Nine layers

This morning I've indulged in the world of self-centerness and I've compiled a meme in which I talk about me, me and me. I decided to start with an easy, short one, just to see if I liked the subject matter. I have to say I had a nice time doing it.

I felt I hadn't really given any facts that would describe me to my readers since I started this blog, and I know I like to have somewhat of an idea of who my bloggers are when I read their ramblings, hence the experiment.

Thanks to Eleonora who inspired me to do it and on whose blog I found this specific meme.

As layers progress they carry more in depth information about me.

So read on and nice to meet you!

LAYER 1:

•                Name: Cristina, but you can call me Cricci

•                Birth date: September 14^th 1983

•                Birthplace: Roma Roma Roma

•                Current Location: As above, but I hope to change this answer in a little while

•                Eye Color: Extremely nuanced dark brown

•                Hair Color: Dark brown, but I enjoy a little splash of highlight every once in a while

•                Height: 1,69 m

•                Righty or Lefty: Right hand in writing, left leg in snowboarding, right foot in football playing (but I’m mastering the ambidextrous art in this particular field, so I can be invincible)

•                Zodiac Sign: Virgo

LAYER 2:

•                Your heritage: Some say my mom was born in Naples but you might want to keep it a secret

•                The shoes you wore today: Slippers, I’m home

•                Your weakness: Smiles

•                Your fears: Death mostly. Anything else is surmountable

•                Your perfect pizza: Tomato sauce, buffalo mozzarella and raw ham. Thick, tender and flaming hot

•                Goal you’d like to achieve: Serenity

LAYER 3:

•                Your most overused phrase on AIM: What?

•                Your first waking thoughts: Fuck it’s late

•                Your best physical feature: According to others there’s a lot, don’t mean to brag. According to me, well, that’s another story

•                Your most missed memory: Lunch at my grandma’s

LAYER 4:

•                Pepsi or Coke: I endure swallowing a glass of Coke only when I desperately need some digesting action

•                McDonald’s or Burger King: Oh yuck

•                Single or group dates: Are you kidding me? If a group is involved it’s not a date, it’s a night out

•                Adidas or Nike: Adidas, Originals

•                Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I’m not very fond of iced tea, I stick with water. Still

•                Chocolate or vanilla: What’s vanilla?

•                Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee everyday, at least twice. Cappuccino in the nice, slow, indulging mornings, like Sundays

LAYER 5:

•                Smoke: Used to. Quit simply and without any effort when I became hypochondriac

•                Cuss: Ask my parents, they don’t want to be seen with me

•                Sing: Atrociously

•                Take a shower everyday: Every other day mostly, when I have practice. On the other days I wash just the important bits

•                Do you think you’ve been in love: I know I have

•                Want to go to college: No thanks, been there and thank God it’s over

•                Liked high school: Parts of it

•                Want to get married: Someday, but not a priority

•                Believe in yourself: Lately a whole lot

•                Get motion sickness: Anytime, anywhere, anyhow

•                Think you’re attractive: With tons of make-up, styled hair and a bag on my face yes. Just kidding!

•                Think you’re a health freak: Hell yes. You can refer to the first point of this layer

•                Get along with your parent(s): Sure, and it gets better everyday

•                Like thunderstorms: Kind of impartial to them

•                Play an instrument: I played the piano for a couple of years when I was 7, but then I understood I’m not made to sit down for long hours so I went to dance school and ditched Mozart

LAYER 6: In the past month…

•                Drank alcohol: Yes, couple of glasses of wine during night outs. I’m not a big elbow bender

•                Smoked: Nope

•                Done a drug: Nope

•                Made Out: Sadly nope

•                Gone on a date: Do you want to break me down?

•                Gone to the mall: Of course! I don’t function without shopping, especially when I don’t go on dates, more so when I don’t make out

•                Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No, but I’ve eaten entire boxes of other fat clustered things

•                Eaten sushi: Yes. I can’t imagine life without sushi

•                Been on stage: Yes. I’m an actress

•                Been dumped: Kind of

•                Gone skating: No. Haven’t gone in a while actually

•                Made homemade cookies: I made brownies!

•                Gone skinny dipping: No, never have, but oh so want to

•                Dyed your hair: Yes. My brother in law owns a salon and is the best hairdresser in Rome

•                Stolen Anything: No. I gave up that craft long ago

LAYER 7: Ever…

•                Played a game that required removal of clothing: Required kissing yes. Removal of clothing, not that I can remember

•                Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: More than once

•                Been caught “doing something”: Mmmm, not that I know of

•                Been called a tease: Just by my girlfriends, and just as a joke. Right?

•                Gotten beaten up: No

•                Shoplifted: Oh I have an enviable record. But it’s dated to the 90s

•                Changed who you were, in order to fit in: I used to do it a little when I was younger, but luckily I found out soon enough that it doesn’t serve you at all

LAYER 8:

•                Age you hope to be married: Like I said, it’s not a priority. But I hope to be in love again soon

•                Numbers and Names of Children: Zero, but my first girl might get the name Phoebe. Ain’t it cute?

•                Describe your Dream Wedding: I see a man I’m desperately in love with. Nothing else

•                How do you want to die: Gentle heart failure in the arms of the love of my life

•                Where you want to go to college: Nowhere

•                What do you want to do when you grow up: Great movies

•                What country would you most like to visit: Japan

LAYER 9:

•                Number of drugs taken illegally: Number as in types or times?

•                Number of people I could trust with my life: Four

•                Number of CDs that I own: A lot, but I don’t listen to them anymore, I’ve evolved

•                Number of piercings: Six altogether on the ears and belly button

•                Number of tattoos: Three

•                Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: Couple

•                Number of scars on my body: Some, I don’t know

•                Number of things in my past that I regret: None. Everything I did made me who I am

Now it’s you turn!

Meme

From the ominous Wikipedia:

A meme (pronounced /ˈmiːm/, rhyming with "cream") is a postulated unit of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena. (The word is a blend of "gene" and the Greek word μιμητισμός for "something imitated".) Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes, in that they self-replicate and respond to selective pressures.

The British scientist Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" in The Selfish Gene (1976) as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. Examples of memes given in the book included melodies, catch-phrases, beliefs (notably religious beliefs), fashion, and the technology of building arches.

Meme-theorists contend that memes evolve by natural selection (in a manner analogous to that of biological evolution) through the processes of variation, mutation, competition, and inheritance influencing an individual meme's reproductive success. Memes spread through the behaviors that they generate in their hosts. Memes that propagate less prolifically may become extinct, while others may survive, spread, and (for better or for worse) mutate. Theorists point out that memes which replicate the most effectively spread best, and some memes may replicate effectively even when they prove detrimental to the welfare of their hosts.

I have decided today that I want to lend a hand to extinction verging memes at my own welfare's detrimental risk. I'll start working on that!