just your typical 11.11.11 post. NOT!

ok...so i'm one of those ridiculous bloggers who's shaping today's post to fit the date.

11.11.11

ever since sam & i met...the number SIX shows itself all over the place.

we met on the 16th of august. (well, it has a 6 in it!)

my 'lucky' number has always been 16. (again...it has that 6 in it!)

it seems that more often than not, when we go camping,
we always end up in spot #6 or 16...or 26.

our address 7215...add the numbers together and you get 15.   1 + 5 = 6.

my 'lifepath' or 'birth path' number...add up my birthdate: 

8 + 19 + 1953: 8+10+18  then  8+1+9=18  then  1+8=9

well, turn that 9 upside down and what do you have? a six.  6.

ha, i know...that was a little far fetched.

OH, and guess what the temp outside is as i start this?!!

NO...not SIX degrees...but 42.  4+2=6.

this all leads me up to  today...
11 + 11 + 11.   each 11 is 1+1=2    so    2 + 2 +2 = SIX.

today is a good day.

today i thought i'd say a little about me.

just a few things with pictures mixed in that i took during the week.

let's start off with a 'family collage'.

i hope sam doesn't mind...but our picture has been on the sidebar forever...

so what's a few more.

also in this collage are my 2 sons, justin (30) & travis (27)...fairly recent pic's and older ones;

milo, of course; me (then & now); 

my brother andy (1955-2008); my sister sally (1956-2007); my dad (1917-2001).

(i have no pictures of me & my mom together)

let's talk music.

more specifically, the ipod. i have one...i bought it a few years ago...
and it's one of those things i NEVER regretted doling out the bucks for.
mine is a  4GB. i've added hundreds of songs, with room to spare.

i have 2 playlists on it. one is my 'every day' music and the other for work.

when i listen to my ipod i always mix the playlists together...

for a little R&R...Rock & Relaxation.  

so...let me turn this amazing invention on...
and list the first 11 songs that come up in no particular order.

1. Ænema.  by Tool

2. Annihilation.  by a Perfect Circle

3. What I've Done.  by Linkin Park

4. The Peace Within.  by Karunesh

5. December.  by Collective Soul

6. Sacred River.  by Gandalf

7. Ziricote.  by Coyote Oldman

8. Break My Fall.  by Breaking Benjamin

9. Andvari  by Sigur Rós

10. Disenchanted.  by My Chemical Romance

11. Until It Sleeps.  by Metallica

Florida Native - Rattlesnake Master

i like anchovies on my pizza.

i cut off the collars on some T-shirts. i feel suffocated, strangled.

i don't like turtlenecks.
when i get upset...i become a cleaning machine and/or i turn the music up louder than LOUD!

Indian Pipe fungi/Monotropa uniflora

i love to read. mysteries and all that 'new age' stuff. metaphysical.

i don't mind cooking, but i'm not a 'baker' and don't like to spend all day in the kitchen.

i don't care for cakes. i don't like icing. but i do like fruit pies. the tarter, the better! 

i don't like to fly. in airplanes. i DO like to fly in my dreams.
i like tattoos. i have a few. 
i don't like closed minds, prejudice...or people who PUSH religion on you.
i hate shopping. i don't like crowds.
i can be pretty goofy. so goofy it's scary.

Fence Lizard

i like shades of purple.  and earth tones.  and black.
i've never worn a pair of HIGH HEELS.
i don't like to get dressed up.  never have.
i don't wear make-up (except for maybe a touch of color on my lips now & then).
i pick a (random)  tarot card almost every morning. today's was the Hermit. #9.
very fitting really. 
in short- it's about letting go of the past. creating harmony & order in my life.

a pile o' tiny mushrooms growing on a dead tree

i'm NOT a picky eater...but i don't like raw oysters, 
and i won't touch a piece of meat unless it's well done! charred! cooked to a crisp!
i believe in ancient aliens. 
i saw a UFO (at night) when i was 20.  it was a V-shaped formation of lights that moved 
from one side of the sky to the other faster than the blink of an eye.

Long-tailed Skipper  feeding on Lantana flower

6  november  2011  at  5:33pm

OH...let's see...
not personal enough?  you want the nitty-gritty, eh?  ok...but this is it...

i was born in Columbia, South Carolina. the couple who adopted me took the train
down to SC and picked me up when i was a few weeks old. 
i never felt like i fit in. 
i hated family get-togethers. 
my mother was a wee bit psycho. 
my dad moved out when i was 9. i was crushed.
i started running away from home at 12 and never stopped. 
i moved out, on my own when i was 15.
i dropped out of high school, but got my GED a year or so later.
i spent a good part of my life...searching...wanting to be loved...
needing the attention but not knowing what to do when i got it.
molding myself into what i thought other people wanted me to be. 
i would sabotage relationships for fear of being abandoned...
or because i thought i wasn't worthy.
i searched for my birth mother when i was 20. within 3 months, i had located her.
although i was always outgoing & friendly...i couldn't let anyone get too close.


whew. well, THAT was just a little TOO serious. i'm starting to get depressed.
no...really...i've learned a lot about myself  over the past 15 years. i started to know me.
(15.  1+5=6.  there we go again!)

AAAaaaahhhhh. that's better. a little sunflower. to make me smile.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.  
~Friedrich Nietzsche 

so, where ever you are...
be safe. have a nice journey & enjoy the ride.

laura