Lean, muscular and feminine. Honest and a defender of the innocent.
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Painting, fitness, photography, drawing pictures with my son (Dennis - he's pretty much my favorite person), running just to run, Running to raise $$ for various "good causes" ... dragging friends along with me when I can. :) I ALSO dig ... playing with Legos with Dennis, cooking, throwing a ball to my athletic offspring, resisting and repelling 87% of "charming" menfolk, killing spiders, pondering the future, living in the present - Carpe Diem! wearing T-shirts that make people think, semi-annual nerd-tournament game-nights: SCRABBLE/Pictionary/SCATTERGORIES/BALDERDASH! yard work (yep), singing in the shower, Jack Daniels, Jaeger, frivolous shoes, tastefully tattooed women, Pinup art, Dirty Cowboys, Big Trucks, Irish step-dancing, hardwood floors, stone fire places, lilacs, re-finishing furniture, Blue Collar Comedy, selling on ebay, shooting guns (and sometimes hitting the target), good lovin, bad jokes, old rusty things with stories to tell, inappropriate fortune cookie advice; hot air balloons, watermelon slices, dry British humor, restoring old vehicles, walking around cities with my sister & a camera, not settling, honest friends, Italian glass art... any glass art! chocolate-covered coffee beans, combating human trafficking, Pro-Life ministry, cheap sunglasses, discovering places to run and hike, talking with gregarious elderly folks, shunning my under-30 peers (just kidding), hanging out with unpretentious people/families, white-ginger-scented anything, soft cuddly socks, owning 12,348 lip-glosses (apparently), rain storms, bonfires, genuine beauty - simple/ornate/unconventional/ALL beauty! log cabins, lakes, a farmer's tan on a hard-working man, maturity, fidelity, brass-balled people, Churches that DO SOMETHING, champion humans like Somaly Mam... http://www.Somaly.org, attempting to be less of a "mindless consumer," recycling, gardening (maybe this year!), hot-fire inspired poetry, excellent customer service, well-behaved dogs, long jeans that fit, red heads with freckles, taking way too many pictures of my son, planning outlandish projects and sometimes completing them, feeding those less fortunate than you and I, mud wrestling, charcoal sketch, cross country, track & field, not smoking, improvement, accomplishment, hammocks, and oh I don't know ... steak.
Music
shakira, no doubt, gretchen wilson, trent willmon, dropkick murphys, notorious cherry bombs, trace adkins, brad paisley, joe dee messina, Rodney Adkins, the white stripes, loretta lynn, EVE 6, Maroon 5, sara evans, Oasis, katrina elam, the smashing pumpkins, the dave matthews band, george strait, chris ledoux, The Offspring, garbage, flogging molly, the donnas, Ingrid Michaelson, 3 Doors Down, Rage, the offspring, kanye (some - not all!) OutKast, Amelia White, ANY ska-punk-horn stuff that has good lyrics, any rowdy Irish music, luke stricklin, keith urban, pink,the phantom of the opera , KT Tunstall, and the Chicago soundtrack ;) ... and many, many more ...
Movies
Beyond Borders; Great Expectations; GI Jane; 8 Seconds; Snatch; Transporter; Edward ScissorHands; Romeo & Juliet; Yes Man; Liar Liar; Ace Ventura... any Jim Carrey Movie; The Wedding Singer; ChiCago; Love Stinks; secondhand lions; training day; meet the parents; wedding crashers; bad santa; badder santa; Death to Smoochy; Donnie Darko; October Sky; the bone collector; the sandlot; The Sweetest Thing; 10 things I hate about you; Pursuit of HappYness; BEE MOVIE; The Chronicles of Narnia; The Negotiator; Win a Date with Tad Hamilton; Baby Mama; WALK the LINE; Fly Boys; GLADIATOR; KINGDOM of HEAVEN; Hidalgo; THE NOTEBOOK; the cowboy way; The Watchmen... wait, no - i only watched half of it; 9 1/2 Weeks; the Boondock Saints; Bruce Almighty; Pirates of the Carribean; Grosse Point Blank; Being John Malcovich; The Fifth Element; In the Electric Mist; Unbreakable; North to Alaska; The Legend of Billy Jack; The Truman Show; Gattacca; Double Jeopardy; the Long Kiss Goodnight; Kung Pow; Robin Hood - Men in Tights;Peter Pan; Hook; Finding Neverland (so sad though!) 101 Dalmatians; Over the Hedge; Shrek & Shrek 2; (haha! can't help it) The Matrix; (esp the 1st 2) the Bourne Identity & Bourne Supremacy; Constantine; and... Pretty much anything with Johnny Depp is good.
Television
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson; The Simpsons; Whose line is it anyway?; PBR; boxing; Olympics;FUTURAMA; hmmm... I usually use it to watch movies. TV has kind of gone to hell in a handbasket...
Books
The Bible - Esp Proverbs and Ephesians; To Kill A Mockingbird; Number the Stars. ARCH Books :) Patrick F McManus: the grasshopper trap, the good Samaritan strikes again... I <3 Patrick McManus. I'm not a *big* reader ... not much quiet time anymore ;)
I DO have mandatory reading though, including "The Big Truck Book," and whatever Disney Golden book he picks :) <3<3
Heroes
This Guy, the Lord of the universe, who washed clean the feet of a servant and the sins of the world. He lived and died for a screw-up like me and gave me the chance to really LIVE. Other Heroes: Dennis Vaughn - My Son - a tough little guy with a heart of gold; My Dad Earl; My Mom Ellen; My grandparents - Don and Edith "Connie" McNamara, Bert and Linda Siebold, Tommy and Billie-Jean Ethridge... Family is Forever... more heroes: PETER KREEFT; John Piper; BENAZIR BHUTTO; Mike Spielman; Jeff Jones; ABORT73.COM; STANDTRUE.com; James Pouillon; SOMALY MAM; Marion Jones; Keri Strug; Lance Armstrong; Bonnie Blaire, Dan Jansen, Luke Stricklin; Gretchen Wilson; Banksy; Mr. Pierson, Prum, & Mrs. Thomas; SSgt (Now Capt) W. Goss from BMT; all the 22nd/524th/77th/79th Fighter Squadron pilots I've worked for; military moms and spouses who make it happen and/or faithfully hold down the fort; a tough humble lady named Patti who quietly saves the day for SO many, the Army Ranger I carried onto a MedEvac in Iraq, all the badasses defending the perimeter of our bases and our USA, any teacher who teaches with a servant's heart, and anyone in uniform who actually earns their paycheck ;)
About me:
About me? If I get a day off, you will most likely find me making stuff - random, unrelated stuff - like candles, pancakes, smartass poetry, paintings, muscles, jokes, stir-fried rice, collages, plans, sketches, and boxes of stuff to give away. I love my son, Dennis - he is my constant best friend. I love running, especially at night, and/or in the rain, and even up hills. I want a potter's wheel and kiln more than any other material thing. I was blessed to inherit a scrappy yella dog named TJ last summer, which is good because Theo had to be put down, and a girl needs a dog to bark at shadows. I am probably way too complicated and wordy for you. I have high standards, but I am not uppity. I am flexible, but uncompromising when it *really* matters. I am a gym rat, but I will eat a Snickers bar for lunch now & then. I can't stand shirts that say "Your boyfriend thinks I'm hot" or other comparable garbage. I'd rather have a grapefruit than cake. I hate puzzles unless it's a crossword. I LIKE church and I love Jesus and his dad, God. I try not to cuss too much. I would rather wear jeans and boots than mostly anything, but I like to dress like a girl when I feel like it. I like going to the gym, even when I have to take my Dennis with me and stay in the crowded mommy room. I like all kinds of healthy food, an occasional serving of fried taters, and cheesecake within reason ;) I take pride in shopping frugally. I try to live well within my means so that I can help others who need way more help than I have ever needed. I have fun with clothes; I enjoy perusing the new things in Vogue, but seldom pursuing. I do my own thing. I don't like diamonds and I wear a lot of charcoal gray. I hate slouchy boots, no matter how "vogue" they may be. I like MY big black boots. ;) I like a few different wines (mostly cheap gauche wines!) but I prefer whiskey. (I PREFER Drambuie and Jack.) I like swimming and biking, but not as much as running. I do like to go out, wherever "out" may be, but it's damn near impossible to find a babysitter who isn't a flake, or worse... Soo I don't go out much. :) My son is more important. I have probably watched various episodes of TMNT more than 20 times, involuntarily. (I have have grown to appreciate Donatello more than Raphael as I've matured, haha.) The nerd in me loves Scrabble, Scattergories, Balderdash, and the occasional crossword. My siblings and I sometimes have "nerd battles" when we visit. ;) I have a few close friends that I will always cherish; I am not opposed to meeting more. I am somewhat opposed to "meeting men." I have probably met enough, and I know what I want and what I can't accept. I won't entertain a man's upper half while some common trollop entertains his lower half. I'll never be the "other woman" or one of many women in a harem of hos. I'm very assertive. If I apologize, I mean it. If I don't - you're probably still wrong. I have become a master of the Tour du Life comeback; perhaps I am a Phoenix. Perhaps I am narcissistic. ;) Perhaps I really DO know what I know, because I've lived so much life... and you probably don't know what I mean yet, but I won't hold that against you right away. I have learned that family will always be the most important thing in the long run; no other relationship can be a substitute for a sister's love or a father's care or a mother's ear, or a brother's loyalty. :) I have learned to pro-actively keep them close, because when all else fails (and it might) they are my rock and my roots. I have a lot of work to do to get my life where I want it. I am STILL working on a degree and not sure exactly what I want to be "when I grow up" but I know How and Who I Want to Be ... and Who I Am Now. I have three speeds: scramble, slack, and sleep. I hate washing dishes, but I crank up the tunes and knock em every every couple o' days while daydreaming. I change my own oil and hair color every 3,000 miles or so. I don't often change my opinions and ideals; when I do, it's probably important. I am unabashedly pro-life, quietly patriotic, and actively gun-toting and free-speaking. I quit chewing tobacco, but it's okay if you do. I haven't gone fishing in years, but I want to go. I love camping, as long as I can wash my face, even in a lake. I sometimes forget to mow my lawn, even though it's Right There, getting out of control. I have a sizable pile of shirts that I intend to mend, awaiting button surgery or some other nonsense. You see... I am rather distract-able unless totally consumed by something artful and interesting, or highly motivated by possibilities, or fires lit under my ass. I have more clothes than I will ever need, and I am downsizing. I have a sweet little boy who always needs help cleaning his room, and I probably need to clean mine, as you are reading this. I am slowly working on sharing all my extra Stuff with the world of Goodwill and the Salvation Army, and then moving on and DOING MORE with LESS. I am not perfect, and I don't strive to be, but I am proud of who I am and I strive to be GOOD. :) I am currently an E-5 in the Air Force, reenlisted and serving until 2011. After that, I hope and pray to be some mix of a teacher, trainer, and coach ... and a weekend artist and adventurer. ;) I want to take my son fishing and also to art festivals and "nature hikes." Fortunately, Dennis is a lot like me and likes to do what I like to do. He is great company and keeps me grounded; I am not just me ...I am AJ and I am Mommy. I have a lot to do, and that is good. I can do it. And I am happy.
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All this talk about the economy flat-lining & all the black clouds that go with it are sent rushing back from our sky when we quit moping, get off our butts, and DO something. Realize the best things in life are still FREE and people can help their fellow man EVERY DAY just by doing the simplest things. Give what you have - tutor, donate blood, mow a lawn. "Free" time, love, and blood cost us nothing when given away. BE THAT RAY of SUNSHINE, BE THAT WIND. Never mind a bunch of clouds:)
Who I'd like to meet:
I have no people-meeting goals... I like MOST people, of all colors and many ages. No men ... oh, all right ... Bryan Vickers, Dale Jr, and James Franco. No shallow, pretentious, self-proclaimed divas. All others are welcome ... I like people in general until they prove to be unlikeable. ;)
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."
Just letting you know I'm thinking of you. I've got to do some plant re-potting tonight, and put them upstairs by the south window of the room Rosie is slowing vacating. XOXOXO
HI AJ, yeah I hope the knee is not as bad as it feels now. Got to go to a specialist on monday. I can still walk on it but can not do much else without some pain, or as I told them at urgent care when they asked about the pain on a scale of 1 to 10, If I do not move it 0 on the scale if I move it the wrong way then 10 is not enough. Told them keep their painkillers cause it only hurts when I move, so I have not moved in 3 days ha ha. You know that is a joke becauce there are some things you just have to do. Well gotta go it was good to hear from you and you tell that young lad of yours that I said Hi. Peace&Love to ya both.
I DID wait till my birthday to open them, and I do like them, I just don't post anything on myspace but once or twice a month. When I get a new I go read it, not think "oh I'm going to post about this on myspace".
Holy crap! I was talking to papa about getting a celtic cross tattoo for her today. And she does live on cause none of us would be half the people we are without her fiesty fighting guidance and sarcastic wit guiding us. The glasses need to be filled with her nasty iced tea though, and a glass for the hummingbirds. :')
Hey Dude (Or Aj, the terms are interchangeable nowadays ;P ) I contest that it does not look better on me, your peekture was the inspiration after all. The w=game was not a win, but it was a learning experience and a valiant attempt! I wish I had coffee, really bad. Instead I have lots of chocolate and it brings solace in itself. Hugs to you and the wee one! <3!
Aj! I loves you! Just sayin hi :) And I'm starting Indoor soccer sunday. And Volleyball a weekish after that, oh boy! Oh! And, I'm getting my hair buzzed again, I hate this in between stage! Grrr. Lovies to the leetle boy and you!
I have a shirt for you identical to the one in my pic! I will try to send it this week! I need to go to the P.O. anyway. Did my guns thermal ever arrive? Is that why you texted me for my address today? :-) Love you.
Good to hear from you, don't get on this much. Now back to the current battle, only bowtie on my property is hidden in a barn and doesn't belong to me and can't be moved without one of my fords! Hope ya laugh after the cursing part....... B-D-I-L
Hello my friends! Hope ya'll are having a great day. Don't forget to send me some pics. I bet we have some funny ones. Unchichisi@yahoo.com
