I like playing video games, watching movies, reading books, and being with friends. I'm working a full time job as a 911 disptacher. I'm really enjoying my job and hope to advance in it after I've been there a couple years. It's amazing all the stuff I can continue to learn to advance. My dad died in February '08, then it was just me and my mom. Well, she took off and ran away from home at the end of October '08, so now it's just me. I've got lots of friends, whom I really appreciate having in my life. They help me deal when I'm feeling down and out of it. I try to make the most of life and enjoy what I've been given. My friends always tell me I'm sweet and sometimes too nice to people.

I am shy, independent, and stubborn

I'm working and dreaming. I'm working on paying off all those stupid loans that I built up from going to school, I figured I'll have them all paid off in less than 5 more years! Right now I'm working in 911 dispatch, and I'm loving it! I'm thinking I'll make that my career. It gives me benefits of most other jobs, plus the pay is not bad at all. With this job I've got insurance, retirement, and vacation time! I really like this job!! I have my own place. Every now and then, I go ghost hunting with people from work. It's more of a going out and having fun than anything, but we do have fun. We invite new people, and scare some of them.

I'm good at a few things. I'm good at just having fun with friends (don't give me caffeine though(they threaten to tie me to my chair when I have caffeine or much sugar)). I like to write stories, though few have read them. I also like to doodle and make comics. I'm also a really avid collector, of all sorts of things! I collect anime music, episodes, mangas. Whatever I feel the urge to collect at the time. I've got every Sims expansion so far, too! I collect a lot of books too. I have hundreds of them. Most of them are in storage due to lake of space, but I'm working on taking them out and cataloging them on the computer so I know what I actually have. I'm good at cataloging and organizing things. I also like doing crafts. I almost always have some sort of craft project, or more than one, going. I recently found a site to publish some of my writings in order to get feedback from actual people (real people, not imaginary).

Everybody seems to notice something different. Some things are appearances, such as features, or the fact that I look way younger than I actually am (I had a 6th grader thinking I was the new kid when I was observing the class when I was 21). Some people notice my personality first, I seem quiet and reserved when people first meet me. Of course, later I become loud and obnoxious, the more so the more comfortable I am around someone. I had some people at work thinking they'd worn off on me because I got comfortable enough to be more myself.

I like too many to name them all... Howl's Moving Castle - movie, Pride and Prejudice - book and movie, Wheel of Time - books (they should make a movie), Harry Potter - books and movies, Inheritance - books and movies, Savage Garden - music, Robyn - music, Mac & Cheese - food, Eggrolls - food Azumanga Dioah(have), Naruto, Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist, Midori no Hibi, Negima(have), Excel Saga(have), FLCL, Noein(have), Tactics, Neon Genesis Evangelion(have), Tenchi(have), Elfen Lied(have), Gunslinger Girl(have), Esca Flowne(have), Trinity Blood(have), Maburaho(have), Samurai Seven(have), Samurai Champloo, Code Geass, Blood +, Love Hina, Tokko, Gurren Laggan, Now and Then, Here and There (I really like anime!!) The list goes on and on and on. I have over 400 movies and probably close to a thousand or more books.

Sims, Sims 2, Sims Life Stories, Sims Pet Stories, Sims Castaway Stories (I really like the sims, lol)

As far as music. I collect the Now That's What I Call Music CDs. I listen to almost anything. I really like the older music more than the newer though. The people I work with have got me listening to a lot of country music lately.

As for food, I really like sushi. I also love most milk based things, ice cream, cheese, milk, but I'm lactose intolerant and can't enjoy them very often. Mac & Cheese has been one of my favorites since I was little. I also like Ramen Noodles, but who can't.

Friends, my friends are my world(next to my family), Cheese, cheese is my favorite food(unfortunately I'm lactose intolerant), Books, I don't go anywhere without a book in tow(I have hundreds), Internet, I've got to stay connected with everyone I know somehow, Computer, how else could I use the internet or play all the games I love so much, Games, I've got tons!

Weird random things that you'd have to talk to me to learn about. Sometimes I can be having a completely normal conversation with someone, and I'll blurt some thing seemingly unrelated out. I usually then have to explain how my logic connected the topic we were talking about to this completely obscure and random thing. Most people have trouble seeing how my mind can make that connection in such a small amount of time, while explaining the connection can take quite a while. I think about the dreams I've had, who they involved, and what they could mean. I also think about paragraphs for my stories I work on writing and the comics and doodles I draw. I like to think about how I wish things could be, even though I know it will never happen. When I read, I like to imagine I'm in the place and setting of the book. I've actually been so into a book before, that when I got up to do something real quick and sat back down, I look at the tv and wonder what happened to the show I was watching. Lately, I've just been thinking about the wonderful guy I've met, and how I hope it lasts. I can see myself with him happily for a long time.

I'm usually either hanging out with friends or doing a ride along with someone on the police department. One of my favorite shirts relating to work says "Today I...Made life and death decisions...Educated a citizen...Helped keep law enforcement officer safe...Prevented a suicide...Sent help to a serious car accident...Helped find a lost child...Assisted in catching a crook...Was a friend to a total stranger...Calmed a frantic victim...Directed a helicopter to a serious emergency...Stayed on the phone to comfort a parent...Stopped a crime...Stayed calm when an officer or citizen asked for the impossible...Protected your community...Gave someone the rest of their life...Re-united a family with their lost dog...Recovered a stolen vehicle...Instructed someone on CPR (and it worked, she's alive)...Told a cop where to go (and they went)...Made sure the firefighters got to the raging fire...Gave someone a hug via the phone...Worked with a great team...Worked with heroes...Saved lives...Made a difference! What Did You Do? 9-1-1 Always There, Always Ready!" They sell these shirts at 911cares.com if anyone's interested!

I've been through a lot in the past few years, and there are days it seems like I just can't take it. So I've sought help through those times. It's good to seek help when you need it.

You want to chat or for any reason, you think you might want to get to know me, or you want to hang out or even go out sometime. I'm a pretty easy to get along with person. I always enjoy compliments (but who doesn't). I try to be rather open and honest and am usually willing to answer almost any question somebody poses. If you've got a question, feel free to ask. If I get a bunch of the same, I'll start my own faq on here, lol. I'm usually on the computer, bored out of my mind. I check my computer about every day, but I don't always have my messengers up. I try to check this site everyday, so feel free to message me here as well if you'd like me to pull up a messenger to chat. ***AIM: WicDream***Yahoo/MSN: daniemariegray***