10 Day YOU Challenge - 6 Places

6 places:

I've decided to go the route of 6 places that are on the top of my list to visit.

1.  Brazil

2.  Iceland

3.  Tahiti, Bora Bora, and Fiji (and other Oceania Islands)

4.  Egypt

5.  The Great Barrier Reef

6. Mexico

10 Day YOU Challenge - 7 Wants

7 wants:

1. Teleportation Device or Machine or Powers

I'm still holding out hope

2.  My Own Home (complete with a pool/lagoon)

The waterfall obviously didn't fit in the picture...

3.  The Entire Disney and Pixar Movie Collection

this is in no way a complete list

4. My Ideal Weight (which I'm working towards)

slow and steady to slimmer

5.  My Own Nonprofit (saving the world one step at a time)

6. Greenish Bluish Mermaid Hair Tips (but with more green and not on that much hair)

From http://flippinyourfins.tumblr.com

7.  A Mermaid Tail (obviously)

From the 1st Annual Mermaid Convention

10 Day YOU Challenge - 8 Fears

8 fears (in order of intensity):

I will definitely not be posting images of things I fear...

1.  Spiders - Their 8 eyeballs are horrifying.
2.  Not being able to have children of my own - These birthing hips have to be good for something!
3.  Falling to my death - Really, it's just not being able to live a full lifetime, but falling is the scariest since once you're airborne, you can't do anything about it.
4.  Clowns - Stephen King's IT (where it turns out to be a ginormous alien spider!! Sorry for the spoiler...I guess...) and Killer Klowns From Outer Space (I can't look at those twisty straws the same ever again...) have pretty much ensured that clowns are scary mofo's.
5.  Losing my loved ones suddenly - Being that I can get motherly towards people I love, I'm always trying to look out for their safety.
6.  Not having a purpose - Being unemployed this past year was one of the worst experiences of my life; I would never want to go through that ever again.
7.  Being kidnapped without anyone noticing or being attacked when I walk home at night - Especially in the dark, I prefer walking in the middle of a group.
8.  Losing one of my senses - I know that many people live without certain senses. This isn't meant to be insensitive, but the idea of losing one of my senses suddenly without warning definitely freaks me out. 

I try to be rational about most of these things.  But there are a few things on this list that I refuse to be rational about.

10 Day YOU Challenge - 9 Loves

9 loves:

1.  My Kitties

Yoni

Mencken

 2. My Family

3.  My Friends on Both Coasts

map of friends listed on Facebook

4.  My Zune and Music Collection

I've been listening to a lot of Tori lately due to her new album

5.  Dancing

Taken by Nina at Katia's Retreat

6. Food!

mmm..mickey mouse ice cream bar...

 7.  The Ocean and Beach

From Nahant Beach

 8. The Color Green in Every Shade

9.  What else but Mermaids!

my mermaid scarf

 

10 Day YOU Challenge - 10 Secrets

What better way to start the 10th month of the calendar year than a 10 Day Challenge!

I saw that several bloggers were doing this, but seeing it on Amy's blog, Ha Ha. Wait. What?, was the little push I needed.  She's so super artsy!  She even inspired me to make my own badge for the challenge!

Let's get started then, shall we?

ten secrets:

1.  Social interactions are worth more money to me than the money I don't have.  It's probably why I'm so broke.
2.  On that note...In the past week, I've maxed out my credit cards in the name of fashion.
3.  I pretend to be really tough, talking about how I would fight someone if it came down to it, but I've never been in a physical fight.  But I really want to get into one.
4.  Sometimes, I really want to have a tantrum in the middle of the after school.
5.  I have taken hammers to electronics when they aren't working the way I want them to.
6.  I still want to believe that some guy will rescue me, especially since things have become complicated in my current relationship.
7.  I want to be the reason someone leaves their girlfriend, but I would just feel too guilty about hurting someone else like that.
8.  I've been mildly depressed since I became unemployed, but I am so thankful for my therapist.
9.  Sometimes I forget how old I actually am, and will have to think a quick second before telling you I'm 29.
10.  I often feel like a Jack Of All Trades but a Master of None.

That was really much harder than I anticipated.  I'm usually quite honest about who I am, so I felt like I had to dig kind of deep to find the things I'm not always honest with myself about.

Is anyone else doing this challenge?  It would be fun to do this together!