| | 1. I believe true Joy makes you quiet, solemn, utterly content to the point that outward expression is simply a way to exhale that which would otherwise make us burst. That is the state of those in Heaven.
2. It annoys me to no end when someone stops a movie during the credits. It's like erasing the last line of a superb poem.
3. More than anything, I just want to be real and genuine.
4. My favorite actor is hands down Richard Harris (The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter 1 & 2), but actress is not quite so decided: Maggie Smith, Sandra Bullock, Drew Barrymore, Kate Winslet, Meg Ryan, Bryce Dallas Howard... the list goes on and on.
5. I can never decide if I am an introvert or an extrovert... but I lean towards the former.
6. Just before bed, I love a good cup of hot chocolate milk (which is different than hot chocolate, I assure you).
7. I have always had a small mental list of things to do before I die, and one of them was to stand under a swirl of flower petals, or some such other lovely collection of things. This item on the list was achieved in the spring of 2007 when my brothers climbed up a tree (may have been a Dogwood, but whatever it was, the petals were white) and proceeded to shake the limbs, causing the petals to fall away, as I stood under the white haze. Every item on this list is very similar, at least the nature of them.
8. I love nonsense - flowers for faerie skirts & stars for friends. "There is almost nothing that has such a keen sense of fun as a fallen leaf." - Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
9. When I was very small, until I was 5 or 6, I fell asleep on the living room floor watching the Country Music Station on numerous occasions. Perhaps this activity has led to my extreme distaste for hard-core country music?
10. My feet have had, as they say, a rough time of it. They have been so cold to the point of near frost bite (exiting a vehicle after an icy road accident with no shoes on), and so hot to the point of second degree burns (dancing on the 100 degree pavement with no shoes on). Shoes are wonderful things.
11. I study people's body language, and their eyes in conjunction with that. There is so much to be known about people.
12. I have truly never known anyone that I didn't like. If I didn't like them, I only knew the shadow of what they really were.
13. I have a passion for other people's passion. I love to see a person light up when talking about something, whether it be unicycling, engineering, studying kitchen sinks, or collecting old calculators. The activity is irrelevant to me - if a person truly enjoys a thing, I think it's fantastic, and it just shows how diverse people are.
14. My best friend has been just that for 10 years this year. :)
15. Singing is the most natural action to me - like breathing, or blinking. You know how people are always breathing, but not always thinking about that fact? Yeah, that's singing to me. It is what I do when purposeful consciousness leaves me. (Ask any of my friends that I talk to on the phone.)
16. I have played my fair share of beautiful songs on the piano, but none will ever amount to Across the Stars (Anakin & Padme's love theme from Star Wars) by John Williams. I once had the opportunity to perform it inside a mall under a dome... passersby stopped to listen as the notes reverberated off the walls. [/a highlight of my life]
17. I love not only the British accent, but British lingo as well. "Dry up!" "Half a minute!" "That's jolly well fine with me." "I shouldn't like that..." "Care for a crisp?" <3
18. I hated Pueblo, Colorado from the moment I laid eyes on it until... well, not very long. :) It's my favorite location on the face of the planet... and I've been to a good many locations.
19. Until two weeks ago, I had two biological brothers, one unofficially adopted brother, and no sisters... but that changed when my oldest brother got married: now I have a sister. :D
20. Several years ago, I unexpectedly became fascinated with movie soundtracks (the score). I would watch a movie (being careful not to read the credits) and attempt to guess the composer of the score (John Williams, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, etc). 90% of the time... I was right. It was completely random. I still collect soundtracks and enjoy finding a good, unconventional score.
21. I recently discovered and fell in love with Tuscan House Italian dressing. <3
22. I am paranoid about driving on the right side of the road, because I'm always afraid that the lane will run out or become a "turn only" lane when I don't want to turn.
23. One of my biggest yet most unknown-to-others pet peeves is being "left behind." For example, when we pull up to Walmart* and everyone gets out of the car, but walks off without me because maybe I took a little longer to get out of the car... I really, really don't like it.
24. I am a firm believer in the concept that the shadow proves the sunshine; you can't appreciate joy if you don't know sorrow. Sad, yes... beautiful, tragically so.
25. I find more joy in doing that which I should than in doing that which I want. Every time. Similarly, I find that joy and pleasure are entirely different matters.
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