Giant Meme o' Me - Day 1

[deathpixie]

Thirty Days, Thirty Themes. Lets see how this goes. :) Grabbed from a number of folks on my friendslist.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself

My online handle is Rossi, a name I've been using since 1996 and a summer spent in Iowa at a girl scout summer camp. I've been answering to it for so long, it's second nature - some people actually think it's my real name.

My real name is Joanne - I prefer Jo, pretty much all of the time. I'm Australian, but I've been living in Canada since October 2005. I'm... well, older than most of my friends and older than I look, although these days I'm starting to feel it. I was born at an Army base in Victoria, Australia, back in 1970, and I have one brother who is 18 months younger than me. He's married to an ex-pat Hungarian girl called Eva and they have a daughter, Zoe and another baby due in August. Zoe's demanding a little sister, by the way. My parents are still married, having been together now for 41 years - more about them in a couple of days.

I've been working in the public service sector for around 15 years now - ten in Australia in the courts as a court registrar, and five here in Canada as a legal assistant. It's good work, for the most part, although lately I find myself questioning why I do it - I've spent a large chunk of my life taking care of other people, in one way or another, and I'm wondering if it's not time I looked at something a little more... selfish, I suppose. Then again, moving across the globe to restart your life is pretty selfish, when you get down to it.

So, that's where I'm from, what I do. Who am I? Well, it depends on the day, really. On good days I'm creative, funny, intelligent, caring. On bad days I'm depressed, procrastinating, afraid, forgetful and self-absorbed. I have periods of more good days than bad, and periods of more bad days than good. I'm working on improving the ratio and dealing with the detritus you collect in forty years of avoiding your problems. It's hard, and sometimes I just wish I could flop in a heap and have someone fix everything for me, but I am making progress. There are days I'm quite content to be me.




Day 02 - Your first love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – What you ate today
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your day
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A moment
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – What you wore today
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – This week
Day 14 – What you wore today
Day 15 – Your dreams
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – This month
Day 21 – Another moment
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – A first
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your aspirations
Day 30 – One last moment

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