May 29, 2004

Nine Layers of Being

I found this on Pariah Burke's Classy Blog I am Pariah author of The Saturday Slant Very deep questions on this Meme so stay tuned...I thought that I would do this one that he had posted on his personal website


LAYER ONE:
Name: Aletha Kathleen Roberts (alias Dancing Rain Girl)
Birth date: 6 March
Birthplace: Anaheim, California
Current Location: Hawaii
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown and Grey "highlights"
Height: 6'
Righty or Lefty: Hopelessly Righty
Sign: Born Again under the sign of the Cross


LAYER TWO:
Your heritage: Father Welsh and Iberian
Mother Southern Scots-Irish Mutt
The shoes you wore today: slippers, bare feet
Your weakness (es): Perfectionism, Pride, oh all of the 7 Deadly Sins, Chocolate, Pastry... I guess Gluttony is high in the 7
Your fears: Not being needed or wanted. Being forgotten and left out
Your perfect pizza: Hot tomato sauce, cheese, Spicy meats Chicken Pepperoni, Sausages
Goal(s) you'd like to achieve: To finish and publish my writings, to record a few songs that I love... To be a sucess in business and to find love on the human level.


LAYER THREE:
Your most overused phrase on AIM: LOL
Your first waking thoughts: "Thank You Jesus"
Your best physical feature: My hands
Your most missed memory: I have too many to list...


LAYER FOUR:
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Dr. Pepper
McDonald's or Burger King: Taco Bell
Single or group dates: I gave up on the whole "dating thing" as a contrivance of society to do away with chaparones. I want to get to know a person in a setting that is less passive for the woman and more active for both
Adidas or Nike: Nike--They fit better...
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton cold
Chocolate or vanilla: Did somebody say Chocolate
Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee... ummm the elixer of life,


LAYER FIVE:
Smoke: Never never never... Horrible way to kill yourself
Cuss: Yes, sometimes still... Im working on it
Sing: Like I breathe... I estimate I sing 3 hours a day when alone, I sing to my cats, to my husband and for no reason at all... Have been a worship leader in a church,
Take a shower everyday: Yes sometimes two, its very humid here
Do you think you've been in love: Yes, too many times...
Want to go to college: yes and finish
Liked high school:No..I survived my teens only because Music kept me alive
Want to get married: Yes to the right person, married the wrong person twice now
Believe in yourself: Yes
Get motion sickness: Sometimes never at sea
Think you're attractive: To some
Think you're a health freak: NO!
Get along with your parent(s): Yes,
Play an instrument: guitar a bit and not lately


LAYER SIX: In the past month...
Drank alcohol: No
Smoked: Quit with the smoking thing ok!!!
Done a drug: Anti histamines
Made out: I wish
Gone on a date: Yes, with my girlfriend Kathy
Gone to the mall: Yes
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No, but I've killed a couple cartons of Ice Cream
Eaten sushi: No
Been on stage: No
Been dumped: By a vendor at the store
Gone skating: No
Made homeade cookies: yes if brownies count
Gone skinny dipping: No
Dyed your hair: No
Stolen anything: No
You sound boring: Possibbly


LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
Played a game that required removal of clothing: [blush] Yeah, I've done that
If so, was it mixed company: Yes
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Yes, when I was younger
Been caught "doing something": Yeah, that too.
Been called a tease: Yes, and worse
Gotten beaten up: Yes--I Have been beaten up twice, once by my ex, the other during a rape as a teen. Im glad that I am still alive.
Shoplifted: Yes--by accident, was too embarassed to go back so I mailed the money to the store...
Changed who you were to fit in: We all have at some point or another in our lives. It has been many years since I've felt insecure enough to do that.


LAYER EIGHT:
Age you hope to be married: I am married
Numbers and Names of Children: Two cats Makoa and Kanani
Describe your Dream Wedding: I had it. It would take me two days to describe it and I would cry the whole way through. It was the last blissfully unaware of reality day of my life.
How do you want to die: peacefully drifting off to sleep
Where you want to go to college: No thought on that, other then the Gemological Institute of America
What do you want to be when you grow up: A Writer
What country would you most like to visit: England. I want to spend 6 months going to all the places that I have longed to go to


LAYER NINE:
Number of people I could trust with my life: No humans as of today
Number of CDs that I own: A few hundred (music)
Number of piercing: five, three in my left ear, two in my right
Number of tattoos: ZERO
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: at least 10 likely more
Number of scars on my body: dozens from insect bites that dont heal
Number of things in my past that I regret: A few more than I care to think of...

Aloha and Hana Hou