A few confessions:
- I go through crushes REALLY easily. I find myself having a crush on several people online or offline all at once, and then it's just a huge playground for me. I truly enjoy having a crush, where all I do is revel in the intense sexual yearning and enjoying all the vivid fantasies I come up with. But I'm no monogamous crush-artist. I'm a recreational crusher. I'm a crush-****.
- Minus the sexual fantasies, I daydream a lot. Practically ALL THE TIME. I'm daydreaming right now, in fact, about heading out on a bike on a trail through wine country. Probably because of the near blizzard conditions right now, but I've become quite used to living in "la-la land" and facing reality. They both provide endless entertainment and inspiration for me.
- Every now and then, I breakdown into a pity party for a couple of hours wondering why i wasn't more normal and boring. I accept how unusual I am 95% of the time (I think that's an excellent average). But every now and then I yearn for anonymity and a boring personality. In those times, I've even tried to adopt what I hear as typical conversational styles and topics, and I'm simply terrible at it. Nobody is convinced. So I just cry for a bit when I have those breakdowns and get it out of my system and go back to enjoying being weird.
- Thana isn't the only one that talks though cooking as if she was on a cooking show. I do that too. I also practice acceptance speeches for an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy, and whatever Nobel prize I can think of. I sing in the car when I'm alone as if I'm on stage - with facial expressions and everything. Like I said, I daydream a LOT. So I just have fun with it.
- I've admitted to people at the dance studio that I'm terrified of balloons. The kids love that and tease me mercilessly. In spite of the fact that they'll surprise me with an unexpected balloon pop behind me making me almost pee my pants, I totally give them props for it. As huge a phobia I have of balloons (it's debilitating, seriously), one would think cranks like that would have me hating those punks. But in all seriousness, I love them for it.
- There are a few household chores that a lot of people hate to do, but I actually LOVE doing. They put me in a meditative state where I can just focus completely on my simple task.
- I have stage fright. Pretty bad. But nothing is like the zen-focus during the show, and the adrenaline happy rush after the show. Nothing. Nothing.