All About Me

I was tagged by Sylvia and have spent a little time each day on my responses. Some of them have been surprisingly difficult to answer.

Three screen names that you've had:
Alyssa, AlyssaH, Thracian.

Three things you like about yourself:
I'm creative, loyal, and can be funny.

Three things you don't like about yourself:
Sometimes my humor gets a little too sarcastic, I hold grudges, and I'm impatient.

Three parts of your heritage:
I inherited my tendency to go gray early from my mom. I also got my thick hair from her, so I guess I can't complain. I inherited bad eyesight from my dad.

Three things that scare you:
Spiders, dark parking lots, certain segements of Unsolved Mysteries.

Three of your everyday essentials:
Diet Vanilla (or Cherry) Coke, my car, a jacket or sweater.

Three things you are wearing right now:
Cream sweater, blue jeans, brown shoes.

Three of your favorite songs:
"Bring Me to Life," Evanescence; "Lucky," Bif Naked; "A Thousand Years," Sting.

Three things you want in a relationship:
Attraction, affection, understanding.

Two truths and a lie (you guess which is which):
I wish I were out of debt, I have an entire room for my scrapbooking supplies, I am confident around men.

Three things you can't live without:
Books, my camera, scrapbooks.

Three places you want to go on vacation:
England, Minnesota (because my best friend lives there), Hawaii.

Three things you just can't do:
Advanced math, cook anything complicated, repair anything on my car.

Three kids' names:
I don't have kids so don't spend much time thinking about it.

Three things you want to do before you die:
Publish something that has my name on it (my writing for work never has a byline), get married, have a house that's almost organized.

Three celeb crushes:
Orlando Bloom, Joaquin Phoenix, Ciaran Hinds.

Three of your favourite musicians:
Sting, Loreena McKinnett, Evanescence.

Three physical things about the opposite sex that appeals to you:
Eyes, smile, buff arms.

Three of your favourite hobbies:
Reading, scrapbooking, watching Unsolved Mysteries.

Three things you really want to do badly right now:
Win a million dollars, eat ice cream, sleep.

Three careers you've considered:
Astronomer, singer, writer.

Three ways that you are stereotypically a boy:
I don't cook, I played basketball in high school, I don't spend a lot of time getting ready in the morning.

Three ways that you are stereotypically a girl:
I have long hair, I love poetry, and I like to talk about feelings.