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April

Confessions of a Would-be Optimist

About Me

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What Classic Movie Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.comTHIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUT SAD VIDEO AND SONG. I MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH THE WAR, I MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, BUT I HAVE FRIENDS THERE, AND I'M DAMN PROUD OF THEM ALL

My Interests

I like to Snuba (combo of Snorkel and Scuba, Traveling, reading...everything
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: April
Birthday: Jan 1981
Birthplace: GA
Current Location: Bournemouth England
Eye Color: gray
Hair Color: red
Height: 5'7
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: Irish, English, Italian, German...i'm a mutt
The Shoes You Wore Today: wellies...it was raining it is England
Your Weakness: DVD's and Chocolate
Your Fears: flying...and I do it ALL the time
Your Perfect Pizza: meat fest
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: get all of my research done!
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: gonna have a come to Jesus talk...
Thoughts First Waking Up: mrpphhh...don't think until that first cup of coffee
Your Best Physical Feature: eyes
Your Bedtime: hmm, depends
Your Most Missed Memory: fishing with my granda
Pepsi or Coke: lol...coke...seriously
MacDonalds or Burger King: Subway
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Swirled..:)
Cappuccino or Coffee: coffee
Do you Smoke: nope
Do you Swear: lol...hmm you should hear some of my new favorites
Do you Sing: only when no one is listening
Do you Shower Daily: yep
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: already been. technically still there...
Do you want to get Married: perhaps
Do you belive in yourself: most of the time
Do you get Motion Sickness: now that you mention it
Do you think you are Attractive: why not...
Are you a Health Freak: ha ha...ah no, not at all
Do you get along with your Parents: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: sometimes
Do you play an Instrument: used to play the piano...before
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yep
In the past month have you Smoked: nope
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no...and thank you for reminding me
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: there's no malls in England
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no oreos either
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no thank you...i like my uncooked fish only on my line
In the past month have you been on Stage: no not really
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: ha...it's like 10 degrees here...anything unclothed freezes off,
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: nope
Ever been Drunk: oh yes, do i need to remind you all of th eNew orleans story and my now fear of little people
Ever been called a Tease: once
Ever been Beaten up: lol..nope
Ever Shoplifted: nope
How do you want to Die: peacefully, surrounded by my family
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: good
What country would you most like to Visit: been to just about all, but i'd really like to go to NEw Zealand
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: doens't matter
Favourite Hair Color: red...i can't help myself i love gingers or blondes...:)
Short or Long Hair: short
Height: taller than me,
Weight: don't care
Best Clothing Style: just clothed...i am a prude
Number of Drugs I have taken: none
Number of CDs I own: limited now in the days of itunes
Number of Piercings: ears and eyebrow, although it went mysteriously missing...
Number of Tattoos: one, it's sentimental
Number of things in my Past I Regret: can't regret, just waste precious moments in life

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[Marital Status] nope
[Shoe size] depends you want us or british
[Parents still together] oh yeah...
[Siblings] one
[Pets] 3, Sam, Lucy, and Harlem
FAVORITES
[Color] Green
[Number] 13
[Animal] dog
[Drinks] malibu and diet
[Soda] diet mt. dew
[Book] Night; Wuthering Heights; Last Unicorn
[Flower] tulips
DO YOU
[Color your hair?] lol...do you really think i'm going to tell you
[Twirl your hair?] ah no...
[Have tattoos?] yes
[Have Piercings?] yes
[Cheat on tests/homework?] nope
[Drink/Smoke?] occasionally, and no
[Like roller coasters?] no
[Wish you could live somewhere else?] oh yes
[Want more piercings?] hmmm
[Like cleaning?] depends on my mood, but i like things to be tidy
[Write in cursive or print?] cursive
[Own a web cam?] yep
[Know how to drive?] yep
[Own a cell phone?] yep
[Ever get off the damn computer?] nope i'm a mouse potato
HAVE U EVER
[Been in a fist fight?] yep
[Considered a life of crime?] no..my dad's a cop that would just be cruel
[Considered being a hooker?] ah no...i'd rather do something interesting with my life
[Lied to someone?] yes
[Been in love?] yes
[Made out with JUST a friend?] no
[Been in lust?] oh yes...there's this bouncer...
[Used someone] hope not but not sure
[Been used?] oh yeah...shall i count the ways
[Been cheated on?] oh yeah please see above question
[Kicked someone in the nuts?] no
[Stolen anything?] no
[Held a gun] yep
CURRENTS
[Current clothing] pjs
[Current mood] tired
[Current taste] ????
[What you currently smell like] coconuts...
[Current hair] long and red...
[Current thing I ought to be doing] going to bed
[Current cd in stereo] itunes...a little Nina Simone
[Last book you read] Poirot: The peril at End House
[Last movie you saw] last King of Scotland
[Last thing you ate] I made stir Fry tonight...yum
[Last person you talked to on the phone] Vix
[Do drugs?] no..unless Advil counts
[Believe there is life on other planets?] no
Remember your first love?] yes
[Still love him/her?] yes
[Read the newspaper?] online
[Have any gay or lesbian friends?] several
[Believe in miracles?] most definately
[Do well in school?] well not to brag
[Wear hats] yep it's cold here
[Hate yourself?] depends on what i've done
[Have an obsession?] yes...i can't get enough of MASH or the Simpsons
[Collect anything?] DVDs
[Have a best friend?] several
[Close friends?] several, i'm very blessed
[Like your handwriting?] nope...
[Care about looks] not really...there's a lot more to a person than on the outside
LOVE LIFE
[First crush] :) he might be looking at this right now
[First kiss] please i'm a lady, i don't kiss and tell
[Do you believe in love at first sight?] I believe it can happen for some people...for me, no
[Do you believe in "the one?"] i try to believe
[Are you a tease?] don't think so
[Too shy to make the first move?] oh yeah
ARE U A
[Daydreamer] yep
[Bitch/Asshole] can be
[sarcastic] oh yeah
[Angel] can be
[Devil] can be
[Shy] can be...stop laughing...it's been known to happen
[Talkative] you can stop laughing...yes

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I'd like to meet:

DEAD OR ALIVE...HMM, WELL RICHARD WINTER, AGATHA CHRISTIE, MAE WEST, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, ROCK HUDSON, WINSTON CHURCHILL, MAUREEN O’HARA AND OF COURSE...JOHN WAYNE

Music:

Pink, LIVE, 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, Godsmack, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Nia Simone, Johnny Cash, i'm ecletic

Movies:

hmm, ok top 5. 1. Dog Soldiers (oh mr. Mckidd) 2. Band of Brothers 3. Quiet Man 4. Stealing Beauty 5. Pride and Predjudice

Television:

hmm, well in Britain i miss most of the shows i used to watch so while here i'd say, Wire in th eBlood, Miss Marple, East enders, and of cousre my all time favs The Simpsons and MASH

Books:

Sherryln Kenyon, Nora roberts, i do like my trash, but come on people i deal with skeletons every day i need some mindless loveliness

Heroes:

my friends, my parents, Dr. Burns, Deszo Benedek, and of course my granda

My Blog

Time and Needs

I've become fully aware recently that life is all about time, needs, and the fact that the two rarely are in the same place at te same moment.  most of our vocabulary is made up of the word time....
Posted by April on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:58:00 PST

bournemouth today reports

a few goins on...a few rants 1.  Finally saw some DNA woo hoo!! 2.. I'm loving L-O-V-I-N-G the Rugby Sevens...where else can you see grown men beat the living crap out of each other in such stimu...
Posted by April on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:04:00 PST

so chalk it up to another unattainable male

ok...so i'm in mood...and i can tell you seeing the Holiday, and posting the blog a wee bit ago, was like a sign from God letting me know what to expect...no it's not that bad really, just need to whi...
Posted by April on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:33:00 PST

another day, another change in my life

I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely ...
Posted by April on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:52:00 PST

choices

have you ever wondered what would have happeded if we'd chosen differently.  If ten years ago we'd chosen to go to that party, or had the nerves to talk to that special person, or decided against...
Posted by April on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:27:00 PST

my one regret

In the last few days, nay weeks there has been a thought which has plauged me ravenously.  It has become quite clear as these things may, that in my past I have behaved foolishly.  I was fac...
Posted by April on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:23:00 PST

ok...25 best quotes of the year (so far)

 !. " The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them"   2.  "I would miss you even if  we had never met"   3.  "People ...
Posted by April on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:12:00 PST

ok so here i am

K so i'm in the middle of my Dissertation...human genetics in Archaeological specimens....  i must say although i do miss home, sometimes i really like this place, especially on a day like today ...
Posted by April on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:11:00 PST