Cause You're All Dying to Know......

Ok, Ok, Ok. All that shameless nagging by my favorite Aunt Tammi has finally paid off - I decided to start my own blog. So to honor her, I stole her post (which she stole in the first place - bad Aunt Tammi) and tell you about the 10 layers of me:

LAYER ONE --

Name: Carmen
Birth date: March 14
Birthplace: Sarasota, FL
Current Location: Clearwater, FL
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: brown
Height: 5'6"
Righty or Lefty: righty
Zodiac Sign: Pisces

LAYER TWO --

Your heritage: gee, am I supposed to know this?
The shoes you wore today: black platform sandals - not a big shoe person (yeah, I know, Tammi and I ARE related I swear!)
Your weakness: anything sweet
Your fears: COCKROACHES, heights, standing in front of a crowd to present ANYTHING
Your perfect pizza: thin crust with cheese, but since I'm trying to be healthy, a veggie pizza is always good too
Goal you'd like to achieve: finish my bachelor's before I turn 30

LAYER THREE --

Your most overused phrase on IM: I don't use IM
Your thoughts first waking up: Gosh Darn It, I have to go to work again!? (but I love my job, go figure)
Your best physical feature: I wouldn't pick one as my best
Your most missed memory: ?

LAYER FOUR --

Pepsi or Coke: Vanilla Coke, Cherry Pepsi (coke zero with Captain Morgan Silver Spiced Rum...yummy!)
McDonald's or Burger King: BK
Single or group dates: depends on the mood, both are good
Adidas or Nike: Neither, I heart FILA
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Who the hell drinks that crap!
Chocolate or vanilla: Uh, Chocolate! Is there any other choice?
Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee

LAYER FIVE --

Smoke: Not since April 2005
Cuss: Um, yeah
Sing: Yes - even when I shouldn't (like at work at my desk with the headphones on...damn it, everyone heard me)
Take a shower everyday: In Florida, are you kidding?
Do you think you've been in love: Yes
Want to go to college: going now - in my JR year at USF, working towards my bachelor's in Accounting
Like(d) high school: I did, until we moved at the end of my Sophmore year
Want to get married: Yes
Believe in yourself: --
Get motion sickness: haven't yet
Think you're attractive: OK, if you say so
Think you're a health freak: Recently, yes but I don't always follow my own advice
Get along with your parent(s): recently
Like thunderstorms: depends on how strong they are. The big one's scare me
Play an instrument: I played the flute and the saxaphone in HS - a little piano but was never good at the two handed approach (ok that just sounds gross)

LAYER SIX -- In the past month...

Drank alcohol: Absolutely (I think one leg is permanently perched)
Smoked: No way
Done a drug: Haven't had the urge
Made Out: Yes
Gone on a date: yes
Gone to the mall?: for what? I do most of my shopping online (when I have money)
Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: No, they don't really appeal to me
Eaten sushi: YUCK! I hate seafood to begin with, why would I eat it raw???
Been on stage: Absolutely NOT
Been dumped: Yes (would you consider being cheated on dumped?)
Gone skating: No, no one to go with
Made homemade cookies: No, and it's too bad cause I have some new air bake pans that are just dying to be used.....
Gone skinny dipping: Not in this lifetime
Dyed your hair: Quit that in high school
Stolen anything: No
You sound boring: I don't really care (notice blog title)

LAYER SEVEN -- Ever...

Played a game that required removal of clothing: No (yes that is the truth)
If so, was it mixed company: --
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Yes, maybe I'll share, and maybe not
Been caught "doing something": By who? No one to catch me.
Been called a tease: No
Gotten beaten up: No
Shoplifted: Never
Changed who you were to fit in: I'm ashamed to say yes but will never do it again

LAYER EIGHT --
Age you hope to be married: already passed but still salvagable
Numbers and Names of Children: no kids....yet
Describe your Dream Wedding: Includes everyone I care about and no one I don't. Other than that, I'll know when I get there
How do you want to die: How ever, as long as I don't know it
Where you want to go to college: This is a sore point for me (maybe I'll tell the story at some point) Always wanted to go to Florida State but ended up at USF
What do you want to be when you grow up: Uh, you mean I have to grow up?
What country would you most like to visit: Ireland

Layer Nine --

Opposite sex (or the same?) opposite
Best eye color? Blue
Best hair color? Strawberry Blonde
Short or long hair: Right now, short
Best Height? Not short
Best weight: about 30lbs less than current weight
Best articles of clothing: Jeans and tank tops
Best first date location: St. Augustine
Best first kiss location: anywhere as long as it is not stiff or feels planned

LAYER TEN --

Number of drugs taken illegally: 3
Number of people I could trust with my life: 3 My Mom, My best friend, and my BF
Number of CDs that I own: at last count, around 300
Number of piercings: 8 (four in each ear) Used to have belly button pierced
Number of tattoos: 2
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: That woudl never happen, way too shy
Number of scars on my body: a few
Number of things in my past that I regret: three or four

In addition....FIRSTS:

* FIRST JOB: filing at a doctor's office (I was in the Future Business Leader's of America). I am proud to say I have never flipped burgers
* FIRST SCREEN NAME: hell, I don't remember
* FIRST SELF-PURCHASED CD: I'm pretty sure it was Warren G
* FIRST PIERCING/TATTOO: my ears (first time)
* FIRST ENEMY: ummmm, the bully in middle school

LASTS:

* LAST KISS: Sunday evening before bed (he lives in Alachua so we only see each other on the weekends)
* LAST LIBRARY BOOK: recommended reading (won't reveal what or by who)
* LAST MOVIE SEEN: The Great Raid (pretty good!)
* LAST BEVERAGE DRANK: Water, water, and did I mention water?
* LAST FOOD CONSUMED: Mugs n Jugs boneless buffalo wings, medium (YUMMY)
* LAST PHONE CALL: BF (who told me to quit playing around on the internet and go to bed cause I'll be tired tomorrow)
* LAST CD PLAYED: She Daisy - Knock on the Sky
* LAST ANNOYANCE: Idiot from my old team at work who insists on asking the same question over and over even though A) I haven't worked over there in over a year and 2) I told her who to go to for answers (_*&()*&^*&^%%
* LAST SODA DRINK: Wild Cherry Pepsi several days ago
* LAST ICE CREAM EATEN: Edy's Mint Chocolate Chip cause Publix took the Peppermint Stick off the shelf early this year :(
* LAST TIME SCOLDED: earlier this evening for staying up too late
* LAST SHIRT WORN: BF's 2002 NFC Conference Champions Bucs TShirt (which I sleep in)

* I AM:
a 25 year old who finally makes enough money to live on her own (by sacrificing a lot of things I want)
* I WANT: Ok, have a pen? an IPOD, a laptop, someone to fix the bumper on my poor car, someone to finish paying for said car, a radar detector for the 3hour weekend drives to Gainesville, a REALLY BIG DODGE RAM 2500 four dour extended cab with 20" wheels and lots of chrome (maybe a lift kit and a redneck light bar), and new monitor for my computer so I can quit using this shitty CRT since my wonderful Viewsonic LCD just busted down on me, ok - I'll quit now
* I HAVE: no spare time and no money
* I WISH: I had spare time and money, I wish I could lose 30lbs, I wish I could have a family right now
* I HATE: dumb asses
* I FEAR: cockroaches (BIG TIME), heights, public speaking
* I HEAR: voices (is that a bad thing?)
* I SEARCH: for meaning in life
* I WONDER: why people are dumb asses
* I REGRET: two relationships I've had and some of the results of said relationships
* I LOVE: music, reading, art
* I ALWAYS: have something sarcastic to say, even if I don't say it
* I AM NOT: confident
* I DANCE: when no one is looking
* I SING: even when I shouldn't
* I CRY: at the stupidest, most embarrassing times

YES OR NO:

* YOU KEEP A DIARY: NO
* YOU LIKE TO COOK: I would like it a lot better if I was good at it
* YOU HAVE A SECRET NOT SHARED WITH ANYONE: Yes

DO YOU:

* HAVE A CRUSH: Not currently
* WANT TO GET MARRIED: Absolutely
* GET MOTION SICKNESS: haven't yet
* THINK YOU'RE A HEALTH FREAK: currently, I try
* CURRENT HAIR COLOR: brown
* EYE COLOR: Brown
* BIRTHPLACE: Sarasota, FL

FAVORITES:
* NUMBER: 7
* COLOR: purple
* DAY: Friday
* MONTH: March
* SONG(S): Are you kidding? With over 300 CD's that's an impossible request
* SEASON: There are no seasons in Florida
* DRINK: Coke Zero and Capt Morgan Silver Spiced Rum (or Barcardi and Pineapple)

PREFERENCES:

* CUDDLE OR MAKE OUT: cuddle
* CHOCOLATE MILK OR HOT CHOCOLATE: chocolate milk if it's hot, hot chocolate if it's cold
* MILK, DARK, OR WHITE CHOCOLATE: Definately dark chocolate
* VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE: chocolate

IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, HAVE YOU:
* CRIED: No
* HELPED SOMEONE: yes
* BOUGHT SOMETHING: dinner
* GOTTEN SICK: no
* GONE TO THE MOVIES no
* SAID, "I LOVE YOU." yes
* WRITTEN A REAL LETTER: No
* TALKED TO AN EX?: No, thank GOD!!
* MISSED AN EX?:NOT HARDLY
* WRITTEN IN A JOURNAL: no
* HAD A SERIOUS TALK: No, I'm hardly ever serious anymore
* MISSED SOMEONE?: Yes
* HUGGED SOMEONE?: Yes, my cutest nephew
* MADE SOMEONE MOAN: not in the last 24 hours