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[lurvelettersandpaperhearts]

i give you 12 years old. :)

Ahhhh! 12 is tough! 11 and 12 are years from which I only have a vague recollection.

Age I was given: 12

Where I lived: Hmmm... I moved with my family from Summerville, SC to somewhere (?) in Ohio, to Omaha Nebraska when I was 12. I remember we moved from Ohio to a house in Omaha on Ohio Street, which I thought was funny.

What I drove: I didn't drive. I was 12. But my mother drove a Chevy Lumina mini van, which is what I later learned to drive in. It was weird and pointy.

What I did: I was in 7th grade and I spent lots of time jumping on our trampoline. It was kinda the neighborhood hangout.

Who had my heart: Well... this was before I fell in Love with Eddie Vedder. I think this was when I had a big crush on my friend Sarah's older brother. I don't even remember his name anymore. He had chin length hair and always wore a bandanna do rag. I'm not sure how old he was, but he seemed all grown up to me at the time. He was at least 16 because he drove a bronco.

Age now: 33

Where I live: the 'burbs of Memphis

What I drive: A Chevy Malibu

What I do: lots of stuff

Who has my heart: My kids. My boyfriend. The handful of true friends I have.

[funkyscribe]

why did you change your last name?

I can honestly say, from personal experience, that there is no better way to violently piss off and alienate half your family, than to change your last name (and announce it on Facebook).

Yep. I did it.

My mother was raised by her grandparents, so she took their last name. We lived with them (in Globe AZ) when I was young, and I am named for my great grandfather, Robert Taylor. Great Grandma was alive and spry until I was 18, and I still hear her advice and admonishments in my head (while she was mopping the floor with me at our monthly all-night gin games. One more hand, Roberto, let’s play to 100,000! Geez, Gram, I’m really tired…You’re a teenager, deal ‘em up!) And my mother raised me by herself, I feel like she should get the credit. By changing my last name to her maiden (my great grandparent’s) name, I feel like it honors all 3 of them.

I have never identified with my sperm donor’s father’s side of the family. Even though I shared their last name, they are not my kind of people. Bunch of racist, sexist, bigoted, wife-beating, child-haters. In fact, if I met any of them on the street, I would just as soon impale them with a blunt object, repeatedly, as look at them.  Fuck ‘em, and their stupid fucking name.

Plus, my mother’s first baby (always referred to as ‘the baby’ in our family) died at 3 days old. I didn’t learn until later in life (whole ‘nother story) that he actually had a name: Robert William Maphies. My name. Exactly the same. (Trust me, when you are 10 years old and see your own name on a grave marker for the first time, you WILL faint.) So, among other things, I thought my big brother deserved his own name.

So my brother (that I never met) and I have the same first and middle names, Pa and I have the same first and last, and Mom and I share the last name. I think that covers everyone that deserves it.

And at least now people can spell and pronounce my last name.

[thethroneroom]

brown45 answered your question: app that worked best for me was myfitnesspal. tried and true, easy, huge food database and the ability to input and save your own recipes.

lettersforluke answered your question: myfitnesspal for sure

It seems that, at least among respondents to my question, MyFitnessPal is the way to go. I'll look into it.

[thethroneroom]

brown45 answered your question: i’ve sat outside w/ my dad watching/smelling/feeling storms roll in my entire life. storms renew my soul. my son loves them, too.

In addition to the high school memory I mentioned in my post, your response brought back another of my favorite rain-related memories.

This one occurred when I was stationed in Quantico. I'd just returned to the barracks (not sure from where, but likely a trip up to DC), and it was obvious that a storm was coming. I went out to the back steps of the barracks (they've since been torn down, but when I was there, they were located on the bank of the Potomac). I was able to see the storm approaching from the opposite bank of the river, and I sat there as it arrived, then let it wash over me for what must have been at least 20-30 minutes.

I know what you mean about storms renewing your soul.

[funkyscribe]

Most random item you've come across while packing?

Boy, I really streamlined my stuff when we moved out here 3 years ago….

I’d say either my shaving kit from basic training (1985), OR my gym towel from 7th grade (circa 1980).

[funkyscribe]

Share 10 facts about yourself, then pass it on to 10 of your favourite followers!

1. I’m obsessed with building my own trebuchet.

2. I have numeric synesthesia, I see numbers in space around me and they all have specific places and colors.

3. I have absolutely no fear of falling.

4. I haven’t found my place in the world yet, that place that feels like home. So I keep searching, day after day, year after year…

5. I am socially phobic. Not awkward. Not shy. Not cute and dorky. PHOBIC. Terrified, and verging on, and sometimes resulting in, physical illness. (a few of you have met me in person, sorry about that) I can’t go to movie theaters, they freak me right the fuck out.

6. I love parenthetical statements (no matter how superfluous).

7. I don’t like to sleep, I feel like it’s wasted time. I wake up as tired as when I laid down, so I’ve just wasted part of my life for what, exactly?

8. My favorite word is pulchritudinous.

9. I have been bungee jumping, skydiving, rock climbing, and I’m a certified SCUBA diver.

10. My favorite music, the thing that feels like it was stolen from the noise in my head and translated so that only I would truly understand it, is written by Jim Steinman, and sung by Meat Loaf.

[funkyscribe]

brown45 said: surprise! it was me- i kept it anon because i didn’t want you knowing who i was to potentially influence what and how you wrote.

Ladies and gentlemen, my friend, the nerd.