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In a sick way I want to thank you
for holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself,
you were trying to stop the fight
     — “Hate Me,” Blue October

1. The Magnificent: Name someone you absolutely adore, and tell us why.

     Two hundred eleven days, ten hours and forty-two minutes ago, I met someone who made me start getting my shit together.  I needed that. 

2. The Muddy: Tell us something about life you just don’t “get”.

     An Order of Protection can keep an unstable person from owning a gun — and if they’ve never owned a gun, or even plan on owning one, it’s sort of a moot point.  However, if you’re served with an Order of Eviction, no matter the situation (oh, for the sake of this, let’s say, “Retaliation” for serving an Order of Protection), it not only screws up your credit rating (because Evictions are immediately reported to credit bureaus), but also makes it quite difficult to find another place to live, secure employment, gather business capital and, in many cases, causes companies to cease to do business with you.
     The ol’, “You screw me, and I’ll screw you, even if I did deserve it!” mentality is just ridiculous.

3. The Magnetic: Name something or someone good (or bad) you’re drawn to and you just can’t help it. Tell us if you want to change this or not.

     Right now, I’m being drawn to change… changes in lifestyle, work, home, business, and pretty much everything in my life.  Things are looking up, and some time away from the tumult of several situations will afford me the insight and subjectivity that I’m desperately lacking right now.  I’m making some rather serious decisions regarding my future … and loving every minute of it!

4. The Mainstay: Who or what is something you just can’t live without? Why?

     For the last year, I’ve lacked the stability I desperately needed.  The more I get back, the more I realize how much I’ve missed it.

5. The Masquerade: Tell us something about yourself we wouldn’t already know.

     Would anyone guess that I actually sprang from a family of moonshiners & coal miners and spent the first part of my life in a trailer park?  *grin*

6. The Mettle: Tell us about a time you showed courage in yourself, or tell us what you wish you had the courage to do.

     Like everyone else, I have a healthy degree of fear.  Sometimes they’re rational fears, and other times they’re irrational.  But every single day, I try and face them and move forward.  I don’t feel like getting specific right now, so let’s just say that as of this past weekend, fear or not, my life is about to change drastically.
     And I wouldn’t miss it for a second.

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