About Me

A closed mouth catches no flies
I hesitate to write anything about myself because it's at that point where people decide who you are even though they can't truly know anyone over the internet. No matter what is written things are always twisted and I'll give examples of this below. What it boils down to though is that you can't judge a person by the car they drive, the way they look, how they talk, where they live, etc. A person is who they are at heart. So before you judge anyone you truly have to walk a mile in their shoes. Anything less than that is ignorance. ~ A person who thinks they know everything is ignorant and destine not to learn anything new as they feel they already know it all ~ I pity these people.

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional
If I say I'm 15 years old then people think I know nothing because I'm so young. If I say I'm 60 then people think I'm too old, stuck in my ways, etc. The truth is that a 15 year old person can have just as much intelligence as a 60 year old person (sometimes even more so). Age is truly just a number. I feel that young people have a lot to learn from older folk and, believe it or not, older folk have just as much to learn from the younger ones. Anything else is ignorance. So I've thrown out a few ages here. The truth is that I'm 26 (born in 1979).

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Now on to looks. If I'm blond then I'm not intelligent. If I have red hair then I'm a carrot top and short tempered. If I have light or dark skin then there's even more you could say (and I will not get into). If I'm short then I'm a midget or if I'm tall then I'm a giant. If I'm heavy then I'm lazy. If I'm thin then I'm anorexic. If I'm round and short then I'm probably a pear. If I'm tall and skinny I'm a bean poll (mmm I'm starting to get hungry). Truth be told, I'm short, blond and until having my baby recently, very thin (now I have a few extra pounds). As a short, thin, blond I got treated as stupid and incapable of doing anything without assistance. When I actually had more knowledge and am far more capable than many (but less then some of course). I was bashed at work even though I was the fastest person promoted in that place in years. People don't take kindly to success of others or decent looking people. Why is that? Why can't we be happy for others?

Greener grasses
And then there are stereotypes about where a person lives. If I lived down south then I would be viewed as inbred and (place other names here). Without going into much more, as I don't want to offend anyone, no matter where you live there is someone that will come up with a stereotype. I, however, live in south central WI. So this makes me a cheese head among other names I choose not to post here.

When the cat's away the mice will play
I also have lots of animals. This makes me a tree hugging animal activist right? More than anything I love mice! Not quite sure what this makes me but most don't take it well as it's 'just a mouse'. Who's to say something is 'just'? People are smaller than elephants so does that make us 'just'. The size of something does not define what or who it is. All of my mice are far better all the way around than most people I know. I take a lot of pride in my mice as you will notice if you visit the mousery part of my website. I take it further than many who have pets. First and for most I make sure they are healthy and happy. After that I have a strict breeding program where I keep pedigrees on all my mice. Does this make me obsessed? Maybe. I do this for their well being. This is mainly to stop inbreeding. You should see a child's face when you give them a mouse pedigree with their new pet though. It's radiant. The icing on the cake. I could talk mice all day but I will leave that to my mousery section. As for the tree hugger part, sure I care about the planet and the animals in it. I'm not a vegetarian as I believe in the food chain. I do however believe that animals should be treated as good as people. As a society I feel we have a long ways to go to achieve this.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height
If I like the winning team then I'm a fair weather fan. If I like the loosing team then it's 'omg you like *them*?!?'. If I play sports then I'm a stupid jock. If I don't play sports or am not capable of it then I don't fit in either as there must be something wrong with me. I don't truly care about sports to be quite honest. I have Packer and White Sox paraphernalia though. I have the packer stuff because that's my home team and who I choose to support solely because of that (no matter how good or bad their season turns out to be). The White Sox paraphernalia I have is a bit more superficial though. I have it because I like black, gray, and white. It's as simple as that. I don't play much for sports. Truth be told, I'm really bad at 99% of them. I have bad depth perception which makes it rather hard. Oddly though, I am good at badminton and floor hockey. I can't hit a base ball to save my life though. Make sense of that one.

Last updated: 7/27/2006 5:15 PM CST