Silly internets quiz a la CAP

OK. Crazy Aunt Purl, who I love, adore and admire, has put out one of these damn e-mail chain things on her blog and I've been meaning to start up again after (I KNOW!!!! ENOUGH ALREADY!) a long hiatus. So this seems like a good way to start off. I've switched a few of the numbers - oddly enough, this may in itself be proof that therapy is working!

Here it is:

TEN random things you might not know about me.
1. I can eat fire
2. I sometimes hang out with a gay motorcycle gang
3. I'm double jointed in a number of places
4. I'm not in the slightest bit squeamish
5. I have a number of random book ideas floating around in my head
6. I make lists of absolutely everything
7. I'm tattooed
8. I want another tattoo (or four)
9. I have no feeling in part of my left hand
10. I sometimes watch PowerPuff Girls

NINE places I’ve visited
1. Amsterdam
2. Israel (I actually lived there - does that count?)
3. Egypt
4. The Grand Canyon - which I absolutely love
5. Germany (oddly enough - that was an accident)
6. Paris - with my lovely sister
7. Alaska - gorgeous but ever so brief
8. Barcelona
9. Vermont - didn't spend nearly enough time there, and most of the time was doped up

EIGHT ways to win my heart
1. Sparkly things! I love the sparkly things.
2. Teach me something new
3. Recommend a good book
4. Be nice to people who seem to have positions in life less than yours
5. Swag
6. Take me to a new fabric store
7. Show me something I've never seen
8. Share your talents

SEVEN things I want to do before I die
1. Publish my book
2. Take an RV trip around North America
3. Own a home with a fireplace
4. Go on a writers retreat
5. Write a novel
6. Hike to the floor of the Grand Canyon
7. Own fabulous luggage

SIX things that make me happy
1. Michael (the husband)
2. Going on "alone vacations"
3. lawns without dog poo
4. cooking for friends
5. flannel pjs
6. Stitch n' Bitchers

FIVE things I’m afraid of
1. Finding out that I have crap stuck between my teeth or schmutz on my butt
2. Being misunderstood
3. Big ugly black bugs
4. Killing my plants due to neglect
5. Losing all of the information on my hard drive

FOUR ways to turn me off
1. Be dismissive/disrespectful to people
2. Be snotty
3. Make fun of/humiliate people
4. Talk about what you ate/didn't eat today

THREE Things I do everyday
1. A crossword
2. Write in my journal
3. Love my new mattress

TWO things I don't like
1. Nuts
2. the smell of nuts

ONE thing on my mind right now
What is on my mind will be my entire post for tomorrow. Tune in for that big shocker!!! Seriously, it's going to be huge, I just can't talk about it until tomorrow.