Tammi's World

About Me

UPDATED 01/06

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I found this at LeeAnn's and thought it would be the easiest way to get this out here. I'm much better at answering questions than making crap up. Thanks LeeAnn - hope you don't mind.

BTW - I'm using this as my first post, since not everyone will want to read it. :)

Plus, believe it or not - I'm kinda shy.

Ten Layers Of Me
LAYER ONE
-- Name: Tammi
-- Birth date: July 28
-- Birthplace: Indiana
-- Current Location: Northern Illinois
-- Eye Color: green
-- Hair Color: auburn
-- Height: 6'2"
-- Righty or Lefty: righty
-- Zodiac Sign: Leo

LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: We know Italian - too obvious to miss. The rest is a mystery, I'm adopted
-- The shoes you wore today: flat black loafers - practical as hell!
-- Your weakness: donuts, diet soda, chips and fries
-- Your fears: spiders, snakes
-- Your perfect pizza: thin crust with cheese
-- Goal you'd like to achieve: get settled in one place so I can put down some semblance of roots - updated, did that! Now, I'm focusing on adjusting to the fact that I've put down roots and gotten settled!!

LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase on IM: I don't have IM. I just put up an "unavailable" block - Updated: It's not a phrase - I just use the hell outta those cool smiley things
-- Your thoughts first waking up: Coffee - updated: Coffee's Done! :-)
-- Your best physical feature: My eyes and hands - Updated: just my eyes.
-- Your most missed memory: I forgot

LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: diet Pepsi - Updated: Coke. Mixes better..plus I pulled all my stock. Now I can be honest. ;-)
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McDonald's - better fries
-- Single or group dates: single - more time for conversation
-- Adidas or Nike: New Balance, the other 2 don't cut it for me
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton iced tea
-- Chocolate or vanilla: vanilla with caramel sauce and peanut butter (ice cream that is)
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee - cappuccino is dessert

LAYER FIVE:
-- Smoke: Yep (want to quit)
-- Cuss: YEP and don't plan on quitting that anytime soon
-- Sing: Yes - used to be really good, now it's for my own amusement
-- Take a shower everyday: Of course, too hot and sticky in Florida not to Updated: Still do - just now I'm dealing with graphite and such.
-- Do you think you've been in love:2x
-- Want to go to college: yes - in my Senior year and determined to finish just to shut people up about it
-- Like(d) high school: No Way. I'm 6'2" and have been since HS. It was a horrible time all around
-- Want to get married: Yes - but only when it's right (I know, how corny is that)
-- Believe in yourself: Professionally Yes - personally, still working on that
-- Get motion sickness: very rarely, usually sailing in a dead calm
-- Think you're attractive: I'm not bad, but I don't stop traffic
-- Think you're a health freak: I know what's right (for other people)
-- Get along with your parent(s): Most definitely
-- Like thunderstorms: Love them - especially at the beach watching over the Gulf
-- Play an instrument: I used to play piano, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, oboe, tuba (yes), french horn and several others - what can I say, I was a music major in college to start with

LAYER SIX:
In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: Hell Yeah
-- Smoked: yep
-- Done a drug: Nope - to many random drug screens at work, I need my job
-- Made Out: Yes - Updated: No. (hell, I posted this over a year ago!!
-- Gone on a date: yes Updated: no (and stop rubbing it in damnit!!!!!
-- Gone to the mall?: yes - I'm actually a professional shopper Updated: Cut way back on this. 1x and just for a hair cut. No shopping for me!!
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: No
-- Eaten sushi: No
-- Been on stage: No
-- Been dumped: Yes (I think) Updated: No - the upside to not being on a date or making out!!
-- Gone skating: (checking arms and legs) NO, thank goodness
-- Made homemade cookies: Yes Updated: Made fudge just this morning.
-- Gone skinny dipping: :) Yep - my pool, my rules Updated Damn, I miss my pool.
-- Dyed your hair: Oh Yeah!
-- Stolen anything: No - oh wait do the towels from the hotel count?
-- You sound boring: I probably am, but I amuse the hell out of myself

LAYER SEVEN
Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: Yes, I came of age in the 70's (that also may be why I didn't get a lot of dates.....)
-- If so, was it mixed company: yes
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Yes, and stories are NOT bloggable
-- Been caught "doing something": No need, I never really hid any of my "stunts" I just figured I'd get caught so put it out there first
-- Been called a tease: No
-- Gotten beaten up: Yes - end of story
-- Shoplifted:Never, too afraid of my Mom
-- Changed who you were to fit in: No, figured it didn't matter

LAYER EIGHT:--
--Age you hope to be married: Well, I hit 22 - for now as long as it's before I'm committed to the old age home.
-- Numbers and Names of Children: Zero - number not name
-- Describe your Dream Wedding: Can't. Depends on the person in the picture.
-- How do you want to die: Near the water, with a smile on my face
-- Where you want to go to college: finish where I started, it's a matter of principle
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: I'm not going to grow up, so there
-- What country would you most like to visit: Scotland

Layer Nine -
--Opposite sex (or the same?) opposite
-- Best eye color? Blue or Green
-- Best hair color? Brown/Black
-- Short or long hair: Shorter
-- Best Height? Tall, 6' minimum - you gotta be so tall to ride this ride
-- Best weight: Doesn't matter
-- Best articles of clothing: Jeans and cowboy boots
-- Best first date location: Day at the beach or on a boat
-- Best first kiss location: spontaneity - where ever the urge strikes

LAYER TEN:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: 2
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: 3 My Mom, My 2 best friends
-- Number of CDs that I own: around 150
-- Number of piercings: 3
-- Number of tattoos: none
-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: I cannot begin to count
-- Number of scars on my body: around 10
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: 1 really big one

In addition....
FIRSTS:

* FIRST JOB: I worked at a fruit & vegetable stand. Got suspicious when he wanted me to wear a bathing suit and pick up trash along the road (at the age of 13)
* FIRST SCREEN NAME: tkb
* FIRST SELF-PURCHASED CD: I can't remember the name, but it was Boston
* FIRST PIERCING/TATTOO: my ears (first time) at 13
* FIRST ENEMY: My ex-husband's first wife

LASTS:

* LAST KISS: don't ask, don't even want to talk about it.
* LAST LIBRARY BOOK: I don't go to the library, I just buy what I want to read
* LAST MOVIE SEEN: Under the Tuscan Sky - Updated:Stuck on You - funny as hell!!
* LAST BEVERAGE DRANK: Coffee
* LAST FOOD CONSUMED: Honey Nut Cheerios Updated: A piece of the fudge I made this morning.
* LAST PHONE CALL: Guy I work with to talk about a tough account Updated: Some smooth talkin' Straight White Guy
* LAST CD PLAYED:Los Lonely Boys Updated: I cannot remember!!
* LAST ANNOYANCE: The bitch that almost ran me off the road 5 mins from my house Updated:The idiot at the grocery store that wanted to fight me for the last bit of Italian Beef that was on sale.
* LAST SODA DRINK: Diet Pepsi Updated Diet Coke
* LAST ICE CREAM EATEN: Ben & Jerry's Twisted Half Baked, chocolate/vanilla with chunks of brownies and chocolate chip cookie dough mixed in. Updated: Peppermint Ice Cream with chocolate sauce. hmmmmm
* LAST TIME SCOLDED: yesterday for driving and talking on the phone Updated Yesterday for laughing too much at work.
* LAST SHIRT WORN: Shear white w/blue stripes (white tank top under) Updated: Black V-neck cashmere sweater.

I:

* I AM: a 41 year old Sales rep with a really tough shell and really soft heart Updated: Damn - I'm 43 now but still a big wuss.
* I WANT: it all - success and happiness
* I HAVE: the best friends and family a girl could ask for
* I WISH: I weren't so damn self conscious
* I HATE: mean people
* I FEAR: spiders and snakes (see above)
* I HEAR: music in my head - all the time
* I SEARCH: for a little balance
* I WONDER: why people can be so ignorant
* I REGRET: marrying my ex husband and not having children
* I LOVE: my family and friends
* I ALWAYS: speak my mind
* I AM NOT: beautiful
* I DANCE: all the time
* I SING: whenever no one is around
* I CRY: all by myself

YES OR NO:

* YOU KEEP A DIARY: only on line where anyone can find it
* YOU LIKE TO COOK: YES!!!
* YOU HAVE A SECRET NOT SHARED WITH ANYONE: Yes

DO YOU:

* HAVE A CRUSH: Yes
* WANT TO GET MARRIED: Someday, but only if it's "right"
* GET MOTION SICKNESS: not really
* THINK YOU'RE A HEALTH FREAK: No, but I play one on TV
* CURRENT HAIR COLOR: auburn
* EYE COLOR: Green.
* BIRTHPLACE: Indiana

FAVORITES:

* NUMBER: 3
* COLOR: green
* DAY: Sunday
* MONTH: May
* SONG(S): Too many to list - right now, When the Sun Goes Down - Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker
* SEASON: Fall
* DRINK: Cpt & Diet

PREFERENCES:

* CUDDLE OR MAKE OUT: Shit - I don't remember
* CHOCOLATE MILK OR HOT CHOCOLATE: chocolate milk
* MILK, DARK, OR WHITE CHOCOLATE: Milk Chocolate
* VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE: vanilla

IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, HAVE YOU:
All are updated:
* CRIED: Yes - NO
* HELPED SOMEONE: yes YES
* BOUGHT SOMETHING: does dinner count? YES
* GOTTEN SICK: no - NO
* GONE TO THE MOVIES: no - NO
* SAID, "I LOVE YOU.": yes - NO
* WRITTEN A REAL LETTER: No - >NO
* TALKED TO AN EX?: Hell No - No Change Here, and won't ever be!!!
* MISSED AN EX?:Husband - no way in hell - other, yes -- No, No, No and NO
* WRITTEN IN A JOURNAL: blog - same
* HAD A SERIOUS TALK: Yep - Nope
* MISSED SOMEONE?: Yes
* HUGGED SOMEONE?: Yes - No
* MADE SOMEONE MOAN: no - Again with the rubbing it in, damnit. No!

Posted by Tammi at May 28, 2004 09:00 PM