[CrimsonTide4]

TEN random things about me
01. I am left handed.
02. I have a vicious sweet tooth.
03. My favorite color is purple.
04. I have lived in a lot of cities that begin with the letter C -- Cleveland, Columbus, and Charlotte.
05. I own more books than shoes.
06. I have a serious love jones for Black art. Maybe because I cannot draw.
07. I am addicted to scents -- candles and potpourri
08. My job has a dumb arse internet policy.
09. I was an outie until I was 4 and then I had my first operation.
10. I found out tonight that a piece I wrote in January is going to be published in June for an online Christian publication for women.

NINE ways to win my heart
01. Honesty
02. Romance
03. Affection
04. Do what you say you are going to do it.
05. Compliment me.
06. Make love to my heart and mind long before you touch my body.
07. Expose me to new things.
08. Make me laugh and smile just at the thought of you.
09. Be my friend as well as my man.

EIGHT things I want to do before I die
01. Publish my books.
02. Go to Africa.
03. Buy my mother a home with a big backyard so she can entertain again.
04. Get married and have babies.
05. Make a difference in someone's life.
06. See some people from my past and thank them.
07. Pay off my bills.
08. Build a PHAT HOUSE and have Candice Olsen hook it up.

SEVEN things I believe in
01. God
02. Love
03. Myself, my abilities and my self worth
04. SISTERHOOD
05. The power and strength of the Black community
06. OJ did it so did Michael Jackson and Kobe.
07. That the first shall be last, the last shall be first, and the meek do inherit the Earth.

SIX things that get me mad
01. Lying mofos
02. Trifling mofos
03. Ellipses
04. rush hour traffic
05. Launch's stingy arses only letting me have 600 songs a month on my station and playing the same damn songs on The Quiet Storm EVERY DAY IN THE SAME ORDER. Sorry but the Quiet Storm is more than Prince's Adore, El DeBarge's Love Me In A Special Way, The Stylistics' You Make Me Feel Brand New, Teddy Pendergrass' You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration, and The Dells' Stay In My Corner.
06. Reading books that have HORRIBLE editing and grammar

FIVE things I'm afraid of
01. Dogs
02. Cats
03. Roaches
04. POVERTY
05. Terminal diseases

FOUR of my favorite items in my room
01. My computer
02. My couch
03. My blanket on my couch
04. My pillow on top of the blanket on top of my couch

THREE things I do everyday
01. Laugh
02. E-mail and GC
03. Listen to music

TWO things I need to do right now
01. GO TO BED
02. GO TO SLEEP ONCE I GET IN THE BED!!

ONE person I want to see right now
1. My daddy