FlutterShiny

The contents of my Amazon package, which arrived today: Colored pencils Avon makeup remover My new coffeemaker, YAY!

When I was a teen, people always thought I was older. Now it's the opposite, I guess I hung onto my youth! Haven't had anyone actually take a guess in a while, but judging by the guys in their early twenties always asking me out because they think we're the same age, I'd guess around that number.

Technicolor hair. Curse you, most workplace dress codes!

FWIW, I was nearly 29 before I had a romantic kiss. There was a guy at work that I had the oddest 'flirtationship' with for a while, I'd always found him kind of cute but there was an awkward age difference so I never gave it much thought until we started talking/interacting more. He'd either send me Facebook messages or whisper to me when I passed about showing him my boobs. Weird, but whatever. I thought he was garden variety weird, you know, like me! I went to his apartment a few times and we'd watch movies and make out. The more I got to know him, the less I like him. He would shamelessly spew incredibly racist comments about his neighbors, thought Pedobear was the most hilarious meme ever, and later on confessed that he kept a Nazi flag under his bed. He also got incredibly turned on by putting his hands around my neck and there was other stuff that bothered me. We kind of just drifted apart and he got back together with his ex. A month or so later, he was hauled out of work in handcuffs and is now serving 18 months in state prison. Evidently he met a girl in an online game and they were swapping explicit pictures of each other and having a sexual relationship via text message. She was ELEVEN. He was twenty two. Looking back now, it's fairly obvious he was a sociopath. I try not to tar everyone with the same brush, but boy did that ever put me off dating younger men ever again. Long before that, I was working the cash register and a guy came through my line and started going on about how women with red hair possess magical powers and that it was a shame my eyes weren't green, too, because that would mean I was a fairy. Then he said "I could take you away from here, magicals shouldn't be in a place like this. I really wish I could get you out of here. Damn, it's a shame your eyes aren't green!" All the while I'm trying to look anywhere but AT him, because my eyes, though hazel, look green most of the time. And then his friend that was with him was looking at the boxes of ramen noodles they were buying and shouted "Wow, I can't wait to try that, they didn't have that flavor in prison!" Trust me, forever alone is much , much preferable to being involved with a creep.

Coffee. Just lots of coffee, if I'm at home and have time to brew/sit and enjoy it. Usually just with sugar. Every now and then I'll get pumpkin spice or mint mocha creamer, but it's rare. That being said, my coffeemaker died last week and my new one from Amazon won't arrive until tomorrow. I'm having such withdrawl. The instant swill I bought to tide me over just isn't cutting it.

While it's true that Zoidberg is humanoid, they were always going on about how bad he smelled and that's a dealbreaker for me, so I'd have to go pony. I could always get the Professor to invent a crazy machine to turn me into one . . .

A horse walked into a bar. Several people got up and left as they spotted the potential danger in the situation.

Firstly, thanks for the warm welcomes, everypony! You guys sure are friendly. Secondly (I told you it was bizarre!), I explained my two ponies here - http://mlpforums.com/topic/85097-in-what-ways-do-you-relate-to-your-best-pony/?p=2215952 To sum up, it takes the right people to bring out the Pinkie in me, but I was a Fluttershy for most of my life, and do require time to myself, away from people and not talking to anyone, as introverts do.

I work in the pharmacy of a large retail chain, either 9AM-6PM or 12PM-9PM, it varies. I used to be totally enchanted with my job, but now I hate it, but it's 40 hours + benefits so I know I'm lucky considering today's job market. Would really love to find something different though. I did luck out in that I'm very close friends with most of my coworkers, so we don't deal with too much cattiness or in-fighting. Most days I show up just because I know not coming in would screw them over quite royally and I don't want to add to the stress load. But it does take its toll on you, getting yelled at by customers/patients all day. Their prescription is taking too long, their co-pay is too high, we're all incompetent and stupid, the lines move too slowly. Then corporate adds on even MORE mandatory and redundant tasks and refuses to let our boss hire more help. An inspector even came in last week and told us if we all don't have 'sweat glistening on our faces from busting our butts', then we're not working hard enough. But like I said, 40 + bennies and the pet store never called me in for an interview, so I'm staying put.

Nine is so, so underrated and it's almost unfair. Everyone is all: "DAVID TENNANT IS BEST DOCTOR!" "NOE YOU SUCK, MATT IS BEST DOCTOR. CAPALDI SUCKS I'M QUITTING THE SHOW!" And I'm just over here, watching The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances. Are you my Mummy? Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly love all of the NuWho Doctors for different reasons, but people tend to forget that it's Eccleston's Doctor (And yes, Billie Piper's Rose, another widely hated character) that revived the series. I tried not getting too attached to him because I knew he only did one series, but upon rewatch, it's kind of hard to take that final fantastic line. That being said, I can hardly wait to see where Capaldi takes the role next.

I'll ditto Salad Fingers. I can sit down and watch most horror movies, shrug, and then go to bed. And that's if I don't turn them off first out of boredom. But that . . . I had to turn it off and then watch something light and fluffy and happy before I could sleep. There is another video called Rubber Johnny that is pretty trippy, but it doesn't really faze me all that much. It is amusing to try and show it to people and see how long before they freak out and say "Okay, that's enough of that. I'm using your phone to look up cat videos for a while now."

Depends on the type of 'meltdown'. If something has made me inconsolably angry, I'll listen to heavier rock/metal, Nightwish, that sort of thing. If it's something that's made me feel sad, defeated, or like I really just can't do anything right, I'll usually pick instrumental soundtracks. Two Steps From Hell makes music for film trailers, it usually picks me back up again.

*sings* Bender is great, oh, Bender is great. Bender, Bender, Bender . . . Also this little guy will always have a special place in my heart - Can't forget Robot Devil, either. I love most of the Futurama bots, they were great. And of course -

Let's see, I'm terrible at these things . . . I'm 29, live in Florida, and work in the pharmacy of a large retain chain. I'm a huge animal lover, as are most of my coworkers, whom I am lucky enough to consider a second family instead of just 'people I see at work'. As the avatar indicates, I also love Doctor Who and generally anything fantasy and sci-fi is at least worth a look from me. When I'm not at work or out with friends/coworkers, there is usually something on the stovetop or baking in the oven. I didn't answer the favorite pony question because I can never decide between Fluttershy or Pinkie Pie. I'm a bizarre combination of them both. Also, coffee is life.