I have been tagged by one of the hippest bloggers around, Date Girl, from The Date Girl Diaries (http://dategirldiaries.com) to list 10 Things About Myself, so here we go…

1. 2009, for me, is The Year of Facing Fears – and, they are as follows:
a. Becoming a casualty of the economy – getting laid off
b. Leasing a new car – and then getting laid off
c. Gaining the 10 pounds back after working so hard to shed them
d. Meeting the most incredibly sexy, smart, funny, better-than-sliced-bread man I have ever encountered, falling deeply in love – only to have the sentiment unreciprocated
e. Turning 35 – still not in the place where I want to be, nor with the person I want to be with, realizing 40 is around the corner.
f. Starting over – yet again.

2. I once gave a gift, only to discover after being unwrapped in front of a crowded room, included a pair of my underwear.  Never wrap anything next to your clean (thank God) laundry pile.

3. I am addicted to eBay. If I had $1.5 million, my purchase this week would have been part of the Eiffel Tower stair case (sorry, the listing disappeared after no one bid).

4. I received one of the most touching birthday gifts to date —  a snow globe from one of my favorite movies, Ratatouille, with a handwritten note “Remy was a little mouse with big dreams who achieved them — dream often, dream big. When you get discouraged, turn this on and dream with him.”

5. Yeah, this blog was a “class project” – and yea, this “class project” won a regional academic award, a significant cash award and significant publicity and business contacts across three states. Oh, and did I mention, I do the same – and more — for my clients’ “projects” – as for the haters, BITE ME, MOTHER FUCKER.

6. I collect sock monkeys – and anything with a sock monkey on it.

7. I am over Facebook. It’s lovely to connect and re-connect to old and new friends close and far, but – enough already. The quizzes have put me over the edge. I am predicting the beginning of its’ decline.

8. I have sold three pieces of art this year – with current interest in a fourth.

9. I, too, could live off of carbs alone. If I had to choose one food to eat for the rest of my life — nutrition aside — I would forever eat French fries.

10. I have major projects cooking...an online empire is underway — Achtung, Baby!