I have always had a thing for fish... I realized it now as an "adult" because I'm so stuck on The Little Mermaid. I have seen it twice since I got it in the mail this afternoon (somewhat of a surprise) and I keep getting chills as I’m watching it. I was so pressed to be an oceanographer or a marine biologist as a kid but I got lazy and went for the easy subjects in school (that and the sciences were not "cool" in HS)

The magical world of Disney made me fall in love with this movie and I watched it so many times as a kid that I broke the tape. My mom's fav character was Ursula the villain. My fav character was Ariel, of course, because I felt I could relate to her.

I use to feel like I was trapped underwater and wanted to get out and live with the people on land. I just always felt stifled as a kid (don't know how normal that is). I use to wish I could swim or fly far away from home and never look back. This is because I didn't have a lot of friends and I had a crazy imagination, hence I was dubbed the "weird kid on the block" or the geek, dweeb, nerd, cornball, dufis etc.. by my cousin and younger sister (and others).

So I was comforted by and escaped with cartoons, writing stories, and playing Barbie’s until I was way too old to be playing with plastic dolls....

I always watched this movie and hoped that I would escape my world and go off and start a new life where I would find the boy who sweep me off my feet and just so happen to be a prince from some far away land I never heard of... I'm still dreaming... and hoping deep down inside but reality takes over more now that I am a "grown up"....