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20 things about you

Me in 20....

  1. At 37, I am the oldest living person in my family tree.
  2. There is eleven years age difference between me and my youngest sibling (3 in between us) and she is my best friend!
  3. I have never been married but came close once (until I saw his true colors when I needed him most).
  4. I prefer to keep by hands busy with hobbies. The next I am tackling is acrylic pour paintings.
  5. My guilty pleasure when I am feeling sick is to watch the Twilight Saga (I know, I just can't help it!).
  6. I have volunteered for the Suicide Prevention Hotline.
  7. Being an Auntie is the greatest feeling! I have one nephew and two nieces whom I adore.
  8. Best experience: got to know my grandfather when I lived with him to care for him. An AMAZING man and I loved my time with him.
  9. I've spent a lot of my life caring for others. This is the first time I am able to determine what I want to do, and now I am doing it.
  10. I love stories in any form: books, tv shows, movies.
  11. O.A.R. is my favorite current band, but Frank Sinatra is my all time favorite (singer, actor, it doesn't matter).
  12. I have written a book. It isn't published but I did it!
  13. I'm a Disney fanatic!
  14. I have a crazy addiction to chapstick (EOS specifically, but any will do in a pinch).
  15. I love to cook.
  16. I actually enjoy cleaning. I love the satisfaction I feel after it is finished.
  17. My dad rubbed off on me so much that I now tell the corny dad jokes in my family.
  18. It is crazy how picky of an eater I have been. This whole process has opened me up to new foods and I love it!
  19. When I get really excited or happy about something, I mimic my one year old niece and wiggle because I can't contain it.
  20. Italy and Australia are the two places I want to visit most.
 
Great list, Miss. Thanks for sharing. What is O.A.R.? How about EOS? I don't think people realize that some of us don't understand others' abbreviations.

You're a Vampire Nerd! I'm a Batman Nerd! I used to take my allowance once every two weeks & go to the country store, where I bought the latest Batman & Superman comix. I loved Batman especially because a) he didn't kill, b) he had no superpower and c) he spent his time in his lab, inventing things. He was my hero. Of the modern Batm(e)n, I love Michael Keaton, who brought the character back to life in 1989, just when I needed him. And Keaton is an awesome person in real life, as well. But for pure charisma & a truly deep love, I go for Christian Bale in the Nolan Dark Knight trilogy. I've watched those movies more times than I can count. And I own almost every Chrstian Bale movie, and almost every Christopher Nolan movie as well. If you have a bad impression of Christian Bale, remember there are two sides to every story. I'd be happy to stand up for him any day of the week. His various good deeds across America, with sick children, foster children and victims of mass shootings are legendary. He makes the world a better place without ever calling attention to himself. And he is a faithful husband with two children he dotes on. He is the man I wish I could find. He wouldn't even have to be pretty. He just has to have that heart.

While guys like Tom Cruise (great actor!) are worth a few-hundred million bucks & give it to Scientology, Bale's net worth after 40 movies is a relatively modest $80 mil. And he gives it away.

I guess I'm not actually off topic, since you could say I just told you 20 things about what I know about Batman & the culture around him.

And bless you, Miss, for your time with the suicide hotline. You make me ashamed I don't do more to help others. Attagirl!
 
dianeseattle said:
Great list, Miss. Thanks for sharing. What is O.A.R.? How about EOS? I don't think people realize that some of us don't understand others' abbreviations.
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Thank you Diane! O.A.R. is an american rock band (although I don't consider their music rock necessarily but anyway...) that I fell in love with when I was in college back in 2001. Here is a link to a YouTube video of one of my favorite songs. Miss You All The Time

EOS is just a brand name for the type of lip balm I prefer.
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I love the batman movies as well! It has been a long time since I have watched the Michael Keaton ones, so I honestly couldn't say which I like best. I really can only remember Val Kilmer, George Clooney, and Christian Bale. I have wanted to go back and watch all of the Batman movies/tv shows but I just can't locate them all. My love of DC comics has just come about in the last several years because of the CW shows Arrow, The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl. I am really looking forward to Batwoman which starts in October. It will be interesting to see what they do with that. Not sure if it is based of a comic or not, but I still look forward to getting a glimpse of that world.
 
Well Miss & Shrinky, what do you think of the fact that Robert Pattison is going to be the next Batman?

Batman Hush is the big Blu-Ray deal right now. It stars Jason O'Mara as the voice of Batman/Bruce Wayne. He's been a favorite actor of mine ever since I saw him guest star on The Closer (twice!). I sent him a message on Instagram about that & he replied to me. Now we send little DMs back & forth a few times a week. He is SUCH a nice man. And cute. And IRISH! I wish he'd get a really good, broad-appeal movie so everyone would know who he is. He was in Terra Nova long ago & The Man in the High Castle most recently. But he has the charisma of Cary Grant & needs a good role to show that.
 
dianeseattle said:
Well Miss & Shrinky, what do you think of the fact that Robert Pattison is going to be the next Batman?
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I'm excited to see what he and the director can do with the part. Pattinson has had some really good recent movies and I love to see him growing as an actor. This could be a great fit for him. I wasn't a huge fan of Affleck as batman so I hope this will be better! And I couldn't put a face to Jason's name but once I looked him up I knew exactly who he was! That is great that you get to have little conversations back and forth with him. I'm sure it puts a smile on your face (I know it would on mine!).
 
  1. Extreme introvert, but no one ever believes that because I put on a good show when I have to
  2. Only bio child of both my parents; two half brothers. My younger brother is only 2 years older than my oldest child
  3. Former food addict
  4. Love music
  5. Ancestry research obsessed
  6. Really great at my job, but not sure what I am truly passionate about
  7. Love to laugh
  8. Extremely eclectic music tastes
  9. Writer
  10. Animal lover
  11. Wife to the best husband ever
  12. Mom to the best sons, who are now amazing young men
  13. Green eyes
  14. Grew up in a crazy, legalistic church, and still trying to figure out how to reconcile that insanity with actual spirituality
  15. Need to start prioritizing things that will help me on my health journey more
  16. Turned a 3 succulent baskets into 100s of plants that I have run out of room for, but have a black thumb for pretty much every other plant on earth
  17. Trying to convince my husband we need a chicken coup
  18. ... and a beehive
  19. Moved a LOT in my life
  20. Still don't know what I want to do when I grow up
 
Brenda2010 said:
  1. Have a great sense of humor
  2. Eldest child of three to young, struggling parents
  3. The universe blessed me with my sister (best friend). I’m extremely close to my nieces as well
  4. Grew up too soon around unhappiness, rage and unpredictability
  5. Love to organize & plan but on the flip side, I’m stubborn as hell & hate not being in control
  6. Have struggled with anxiety for as long as I can remember
  7. Got excellent grades in school but never considered college because of anxiety
  8. Perpetually single, never even brought a date to a family function
  9. Have 32 first cousins
  10. Parents divorced and both remarried in my 20s
  11. Have beautiful eyes and smile
  12. I never consciously made the choice not to have children. Just wasn’t in the cards I guess
  13. Work hard to stay positive, can easily fall into dark moods if I don’t fight against them
  14. Best compliment I ever received was being told that I light up a room
  15. For over a decade, I drank rum straight up, could polish off a standard size (750 ml) bottle a night. Been sober 3 years, 1 month and 2 days
  16. HATE bras!
  17. LOVE to sleep in
  18. Seriously clumsy
  19. Not outdoorsy at all
  20. I'm 44 years old but plan to continue telling people that I’m 37 for as long as I can get away with it
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Brenda, on #20, I used to agree, and then someone told me to say that I am older so that people say "you don't look X age!!"... I think I am still at the point of looking younger than or at my own age, but I am totally switching to this method in a few years! LOL
 
dianeseattle said:
Here is one way we can get to know each other better.

What are the things that are most important to know about you? Share 20 items, one line (or so) each, brief, honest. Here's my list:

  1. Old hippie & proud of it
  2. 1st gen American from Dutch immigrants
  3. 5th of 8 kids, farmgirl, abusive mom
  4. "Raised in captivity" by Calvinist church
  5. Shamed out of being proud of myself
  6. Pedophile/rape survivor, PTSD, depression
  7. One beautiful 40yo son, single mom
  8. Can't count the gifts I've been given
  9. Don't believe in Christian, male-dominant god
  10. Wish I had a husband, divorced two
  11. Squandered opps, never again
  12. Reliant on support from peers
  13. Former journalist/writer, radio, newspapers, tech
  14. Team member, developed cell phones in 80s
  15. Mountain hiker, canoeist
  16. Artist/designer art school grad cum laude
  17. Feel like a failure most of the time
  18. Compulsion to rescue, even when not asked
  19. Deeply grieving death of 16yo cat, Jan 2019
  20. Striving to be better, exhausted
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I like what you wrote I can also say I was from the hippie area the 70s was born in 1959.
 
I am new here, so here are a few things about me! (I greatly appreciated any help and advice)

  1. I am 28 years old with no children (I am very proud of my auntie ministry)
  2. I have played and/or coached basketball for 12 years.
  3. I am currently in pharmacy school...I graduate May 2020!
  4. I am a huge Alabama football fan ROLL TIDE!
  5. I am pescatarian and transitioning to vegetarian.
  6. I was taller than my teacher in 5th grade (currently 6'3").
  7. I have an intense love for people and the need to serve people.
  8. I believe number 7 has lead me to more evangelistic dating than I would have liked.
  9. I believe number 8 is why I am chronically single.
  10. I have tried and failed to loose weight since middle school.
  11. My biggest wish for myself would be to live out the purpose God put me on this earth to fulfill.
  12. I want my body to finally reflect the immense joy and confidence that I feel on the inside.
  13. I have been told I am pretty funny but that's always up for debate.
  14. I can eat sweet potato pie but not yams and eat ice cream but hate milkshakes.
  15. I should have been formally diagnosed with clumsy years ago.
  16. To me this surgery means freedom. My weight has always been an easy excuse for a lot of things in my life. I wonder who or what I could become if I no longer had this particular excuse to lean on. It's another life on the other side of my fear and I am ready to live it.
 
MsTallerThanU said:
I am new here, so here are a few things about me! (I greatly appreciated any help and advice)

  1. I am 28 years old with no children (I am very proud of my auntie ministry)
  2. I have played and/or coached basketball for 12 years.
  3. I am currently in pharmacy school...I graduate May 2020!
  4. I am a huge Alabama football fan ROLL TIDE!
  5. I am pescatarian and transitioning to vegetarian.
  6. I was taller than my teacher in 5th grade (currently 6'3").
  7. I have an intense love for people and the need to serve people.
  8. I believe number 7 has lead me to more evangelistic dating than I would have liked.
  9. I believe number 8 is why I am chronically single.
  10. I have tried and failed to loose weight since middle school.
  11. My biggest wish for myself would be to live out the purpose God put me on this earth to fulfill.
  12. I want my body to finally reflect the immense joy and confidence that I feel on the inside.
  13. I have been told I am pretty funny but that's always up for debate.
  14. I can eat sweet potato pie but not yams and eat ice cream but hate milkshakes.
  15. I should have been formally diagnosed with clumsy years ago.
  16. To me this surgery means freedom. My weight has always been an easy excuse for a lot of things in my life. I wonder who or what I could become if I no longer had this particular excuse to lean on. It's another life on the other side of my fear and I am ready to live it.
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You are funny! You are also incredibly beautiful! Welcome to our group
 
20 things about me:

  1. I had roux-en-y gastric bypass in October 2006, when I was 18.
  2. I was obese before kindergarten, I was 300 pounds when I graduated high school.
  3. I've struggled with homelessness, job loss, malnourishment, and inability to access medical care since my surgery.
  4. I have been diagnosed with post surgery hypersinsulinemic hypoglycemia.
  5. I have severe malnourishment and I've been chronically underweight for over 3 years.
  6. I live with PTSD with anxiety.
  7. Before I became so disabled, I fostered special needs infants locally when I was 20-25.
  8. My ex-husband is a convicted sex offender in prison for over 10 years, when I divorced him I had a party.
  9. I never thought I'd get married again, I got married to an amazing man September 20, 2018.
  10. My greatest goal is to have children with my husband, feels like a pipe dream.
  11. I'm waiting on a Neuro-GI consult, trying to obtain a diagnosis for whatever is wrong with my motility.
  12. I have a son whose almost 10, I haven't been able to raise him due to my health issues since he was 5.
  13. All I ever wanted to be growing up (in a sexist household where I was taught to find someone, brothers got to be someone) was to be a mom.
  14. I really like how I look and feel when I'm at my goal weight, 175 pounds.
  15. I make and sell cannabis lotion that helps with spasms and muscle pain, I use it myself daily.
  16. I love to cook and bake, I cooked in a few restaurants and taught myself how to bake over time.
  17. I graduated high school as a junior, age 17. I was anxious to move out.
  18. I'm 1 class shy of my Associate's Degree in Behavioral and Social Science at my local community college.
  19. I learned my husband will love me in sickness and in health the hard way, I'm a shell of the woman he fell in love with 2 years ago.
  20. It took me over 20 years to learn to love myself, I don't have time to convince anyone else...Like me or don't because I'm good.
 
20
  1. Born in Massachusetts
  2. Hated school
  3. My mom stepdad siblings are all deceased 1 by suicide I’m the only one left in my family used to stay at my grandparents farm in Missouri a lot
  4. Was a Hippie, Jesus Freak , one of the first Punk Rockers
  5. Love Heavy Metal
  6. Big Britney Spears fan
  7. Favorite actors George Clooney, Mark Walburg , Jason Statham, and I love Scarlett Johansson and I’m a big Jay and Silent Bob fan
  8. Married 42 years
  9. Love movies, Art,Rock and Metal music I can’t stand Country
  10. I’m Agnostic I guess
  11. Lived most my life in California
  12. Knew a lot of celebrities mostly Rock people too many to list
  13. Used to date Joan Jett and a Playboy Playmate turned Porn Star
  14. Don’t like heights, flying, slow drivers and I’m claustrophobic
  15. Started getting overweight when I went to college to avoid going to Vietnam
  16. Like to play slots and pretty lucky at it and love Las Vegas
  17. Have a huge selection of dvds , albums and CDs a lot of rare stuff
  18. Was and still am a huge Beatles fan have a ton of rare dvds , cds and books
  19. I’m shy but everyone says I’m funny I used to want to be a comedian
  20. Having Bariactric surgery was the best thing I’ve ever done . Now I just would like to meet Britney and Scarlett
 
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Bill S. said:
20
  1. Born in Massachusetts
  2. Hated school
  3. My mom stepdad siblings are all deceased 1 by suicide I’m the only one left in my family used to stay at my grandparents farm in Missouri a lot
  4. Was a Hippie, Jesus Freak , one of the first Punk Rockers
  5. Love Heavy Metal
  6. Big Britney Spears fan
  7. Favorite actors George Clooney, Mark Walburg , Jason Statham, and I love Scarlett Johansson and I’m a big Jay and Silent Bob fan
  8. Married 42 years
  9. Love movies, Art,Rock and Metal music I can’t stand Country
  10. I’m Agnostic I guess
  11. Lived most my life in California
  12. Knew a lot of celebrities mostly Rock people too many to list
  13. Used to date Joan Jett and a Playboy Playmate turned Porn Star
  14. Don’t like heights, flying, slow drivers and I’m claustrophobic
  15. Started getting overweight when I went to college to avoid going to Vietnam
  16. Like to play slots and pretty lucky at it and love Las Vegas
  17. Have a huge selection of dvds , albums and CDs a lot of rare stuff
  18. Was and still am a huge Beatles fan have a ton of rare dvds , cds and books
  19. I’m shy but everyone says I’m funny I used to want to be a comedian
  20. Having Bariactric surgery was the best thing I’ve ever done . Now I just would like to meet Britney and Scarlett
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Hehe, Jay & Silent Bob... haven't thought of them in years!

Joan Jett? I'll have to share that with my mom, she was her idol!
 
Brenda2010 said:
Joan Jett? I'll have to share that with my mom, she was her idol!
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Oh my God Bill does that make you feel as old as it makes me feel? Brenda, how old are you? Or more appropriately how old is your mom?

I was in my late twenties when Joan Jett was big. Well I guess she was bigger a few years earlier, but I really disliked her. Later I came to appreciate her. But the point is that was 40 to 45 years ago. Egad!
 
dianeseattle said:
Oh my God Bill does that make you feel as old as it makes me feel? Brenda, how old are you? Or more appropriately how old is your mom?

I was in my late twenties when Joan Jett was big. Well I guess she was bigger a few years earlier, but I really disliked her. Later I came to appreciate her. But the point is that was 40 to 45 years ago. Egad!
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My mom had me young, she's 64. I'm 45. :)
 
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