25 Random Bits

2. I don't like to drive, but I like going places and looking out the window. Taking in scenery can be a pretty awesome (as in leaves me in awe) experience.

2. When I think no one can hear, I sing Disney songs or really generic musical numbers. Yes, I am a tool.

3. I am a sucker for music. I once vowed that if a certain song was ever sung to me---in earnest---then I had to marry the poor schlep.

4. I had GI Joe underwear, and I would make my Joes attack the Barbies and cut off their hair.

5. I am a softy at heart, and I want to believe what people say to me.

6. There's not a day that goes by that I'm not surprised.

7. I don't think I've ever initiated a first kiss: received, yes, but initiated, no.

8. I once just wanted to be a 'good' person, but now just want to be me. I'll always wonder how I might do things better.

9. Mt first story was about a cowgirl. I was inspired by listening to The Outlaws.

10. I wanted t be a dancer when I was a kid. I made my parents but a tutu and slippers, but then I broke the table trying to pirouette and that was that.

11. I will never stop traveling. I think I'm at my best an a new with new people, new places, and new cultures. Maybe it's wanderlust.

12. The Kentucky Wildcats are the only sports team I will pretend to like.

13. I don't think anybody really gets me. I don't think I get me either.

14. I secretly want to slap anyone who makes a 'briar' joke when he/she leans that I was born in Kentucky. There's only so many ways you can imply inbreeding, and trust me--I've heard every possible variation.

15. I'm rarely one to end a conversation. Seriously, when I'm enjoying a chat, I want it to go on for hours---all night, all day. That is ideal, though probably impractical.

16. I love words. I love reading them, speaking them, hearing them, singing them..."Luv them and squeeze them and call them 'George.'"

17. I come from a long line of BSers, and I'm always a little afraid that I'll fall under their influence, or become one.

18. I'm attracted to very few people, but I love quite a few.

19. I like people who don't try to be anything other than what they are.

20. I like sudden, erratic tenderness.

21. I want to hear a story.

22. There are some things I wish could forget, but then I wouldn't be the same.

23. When riding in airplanes, I bed for the widow seat. Flying is...delightful. I get giddy---and it not just from the lack of oxygen.

24. I want to ride a Harley out West.

25. If I live to 80, I want to be one of those tough old biddies that smoke incessantly, show off their tattoos, cook enough to feed two armies, and still bend down to talk to kids eye-to-eye.