• nonymitchell
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      • Username: nonymitchell
      • In response to: "What do you do on the side?" On the left side I write, eat and do tasks that require precision. On the right side... well those things simply aren't discussed in mixed company.
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    • The Oldest Thing I Own

      • The first time I looked at this question, I found my self reading it completely and totally different. I had actually sat here staring at it thinking. Ok... I know 40 is to some considered to be old... but why are they asking me about being old.

        I think that's one of the first signs of it, it being "oldness" (yes I know it's not a word, but this is my answer and if I so choose to make up words than I can and do reserve the right to do so). Anyway, I think one of the first signs of "oldness" is when you read things and see your age implied in them.

        Today I read an article about them reintroducing the Commodore 64. The person who wrote the article talked about being 6 when the Commodore came out. I kind of grumbled, as I was 12. Well, actually, I more growled than grumbled, as grumbled indicates whiniassyness. Where growling is more of a pissedoffiness. I don't remember agreeing to this whole growing older thing. In fact, for years I had stayed steadily at the age of 30. Quite content with that number as it readily seemed to fit me. Old enough not to be a dumbass in my 20's and young enough to still get into certain aspects of trouble without being deemed too old. Grins, well you get the picture.

        But here I stand at 40 and I have decided that I am not much in admiration of the number. It is rather an odd looking duck on the screen. It does not accurately reflect how I feel. So I think I shall abandon it. I am told every day that I do not look 40, that I carry myself much younger and that there is no way that I can be such an age. Personally, I think it was all those years drinking diet soda like water. I have preserved the body. Laughs...

        So from this day forward, I shall be... fiddles with a variety of acronyms before landing upon one... I shall simply state that I am me. I am a FANN of who I am...Fantabulous Age of Nondescript Nature. That shall be my reply. I am not my age. I am the person who stands or in this case writes before you. I am crazy. I am loving. I am insecure. I am ferocious. I am laughable... I am frightening. I am amazing. I am creative. I am broadly spectacular in a rather understated way. Chuckles... when you figure that one out... then perhaps you will explain it to me... as it so readily fits me.

        But I do digress. What is it the oldest thing I own? My wit, my creativity, and my sheer stubborn nature. My love for those who matter. My love for those who don't. My ire for things that are ever so wrong. My passion for things that are ever so right. Me... this broadly spectacular woman.

      • answered by nonymitchell on 04/08/2011
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    • Bad Habits that Need to Go

      • Biting nails

        Bad habits... me... nah... never... I am positive perfection. Chuckles, alright, let's get serious. When is the last time you ever met someone who doesn't have bad habits?

        But then again, habits, good or bad are in the eye of the beholder. If I do something that I personally feel is good for me, but that you deem to be a bad habit, should I replace your view for my own? It would depend on who YOU are I guess. Although, unless you are someone majorly important in my life, I am the person I have to live with, so if I don't have a problem with my habit, who gives a damn if you do?

        I know, that sounds utterly hostile, but I have learned that way too often people are ready to step up and say, that's a bad habit. You should change... yet they really aren't willing to look at themselves.

        You know, I have some habits that I personally would like to change, but no one else told me to change them. Will I change them? Who knows, only time will tell. What are they? Yeah right I am going to broadcast to the world things that I don't like about myself... talk about exposing one self to a load of wonderful yet completely unsolicited advice.

        So I shall take my little silly habits and find my little corner of the world. Remember, unless you don't like them... or your spouse doesn't like them... it is really nobodies business if you change them.

      • answered by nonymitchell on 03/31/2011
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    • The Night Sky

      • Sword of Orion -- H-alpha

        The coolest thing I have ever seen in the night sky is there all the time... but I remember with fondness when I first learned how to identify the constellations. I learned them as part of teaching at an outdoor summer school and they have stuck with me ever since. Something about the first time you know that you actually know the names and where they are located makes it one of those moments that will forever stick with me.

      • answered by nonymitchell on 03/27/2011
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    • My Recurring Dream

      • Who hasn't had a recurring dream? I have had many over the years that seem to stick around for longer than they should. Others that I wish would stick around are fleeting, never to return in the same form again. I know they have said that controlling one's dreams is completely possible and my youngest brother always claimed he could do it, but I think sometimes you just have to let your mind go and experience the moment.

        We as a society are too wrapped up in the idea of controlling everything.

        As to my recurring dream... describe it... laughs... I don't think so... some things are best left to me... my pillow... and that loverly delicious man who unknowing shared those moments with me.

      • answered by nonymitchell on 03/27/2011
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    • My Favorite Museum

      • When I was a kid I remember going to the Science and Industry museum and just being totally fascinated by all the displays. I miss civilization.

      • answered by nonymitchell on 03/20/2011
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