INTRODUCTORY POST FOR NEW FRIENDS :)
New friends and potential new friends :)))
Sooooooo...who the fuck am I?
My name is Michelle, and I'm a very passionate, enthusiastic individual ( two words you can describe me would be those) who loves life. I was born and raised in the California Bay Area, attended school there, lived at home for almost 26 years, and moved to Reno in 2000 after my parents retired here in 1996. I live alone with cats, and I am very much a loner, comfortable with myself, and love solitude and HATE DRAMA.
I'm also a recovering drug addict, and have spent time in jail and prison for drug-related charges. I will sometimes still talk about prison and jail, and how it changed my life for the better, making me stronger, kinder, and giving me a new outlook on life.
PEOPLE I MENTION OFTEN : My parents, Mom and Pop, my fiancee/common law husband who is in Colorado now, Walter, and a few other friends in my life.
I used to have a cat, Gangsta, for 19 years, who passed last end of July 2019, then Miss Sauce, a princess of a Snowshoe I adopted from the Humane Society in August of 2019 who was shortly after diagnosed with stage 4 cancer after I bought her home, but was happy, active, and a little crazy. She passed over the bridge of heart failure on January 8th of this year.
On January 30th I adopted a little Siamese mix Neehye, my Lil Bit street urchin, born January 2019-May 30th 2021, who died of complications of antifreeze poisoning with stage 3 kidney failure after I bought him home ( may that person suffer from ther karma one day)
MY NEWEST BOYZ
Chang and Eng
OTHER THINGS ABOUT ME: I worked as an exotic dancer for years, had great adventures doing it and made lots of money, I own my own home, I recently began competing in amateur bodybuilding contests and will continue that in natural contests until I reach my goal of being a pro and getting my pro card!)
POLITICALLY:
I am open-minded with mostly very liberal views, but I RESPECT ALL VIEWS. I only ASK ONE THING: do not bring personal politics here on my journal. I don't care if you keep it on yours, but please keep it off mine. Once in a blue moon I might mention a political topic and ask your opinions but for the most part, I'm not into it every day.
*******I do not care if you are purple, pink, black, white, gay, straight, pansexual, vegan, meat-eater...I care only that you are a nice person and you respect my friends here and myself. ********
INTERESTS: Betta fish, CATS, books of just about any genre but I LOVE horror, true crime, history fiction, biography, ethnic studies and fiction, science fiction, and general fiction. I also love the American Civil War and all military movies/ books on World War II, Vietnam, you name it.
MUSIC: metal, new wave, old school rap and R and B, Prince, and I love FLAMENCO music, opera, old jazz, classic old country, reggae, salsa and mariachi.
MOVIES: Any war movie like Private Ryan, Gettysburg, Platoon, U 571, etc. HORROR movies are another huge favorite, as is Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, action and adventure, martial arts ( The Grandmaster, Ip Man movies) really, anything EXCEPT chick flicks and romantic comedies. I hate those. Boring. I also like independent films, foreign films and series, and simple, true to life dramas.
TV SHOWS AND SERIES : ALL TRUE CRIME, shows, series such as MINDHUNTER, and prison shows/dramas such as Death Row Stories, the Innocence Project series, and Locked Up, CSI, Hawaii 5-0, and I was and am still hooked on CINEMAX'S WARRIOR series about the 1878-1882 Chinese tong wars in San Fransisco, but a great look into the life of Chinese immigrants and citizens at the time.
HOBBIES: WORKING OUT and COMPETING, collecting commissioned mermaids, writing, pen pal-ing/snail mail letters, blogging, nature walks/ nature in general, photography ( I always post pics LOL), dream journaling, decorating, museums, art.
Pictures:
Sauce the Princess ( RIP SAUCE...February 2015-January 8th, 2021)
BETTA TYSON *named after Tyson Fury the boxer*
RIP 7/2021
NEW BETTA HECTOR. Named for Hector Macho Camacho
My beloved old Gangsta RIP Born April 2000-July 2019
Me
Walter and I
Mermaids and POTC pirates
A recent mermaid addition from the collection:
A look into my house, the style and art:
Mural by Lisa Atoji, my good friend of 24 years
Entry from the front door:
And lastly my beloved Mom and Pop, now 90 years young
Sooooooo...who the fuck am I?
My name is Michelle, and I'm a very passionate, enthusiastic individual ( two words you can describe me would be those) who loves life. I was born and raised in the California Bay Area, attended school there, lived at home for almost 26 years, and moved to Reno in 2000 after my parents retired here in 1996. I live alone with cats, and I am very much a loner, comfortable with myself, and love solitude and HATE DRAMA.
I'm also a recovering drug addict, and have spent time in jail and prison for drug-related charges. I will sometimes still talk about prison and jail, and how it changed my life for the better, making me stronger, kinder, and giving me a new outlook on life.
PEOPLE I MENTION OFTEN : My parents, Mom and Pop, my fiancee/common law husband who is in Colorado now, Walter, and a few other friends in my life.
I used to have a cat, Gangsta, for 19 years, who passed last end of July 2019, then Miss Sauce, a princess of a Snowshoe I adopted from the Humane Society in August of 2019 who was shortly after diagnosed with stage 4 cancer after I bought her home, but was happy, active, and a little crazy. She passed over the bridge of heart failure on January 8th of this year.
On January 30th I adopted a little Siamese mix Neehye, my Lil Bit street urchin, born January 2019-May 30th 2021, who died of complications of antifreeze poisoning with stage 3 kidney failure after I bought him home ( may that person suffer from ther karma one day)
MY NEWEST BOYZ
Chang and Eng
OTHER THINGS ABOUT ME: I worked as an exotic dancer for years, had great adventures doing it and made lots of money, I own my own home, I recently began competing in amateur bodybuilding contests and will continue that in natural contests until I reach my goal of being a pro and getting my pro card!)
POLITICALLY:
I am open-minded with mostly very liberal views, but I RESPECT ALL VIEWS. I only ASK ONE THING: do not bring personal politics here on my journal. I don't care if you keep it on yours, but please keep it off mine. Once in a blue moon I might mention a political topic and ask your opinions but for the most part, I'm not into it every day.
*******I do not care if you are purple, pink, black, white, gay, straight, pansexual, vegan, meat-eater...I care only that you are a nice person and you respect my friends here and myself. ********
INTERESTS: Betta fish, CATS, books of just about any genre but I LOVE horror, true crime, history fiction, biography, ethnic studies and fiction, science fiction, and general fiction. I also love the American Civil War and all military movies/ books on World War II, Vietnam, you name it.
MUSIC: metal, new wave, old school rap and R and B, Prince, and I love FLAMENCO music, opera, old jazz, classic old country, reggae, salsa and mariachi.
MOVIES: Any war movie like Private Ryan, Gettysburg, Platoon, U 571, etc. HORROR movies are another huge favorite, as is Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, action and adventure, martial arts ( The Grandmaster, Ip Man movies) really, anything EXCEPT chick flicks and romantic comedies. I hate those. Boring. I also like independent films, foreign films and series, and simple, true to life dramas.
TV SHOWS AND SERIES : ALL TRUE CRIME, shows, series such as MINDHUNTER, and prison shows/dramas such as Death Row Stories, the Innocence Project series, and Locked Up, CSI, Hawaii 5-0, and I was and am still hooked on CINEMAX'S WARRIOR series about the 1878-1882 Chinese tong wars in San Fransisco, but a great look into the life of Chinese immigrants and citizens at the time.
HOBBIES: WORKING OUT and COMPETING, collecting commissioned mermaids, writing, pen pal-ing/snail mail letters, blogging, nature walks/ nature in general, photography ( I always post pics LOL), dream journaling, decorating, museums, art.
Pictures:
Sauce the Princess ( RIP SAUCE...February 2015-January 8th, 2021)
BETTA TYSON *named after Tyson Fury the boxer*
RIP 7/2021
NEW BETTA HECTOR. Named for Hector Macho Camacho
My beloved old Gangsta RIP Born April 2000-July 2019
Me
Walter and I
Mermaids and POTC pirates
A recent mermaid addition from the collection:
A look into my house, the style and art:
Mural by Lisa Atoji, my good friend of 24 years
Entry from the front door:
And lastly my beloved Mom and Pop, now 90 years young