100 facts about me
This meme was all over Twitter yesterday, and it bugged me. The idea was fun, but the spamming of everyone's timelines was not. So I'm doing mine here. It was extremely difficult, but interresting, to try to come up with the full 100.
1. I'm a lefty...
2. ...but I do some things with my left and others with my right. I play golf like a righty, but hockey like a lefty. Write with my left hand, but use scissors with my right.
3. When I was growing up, my family bred dogs. German Sheperds, and Cairn Terriers.
4. We also had West Highland White Terriers.
5. And cats.
6. A lot of my childhood summers were spent traveling around the country to various dog shows.
7. Many of my fondest memories are from these travels.
8. My first love's name is Joel. We "dated" from kindergarten to sixth grade. We're still good friends to this day.
9. I had my first kiss in kindergarten.
10. My first REAL kiss when I was 14.
11. I nagged my mom and dad for a cat for years, and finally got my Cicero when I was 8.
12. Cicero was my best friend for 16 years, he had to be put down this January.
13. 13 is my favorite number. I used to say so only because everyone else hated it, but a lot of good things have happened to me on the 13th over the years, so it stuck.
14. I have changed my major 4 times.
15. I never want to graduate from uni.
16. Becoming a responsible adult with a full time job scares the shit out of me.
17. I used to say I hate kids.
18. That was a lie. I don't hate kids, I hate myself around them. I don't trust myself to take care of them or to be interesting enough for their demands.
19. My random hidden talent: I'm awesome at Minesweeper.
20. I can bend my thumbs backwards in a way that dislocates them and do so frequently just for fun.
21. I have three tattoos and plan on getting several more.
22. Just the thought of blood and injuries make me queezy.
23. I have never broken a bone.
24. The only surgery I've had was when I was an infant.
25. I have social phobia, but I have taught myself to get a lot better than I used to be.
26. People never believe me when I first tell them about nr 25, and often claim that I'm the most social person they know.
27. My favorite animal is tiger, and I give monthly to WWF to help save them.
28. I love climbing trees.
29. As a tween, my favorite band was Hanson.
30. My current favorite band is Hoffmaestro.
31. I'm terrified of making phone calls to people I don't know and often cry before making them if I don't entirely refuse to call.
32. The only sport I've ever had a talent for is golf.
33. Some of my favorite movies are Bend It Like Beckham, Pride & Prejudice, The Holiday.
34. My favorite book is The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
35. I want to write books for children and young adults.
36. My favorite genre in books is where fantasy mixes with reality. (Harry Potter, Mortal Instruments, Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series).
37. My favorite song is Michael Jackson's "Give in to me".
38. I didn't drink soda until I was about 15. I hated carbon dioxide.
39. I would like to do dirty naughty things with Rihanna.
40. I change my haircolor way too often.
41. I think the hottest guys are those who have one Scandinavian and one South European or North African parent.
42. My favorite subject in school was always English.
43. I hated chemistry and maths. Luckily, I was pretty good at maths despite hating it, and never had to struggle.
44. I could have had really good grades, but I was too lazy to study.
45. I failed PE.
46. I went to music school in high school.
47. I have played Sneezy in a musical for children.
48. I'm terrified of not being liked.
49. I have fought with and cursed at every single teacher I ever had from 1st to 9th grade, except one.
50. I have been sent out of class on several occasions, once I was lifted out with the chair and all when I refused to leave.
51. When people talk shit about Michael Jackson around me, I immediately become extremely immature and cry and call people names. I'm unable to ever keep my cool and present a sensible argument.
52. I really really really wish I could dance.
53. I really really really wish I could draw.
54. I like many different genres of music. The only thing I know I DON'T like is metal where the growling is so extreme I can't hear the lyrics.
55. I often remember the exact wording from conversations and it bugs me a lot when people misquote.
56. I can't read sheet music. All through music school, people had to play/sing the parts for me, and then I repeated them. This I was VERY good at.
57. I have played a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex in a play at university. I suddenly appeared out of a hatch in the floor screaming for my daddy, and it scared the shit out of the audience every single time. It was fun.
58. The countries I have been to are: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Tunisia and England.
59. The trip to England was in '07 with my best friend Elin. We met up with people from all over the world that we'd met at an online community for the guitarist Slash. We met up in London to see Aerosmith live at Hyde Park calling.
60. I still have a few milk teeth. There are no new ones growing out, so I will have to replace them when they fall apart.
61. I love being alone. Sometimes I don't go outside for days.
62. My celebrity lookalike is Kirsten Dunst.
63. The bodyparts I get the most compliments for are my boobs.
64. When on my own, I mostly live on coffee, yoghurt, noodles and bananas.
65. I really dislike cooking.
66. I hate arguments, and get extremely insecure and uncomfortable when people criticize me.
67. When two of my friends argue, I always play the mediator.
68. I'm a really horrible liar.
69. I believe God was invented by lonely people, but I respect the ones who believe.
70. I love history, especially culture history. When I visited a cathedral from the 13th century, I was in awe imagining all the people who had sat on those benches, mourned and celebrated within those walls.
71. I hardly ever take painkillers, even if I need them.
72. I'm very rarely sick, so when I am, I like to have a legit reason to be pathetic and feel sorry for myself for a bit.
73. The first time I drove a moped, I crashed through a hedge, into a lodge, flew off the moped and slid across a gravelled driveway. My friend hadn't taught me where the brakes were.
74. I have several scars in and on my hands from where I've accidentally cut myself with knives.
75. I speared my finger with a dagger of the exact same model that Angelina Jolie uses as Lara Croft in the first movie when she cuts the book open to find the letter from her father.
76. My favorite sport is football/soccer. My favorite teams are Man Utd, Milan and Real Madrid. National teams: Italy (even though I hate the way they play) and Portugal.
77. I never ever in my life thought I would call myself a My Chemical Romance fan, but they have been growing on me very rapidly lately. I love the idea of the Killjoys concept from their latest album.
78. My favorite drink is called "Snowball". It's made from egg liqueur, vodka and sprite.
79. I don't have a driver's license, despite being almost 25 years old.
80. I am currently obsessed with Green Day's song "Are We The Waiting".
81. I'm currently writing a My Chemical Romance/Green Day crossover fic based around the Killjoys world concept vs. real world.
82. My favorite Harry Potter character is Ron Weasley, followed by Fred and George.
83. My favorite book in the Harry Potter series is The Goblet of Fire, but my favorite movie is The Sorcerer's Stone.
84. I like Twilight.
85. I own over 50 books that I haven't read, but I still continue to buy new ones all the time.
86. I'm really bad at making new friends, so in new situations (for example starting a new uni) when I find one or a few people I like and get along with, I stick to them from then on, and am content with that.
87. My personality is a perfect mix between my parents', which sometimes is troublesome for me, as those two sides are very contradictory.
88. I have a lot of things in common with both my parents and immensely enjoy spending time with both of them.
89. I have two older brothers who both live on the other side of the country.
90. I don't think I could ever live abroad for as long as my parents are alive. I want to be close to them.
91. There are days when my skin is super sensitive and if you poke me I'll be in pain for several minutes. I have no idea why, especially since it's not like that all the time.
92. I value my online friends just as much as my offline friends, and it hurts my feelings when others don't do the same.
93. My demands on myself are always higher than they should be, especially with things I know I'm good at, which often leads to disappointment or unnecessary stress.
94. I correct other people's grammar all the time. I'm the language police, driving people nuts.
95. I love the word "snogging".
96. Accents and dialects fascinate me.
97. Sociolinguistics is my favorite of all the classes I've taken so far.
98. I never belonged to a certain "clique" in school. I never had a certain style. I ran inbetween, had friends in all cliques, and dressed very differently from day to day.
99. My self-confidence is good, while my self-esteem is very very low.
100. My favorite quote comes in several different but very similar variations, and I love them all. This is one of them: "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW-- what a ride!"
1. I'm a lefty...
2. ...but I do some things with my left and others with my right. I play golf like a righty, but hockey like a lefty. Write with my left hand, but use scissors with my right.
3. When I was growing up, my family bred dogs. German Sheperds, and Cairn Terriers.
4. We also had West Highland White Terriers.
5. And cats.
6. A lot of my childhood summers were spent traveling around the country to various dog shows.
7. Many of my fondest memories are from these travels.
8. My first love's name is Joel. We "dated" from kindergarten to sixth grade. We're still good friends to this day.
9. I had my first kiss in kindergarten.
10. My first REAL kiss when I was 14.
11. I nagged my mom and dad for a cat for years, and finally got my Cicero when I was 8.
12. Cicero was my best friend for 16 years, he had to be put down this January.
13. 13 is my favorite number. I used to say so only because everyone else hated it, but a lot of good things have happened to me on the 13th over the years, so it stuck.
14. I have changed my major 4 times.
15. I never want to graduate from uni.
16. Becoming a responsible adult with a full time job scares the shit out of me.
17. I used to say I hate kids.
18. That was a lie. I don't hate kids, I hate myself around them. I don't trust myself to take care of them or to be interesting enough for their demands.
19. My random hidden talent: I'm awesome at Minesweeper.
20. I can bend my thumbs backwards in a way that dislocates them and do so frequently just for fun.
21. I have three tattoos and plan on getting several more.
22. Just the thought of blood and injuries make me queezy.
23. I have never broken a bone.
24. The only surgery I've had was when I was an infant.
25. I have social phobia, but I have taught myself to get a lot better than I used to be.
26. People never believe me when I first tell them about nr 25, and often claim that I'm the most social person they know.
27. My favorite animal is tiger, and I give monthly to WWF to help save them.
28. I love climbing trees.
29. As a tween, my favorite band was Hanson.
30. My current favorite band is Hoffmaestro.
31. I'm terrified of making phone calls to people I don't know and often cry before making them if I don't entirely refuse to call.
32. The only sport I've ever had a talent for is golf.
33. Some of my favorite movies are Bend It Like Beckham, Pride & Prejudice, The Holiday.
34. My favorite book is The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
35. I want to write books for children and young adults.
36. My favorite genre in books is where fantasy mixes with reality. (Harry Potter, Mortal Instruments, Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series).
37. My favorite song is Michael Jackson's "Give in to me".
38. I didn't drink soda until I was about 15. I hated carbon dioxide.
39. I would like to do dirty naughty things with Rihanna.
40. I change my haircolor way too often.
41. I think the hottest guys are those who have one Scandinavian and one South European or North African parent.
42. My favorite subject in school was always English.
43. I hated chemistry and maths. Luckily, I was pretty good at maths despite hating it, and never had to struggle.
44. I could have had really good grades, but I was too lazy to study.
45. I failed PE.
46. I went to music school in high school.
47. I have played Sneezy in a musical for children.
48. I'm terrified of not being liked.
49. I have fought with and cursed at every single teacher I ever had from 1st to 9th grade, except one.
50. I have been sent out of class on several occasions, once I was lifted out with the chair and all when I refused to leave.
51. When people talk shit about Michael Jackson around me, I immediately become extremely immature and cry and call people names. I'm unable to ever keep my cool and present a sensible argument.
52. I really really really wish I could dance.
53. I really really really wish I could draw.
54. I like many different genres of music. The only thing I know I DON'T like is metal where the growling is so extreme I can't hear the lyrics.
55. I often remember the exact wording from conversations and it bugs me a lot when people misquote.
56. I can't read sheet music. All through music school, people had to play/sing the parts for me, and then I repeated them. This I was VERY good at.
57. I have played a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex in a play at university. I suddenly appeared out of a hatch in the floor screaming for my daddy, and it scared the shit out of the audience every single time. It was fun.
58. The countries I have been to are: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Tunisia and England.
59. The trip to England was in '07 with my best friend Elin. We met up with people from all over the world that we'd met at an online community for the guitarist Slash. We met up in London to see Aerosmith live at Hyde Park calling.
60. I still have a few milk teeth. There are no new ones growing out, so I will have to replace them when they fall apart.
61. I love being alone. Sometimes I don't go outside for days.
62. My celebrity lookalike is Kirsten Dunst.
63. The bodyparts I get the most compliments for are my boobs.
64. When on my own, I mostly live on coffee, yoghurt, noodles and bananas.
65. I really dislike cooking.
66. I hate arguments, and get extremely insecure and uncomfortable when people criticize me.
67. When two of my friends argue, I always play the mediator.
68. I'm a really horrible liar.
69. I believe God was invented by lonely people, but I respect the ones who believe.
70. I love history, especially culture history. When I visited a cathedral from the 13th century, I was in awe imagining all the people who had sat on those benches, mourned and celebrated within those walls.
71. I hardly ever take painkillers, even if I need them.
72. I'm very rarely sick, so when I am, I like to have a legit reason to be pathetic and feel sorry for myself for a bit.
73. The first time I drove a moped, I crashed through a hedge, into a lodge, flew off the moped and slid across a gravelled driveway. My friend hadn't taught me where the brakes were.
74. I have several scars in and on my hands from where I've accidentally cut myself with knives.
75. I speared my finger with a dagger of the exact same model that Angelina Jolie uses as Lara Croft in the first movie when she cuts the book open to find the letter from her father.
76. My favorite sport is football/soccer. My favorite teams are Man Utd, Milan and Real Madrid. National teams: Italy (even though I hate the way they play) and Portugal.
77. I never ever in my life thought I would call myself a My Chemical Romance fan, but they have been growing on me very rapidly lately. I love the idea of the Killjoys concept from their latest album.
78. My favorite drink is called "Snowball". It's made from egg liqueur, vodka and sprite.
79. I don't have a driver's license, despite being almost 25 years old.
80. I am currently obsessed with Green Day's song "Are We The Waiting".
81. I'm currently writing a My Chemical Romance/Green Day crossover fic based around the Killjoys world concept vs. real world.
82. My favorite Harry Potter character is Ron Weasley, followed by Fred and George.
83. My favorite book in the Harry Potter series is The Goblet of Fire, but my favorite movie is The Sorcerer's Stone.
84. I like Twilight.
85. I own over 50 books that I haven't read, but I still continue to buy new ones all the time.
86. I'm really bad at making new friends, so in new situations (for example starting a new uni) when I find one or a few people I like and get along with, I stick to them from then on, and am content with that.
87. My personality is a perfect mix between my parents', which sometimes is troublesome for me, as those two sides are very contradictory.
88. I have a lot of things in common with both my parents and immensely enjoy spending time with both of them.
89. I have two older brothers who both live on the other side of the country.
90. I don't think I could ever live abroad for as long as my parents are alive. I want to be close to them.
91. There are days when my skin is super sensitive and if you poke me I'll be in pain for several minutes. I have no idea why, especially since it's not like that all the time.
92. I value my online friends just as much as my offline friends, and it hurts my feelings when others don't do the same.
93. My demands on myself are always higher than they should be, especially with things I know I'm good at, which often leads to disappointment or unnecessary stress.
94. I correct other people's grammar all the time. I'm the language police, driving people nuts.
95. I love the word "snogging".
96. Accents and dialects fascinate me.
97. Sociolinguistics is my favorite of all the classes I've taken so far.
98. I never belonged to a certain "clique" in school. I never had a certain style. I ran inbetween, had friends in all cliques, and dressed very differently from day to day.
99. My self-confidence is good, while my self-esteem is very very low.
100. My favorite quote comes in several different but very similar variations, and I love them all. This is one of them: "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW-- what a ride!"