Tagged

Last week Acting Out Art presented me with the "You've Been Tagged" award.

Rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you & post the rules on your blog.
2. Share seven random &/or weird facts about you.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post & include links to their blogs.
4. Leave a comment on the blogs of those you tag letting them know.

I won't be tagging anyone specific. If you would like to participate, consider yourself tagged. If you are interested in blogs I read, check out my Followers, the links in the right column, or the "Blogs I Follow" list on my profile.

Seven Random Facts About Me
1. I went fishing often as a little girl and can bait my own hook.
2. I didn't get my license until I was almost 18.
3. For one month of my life, I dated a boy who was just out of juvi.
4. After meeting my family, lots of people ask me if I am adopted. No, I'm not.
5. I still use crayons and coloring books.
6. I drive stick (6-speed Celica GTS).
7. Current Guilty Pleasure: Celebrity Rehab Sober House.

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. - Doris Day

TangoBaby posted her results to the quiz Are you a Jackie or a Marilyn? or someone else? Mad Men Era Female Icon Quiz

I am a Doris Day.

Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz...

You Are a Doris!

You are a Doris -- "I must help others."

Dorises are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people's needs.

How to Get Along with Me

• * Tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific.


• * Share fun times with me.


• * Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours.


• * Let me know that I am important and special to you.


• * Be gentle if you decide to criticize me.

In Intimate Relationships

• * Reassure me that I am interesting to you.


• * Reassure me often that you love me.


• * Tell me I'm attractive and that you're glad to be seen with me.

What I Like About Being a Doris

• * being able to relate easily to people and to make friends


• * knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better


• * being generous, caring, and warm


• * being sensitive to and perceptive about others' feelings


• * being enthusiastic and fun-loving, and having a good sense of humor

What's Hard About Being a Doris

• * not being able to say no


• * having low self-esteem


• * feeling drained from overdoing for others


• * not doing things I really like to do for myself for fear of being selfish


• * criticizing myself for not feeling as loving as I think I should


• * being upset that others don't tune in to me as much as I tume in to them


• * working so hard to be tactful and considerate that I suppress my real feelings

Dorises as Children Often

• * are very sensitive to disapproval and criticism


• * try hard to please their parents by being helpful and understanding


• * are outwardly compliant


• * are popular or try to be popular with other children


• * act coy, precocious, or dramatic in order to get attention


• * are clowns and jokers (the more extroverted Dorises), or quiet and shy (the more introverted Dorises)

Dorises as Parents

• * are good listeners, love their children unconditionally, and are warm and encouraging (or suffer guilt if they aren't)


• * are often playful with their children


• * wonder: "Am I doing it right?" "Am I giving enough?" "Have I caused irreparable damage?"


• * can become fiercely protective

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This is a little crazy...

Doris Day


Me


We are also both vegetarian and concerned about animal rights.

Who knew?