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.)

In the 1840’s

If I had been born before the 20th century, I’m pretty sure one or more of the following things would have killed me:

• manual labour.
• pneumonia.
• being married to a man fifteen years my senior who didn’t actually care about me.
• childbirth.
• trekking across the vast expanses of prairies & mountains in search of free land.
• snuff addiction.
• corsets.
• the shame of being a bluestocking.

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.