25 Random Facts

This has been passed around so I thought I'd finally do it.

1. I have an adorable cat Walter. My old roommate and I got cats together a few years ago. Walter is a monster (in size...in personality he's a baby) but when he was a kitten, he was the cutest round little ball of fluff.

2. I NEED to have at least one cup of coffee EVERY day. My first roommate got me hooked on it. Now, if I don't have a cup of coffee by late morning, I get a RAGING headache.

3. Like Regan, I put on lotion whenever I think of it. I keep it in my purse, in my desk at school, and in my car so it will always be on hand.

4. I love owning books. I have tons of books that I've never read, and my "to read" list gets longer and longer every time I buy a new one. And kids' books are even more of a weakness for me! Scholastic book orders are getting lots of business out of me this year!!!

5. I used to be SUPER picky about food. It's all my big sister's fault! I didn't like peppers, mushrooms, radishes, onions, tomatoes...

6. Okay, so I'm still a little picky about food. I still don't like onions, cooked carrots, or cooked celery. Or tomatoes. But I've REALLY tried to work on liking tomatoes, because they're in everything! I should say, it's just raw ones I don't like. I like things like ketchup, tomato soup, salsa, etc.

7. I'm SUPER queasy about needles. When I went to give blood, I actually thought I might pass out or throw up...before I was even in the blood giving area. When I got my wisdom teeth removed, I was equally concerned about the IV as I was about the surgery.

8. I've known that I wanted to be a teacher since I was in Kindergarten. I remember looking at Mrs. Gropp, my Kindergarten teacher, and thinking that I wanted to be a teacher too because she gets to have fun all day long.

9. I'm extremely afraid of spiders. Once, when I lived at home, I put a cup over a spider for three hours until my dad could get home to kill it. Now, I've got a classroom full of 6-8 year olds who love killing spiders FOR me!

10. I have a ridiculous capacity for remembering details and conversations from a long time ago. I have a terrible short term memory, but if something makes it into my long term memory, I can remember every little detail. Like, I still remember conversations that I had in Kindergarten. I remember thoughts I had in playschool. If I remember something, I can not only tell you what I remember, but also what happened before and after, and probably where you were sitting and what someone else was wearing.

11. I hate HATE abbreviations like LOL and OMG. I use full words (correct spelling) and full sentences (including punctuation) in all my text messages.

12. I love being alone. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE being around people, but I also LOVE spending a whole day alone just reading books and watching movies.

13. This one is similar to #11, but important enough to warrant its own number. I am bothered by poor grammar. Like when people use the wrong "your". Or less common, but equally annoying, using the wrong "too". Argh.

14. My bamboo is dying. I guess this isn't really about ME, but it's in my line of sight right now. And it's sad.

15. I love LOVE the game Catch Phrase. If you haven't played it, you should go out and buy it for your next party. Such fun.

16. I'm turning into my mother. I love things to match (though not to the extreme that my mom does) and I love dots and stripes. And decorating.

17. When I was in grade 4 or 5, I read a book about a girl who dotted her i's with a circle instead of a dot. I decided to do the same and proceeded to do so until about 2 years ago. Seriously.

18. Around the same time, I read a book about a girl whose older brother told her that you're supposed to say "Rabbit Rabbit" on the first day of every month. I've been doing so ever since.

19. I have crazy sensitive teeth. And don't tell me to brush with Sensodyne...I have been for over a year already. It doesn't help.

20. The only time I go to bed early is when I'm sick and I fall asleep on the couch. Even if I have to get up super early, I still can't bring myself to go to bed early.

21. I hate New Years Eve. I have had a long string of bad "luck" with things happening (or not happening) on NYE. This year I finally ended the chain of bad NYE's by spending a lovely, quiet evening with my parents, my Grandma, good food, good movies, good games, and a huge TV.

22. I love New York. I reminded myself of how much I love New York when I typed NYE in #21. I heart NY.

23. I've always wanted glasses. But my eyesight is too good.

24. Speaking of reading, I went to Kindergarten knowing how to read. My parents don't know how I learned. They didn't even know I knew how to read! Mrs. Gropp called my parents and told them!

25. I love peeling hard boiled eggs. Weird, I know.