Facebook Phenomenon

I have no idea how this has spread so quickly. I usually buck the trends, especially the overexposing ones. But I’ve really been enjoying reading my friends thoughts and facts. So I’m caving.

25 Facts About Myself:

1. I have studied 5 different languages: French, German, Russian, Spanish & Old English.
2. I can’t play baseball. Not at all. I can’t throw, I can’t catch, and I don’t know how to connect the bat to the ball.
3. I was instrumental in the breaking of my little brother’s arm.
4. I have kept a journal of some sort since I was 16. That adds up to a lot of books. They are all in my closet, and I rarely look at them, but when I do…it makes me happy.
5. In grade 8, I won the Music Award for my amazing baritone skills.
6. I love going to new places and different cultures. Once I go to Asia and Australia, I’ll have been to all the major continents. I am going to Africa this spring, and am uber-excited.
7. I don’t particularly like flying, although I love roadtrips and traveling on trains and boats.  I sometimes get carsick. Especially if I read in transit. I always get sick on the landing of a flight. That is why God created Gravol. I find driving in a car very soothing, which is great when you’re a passenger, not so much when you’re driving. However, I have great trouble actually sleeping in a car (or any upright position).
8. My favourite number is 4. It has been ever since I discovered that 4 x 4 is 16, my previous favourite number.
9. I am still a little bit afraid of the dark.
10. If I could choose an alternative career, I would be a massage therapist.
11. I would rather eat a square of dark chocolate everyday than have a cup of tea or coffee.
12. I don’t drink coffee. Or beer. I prefer girly drinks and a good Earl Grey tea.
13. I want to be a vegetarian. Specifically one who eats locally & organically. But I am too lazy & poor.
14. My default food at a restaurant is a quesadilla. I am rarely off-put by a quesadilla.
15. I don’t always use recipes when I bake. This sometimes gets me in trouble.
16. I have never been drunk. Sometimes I think it would be an interesting experiment, just to see what sort of drunk I am. But I don’t actually want to do it.
17. I would rather be blind than deaf, because I can’t imagine my life without music or eavesdropping.
18. I have dreamt things before they’ve happened.
19. I am too impatient to be really good at most things.
20. I want to publish a book or stories or poetry someday. Preferably soon.
21. I get a little bit giggly over Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan, even though they are both old enough to be my father.
22. I’m not actually cool. I just hang out with a lot of cool people and absorb the coolness. By which I mean, there are few things that I actively seek out – most of my knowledge/experience/interests have come by way of others, and I wouldn’t have sought them out on my own.
23. The exceptions to #22 are ultimate frisbee, photography, creative writing, and babies.
24. Speaking of babies, there are a handful of names that I would really like to name my children someday. I won’t tell you, lest you steal them.
25. If I were to summarize my life in seven words (as JFarq once asked of me), they would be: Jesus makes my life worth living.

(bonus fact: I love the sky. Especially the night sky, replete with stars. But sunrise, sunsets, big fluffy clouds or strungout strands on bright blue…I love ‘em.)

Random Facts About Me

At the request of Dan Ray, ten facts you may not know about me. You might, because I like to talk about the obscure things. But you might not.

1. I worked at a mental hospital/rehab facility for almost a year.
2. In Grade 12, I was President of the Library Club. For real.
3. I once caused my younger brother’s arm to break by helping him fall of some stairs.
4. Although outgoing, I am actually an introvert.
5. I used to have my nose (and ears) pierced. However, my body seems to reject all such types of decoration.
6. I started school when I was three.
7. I will not play chess or Monopoly with my older brother. Monopoly, because he used to cheat when we were little, and chess because I won last time we played and want to keep it that way.
8. I have scoliosis. (sounds bad, doesn’t it?)
9. I do not like the colour green. I really don’t, although I’m trying to grow in this area.
10. I have visited every province in Canada except PEI.

I am not going to tag anyone, but if you want to share your own list, you can leave it in a comment or leave a comment directing me to the list on your own site.