Coyote's Den

This was originally one of those memes that goes around LiveJournal.

TEN random things about me:

10. I doubt my sanity often
9. I once ate a flour beetle to prove they are harmless
8. I like music but can't stand listening to it
7. I'm moody, but not as bad as I was
6. Stuffed, roast breast of veal is one of my favorite foods
5. I've read more books than I can remember
4. I'm old enough to remember stuff that's in history books
3. I want to save the world. No. Really.
2. I'm decent at almost everything I do, but I don't think I'm _very_ good at anything
1. I believe in the supernatural, but I also believe that 99.99999% of what people babble about it is bullshit

NINE ways to win my heart:

9. Do a good deed for no reward other than doing it
8. Face something you are afraid of
7. Trust me without doing it blindly
6. Try to make the world a better place
5. Appreciate Beauty, whatever you think beauty is
4. Laugh without using laughter to injure someone
3. Love my friends
2. Do the right thing
1. Care

EIGHT things I want to do before I die:

8. Pass on a useful and practical philosophy
7. Make the world a better place
6. Have a real home
5. Have a family/pack who I trust wholeheartedly
4. Make sense of the mysteries in my life
3. Write books
2. Be able to touch and hold the things I believe in, and not just have to take them on faith
1. Satisfy my unsatisfied hungers completely, so that for at least a while I can feel sated, instead of always feeling like I've gotten just a taste

SEVEN ways to annoy me

7. Derive pleasure from hurting or belittling others
6. Make definitive statements regarding things about which you clearly know nothing
5. Trample or abuse something or someone I appreciate
4. Fail to give a shit about the consequences of your actions
3. Do stupid things that you know are stupid and then complain when they bite you
2. Tear down things when others (like me) are trying to build them up
1. Get in my way when I'm trying to do something difficult

SIX things I believe in:

6. Life's longing for itself
5. That the Creator isn't blind, cruel or nonexistent
4. That there is a best self in everyone, and they can choose to feed and be that best self
3. That what we do matters.
2. That the things we love in our core, and which our souls find Beauty in strike us that way for a good reason.
1. That there's always a way, if we stick together

FIVE things I'm afraid of:

5. That people will never live up to their best potential
4. That the people who don't give a shit, or who act out of greed, callousness or cruelty will win
3. That I'll try to do something good and only pass on some fatal flaw
2. That I won't be up to the tasks I've set for myself or that have been set for me
1. That I'll never really get anyone to stand by my side when something is too big for me alone

FOUR of my favorite items in my room

4. My bed
3. My little stuffed Coyote, Vincent, that my good friend Timberwolf gave me
2. My starry coyote blanket my friend Wontolla gave me
1. My mate, Coryn

THREE things I do everyday

3. Bitch
2. Think long and hard about the world, ethics, practicality, spirit, and all that other philosophically-stuff
1. Consume things that are bad for me in a vain effort to be more alert

TWO things I want to do right now:

2. Fall asleep
1. Finish the 8-zillion projects I have pending, both responsibilities and chosen for delight

ONE person I want to see right now:

1. There are too many people I want to see right now.