Jaci Dawn

I just read 25 interesting things about my friend, Jodi, over at the Hidden Springs Hillbillies. Since today’s photos of birds didn’t pan out and I really don’t have much to say about anything else in my life, I thought I’d share 25 things about my self. You may or may not know these things (and some of you may roll your eyes and say, “ain’t that the truth!” about me).

1. I am an introvert. I thrive on being alone and could go days at a time without speaking to anyone. I would love to live in the middle of the desert or woods with no visitors.

2. I wanted to grow up to be a horse. If I couldn’t be a horse, I wanted to be a boy.

3. I wanted to be a singer. I have always been disappointed that my voice is flat and I can’t carry a tune. I have an ear for music, but I have no musical talent at all.

4. I have an excitable temperament. I hate that about me.

5. I love rocks. Sparkly rocks, dirty rocks, colorful rocks: granite, marble, agate, sandstone, lava, obsidian. I pick them up, put them in my pocket and then I can’t bring myself to toss them back.

6. I want to write a novel and I spend a lot of time trying. I have a file drawer of things I have written: short stories, essays, poems, and the odd attempts at novels.

7. I am a professional procrastinator and that is what I am doing right this moment.

8. I am allergic to sagebrush, bitter brush, rabbit brush, scotchbroom and cottonwood. I am also allergic to Timothy grass but I can handle Orchard grass and alfalfa without so much as a sneeze.

9. I want to be an old cat lady with an overgrown garden when I get old.

10. I believe in faeries.

11. I want to see a UFO. I’d like to see Bigfoot, too, but from a distance and only if I have my camera ready.

12. I want to see a mountain lion in the wild (same rules as Bigfoot apply). Also a wolf.

13. I am afraid of horses. I love them, I will ride them, I need to smell them – but I am afraid of them.

14. I wanted to be a veterinarian but I flunked high school biology because I cannot memorize Latin or body parts. It’s some sort of mental block.

15. I am physically weak and have no endurance or ability to hike long distances. I hate that about myself.

16. I am a terrible cook. (Don’t roll your eyes, Levi!)

17. I am a great baker.

18. Once you are my friend, I consider you my friend for life.

19. I’m better at good intentions than I am at actual follow-through. I also hate this about myself. This relates directly to friendships, not work. I’m the opposite at work.

20. I don’t really know all those birds. I have three to four guide books I dig through to identify the birds. Same with wildflowers. I have to look them up.

21. When I am reading a good novel, I become part of the novel. It is inadvisable to startle me.

22. I spent my entire 6th Grade year sick in bed. I cut out paper dolls and designed their clothes while I was home alone. It was psychosomatic but my parents and the family doctor treated it as if it was a real disease. I love them for that because they eventually empowered me to rise above it.

23. I gave myself a personality do-over in the 9th grade. The person I am today is a result of a choice to not be the person I was in 6th grade. No one will ever make me feel that bad about myself again.

24. I open mouth and insert foot and when I do, I feel terrible about it for weeks.

25. My absolute favorite rock band is Led Zepellin. My favorite female vocalist is Emmylou Harris. Male vocalist is probably Hoyt Axton. My favorite music genre is folk/bluegrass and I don’t have a favorite performer within that genre.

I need to quit procrastinating. ttfn