Ugh

It is way too early in the morning to be awake, let alone starting on a cross-country flight that ends with a 2-3 hour drive today, another 3 hour drive tomorrow & a 3 hour boat ride on top of that. Hugs & kisses to those that want them. Bites to the One who deserves them.

Who'da thunk it?

You scored as One Intellectual Individual. You're a thinker. You see things from a very different prospective than the rest of the world, and probably find release and self-expression in music, painting, sculpting, or any other form of art. People see you as a deep person, full of knowledge that they don't understand. People are attracted to that, but there's a good chance you don't care. One Intellectual Individual 100% New Age Hippie 75% Earth-Child 63% Not a Hippie 50% Original Hippie 50% Pothead 0% What type of hippie are you? created with QuizFarm.com

My Birthday

This is what I want for my birthday - http://cgi.ebay.com/STORMY-LEATHER-CORSET-SERGEANT-FETISH-SIZE-XL_W0QQitemZ160010378097QQihZ006QQcategoryZ11522QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem It's slightly smaller than I am at the moment, but damn it's hot looking. Not to mention, a certain Wench with a military fetish would (hopefully) drool all over me in it. :) However, what my money is going to instead is a SouthWest flight to Detroit, leaving way too early in the morning on the day of my birth (Thursday). The end destination in Michigan is http://www.beaverislandtour.com/home.htm This is where my mom lives year-round & most of her family is there a few months out of the year too. It really a lovely place & I'll appreciate the beauty & downtime. What I won't appreciate is a whole week with my mom. There's a reason we are separated by over 2,000 miles of this great country of ours. :) OK, I'll stop whining now.

I think a few will disagree...

Asses Wild Raw score: 37% Big Breasts, 45% Big Ass, and 52% Cute!

Thanks for taking the T and A and C test! Based on your selections, the results are clear: you show an attraction to smaller breasts, larger asses, and sexier composure than others who've taken the test. Note that because you scored small on breasts but large on ass size, it might appear you like girls bottom heavy. That's probably not the case. What's more likely is that you notice curvy, voluptuous asses, and they turn you on. Breasts are hit or miss, though, and besides, extremely large ones are just saggy and gross, in your opinion. My third variable, "cuteness" is a mostly objective measure of how innocent a given model looked. It's determined by a combination of a lot of factors: lack of dark eye makeup, facial expression, posture, etc. If you scored high on that variable, you are either really nice OR you're into deflowering teens. If you scored low, you are attracted to raunchier, sexier, women. In your case, your lower than average score suggests you appreciate a sluttier look. Kudos! Recommended Celebrity: J-Lo, when she's looking extra sexy. Probably not when she's acting.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 17% on tit-size You scored higher than 34% on ass-size You scored higher than 34% on cuteness

Link: The Tits, Ass, and Cuteness Test written by chicken_pot_pie on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Okay Then

Hot hot! I am Curry Flavoured. I have a spicy personality. If you can take the heat, you'll love me, if not, I'll probably make you cry. I am not for the faint-hearted. What Flavour Are You?

My Birthday Dinner

http://lafondue.com/ Appetizer Bread, apples, grapes & broccoli dipped in - Pesto and Cognac Swiss, wine, and pesto. Main Course Wild Thing Buffalo, Elk Filet Mignon, Ostrich Filet Mignon, Venison Filet Mignon, Wild Boar Filet Mignon cooked in - Punsch Spiced red wine with cloves and rosemary very flavorful, no fat or broth. Dessert Apples, marshmellows, pound cake, Snickers, grapes, strawberries, oranges & pineapples dipped in - The Decadent One Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, espresso & Kahlua Can we say Y-U-M-M-Y??

Do I really...

Know how to express myself?

You scored as Female. Being mostly female by thought, is even though (still) considered inferior to masculinity in Western culture, a good thing in many ways:By definition it means that you are more creative, and sensitive towards your environment, enabling you to express yourself freely. Female 61% Either 50% Male 43% Neither 14% Should you be MALE or FEMALE?* created with QuizFarm.com

Feeling Special

The Wench made me cupcakes for my birthday...spice cake w/ cream cheese frosting, absolutely wonderful. Her & slave vicki once again conspired to surprise me...I brought The Wench to Munch, vicki brought the cupcakes & the few people there sang to me, led by the lovely voice of The Wench. I like it when good things happen & I'm not the one pulling the strings to make it happen.

By Special Request

1. What is your name? Valia 2. What color underwear are you wearing right now? Black 3. What are you listening to right now? The hum of some machine sucking the moisture out of our closet wall 4. What are the last 2 digits of your phone number? 78 home, 10 cell 5. What was the last thing you ate? Chicken & mashed potatoes 6. If you were a crayon what color would you be? Purple 7. How is the weather right now? Cool & Foggy 8. Who was the last person who talked to you on the phone? Salesperson at Sear's Auto Center 9. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Opposite? I don't really notice them. 10. Favorite Food? Chinese or Indian 11. Favorite Drink? Rootbeer or Cream Soda 12. Favorite Alcoholic drink? Just about anything sweet or fruity 13. Favorite place to shop? Hot Topic 14. Hair Color? Bottle Burgundy 15. Eye Color? Blue 16. Do you wear contacts? Used to 17. Top or bottom? Mostly top. Bottom in appropriate & very controlled circumstances 18. Favorite Month? July 19. Favorite Fast Food? Burger King or KFC 20. Last Movie you Watched? Can't remember. It's been a while. 21. Favorite Day of the Year? Halloween 22. Are you too shy to ask someone out? Yeah 23. Summer or Winter? Summer 24. Hugs or Kisses? Both, depending on whom they're with. 25. Chocolate or vanilla? Hershey's MIlk Chocolate 26. Do you want your friends to respond back? Oh, please humor me. 27. Who is most likely to respond? - 28. Who is least likely to respond? - 30. What books are you reading? Burn on Sweet Fire by Sandra DuBay, 1 of my favorite romance authors 31. What's on your mousepad? I don't have one at home. At work, the Hope Diamond set into a necklace 32. Favorite Board Game? Risk or Monopoly 33. What did you do last night? Went to the Sunnyvale Munch 35. Who inspires you? Various people that set good examples that I want to live up to 36. Butter, Plain, or salted popcorn? Butter & Salt 38. favorite flower? Sterling Silver Roses 39. What do you say when you wake up in the A.M.? Nothing really, except goodbye to my husband about 90 minutes after I wake up 40. Do you still talk to your best friend from middle school? No 41. What's on your desk? Bills, Magazines, pens, Dead roses, house phone, camera, printer, shall I keep going... 42. Rock Concert or Symphony? Rock 43. Play or Opera? I've never been to an opera 44. Have you ever fired a gun? A few times 45. Do you like to travel by plane? Yeah 46. Right-Handed or Left-Handed? Left for writing & eating. Right for most everything else 47. Smooth or Chunky Peanut Butter? Smooth 48. Current stalker’s name? I have a stalker? Goodie!! 49. How many pillows do you sleep with? Two. 50. City and State you were born in? Muskegon, MI 51. Ever Hitchhiked? Nope 52. Favorite movie? Gone With the Wind

Content, sort of.

Ok, here's this big survey thingy that everyone seems to be doing. Seriously, if there's something in here you want me to explain further...ask. I'm in the mood to reveal more about myself, just not in a voluntary way. I do so much better answering people's questions than I do just spounting off about myself, my life & my past. (Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.	× I don't watch much TV these days.	✓ I own lots of books.  (7 thousand give or take a few)
× I wear glasses or contact lenses.  (Wore. Got Lasik a few years ago)	× I love to play video games.	× I've tried marijuana.
✓ I've watched porn movies.	✓ I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.  (I'm checking this because I'm sure SOMEONE out there believes this.)	✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.  (Sometimes? Sheesh, that's a fu**ing understatement.)	✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.  (I'm a work in progress, hopefully progressing to something better.)	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

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× I have broken someone's bones.	× I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.	× I hate the rain.
✓ I'm paranoid at times.  (Mostly of being alone or of being unsuccessful.)	✓ I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.  (Well, liposuction would be a better word. Once I lose another 40 pounds, I won't need surgery.)	✓ I need/want money right now.  (Doesn't everyone?)
× I love sushi.	× I talk really, really fast.	× I have fresh breath in the morning.
× I have long hair.	✓ I have lost money in Las Vegas.  (Duh!)	× I have at least one sibling.
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.	✓ I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.  (Fingernails, maybe 6 times in my life.)	× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
✓ I like the way that I look.  (Sometimes anyway.)	× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.	× I am usually pessimistic.
✓ I have a lot of mood swings.  (I wouldn't say A LOT....but enough.)	✓ I think prostitution should be legalized.	✓ I slept with a roommate.  (A? As in singular? Ok, more like a few...)
× I have a hidden talent.	× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.	✓ I have a lot of friends.  (I know a lot of people, but there's very few that I consider to be true friends, the kind that are there for you for bad stuff as well as good.)
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex.  (I've done a lot more than that silly.)	✓ I enjoy talking on the phone.	× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
✓ I love to shop and/or window shop.	× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.	× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
✓ I have a mobile phone.	× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.	✓ I've rejected someone before.
✓ I currently like/love someone.  (My crushes have pretty much waned, but I definately love several people as friends or something more significant.)	× I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.	× I want to have children in the future.
✓ I have changed a diaper before.  (Day care off & on for 10 years.)	✓ I've called the cops on a friend before.  (Ex-boyfriend who was threatening suicide if I left him.)	× I'm not allergic to anything.
✓ I have a lot to learn.  (Doesn't everyone?)	× I am shy around the opposite sex.	× I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
× I have at least 5 away messages saved.	✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before.	✓ I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.  (One time I definately remember...best friend's boyfriend when we were 18.)
× I own the "South Park" movie.	× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.	× I enjoy some country music.
× I would die for my best friends.	× I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.	× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
✓ I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.  (I think it's awesome period. Hell, I own a hearse even, and skeletons...lots of skeletons.)	× I have dated a close friend's ex.	× I am happy at this moment.
× I'm obsessed with guys.	✓ Democrat.	× Republican.
× I don't even know what I am.	× I am punk rockish.	× I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
✓ I study for tests most of the time.	× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.	× I can work on a car.
✓ I love my job(s).  (I enjoy what I do...not necessarily who I do it for.)	✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now.	✓ I have more than just my ears pierced.  (Well had anyway. 1 nipple was pierced for 1 year, the other for about 5.)
× I walk barefoot wherever I can.	× I have jumped off a bridge.	× I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.	✓ I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.  (Hopefully everyone does. If you don't have something to acheieve, what's the point?)	× I am proficient on a musical instrument.
× I hate office jobs.	× I went to college out of state.	✓ I am adopted.
✓ I am a pyro.   (OK, I *like* fire, I could watch it for hours...but I'm not going to run around torching buildings or forests.)	× I have thrown up from crying too much.	✓ I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.  (and I've intentionally hurt people I loved.)
× I fall for the worst people.	✓ I adore bright colours.	× I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.	× I can pick up things with my toes.	✓ I can't whistle.  (most of the time anyway. Sometimes it'll work.)
✓ I have ridden/owned a horse.	✓ I still have every journal I've ever written in.  (If every you mean 1.)	× I talk in my sleep.
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.	× I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.	× I wear a toe ring.
✓ I have a tattoo.  (5 tattoos)	✓ I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.  (Yeah, my Former Boss-Lady)	× I am a caffeine junkie.
× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.	× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.	× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
✓ I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.	× I'm an artist.	✓ I am ambidextrous.  (But I have to concentrate to do as well with my off hand.)
× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.	× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.	× I have terrible teeth.
✓ I hate my toes.	✓ I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.	× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
✓ I have lived in either three different states or countries.  (MIchigan, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arizona, California)	× I am extremely flexible.	✓ I love hugs more than kisses.
✓ I want to own my own business.	✓ I smoke.  (Rarely, but I do.)	✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
✓ Nobody has ever said I'm normal.	✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.	× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
✓ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.	✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.  (Yeah, I'm weak in this area. I worry too much about what others think of me.)	× I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
✓ I have played strip poker with someone else before.	✓ I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.	✓ I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
✓ I can't stand being alone.	× I have at least one obsession at any given time.	× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.	× I'm a judgmental asshole.	× I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
× I have travelled on more than one continent.	× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.	✓ I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.  (Not need so much as like. I like validation. Most often, I already know I'm good, but it's nice to hear.)
× I am a Libertarian.	× I can speak more than one language.	× I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
✓ I would rather read than watch TV.	× I like reading fact more than fiction.	✓ I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
× I have no piercings.	× I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.	× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.	× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.	× I like most animals better than most people.
× I own a collection of retro games consoles.	× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.	× I have hit someone with a dead fish.
× I am compulsively honest.	× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.	✓ I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.  (Well if you count RHPS & wearing pasties or a see-thru top.)
× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex.	✓ I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.	× I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.	× I dislike milk.	× I obsessively wash my hands.
× I always carry something significant around with me.	× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.	✓ I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.	× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.	✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.  (S/M anyone?)
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.	✓ Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.  (Sometimes...especially when overloaded with my own problems.)	× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.	✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.	× I don't like to chew gum.
× I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.	× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.	× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.	× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.	✓ I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.	× I have a custom-built computer.	× I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.	✓ I've gone skinny-dipping.	× I've performed in three plays.
✓ I enjoy burritos.	✓ I'm Irish and loving it.  (Well I say I am anyways, since my adopted family is.)	× I have a thing for redheads.
× I am a twin!	× Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.	✓ Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
✓ I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.	× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.	✓ I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
✓ I need more time to myself.	× I wish I was more open-minded.	× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
✓ I download songs from the internet.  (OK, my husband does it for me.)	× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.	× I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.	✓ I love playing Truth or Dare.	× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
✓ Music helps me remember that I am not alone.	× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.	× I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.	× I can only hate someone that I love.	× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

Naming Names

I was told recently that a friend of mine accidentally used my 'name' in a comment to someone else's post...and said friend was worried that I'd be bothered about my 'name' being out there. (Shrug) Honestly, I don't care. While I don't go shouting from the general rooftops who & what I am, I don't really try too hard to hide it either. If anyone really wanted to, they could just read through this thing and find my legal name. Or, if they are the type who can access archived posts on the 'net, they could find the thread where I totally outted myself around July 2001 (due to being totally outted at work). I respect other people's choice to use an alias or vague descriptions when talking about themself or others & I do my best to follow whatever naming convention other people want or need. For myself, all I ask is that if you use my name, use it honestly. I'd prefer to be known for who I am and what I've done & nothing much beyond that. My name is Valia & I approve this message. :)

A study in Opposites

ValiaDerekin's Past Lives

V V V

1581 BC: A prostitute

42 AD: A monk

1666 AD: A sailor

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