betcha didn't know...

i've tagged by miss trudi to share 6 things about me... because i put a lot of info in the bio, i'm not sure what is utterly new or a repeat...

1. i collect books... a lot of books... and they are organized according to genre... latino authors... irish... asian... african american... writing novels... children's books (and i might add, that 90% of the kid books are mine, not diego's... he can borrow them anytime but only if he has clean hands and wont wrinkle the pages)... my organization can become a tad obsessive, especially when it comes to the children's books; do i organize them by author or illustrator? size or year? i took many literature classes in college because of my minor(creative writing) so thus the array of multi-cultural authors... i love it!!! if i give someone one of my books, that means i really, really, really, really like you...

2. i lived in a 3bdrm upper all by myself during college (above from my parents)... one room was the sleeping room, one was the toy room, and the other was my studio...  since i rarely ate at home, i had no stove or fridge... one semester, i made my kitchen into my bedroom! had a bed and everything in the kitchen and curtains decorating the doorways... when i moved to a 2bdrm, i had to put away a ton of stuff in the attic... then ramel moved in, then diego... so the attic was filled to the brim! the pictures on this post are part of my many collections...more pix are here)

3. i am petrified of bugs... any kind other than ants... although this is 100% impossible, i think that if i kill a bug, it will come back godzilla size and eat me... its not that i really think this will truly happen, i still imagine it in my head to the point that i scare myself out! but i like mice and rodents and even lizards... just no bugs, please!

4. i have four tattoos and would like a couple more... one is a black/red symbol that means revolution (its on the belly of my right arm)... one is a big head, big eyed cat on my back that i illustrated... another is a teeny paw print on my left wrist... and a letter "e" on my left foot... eventually, i'll get symbols for each kid i have... for diego, i will get a snowflake since we picked his name from the movie, ice age... i prefer symbols to names...

5. i don't believe in keeping food in the fridge or freezer for over a month ... i have a tendency of throwing out even ketchup if it sits there for too long... leftovers cannot be in the fridge past 2 days... ramel and i have gotten into it a tad due to the fact that he'd look for mustard or bbq and its not there any longer... i am picky with food i eat as well as how long food stays around...

6. i am allergic to fruit... and raw veggies... and i don't eat meat... what happens when i eat fruit and veggies?! my mouth and ears itch... or a stomach ache... some days i will try to eat some but then will have an instant reaction... been like this since i was a kid... i remember eating apples and hating the way my mouth felt when i ate them... how i'd get all itchy and a weird film on my tongue... some fruits i'll eat regardless but the meatiness gets to me so then i get grossed out by the texture... i have a problem with textures... diego seems to have acquired this too because he wont eat ground meat, cottage cheese, yogurt, or even jello-o! so yeah, overall, i am one picky eater!

Comments

[Lavanotes]

LOL cool tidbits! Thanks for sharing!

[Nina]

Ellia you are so funny with the bugs part.

[wowzers!]

i love reading and catching up! you've got some great thoughts about all sorts of things. i like your ramblings and give ya two thumbs up for being so cool!

[Trudi]

Thanks for sharing - I really enjoyed reading this! And, your tattoos sound really cool!

[Ky]

you are not alone - i am allergic to fresh fruits, and some veggies, as well! freaky!