I challenge everyone that reads this or has favorited me to do this to help each other learn a bit more about who we are as people, as bloggers, as individuals outside of the screen we read.  It's simple--ten things that everyone who knows you would be able to say about you and ten things that only you would know (or a rare few).

Ten Things Everyone Knows About Me

1.  I hate winter:  It's just too cold and I am deathly afraid of ice.
2.  I love music:  I cannot go a day without singing.
3.  I am a proud pet owner:  Morrissey and Imogene also reflect two of my favorite musical artists.  Go figure.
4.  I am going to school to become a nurse:  After years of indecision, I realized my instinct is to heal.
5.  I work in customer service:  It's a shitty job but it has paid the bills for six years.
6.  I am a lesbian:  I am engaged to a wonderful woman who has been there for me for the last 3 years unfailing.
7.  I am a Christian:  I attend a Disciples of Christ church and believe in peace and love.
8.  I adore makeup:  Bordering on obsession, I can say I own more in makeup than what my whole wardrobe is worth.
9.  I am superstitious:  Not to the degree that I wear lucky socks or anything, but I can't help holding buttons and throwing salt.
10.  I am very family-oriented:  I hold my family (and friends I've drawn into my family) close to my heart.

Ten Things Hardly Anyone Knows About Me

1.  I can't see out of half of my left eye:  I have optic neuritis that hasn't gone away for a long time.
2.  I idolize the Victorian era:  I think the prudishness needs to be lost, but I love the high fashion and double entendre.
3.  I like to dance:  I didn't say I was any good, I just like to do it.
4.  I'm a survivor of abuse:  My formative years weren't good at all.
5.  I have stage fright:  I think it's anxiety-related, but I have pretty severe stage fright.
6.  I have a history of self-harm:  I started cutting at age 12 and have cut off and on since.
7.  I'm fairly intelligent:  I have to play dumb to get by, but I am pretty smart.
8.  I actually like the macabre:  As a child, I studied plagues on my own volition and spent hours studying fatal heart conditions.
9.  I disowned my father:  My biological father has not been a part of my life but for two weeks of my adult life (and they were not good).
10.  I dream of lofty ambitions:  I am constantly looking towards something better for myself and my family.

 Now... Your Turn!  Go!