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I’m not quite thirty. I feel more like a kid now than I did when I was growing up. I live in the Midwest. This disappoints me, because my whole life I dreamt of leaving small town USA. I travel a lot for work and for fun, so that helps a little.
I keep busy by traveling and trying to learn random new things. For example, I’m currently learning to ski, practicing knitting, and just finished reading all of the Jane Austen works. I work for a large company doing consulting-type things. I stay very busy and mostly like what I do, but still dream of owning my own business. I’d like to do independent consulting, and also own a pizza/Italian place.
I eat too much, and I exercise too little. Every year, I say I absolutely HAVE to change and get my heart healthy, but then life and laziness get in the way. Due to family history, if I want to live past forty, I’ll have to get serious about this soon.
Goals
Actually, I kind of covered this above. I also try to read more and more books each year - I’m trying to read 40 in 2009. I love baking and like cooking, but I hate doing it for only myself or just the two of us, so I need to find more “small” recipes. I wish I was a better singer.
I’ve always wanted to have kids, and I think I’d be a great mamma. But I’m really freaked out by childbirth, and I’m incredibly selfish right now, so I’ve been planning to have kids “in five years” for about five years now. Regardless, I honestly don’t feel like my life will be 100% complete unless I mess up at least one kid’s life. I’ve got to pass on the crazy.
I need to learn another language. Especially lately. I’ve been getting the guilt trip from Italians that I meet, who believe because of my last name, I should know italiano. They also are disappointed that my husband isn’t teaching me the language at home. Bad Chris. I also wouldn’t mind learning German - I like the gutteral, Klingon aspects of it.
Quirks
There are too many to list on here without taking the server down. But here’s a few.
- Q-tips are meant to be used in the ears daily. Don’t believe the box.
- I obsess about getting a tattoo, but have never liked anything enough to get it permanently inked on my body.
- My tonsils get gigantic whenever I have a cold, to the point they almost cut off my air supply. The resulting infection causes a death breath so bad that others need gas masks.
- Peanut butter should be eaten with everything.
- Depending on your view, I am either the world’s best or worst arguer. I argued the nature and existence of love - all kinds of love - with my Dad when I was 10. He still likes to tease me about my philosophical/ religious/ biological/ metaphysical reasoning.
- My eyes are not a color. They are a blend of green, blue, grey, and a little brown. I usually just call them “hazel” and get it over with.
written 5 Feb 2009
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