First day on the blog...

Let me introduce myself....
I am a daughter, a sister, an aunt, and loyal friend. I have been called witty, sarcastic, dry, too idealistic and aloof among many other things.  Most recently a runaway bride...  I am a hopeless romantic and an enormous skeptic.  I believe in having your cake and eating it too, because what good is the cake if you can't eat it?  I love to debate for merely the sake of debating.  I often speak with no filter and always stand for my beliefs.  I despise bullies. My dreams have ALWAYS come true.  I choose to dream much bigger now.  I am considered a very tall girl but am fascinated by little people.  My animals are the loves of my life.  I have a tendency to fall into a bucket of shit and come out smelling like a rose.  I refuse to be a victim and don't believe in martyrs.  I will marry the first man who looks at me the way my father looks at my mother.  I do believe in world peace.  I hate the sound of girls who squeal when they see eachother.  I have had my heart broken and lived to tell about it.  I have faced my own mortality.  I love the finer things in life but am humble enough to cherish the simple things.  I believe in truth, no matter how much it may hurt.  I am loyal to a fault at times.  I look at my shoe collection the same way I look at a Picasso.  They both move me...  If you don't want the truth then don't ask me.  I have been blessed enough to have traveled to every continent.  I am a noted author.  I have been responsible for founding a successful charity.  I am freakishly superstitious.  I am guilty of not telling those I love how much they do mean to me.  I have a tendency to go "underground" and retreat within myself.  I get teary eyed every time I hear the national anthem.  My mother is my very best friend but I am most like my father.  I collect vintage scarves from all of my travels.  I believe in foreshadowing your life.  I also believe in cranking your personal volume.  I believe that my God isn't different or better or worse then anyone else's God.  I am an independent woman who loves the idea of old world tradition.  I read the Financial Times everyday.  I am guilty of both vanity and insecurity.  I hate make-up.  I am a fanatical football fan.  I route for the SF 49ers no matter how badly they suck.  I get bored very easily.  I am a Saggitarius through and through.  I don't live there anymore at the moment but I am a Chicagoan til Chicago ends.  I will be turning 34 in November and can't remember being happier.  But mostly, I have had so many crazy life experiences and blunders that most people couldn't even fathom.  Most people are in shock that these stories are my reality.  I was told yesterday by a friend "Wow, you hang brightly...".  And thus, She Hangs Brightly was born.  Stayed tuned...
*Oriana