Ok, my turn. I am 35, born and raised in Akron, OH. Spent my entire life living within 20 miles of Akron. Come from a large family (7 of us).
I was originally planning on sharing extremely little about myself on this forum, but feel quite comfy here. I thought I would remain androgynous as I love to keep people guessing, even in real life, but have since decided that is a dishonesty I cannot keep up long term.
I am a lesbian, a recovering alcoholic (16 years clean and sober, but nicotine has me beat), a former Christian, and a lover of all things sensuous (smoking, dark chocolate, espresso-based beverages, art, music, etc.).
My avatar is my own self-image, that is how I see myself. I don't actually look like that (about twice that weight and at least ten years older than that), but that attitude is exactly who I am.
I went to college planning to be a Spanish teacher. I have a B.A. in Spanish, but never finished the education degree or got my credentials to teach because I ran out of money to borrow. In the process, I spent 2 months in Mexico and learned that I speak Spanish quite well, for a 'gringa'.
I have a partner of almost 13 years (I call her my wife). We have 3 cats who each have 3 names so we can call them by their full names when they are being obnoxious.
I have worked in a plastics factory, many convenience stores, several group homes for adults with MRDD, a battered women's shelter, a retail store, and now I am the "Lunchlady" in a hospital cafeteria (it pays better than all the others and I still get to provide a service that brings smiles to faces).
I am a Taurus with most of what that entails. Stubborn, opinionated, passionate, slow to anger - but steer clear when it happens as it is more like well-directed rage, physically and spiritually strong as I tend to make my own path in life instead of following the paths of others. The part I don't live up to is the possessiveness and jealousy part.
I am a bit of a tinkerer. I always have some project going. I like to make mods and improvements on things that seem slightly dysfunctional - the e-cig will probably fall victim to that in time.
I get obsessed with things for a while and pursue them avidly, then lose interest when another fascinating idea comes along - ADD is partly to account for this.
I do need to practise my Spanish, so welcome Spanish messages.
So far, I love the personalities on this forum. Everyone seems to open and honest and clever and well, you get the idea.
I was originally planning on sharing extremely little about myself on this forum, but feel quite comfy here. I thought I would remain androgynous as I love to keep people guessing, even in real life, but have since decided that is a dishonesty I cannot keep up long term.
I am a lesbian, a recovering alcoholic (16 years clean and sober, but nicotine has me beat), a former Christian, and a lover of all things sensuous (smoking, dark chocolate, espresso-based beverages, art, music, etc.).
My avatar is my own self-image, that is how I see myself. I don't actually look like that (about twice that weight and at least ten years older than that), but that attitude is exactly who I am.
I went to college planning to be a Spanish teacher. I have a B.A. in Spanish, but never finished the education degree or got my credentials to teach because I ran out of money to borrow. In the process, I spent 2 months in Mexico and learned that I speak Spanish quite well, for a 'gringa'.
I have a partner of almost 13 years (I call her my wife). We have 3 cats who each have 3 names so we can call them by their full names when they are being obnoxious.
I have worked in a plastics factory, many convenience stores, several group homes for adults with MRDD, a battered women's shelter, a retail store, and now I am the "Lunchlady" in a hospital cafeteria (it pays better than all the others and I still get to provide a service that brings smiles to faces).
I am a Taurus with most of what that entails. Stubborn, opinionated, passionate, slow to anger - but steer clear when it happens as it is more like well-directed rage, physically and spiritually strong as I tend to make my own path in life instead of following the paths of others. The part I don't live up to is the possessiveness and jealousy part.
I am a bit of a tinkerer. I always have some project going. I like to make mods and improvements on things that seem slightly dysfunctional - the e-cig will probably fall victim to that in time.
I get obsessed with things for a while and pursue them avidly, then lose interest when another fascinating idea comes along - ADD is partly to account for this.
I do need to practise my Spanish, so welcome Spanish messages.
So far, I love the personalities on this forum. Everyone seems to open and honest and clever and well, you get the idea.
