~ Me Two ~ Today I feel transparent...no guard is up, haven't been this way in a while. So here are more ramblings of a person lost in reflection......I'm an Incurable, Certified, Hopeless Romantic. I am a Homebody...preferring to stay home then tear up the town. I don't consume alcohol except on special occassions or Holidays....don't get me wrong..I like the taste but my Grandfather was alcoholic so I am predisposed more than others to liking it. It's a matter of choice. I have been on the wrong side of hurt more times than I can remember and wonder why the person we open up to can lie and be deceptive. I read books voraciously. I'm a Dork when it comes to technology but because I believe the less we rely on it the better off we are in maintaining our strengths as a person. I analyze too much. Peeps that try pulling one over hate that cuz they get caught. I write...mostly letters or thoughts/poems but almost never send them....just release them and let them go. I have sent before though. I love the Holidays but feel sad for the less fortunate at the same time. I mentor kids...middle and high school kids every Wed. nite. Not to give them answers but to be their soft place to land....I listen, I understand, and sometimes tell them of my youth to help them better grasp their own. I have scars and bones that have healed from going balls to the walls at my job....I used to jump out of helicopters as a young Hi-Rise Rescue fireman. I left one fire department in Texas to work at another...North Texas to South Texas and arrived on a motorcycle and a Mohawk....freaked a few out back then. My best buddy is my medic partner, you know him as 'T' on here. We have been thru hell, many bloody terrible scenes together.....T and I never betray each other's feelings. I'm old fashioned believing in walking on the outside of a sidewalk and the woman on the inside to protect her. I open doors for people still. I don't keep extra change when given by mistake at stores...it's a Karma thing. I donate to causes I believe in...and I wish I could get back friends I lose for whatever reason...even on here. I still walk down the toy aisles to see what's the latest and greatest. I vote. I'm bad about remembering names and birthdays sometimes, perhaps because I place less importance on my own. I think it's sexy when a woman says 'fuck' in any context. I love the scent of a woman and the silkiness of her skin and could kiss forever. I cook, clean, wash and iron and believe every man should do the same in helping around the house. I like scented candles and you'll find me smelling them at stores that carry them. Bath and Body Works knows me by name...lol. I love wood and the grain of wood...antiques capture my attention and I enjoy taking care of them. I find messages in the lyrics of songs.....I've owned 3 businesses before. Furniture, Finance and Travel...and found that money really doesn't bring happiness but a whole new world of problems. Simple is best. I drink tea alot. Iced and Hot. Won't tell you the flavors to keep from getting too 'foo-foo'. There are people on here I care about, even if they are not themselves. Well, enough for now...hopefully it will help create a more accurate and rounded depiction of 'Guido'........Thx for reading. Peace