11/22/09: Gwen mourns the imminent demise of her microwave. Memorial contributions can be made to The Fund for Gwen's New Microwave.

11/21/09: Gwen resists buying black boots in Kohl's even though they are 50% off. To combat the desire to go back and get them, she eats 1/4 cup of chocolate chips.

11/20/09: They found Galileo's lost fingers and tooth. I am very relieved.

11/19/09, Gwen's Fortune Cookie: "Soon someone new in your life will become a very good friend." I am waiting!
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I am an opinionated woman--that might come as a surprise to some of you. I am not shy about voicing my opinions and defending them, but that doesn't mean that I think I am always right. Many things are subjective, and our truths are merely our truths and not universal laws.

Last week, though, my expression of some of my opinions caused someone to ask, "Gwen, do you like anything?"

Well, hell, yes! I decided to make a list of some of the things that I like.

1. I like soggy cereal. (In fact, I have a bowl waiting for me in the kitchen right now, aging like fine wine.)
2. I like sex.
3. I like shoes.
4. I like clothes.
5. I like it when someone can amuse me so much that I really do laugh out loud. However, my humor is sometimes warped and strange to understand, so it is hard to give examples of what makes me laugh. I once nearly fell out of my chair when I was IMing a friend from school and he wrote, "When English teachers go bad." You had to be there.
6. I like to debate, but I HATE to argue or fight.
7. I like smart, conversational people.
8. I like the feel of clean sheets on my bed.
9. I like really hot baths.
10. I like the feel of bare skin.
11. I like the feel of my hair on my bare skin.
12. I like how the feel of my hair on the bare skin of someone else makes them respond.
13. I like scents, textures and tastes that tease me and tempt me.
14. I like to speak to total strangers in line at Wal Mart.
15. I like to flirt with old men at McDonald's.

That's a partial list, of course, and doesn't include anything/anyone that I love. There are some things I don't like, as well.

1. I don't like slugs.
2. I am probably one of the few people on this site who has actually had sex on a beach and I don't like sand in body crevices.
3. I don't like it when people chose to be ignorant.
4. I don't like headaches.
5. I don't like TV and don't have one in my house. I can't listen to the radio because I don't like the ads.

I did leave two things out of my "like" list, and they are important!

I like Diet Coke.

I like chocolate.

In fact, the other day, I finished the Halloween candy I bought for the trick or treaters who didn't show up. As I ate the last little bag of M&Ms while passing through the darkened living room, I was sure that I dropped one on the floor, but couldn't find it. Next day, there it was: an orange M&M snuggled into my oatmeal colored carpet. I sighed, picked it up, sighed again and realized it had long passed the five second rule for things that can be eaten when dropped on the floor. I gave it a proper burial in the garbage pail.

Damn, I miss that M&M.

I expect to develop even more likes and dislikes as I age. How will I know what my taste will be? It has changed before, but I won't taste liver again to see if I like it. I will keep trying new things--and that's where POF comes in. You can figure that one out for yourself.

EDIT: I was just reminded that I don't like 'possums.

**I see many profiles that state the profiler is here for the forums. I AM active on the forums, but I am HERE to meet men.**

(An aside before we begin: If you plan on meeting me, don't lie about your height. I wear up to three inch heels, and if you are 5'6" and claim to be 5'9", I will tower over you, making me feel like an Amazon, and you KNOW what Amazons did to men. Yeah.)

I will wear red shoes.

I will not sing "Popeye the Sailor" or do "The Hokey-Pokey" except by request.

We will meet to quaff a Diet Coke, but you may have coffee if you wish. We can sing sailor songs while we drink, or not.

I am often asked by young men if I like young men: I do! I also like men my age and men older than me, though to be honest, I will not find a 74 year old man sexually attractive. I like men, but that doesn't mean that I will like every man who emails me or every man whom I meet. The only way to find out is to talk, eh?

(I have to admit, I like military men.)

I have had no restrictions on who could email me, but alas, I finally had to impose one: No more contact from men seeking intimate encounters. I just couldn't deal with one more crude propositions using the word "cum." If men are going to proposition me, they at least to be classy and suave. (Evil grin.)