Allow myself to introduce myself

This always happens to me: I think I'm going to have something clever & ground-breaking to say, & then I end up complaining about annoying commercials. Like the new Colgate ad? The one where the girls gets all ready to go surfing (you know with the rash guard & the ankle strap) & then brushes her teeth. I know surfing is this amazing exhilarating experience & maybe the toothpaste is supposed to be, too. But the only thing I can think of watching that commercial is how after swimming (& by extension surfing) in the ocean my mouth is never particularly fresh. It feels numb & the taste of salt is so overwhelming that fresh water actually tastes sweet--like sugar-water-you would-feed-hummingbirds sweet. My mouth stops making spit (I don't know why) & so for an hour afterwards it's like the Sahara, which doesn't really smell good. So why would I want toothpaste that makes my mouth feel salt-numb & extra dry & make my breath smell like a cat's?

So back to the introduction: I live in Seattle, I grew up in the suburbs. I work as a Nurse in ICU, but I may jump to ED or something else exciting, eventually. I love the blood & guts. Which is probably why I like my job as well as zombie movies. I love to travel, but nurses don't make that much money, not to mention my rent in Seattle is exorbitant. This is also the reason I don't out-dress Rachel Zoe; I LOVE fashion & make-up & shoes. I'm afraid of dogs, but I like them. I'm afraid of spiders & I hate them. I really want to be cool, but I know I'm destined to be a geek for the rest of my life. I have the reflexes of a Mongoose (you know, Riki-Tiki-Tavi? they're so fast they eat cobras) but I am a uber-klutz, I'm sure I'll post pictures of my more impressive bruises later.

I can't think of anything else clever or interesting to say, so I'll sign off for now.

PS - Oh, maybe I should explain the pirate thing. I have loved pirates since I was 5--I think it's an extension of my Peter Pan obsession (which I'm mostly over). So now whenever friends & family can't think of things to get me for birthday/Christmas/etc they get me pirate stuff. Pirate band-aids, pirate rubber duckies, pirate books, pirate undies, you get the idea. So what else would I name my blog? & everyone knows pirates' say "Aarg!" This is not to say I dislike ninjas, I like them as much as anybody else. That being said, I would totally kick a ninja's ass.