Maxwell, Common
    Fave sports: Basketball, Swimming, Baseball, I'm so impressed by Rugby and Water Polo it looks DAMN HARD!!!
    Hobbies: Cooking, Hiking, Shopping (such a wannabe fashionista!)
    Interests: Travel, Cooking, Politics(only if you agree with me :smile:)
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. Born & raised in Chicago, I'm a Chi-Town girl at heart!
    2. My favorite desert is coconut cake.
    3. I plan to adopt a child within the next five years, married or not, I am a mother to my core.
    4. My favorite place on earth is the Na'Pali Coast in Kuai, Hawaii
    5. I still believe in Santa Claus
  • nicehormones
    nicehormones Posts: 503 Member
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    Name: Kelly
    Gender: Female
    Age: 22 years old
    Lives in: Beautiful Tucson, Arizona.
    Want to lose: Around 80 pounds total. Will probably re-evaluate as time goes by. I've lost 22 so far :)
    Fave movies: The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Amelie, Edward Scissorhands, Little Miss Sunshine, Ratatouille, Tangled, and Wall-e are a few :P
    Fave books: Harry Potter! Books by Sarah Dessen. The Bell Jar. I have a lot, but can't think of any right now for some reason..
    Fave TV: Breaking Bad, Desperate Housewives, Sex and the City, the OC, Weeds, Alias.
    Fave music: The Beatles, Mumford and Sons, Iron and Wine, Muse, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Jack Johnson, Oasis, Pixies, The Shins, Smashing Pumpkins, Third Eye Blind, Tom Petty. I loooove music :)
    Fave sports: I don't really like sports. I don't mind playing them, but watching and following them bores me to death. I love swimming if this counts.
    Hobbies: Listening to music, reading, gardening, taking pretty pictures out in nature, laughing.
    Interests: The human mind, people, photography, life.

    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. In June 2010, I packed up my car as full as I could with my life belongings, and drove through eight states from Michigan to Arizona in search of a better life. I did this with no job waiting or help from family, so it was quite the risk. It was my life dream to move to another state, so I'm not quite sure what my new one should be :P
    2. I absolutely adore dogs and puppies. I want to be surrounded by them at all times.
    3. I love being at the ocean more than anywhere else in the world. I hope to live near one someday.
    4. Palm trees are my favorites. I also love flowers and cacti!
    5. I plan on traveling the world one day.
  • nedbun
    nedbun Posts: 36 Member
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    Name: Naomi
    Gender: Female
    Age: 23 years, 6 months, 25 days to the tee!
    Lives in: Las Vegas, Nevada
    Want to lose: My original goal was 25 pounds; From 180 to 155, but now that I'm 9 pounds away I think I may lose more.
    Fave movies: Ocean's 11, Howl's Moving Castle, Girl with Pearl Earring, Best in Show, Snatch, Seven, Nacho Libre, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale
    Fave books: The Alchemist
    Fave TV: Not big into TV, but Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Planet Earth, In Living Color
    Fave music: Jazz, R&B, Rock, Lounge.. pretty much anything except country.
    Fave sports: Volleyball
    Hobbies: Cooking, Decorating, organizing things
    Interests: National Geographic, Museums, Traveling, Art, History, Food!
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I love office supplies
    2. I wear a size 9 shoe
    3. I wanted to be a Veterinarian when I was little
    4. I am way too mature for my age
    5. I'm wearing halloween socks!
  • MegannHarris
    MegannHarris Posts: 7
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    Name: Megann
    Gender: Female
    Age: 19 Years Old.
    Lives in: Blue Mountains, Sydney, Australia.
    Want to lose: From now it's like another 10-12 Kilos, Depending on how Skinny I look.
    Fave movies: SO MANY FILMS! ALL THE FUNNY AND STRANGE ONES!
    Fave books: I really like books like "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" or "Porno (Sequel to the book Trainspotting) or Hitchhiker's Guide.
    Fave TV: Seinfield, The IT Crowd, American Dad, Offspring, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Black Books.
    Fave music: Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Lil Wayne, Cut off your Hands, Gyroscope, Jose Gonzalez, Friendly Fires.
    Fave sports: Gym..It's not a sport but it's the only thing I like Haha. Swimming too!
    Hobbies: Movies, Travelling, Shopping, Working Out, Clubbing Sometimes.
    Interests: Interior Design and Decoration, Architecture, Home Design, Fashion and Makeup.
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I am obbsessed with Grizzly bears, They are such wicked animals. My goal is to fit into this gorgeous "We are Handsome" Grizzly Bear Bikini. It's $200 but I think it's worth it for losing almost 15 Kilos. I keep thinking about it and how good I'll look.
    2. I have always been really down on myself and I can never say no to anyone without feeling super guilty, That's why I admire my boyfriend so much..When he isn't rude about it.
    3. I work for a cigarette company, don't judge! I don't smoke anymore but I respect everyone's rights to make their own choice.
    4. I have always had a crush on guys with long hair, like the old school metalheads. Not your silly glamrock nonsense..UGH!
    5. I would love to move to Norway. PHWOAR, DREAMY!
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
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    Name: TBA
    Gender: Female
    Age: 34
    Lives in: UK
    Want to lose: Nothing, am at goal now, just maintaining
    Fave movies: A Knight's Tale, The Fifth Element, Some like it Hot, Kind Hearts and Coronets
    Fave books: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell, Good Omens, The Hobbit, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, Mr Golightly's Holiday
    Fave TV: My TV watching began and pretty much ended with Buffy, though I do watch Dr Who on the rare occasions a new one is on. More out of habit than anything. I don't watch tv in general. Maybe a couple of times a month if that.
    Fave music: Aimee Mann, David Bowie, Dar Williams, Andreas Scholl, most choral music.
    Fave sports: I like rowing and running but only to do them myself. I have no interest in watching other people play sports/exercise
    Hobbies: Singing, gardening, photography, reading, cooking (making preserves and interesting alcohols)
    Interests: Medieval and Renaissance History, Archaeology, Singing
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I am the most disorganised person I know
    2. I worked in a swannery as a teenager
    3. I have worked as a photographer
    4. I didn't learn to drive until I was 31
    5. I can sing really really really high. Like freakishly high.
  • ukkiosan
    ukkiosan Posts: 62 Member
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    Name: Vanessa
    Gender: female
    Age: 24
    Lives in: Texas
    Want to lose: approximately 30 lbs total, but I have already lost 6ish
    Fave movies: Kill Bill, Star Wars (the original trilogy of course), Star Trek 2009, Idiocracy, The Fifth Element, The Producers, Contagion
    Fave books: Life of Pi, Ender's Game, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (and pretty much anything else by Heinlein), The Hot Zone, Dune
    Fave TV: Scrubs, Mystery Diagnosis, and any anime that catch my interest...well nuts, the only place I have TV is at the gym, so I guess I don't watch very much!
    Fave music: MUSE, Daft Punk, Ratatat, The Strokes; Dvorak, Philip Glass, Vaughan-Williams, and Saint Saens are my favorite composers
    Fave sports: rowing (both sculling and port side), swimming, ultimate frisbee, and hockey even though I've never played it
    Hobbies: yoga, swimming, baking, studying for the endless board exams, violin, research
    Interests: neurosurgery, genetics, Japanese mythology, learning foreign languages, meteorology, infectious diseases
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I love popcorn to the point of obsession and I'd eat it at every meal if it didn't make me all gassy
    2. I sleep with one leg under the covers and one leg out in order to dissipate the heat I generate during the night
    3. I read the dictionary for fun
    4. Being responsible for people's lives in approximately 1 year terrifies me sometimes
    5. This is my first post on MFP ever! : D
  • Shannon_Nicole83
    Shannon_Nicole83 Posts: 181 Member
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    Name: Shannon
    Gender: Female
    Age: 28
    Lives in: Central Valley, California
    Want to lose: About 100 lbs
    Fave movies: Wizard of Oz. Pride and Prejudice (with Kiera Knightly and Mathew MacFaden). Love Actually.
    Fave books: It by Stephen King, Pride and Prejudice. Conversations with the Fat Girl.
    Fave TV: Grey's Anatomy. CSI. Criminal Minds. Dexter.
    Fave music: Pink. Adele.
    Fave sports: Not really into sports. I like hockey, but only in person.
    Hobbies: I used to be pretty crafty, but I don't have much time for that anymore (new baby). I like to read, but I don't have much time for that either. Photography-I have the greatest subject.
    Interests: Psychology, Photograpy, Theater
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. When I was 6 my dad took me to my first concert-NKOTB. Last year for my birthday he bought me tickets to see them again. It was the best concert I've ever been too.
    2. I wanted to be a marine biologist-I have a degree in psychology-and I work for a manufacturing company. Didn't do what I wanted and I don't use what I have.
    3. I don't usually have 'bad' days. I'm almost always happy. It annoys people I work with because they think I'm faking it to make them feel more miseralbe about their lives. Not true. I learned the hard way what it takes to be happy and I'm not giving that up.
    4. I have a built in sarcasm font, and am not easily offended.
    5. I have a soft spot for the abused and neglected. All our fur babies are from the shelter, our pit bull was on death row. They are incredibly loyal, like they know we saved them, but in reality-they saved us.
  • mikey1976
    mikey1976 Posts: 1,005 Member
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    bump for later
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
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    Name: Heather
    Gender: Female
    Age: 19 years old
    Lives in: Massachusetts, United States
    Want to lose: From starting weight, about 30lbs. From now, about 12lbs.
    Fave movies: I really like horror movies, but I'll watch just about anything.
    Fave books: Stephen King, Sherrilyn Kenyon (fantasy romance), Jodi Picoult.
    Fave TV: Not really into TV but one show I watch religiously is American Horror Story, and if something good is on the History channel.
    Fave music: Literally everything. If I like it, I'll listen to it.
    Fave sports: Running, soccer, tennis.
    Hobbies: Writing, reading, music, shopping, being with my friends and family
    Interests: Health and wellness, psychology, pediatrics
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I'm only organized when it comes to my schoolwork.
    2. I have a lot of health issues.
    3. Not easily offended, so don't even bother trying.
    4. I have a sarcastic, dry, witty sense of humor.
    5. I'm a nursing student.
  • catshark209
    catshark209 Posts: 1,133 Member
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    Name: Monica, the Catshark
    Gender: Female
    Age: 35
    Lives in: Stockton CA
    Want to lose: no more, trying to gain
    Favourite movies: Saving Private Ryan, My Neighbor Totoro, Priest
    Favourite books: The Emberverse Series, Game of Thrones
    Favourite TV: CSI: LA, Criminal Minds
    Favourite music: The Shins, Metallica, Black Sabbath, medieval music
    Favourite sport: none
    Hobbies: READING! Working out, reading and reading
    Interests: psychology, books, travel


    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I'm afraid of freeway driving
    2. I have a very very vivid imagination
    3. I'm considered "eccentric".
    4. I always wear black
    5. I hate any temperature below 70.
  • daffodilsoup
    daffodilsoup Posts: 1,972 Member
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    Name:
    Melissa

    Gender:
    Female

    Age:
    22

    Lives in:
    Beijing at the moment, but I return to New Jersey, USA in early January.

    Want to lose:
    5 pounds down, 22 to go!

    Fave movies:
    Memento, Shutter Island, Inception, Requiem for a Dream, documentaries

    Fave books:
    Animal Farm, 1984, The Catcher in the Rye, Ham on Rye

    Fave TV:
    I don't own a TV.

    Fave music:
    Everything - including rap and country!

    Fave sports:
    Ice hockey and hiking.

    Hobbies:
    Cooking, writing, reading, gardening, arguing.

    Interests:
    Veganism & animal rights, gluten free cooking, organic gardening, DIY projects, homebrewing

    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I absolutely hate when I can't find something. It makes me irrationally angry, and I'm liable to tear the whole room apart looking for it.
    2. I like animals more than I like people.
    3. I am currently a foreign English teacher to high school students in Beijing, China. Honestly, it's just okay.
    4. Some people say I am a pessimist. I say I'm realistic.
    5. I like grapes, but not grape-flavored things.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
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    I am pleasantly surprised that so many people here know who Salad Fingers is. :)

    I love saladfingers!
  • Starla_
    Starla_ Posts: 349
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    Name: Sam, Sammi, Samantha
    Gender: Female.
    Age: 29
    Lives in: Townsville, Nth QLD, Australia
    Want to lose: 31 kilos (give or take). Lost 6 so far nice and slowly :). I am doing a lot of strength training rather than cardio which has been awesome. I am getting muscles!!
    Favourite movies: I love good horrors and psychological thrillers. I also love anything by Tim Burton.
    Favourite books: massive Stephen King freak (Rose Madder and Bag of Bones are my favs by him), To Kill A Mocking Bird will always be one of my all time fav books. I will read anything though and I think Jane Austen, Anne Rice and Peter Straub rock. My bookshelf is full of random crime, drama and horror books.
    Favourite TV: Don't really watch a lot of tv but I like True Blood and the Big Bang Theory.
    Favourite music: Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, The Doors, Mazzy Star, Red House Painters, Janis Joplin... and thats just the tip of the iceberg. Classic rock, blues, jazz.....
    Favourite sport: I'm not really interested in sports (watching), but I do like to play most things (apart from tennis because I have always sucked at that!).
    Hobbies: I am an artist/graphic designer. I love reading, I love listening to music and I am restoring a guitar that I will teach myself to play. I'm also a bit of a geek/nerd :D
    Interests: EVERYTHING! People especially are so fascinating we all have our stories.

    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1 - Im a recent fitness convert and am loving it! I'm actually kinda annoyed I was lazy for so long because life is just too good atm.
    2 - I've been a mum for 11 years and a wife for 7. I love my family but I am loving that I can now do something for myself.
    3 - I have never been happier in my life as I am now.
    4 - I have studied psychology, graphic design and education. Now I am being serious and working towards becoming a police officer.
    5 - I have a muse.
  • Dreamer1311
    Dreamer1311 Posts: 203 Member
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    Name: Diana
    Gender: Female
    Age: 27
    Lives in: Las Vegas,NV
    Want to lose: 10-12 lbs,already lost 8
    Fave movies: Man on Fire, Dirty Dancing, 7 Pounds (yes, I know its sad), The Pursuit of Happiness, Hitch....etc
    Fave books: P.S I love you (most books by Cecelia Ahern), Twiglight Saga (I loved all the books but I am not a fan of the movies), Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Help (just finished it and liked it a lot) just to mention a view. I read a lot. At one point I was reading 3 books at the same time lol
    Fave TV: HGTV House Hunters, CSI, NCIS, Law & Order, used to watch Oprah but now I watch her Lifeclass every now and then
    Fave music: Hip Hop, RnB,Classical music, Reggaeton,Lounge music...I pretty much like all kinds of music except for country :-/ sorry
    Fave sports: Soccer,Basketball,Tennis
    Hobbies:Reading,Sleeping :-), Dancing,Decorating,Writing,Painting,Hiking,Zumba,Snowboarding,Photography,Travelling
    Interests: Homeopathic medicine, Criminology,languages,I am pretty open for anything ;-)
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I speak and write German fluently
    2. I love to speed (sigh I miss the Autobahn) and consider myself a good driver
    3. When I was a child I was dreaming of becoming an artist,singing on stange travelling the world
    4. Sometimes I am a little too honest,opps
    5. I don't drink, never did and never will, but I am a Party Animal
  • Lisa__Michelle
    Lisa__Michelle Posts: 845 Member
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    Name: Lisa
    Gender: Female
    Age: 24
    Lives in: Richmond, Virginia, USA
    Want to lose: About 20 more pounds. I have lost about 40 now.
    Fave movies: Mean Girls and anything comedy or that has Adam Sandler in it (the funniest person alive)
    Fave books: Night, Dawn, and Shattered Silence
    Fave TV: Real World, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders:Making the Team, True Life
    Fave music: Evanescence, Paramore, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Colbie Callait... I basically like a wide variety of music.
    Fave sports: I don't like playing sports.
    Hobbies: Shopping, internet, reading, exercising, walking, spending time with my 6 pets <3
    Interests: The Paranormal, kayaking, snorkeling
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. My favorite drink is a hot Chai Tea Latte
    2. I have 6 animals (3 dogs and 3 cats... TBone, Crash, Belle, White Sox, Bernie, and Daphne)
    3. Shopping is my favorite activity! I own more purses than anybody I know)
    4. I am a very nice and friendly person. I think sometimes toooooo nice.
    5. I am an Aries.
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
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    Name: Edward
    Gender: Male
    Age: 25
    Lives in: Hattiesburg, MS
    Want to lose: No more loss needed, just toning and strength
    Fave movies: Inception, Gladiator, District 9, Watchmen, Terminator 2, Night Before Christmas, Back to the Future
    Fave books: Most books by Bentley Little, Divine Comedy, Catcher in the Rye, Edith Hamilton's Mythology, the rest of the books I read are technical related
    Fave TV: Mythbusters, Southpark, Ren and Stimpy, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Salute Your Shorts ( I miss these shows )
    Fave sports: Football
    Fav music: Depeche Mode, And One, :wumpscut:, VNV Nation, New Order, Rush, Suicide Commando, Surgyn, Funker Vogt, Front Line Assembly, Grendel, Sparks, Assemblage 23, De/Vision, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Apoptygma Berzerk, God Module, Aphex Twin, Das Ich, Rammstein, Die Form, Laibach, Phillip Glass, Seabound, Sigur Ros, Siouxie and the Banshees, Wolfsheim, Tears for Fears... stuff like that
    Hobbies: Programming, ham radio, reading, computers, learning, video games
    Interests: Computer Science, Physics, Astronomy, Math, History
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. My mother is from Venezuela so I guess that makes me half hispanic?
    2. Yet my father's ancestry is almost all German so I guess that also makes me half German
    3. My MBTI type is INTJ.
    4. This is the first time that I weighed 150 since I was in like.. middle school
    5. I own more books than I probably need
  • fudgebudget
    fudgebudget Posts: 198 Member
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    Cool thread! I'll bite :)

    Name: Jess
    Gender: Female
    Age: 27
    Lives in: Santa Fe, NM
    Want to lose: Another 50 pounds or so ... whatever ends up feeling healthy and comfortable.
    Fave movies: Spirited Away, the Goonies, Casablanca, When Harry Met Sally
    Fave books: Kushiel series by Jaqueline Carey, Harry Potter, Red Azalea by Anchee Min, Stieg Larson's Millennium trilogy
    Fave TV: Lost, West Wing, Big Bang Theory, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock
    Fave music: My appreciation for pop expands as I get older, because I am backwards. Most frequently played album this past week: Cee Lo's Ladykiller.
    Fave sports: Ha. I don't really do sports. I do love a good hike, though.
    Hobbies: Feeding my Etsy addiction, cooking, taking spontaneous roadtrips
    Interests: Info tech, digital preservation, other nerdy librarian pursuits
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. My MBTI is INTJ
    2. My profession (librarian) is very ingrained in my identity. Switching careers would be ... weird.
    3. I hate exercising. No really, I hate it.
    4. I will not be attending my high school reunion because it's been replaced by Facebook.
    5. I really wish that Jed Bartlett was our president, or that, at the very least, Martin Sheen would deliver all presidential addresses.
  • mrschappet
    mrschappet Posts: 488 Member
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    I am pleasantly surprised that so many people here know who Salad Fingers is. :)


    HAHAHAHA salad fingers.. I use to play those videos to torment my sister.. they really creep her out!!! Now i must play one when I see her on Thanksgiving :-)
  • ccpace4
    ccpace4 Posts: 100
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    Name: Christina
    Gender: Female
    Age: 20 years
    Lives in: New Haven, CT
    Want to lose: 88-100 !
    Fave movies: romy & michelles high school reuinon, harry potter series, twilight, comedies, etc
    Fave books: mostly nonfiction
    Fave TV: Gossip Girl, Modern Family, Sister Wives, Raising Hope, Criminal Minds
    Fave music: r&b or country lol
    Fave sports: Basketball & volleyball
    Hobbies: going to movies, playing sports, hanging out
    Interests: travel & learning new cultures
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I'm 100% Italian :P
    2. I'm Roman Catholic BUT I'm very liberal
    3. I love working with kids
    4. I also want to work with law enforcement
    5. I LOVE PINK
  • RonneyKay
    RonneyKay Posts: 464 Member
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    Name: Ronney
    Gender: Female
    Age: will be 42 in a week and a half
    Lives in: Phoenix, AZ
    Want to lose: at least 80 lbs (but not really sure, I know I want to be a size 10/12 so whatever weight that is)
    Fave movies: Wizard of Oz, Willie Wonka and the chocolate factory, fried green tomatoes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
    Fave books: Conversations with God, The 5 people you meet in heaven, The shack
    Fave TV: Perry Mason, American Horror Story, Survivor, Ghost Hunters, Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory, Idiot Abroad, Curb your Enthusiasm
    Fave music: Tori Amos, System of a Down, Punk Rock all the way, Authority Zero
    Fave sports: I don't play, but love watching Baseball, basketball and hockey
    Hobbies: Scrapbooking, camping, hiking, recycled art (making flowers out of tin cans, collaging, etc...)
    Interests: Psychology, reflexology, dream interpretation,
    List 5 random facts about yourself:
    1. I only paint my left pinky nail, right now its green but will probably change to blue soon
    2. I believe a person can love more than 1 person at a time
    3. I am going through alot of stuff right now.
    4. I have a son who has Aspergers, and I deal with that daily, lots of struggle, but its also funny
    5. I have a bone anchored hearing aide... which means I have a screw sticking out of my head that a hearing aide pops onto.

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