Introduction, Part One

I'm never sure what to write about myself, so here are a few notes from Facebook.

The Urban Dictionary Note:

Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answer to each question in the search box, then write the FIRST definition it gives you...then tag 10 of your friends so they can do it, too.
And I promise these are all real, copy and pasted. Have fun!


A) Your name?
Megan:
A girl that is very stubborn but at the same time can be the greatest friend on the planet. She loves pizza and is absolutley gorgeous. She is loved by everybody and is fucking hilarious!


B) Your age?
27
the age all rockstars die at:
jimi hendrix
jim morrison
janis joplin
kurt cobain
alexander the great
james dean
river phoenix
brad nowell (lead singer to sublime) died at the age of 28 years and 2 days (2 days from joining the club)

C) One of your friends:
Melissa
A very beautiful person inside and out.
Will always make you laugh and give you a hug before you even know you need one!
Can be some what blunt. But at least you know she is truthful. Very sweet and easy to talk to. Loves the colour pink and loves her family more than anything else!
High morals. She sets her own ground.

D) What should you be doing:
sleeping
something you never get enough of once you hit the age of 15.

E) Favorite Color:
dark green
1. The color dark green.
2. Something of or pertaining to awesomeness.

G) Month of Your Birthday:
June
The month the hottest people in the world are born

H) Last Person You Texted: (okay, it's the fourth definistion, but it's the best one)
Jeremy
4 buckets of pure awesome rolled up into a tasty bite sized homunculus. Looks good in drag. When he opens his mouth, pure clever spews out and penetrates all those who dare oppose him. He is the master of the universe.
Other names: Angryman, Flamenco Moronco, Priscilla Antoinette, Harold, Germathon, Spice Rack, Waffle Time.

I) Favorite sport:
rugby
game that only real men play, not like those pussy football players. No pads, rougher tackles, alot more fun.



The Twenty-Five Random Facts

Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.

1. I drink a lot of coffee.

2. Matthew and Jonah are the lights of my life.

3. I'm the pickiest eater you'll ever meet.

4. I'd rather live in a little house I've worked for than have a palace given to me.

5. My feet haven't grown since I was 9.

6. I've been the same height since I was 14.

7. Cooking and baking are my stress releases.

8. I'm a hardcore night owl.

9. I'm a coffee snob. Seriously. If they had a java version of what a sommelier does, I'd call that my dream job.

10. I have more male friends than female.

11. I love Silverchair, Clutch, The Dissociatives, Something Corporate, and Fall Out Boy.

12. I dyed my hair bright flaming red. Now that there are other people who want to dye it to match mine, I'm planning on changing the color again.

13. My toenails are bright purple.

14. I'd rather wear glasses than contacts.

15. I play all those games on Facebook that drive you nuts.

16. In the summer, I live in tanktops and flipflops, but I rarely wear shorts. My legs refuse to tan, and I don't like the way they're shaped. They're rather thickly muscled, and while I'm thankful that they're strong, they just don't look very feminine.

17. I'm definitely an overprotective mother.

18. I could quite happily live on loaded baked potato soup, fresh French bread, and the triple-meat Totino's party pizzas.

19. I firmly believe that "family need not be blood."

20. I have three tattoos, with plans for at least three more.

21. I have 16 piercings with plans for no more.

22. I worked in restaurants for 10 years before quitting. Now I work part-time at Ill-Lusions and I love it.

23. I have three little planters on my bedroom windowsill. I'm growing basil, parsley, and chives. They're in the bedroom to keep them safe from the cats and the kids.

24. I love to read. My favorite authors are JD Salinger, John Steinbeck, Dorothy Parker, and Anthony Bourdain.

25. I smoke Camel Menthols, and I am an unrepentant smoker.


The Mommy Survey

Here you go Mommies- a different kind of survey for a change- it's all about your first born. Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself.

1. WAS YOUR PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Matthew: no, it was a surprise
Jonah: an even bigger surprise

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
no, don't believe in it

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
Matthew: scared and excited
Jonah: a little more scared than excited

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
never even crossed my mind

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU GOT PREGNANT?
Matthew: 24
Jonah: pregnant at 25, delivered at 26

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Matthew: my boobs hurt and I was cramping, took the test the day after Jeremy's 34'th birthday
Jonah: 10 days late. Tested at 2 am on Christmas morning

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Matthew: Mom, because she was there
Jonah: I made Jeremy tell me what the stick said

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
yes, for both kids

9. WHAT WAS YOUR DUE DATE?
Matthew: May 1, 2007
Jonah: August 25, 2008. Then I found out they were about 2 weeks off - Jonah's due date should have been August 5 - and Jonah was overdue.

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
Matthew: all-day sickness till I was 4 months
Jonah: nope

11. DID YOU HAVE CRAVINGS?
Matthew: cheese sticks, pineapple, cream cheese wontons, beef jerky, milk
Jonah: pineapple, strawberries, black cherries

12. WHAT IRRITATED YOU?
whining

13. DID YOU WISH FOR THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Matthew: no
Jonah: I thought for sure he was a girl, so I was startled when the U/S showed that he was CLEARLY a boy, but all in all, I was pretty happy that he was a boy by the time I got home from the doctor's office

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN?
Matthew: 46
Jonah: 20

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
for Matthew. Didn't need one for Jonah

16. WAS IT A SUPRISE?
nope. It was in Flint, so we had to request time off from work for it.

17. WERE THERE ANY COMPLICATIONS WITH THE PREGNANCY?
none at all. Dr. Wilder referred to both my pregnancies as "boringly normal."

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Northern Michigan Regional Hospital

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
Matthew: 22
Jonah: 15

20.WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Matthew: drove myself - my water broke at a stoplight
Jonah: Jeremy drove

21. WHO WATCHED THE BIRTH?
Matthew: Mom, Jeremy, Sherry, Dr. Wilder
Jonah: Jeremy, Dr. Wilcox, the anesthesiologist

22. WAS YOUR BIRTH NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Matthew: natural
Jonah: c-section due to cephalopelvic disportion (his head was too big for him to drop properly) and failure to progress - never dilated past 7 cm, despite being stretched twice

23. DID YOU USE MEDICATION FOR PAIN?
delivered naturally with Matthew
Jonah - I got the epidural. It wasn't really an option not to.

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR BABY WEIGH?
Matthew: 5 lbs 15.9 oz
Jonah: 7 lbs 5 oz

25. WHEN WAS YOUR BABY BORN?
Matthew: April 19, 2007, at 4:59 pm
Jonah: August 22, 2008, at 8:00 pm on the dot

26. WHAT IS BABY'S NAME?
Matthew Elliott Gatica
Jonah Lee Gatica


Last one: The 100 Truths

WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. last beverage= fountain pop (Coke)
2. last phone call= Bill
3. last text message= Jeni
4. last song you listened to= "Horror With Eyeballs," by the Dissociatives
5. last time you cried= yesterday

HAVE YOU EVER:
6. dated someone twice= yes
7. been cheated on= yes
8. kissed someone & regretted it= yes
9. lost someone special= yes
10. been depressed= yes
11. been drunk and threw up= yes

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:
12. green
13. blue
14. silver

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: (2010)
15. Made a new friend= yes
16. Fallen out of love= no
17. Laughed until you cried= yes
18. Met someone who changed you= no
19. Found out who your true friends were= yes
20. Found out someone was talking about you= yes
21. Kissed anyone on your friend’s list= yes
22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life= a good portion of them
23. How many kids do you want to have= I'm good with two
24. Do you have any pets= two cats
25. Do you want to change your name= nope, I'm used to it
26. What did you do for your last birthday= Jeremy and I went to see "Angels and Demons" and hit the bar
27. What time did you wake up today= 3 pm (!!!) but I had gotten about 3 hours of sleep the night before, drove home from Flint, and helped Bill out at the shop. Plus I couldn't stay asleep last night, kept waking up every forty-five minutes till around 9 am.
28. What were you doing at midnight last night= playing Farmville
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for= business to pick up at the shop so I can get my raise
30. Last time you saw your Mother= a few weeks ago
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life?= more sleep, more money
32. What are you listening to right now = my laptop's motor humming
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom= yes
34. What’s getting on your nerves right now= not much
37. Nicknames= Megs, Mames, Keebler, Little Mama
38. Relationship Status= committed
39. Zodiac sign= Gemini
40. Male or female?= female
41. Elementary?= (oh boy, lol) Cross Village, Harbor Light, Shay Elementary
42. Middle School= Harbor Springs, Concord
43. High school/College=Concord, Rudyard, Petoskey, Traverse Bay Area ISD Adult Education
44. Hair colour= Wildfire by Manic Panic
45. Long or short hair= short
46. Height= 5'0”
47. Do you have a crush on someone?= Jeremy
48. What do you like about yourself?= hair, eyes, cooking skills, pain tolerance, fast learner, intelligent
49. Piercings= seven holes in each ear, one in nose, one in navel
50. Tattoos= three
51. Righty or lefty= righty

FIRSTS :
52. First surgery=stitches
53. First piercing= 11
54. First best friend= Tashina Hemenway
55. First sport you joined= track
56. First vacation= Michigan
58. First pair of trainers= I don't remember
RIGHT NOW
59. Eating= nothing
60. Drinking= fountain pop Coke
61. I’m about to= have a smoke and hit the sack
62. Listening to= quiet. So rare. Which is why I'm not in bed yet.
63. Waiting for= "my real life to begin." Sorry, Colin Hay junkie here, and you left it wide open

YOUR FUTURE :
64. Want kids?= have kids. Don't want any more.
65. Get Married?= hell no
66. Career?= I don't know yet. Thinking about going into couples' counseling

WHICH IS BETTER :
67. Lips or eyes= eyes
68. Hugs or kisses= hug
69. Shorter or taller= taller
70. Older or Younger= older
71. Romantic or spontaneous= spontaneous
72. Nice stomach or nice arms= arms
73. Sensitive or loud= sensitive
74. Hook-up or relationship= relationship
75. Trouble maker or hesitant= trouble maker

HAVE YOU EVER :
76. Kissed a stranger= no
77. Drank hard liquor= yes
78. Lost glasses/contacts= no
80. Broken someone’s heart= yes
81. Had your own heart broken= yes
82. Been arrested= yes
83. Kissed same sex= yes
84. Cried when someone died= yes
85. Fallen for a friend?= yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself= most of the time
87. Miracles= yes
88. Love at first sight= yes
89. Heaven= yes
90. Santa Claus= what he stands for, yes
91. Kiss on the first date= depends on various factors. Is this a complete stranger? Have you known them for a while? How close were you before the date? Did you have onions for dinner? (just kidding)
92. Angels= yes

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
94. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time=no
95. Did you sing today?= yes
96. Ever cheated on somebody?= no
97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go?=the summer I turned 24, just to relive it again, because it was so wonderful
98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what would it be?= from 2009? I don't know. There were quite a few good ones.
99. Are you afraid of falling in love?=nope, I'm already there
100. Posting this as 100 truths?= nah, retitled it