#8 Last Purchase

In this order:

1. A present for someone.
2. A candle that I can't stop from sniffing.
3. A better locking water container cos I keep giving up half way on my old way and spilling water all over the damn place.
4. Wendy's Spicy Chicken sandwich. Sometimes it just hits all the right spots.
5. USPS shipping.
6. $40 worth of sushi (to take up to top of Topanga to eat with my bestie)
7. $10 worth of the stuff that keeps me alive these days. My B12 injection.

Thanks for participating in: a day in the life of my money.

#09 Sadness all around

I get sad when things don't go as I want them to go. I don't mean like a tantrum kind of sad, I mean I genuinely pout.

When I can't change things no matter how hard I try. That also makes me sad.

Thinking of never meeting my grandpa on my mom's side.

Missing my aunt Jo, cousin Danny, Sy and Ale...

Oh and distance. I hate not being around family and the people I like.

Great.

Now I'm gonna go eat a whole thing of ice cream so I won't be sad anymore.

#10 15 Facts

Let's get down to business, I guess:

1. I can fold and flip my tongue when nobody else in my family can. (I'm waiting for DNA results on this one)
2. I don't think I can survive one day without affection.
3. I'm terrified of the dark.
5. I fall in love with souls. I don't see race, age, or gender. If your soul speaks to me, I'm hooked.
6. I'm some 10th Gypsy. I know, it scares me too. But certainly explains a lot.
7. If given the freedom, I would never wear shoes again.
8. Ironically, I have a sick addiction to Chucks. I'm talking 12 pairs.
9. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs...of any kind.
10. I will most likely need B12 injections for the rest of my life due to some weird, unexplained deficiency.
11. I feel that I am destined for greatness.
12. I'm a masochist. Pain = pleasure. It's ok, I wouldn't have guessed it either.
13. My brain is a sponge. I know and remember very unusual facts.
14. I am infectiously attracted to intelligence. If someone is pretty and dumb, I want to cry.
15. Every single thing I say and do is calculated and thought through.

#11 Favorite thing right now.

I have to admit, I wanted to skip this question.

1. Because I will never admit to having favorites.
2. Because people that know me know what it is.
3. It....isn't an IT.

That being said. I like my life right now.

So....my life is my favorite thing right now :)

# 12 Best Christmas Present

I'm the hardest person to get presents for simply because I work my ass off to get the things I want and never in my life expect someone else to get it for me.

Every present I receive that I know comes from the heart....from someone simply being thoughtful....and whatever is it that just reminds them of me...that's the present that makes me smile.

These things are usually the smallest most ridiculous presents to someone else, but to me, they mean the world.

On that note, the most used present I ever got was from my parents on some Christmas when they gave me my 80G iPod. I think I may have actually cried.

Since music is my life line, that thing went EVERYWHERE with me and it held 3 months worth of music without repeating.

Then one day....it died. I still have it and refuse to give it up lol

#13 Favorite teacher.

I have to dig back to my freshman year of high school. (Because, frankly, I don't remember much of the rest of the years of high school, and I was never impressed by any teachers before high school.)

Anyway, the teacher that made the biggest impression on me was Mr. Sanders...or "Sir" as we all called him...was my 9th grade English teacher.

I just loved his teaching style. He was the first ever teacher to treat students like humans instead of dumb ass kids. I never felt like we were being taught AT, we were explained and we learned things this way. I don't even remember that he had a real grading policy.

He accepted zero bullshit and not a single person in that class ever tried to pull any bullshit.

I started liking and learning to write in that class. I think I owe him a thank you.

So, Sir, wherever you may be right now, thank you for inspiring me to becoming a better human at a young age and for opening my eyes to literature and making learning fun.

#14 Thankful.

I'm thankful for the genetics that make up the individual that is ME.

Just recently I've come to accept me for myself. In all that I entail. The good, the bad, the annoying, and the irreplaceable. The weaknesses and the strength.

I'm thankful that my parents raised me to be so generous and loving. I'm thankful that I never let that go no matter what I'm faced with in return.

I'm thankful for the amount of LOVE, care, affection and acceptance I've always been given by my family.

It's shaped me into the best person I know how to be. Which sadly, sometimes leaves me hurt and taken for granted. But I'm still very thankful for every bit of it. :)