I've been nominated twice to do this now and I'm afraid if I put it off any longer I'll have to give 15 or more facts about myself. Lets bang on with just 5 and thanks to @demotruk and @earisu for nominating

1. I once dressed up as a prostitute with a sign that said "For Rent" standing in the main lobby area of my university as part of a college assignment.

I can't even really remember the point of that assignment but when I went to University I studied a course where I did a lot of stuff like this. In one class I remember we all had to stand and watch people eating in the cafe as if we were watching a show. We listened and laughed whenever they laughed making them feel extremely awkward. This was on our lecturers instruction. Another class was spent pretending to be toddlers in a creche - again, the lecturers idea. Dressing up as a prostitute was my own idea though.

It was often surreal to be on a course that consisted of so much fun but in the end I think I've learned performance skills and how to let go of inhibitions that prevent you from saying or doing something that makes people feel a certain way about you. It was a degree in cultural resource studies and that particular class was theatre and performance studies.

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My classmate and I performing in a play as 2 talking dead dogs

2. I am a feminist and that doesn't mean whining about women's rights

Another class on this course was cultural theories in context. That's where I learned what normal university students tend to learn about, including people who made a difference to the world. Feminism was just one of many of the cultural theories we studied but it's one that I almost always assigned myself to when given a choice. Believe it or not, studying feminism did not turn me into a man hating lesbian that wants to destroy the institution of marriage and lock up women who self objectify themselves through photography or pornography. In fact I'd go as far to say that it probably had the opposite effect - opening my eyes to the perpetuated myth that women's problems are men's fault. I was taught to look objectively at the way people and the world is and question and analyse why they are that way - not to force change but to find freedom. Freedom from whatever restrictions both men and women suffer from due to cultural appropriation and delegation for gender.

3. I'm obsessed with flying and hope to buy myself an airplane with bitcoin CASH

I'm not sure when or how it started, maybe it was from always climbing trees when I was a kid. For some reason I've always loved being high. And no, I don't smoke or take inducing substances. I'll have the odd drink to help with my tolerance of other people under the influence but that's not the high I'm talking about. I train in pole and aerial arts which involves climbing or pulling up to a height and performing tricky movements known as "tricks" while up there. I've also once taken a flying lesson where I first did a simulated take off and landing, and then actually went up in a plane and took control while up there. Believe it or not the simulator was far more terrifying than the actual flight.

4. I've always had a hard time maintaining a healthy weight

One of the reasons I took up aerial arts was because I was looking for a sport and fitness routine to boost my appetite. Through neglect and stress I have on multiple occasions found myself to be underweight according to NIH standards. I don't believe in the accuracy of the BMI scale because I believe it only works as a general rule for the majority of people, but I would be just one exception to the rule. I have build up my weight before to the point where my belly was starting to protrude unhealthily but even then I was less than 8 stone.

I do have a problem of losing weight fast when I don't eat properly. It would often happen if I had been drinking that I would completely lose my appetite the following day and have to force myself to eat. Stress and anxiety have also contributed to weight loss in the past and each time it happens I end up putting myself onto a strict self built diet of bingeing to try to make up for the weight that was lost. And it always takes longer to get it back. Some people will say "lucky you, take some of my fat" and often suggest that the opposite way around is worse. I can't help but feel that these people lack understanding or don't make the effort to understand that this issue is just the same but on the other side of the spectrum and is just as humiliating for self esteem and hard to control.

5. I have 2 tattoos and I'm going to tell you about 1 of them

I got my second tattoo about 5 years ago and have written about it on steemit before. Although a lot of people look at it and ask is it clouds or fish or other embarrassingly incorrect guesses I have tiger stripes that run down the back of my neck onto my shoulder blade. I designed this tattoo myself over a couple months of just imagining it already there before I actually made the decision to get it printed. I was going through a learning curve at the time about self acceptance. I had gone through a break up that riddled me with guilt and it took me a long time to forgive my selfish nature.

The reason for the tiger stripes is due to 2 things I respect about tigers. The first is that they are evil by nature. That might sound like something that shouldn't be respected but I'm talking about from the perspective of the creatures it kills. From the perspective of the tiger though - she is just doing what she was born to do to survive. She doesn't feel guilt over her food.

The second thing I admire and respect about tigers is their independence. They don't pair up with other tigers and stay together forever. They are usually only co-dependent on their siblings as cubs. By this I don't mean that I don't respect co-dependency, I do see the value in it and I have been madly in love to the point where I would compromise my valuable time in their times of need. I see no flaw in being that way and believe a person who is worth that much to you should be cherished. But I respect the tigers ability to be alone because sometimes we are forced to be. And I value my own ability to walk away from a relationship or any other emotional investment when faced with a harsh reality.

Well now that you know me a little better maybe you'll join us today for the VOTU pocast to talk about the role of a witness ;) OH and I nominate @steveconnor and @steemitgraven29 to tell us 5 facts about them.

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