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16 things about me

1) i wear huge amounts of make up at all times; when the above photo was taken, i talked my faux-son into taking me to a mexican place to grab a drink and a burrito. i do NOT leave the house without eyeliner, in this photo i don't have on lipstick which is just weird.

 

2) my first tattoo is (was) on my chest, is now covered, and will be covered again this summer hopefully.

 

3) i am from new york city, but my family moved to kentucky when i was 15. i went running back to the east coast as fast as possible, and ended up back here again last year in the midst of a career / lifestyle change / semi-midlife crisis. [i'm better now]

 

4) i know how to ride a motorcycle, thanks to my dad, and i am working to finally get a license here.

 

5) i have been arrested 3 times since i moved here, all for traffic related offenses.

 

6) i do not ever feel like i have ever fully 'fit in' anywhere, except with my friends in philadelphia. i have mastered the art of the rockabilly 'look' yet i've never been a member of that scene; i love street art but i don't look at ALL as if i belong anywhere near that. go figure

 

7) i am insomniac like you wouldn't believe, and without medication i drudged on for years getting 2-3 hours of sleep at a time.

 

8) my natural hair color is dark brown, and i don't think i've seen it since my 13th birthday when i was allowed to buy awful red box dye. i've been addicted every since.

 

9) i work 50-60 hours a week out of my house / sewing studio. i had to move my sewing machines out of my house because i would stay up all hours of the night working.

 

10) i love the smell of moth balls, attics, old cars and freshly cut basil.

 

11) i often get too busy or stressed out to eat. i can and will eat breakfast at any time of the day.

 

12) i still have most of a new york accent, or so i like to think. i say 'you all' and 'you-ses', not the southern 'y'all'

 

13) i have the uncanny ability to plan events. i don't know how, i just find a way to 'make it work'...

 

14) i have a shoe fetish like you wouldn't believe. in addition to owning a decent vintage 40's and 50's high heels library, i also wear and collect nike dunks, and betsey johnson high heels. i am 5'1'' without my beloved 4" heels.

 

15) i firmly believe in, do everything wrong but have it come out right. my life is a good example of this. i dropped out of high school!

 

16) my first job was at a gourmet bakery where i discovered high end chocolate, and developed a lifelong obsession with cake.

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Uploaded on March 9, 2009
Taken on February 26, 2009