Ah hell... I don't think I even KNOW 20 things about myself. Blame Liante for this unadulterated list of me!
1. I can't stand the feel of paper against my teeth, especially notebook paper. For some reason even thinking about it makes my eyes water.
2. From about 2nd grade until 8th I either won or placed in the top five of the Young Author's of Illinois competition. Then I stopped writing all together for some reason, and got way out of practice.
3. I have the highest ACT/SAT score on record for my high school, with a 32 composite and a perfect 36 in english, and a 1430 on the SAT.
4. During summer break many years ago, I had to go to the hospital due to exhaustion because I stayed awake for nearly four days straight. Even now I average a bedtime of about 3-4 AM, even when I have really important things to do in the morning. I don't think I have insomnia, I just have horrible sleeping habits.
5. In 7th grade I got into a fight, on the bus, with a kid that had/has a stuttering problem, on a field trip to the rollerskating rink for kids that had exhibited good behavior all year. My best friend tried to stop me, so I elbowed him in the face, and the teacher that finally stopped me, ended up being my homeroom teacher the following year.
6. In 8th grade, I got into a fight, on the bus, the day before picture day, and had deep scratches down the right side of my face. I took the pictures with scars and got banned from riding the bus for the whole school year. That made my mother cry because of our car situation at the time, so that was the last time I ever got into a fight in school... that I ever got in trouble for.
7. My sophmore year of high school, I ran for a twenty yard touchdown. What made this touchdown special was that for about the last 10 yards, I had my pants and lower pads around my knees, since they got pulled down when I was going through the hole. I didn't use to wear underwear beneath my pads, so yeah, *all* of me was hanging out. It was a bitterly cold october night.
8. In non-etiquette required situations, I slurp my water/pop/beverage of choice. I don't notice I do this, but my mother has been trying to change it for nigh upon 22 years now.
9. I have, or been party to, setting each of my dearest friends on fire atleast once, and every single time its been accidental. Most of these times have either happened in chemistry class, someone's backyard, or someone's garage/mechanics bay.
10. I have a thing for books on war and warrior philosophy, particularly eastern swordsmanship. Book of Five Rings, Art of War (Sun Tzu and Machiavellian), Hagakure, the Prince are some amongst a lot more.
11. I own and have read three versions of the Bible, one of Qu'ran, and one of the Torah. Also have read and own the Tao T'Ching, Upanishads, the Kami Way and the Bhagavad-Gita. Just like to try and understand everyone within their own context.
12. Miyamoto Musashi and Walter Payton are my idles. All kinds of books and posters on both. I own a replica of Musashi's sword, and I wore Walter's number in every football game I played.
13. At my strongest, I could squat 550 lbs and bench 275. A misunderstanding with these numbers caused me trouble throughout basic training and my first year at the Air Force Academy.
14. My grandmother was an english teacher, and taught me to read when I was like two. Every Sunday I would take the the Toys R' Us paper out of the sales section, and point to what I would want. The only way she would take me to the store was is if I could read what I wanted. Sadly my grandmother passed before the advent of video games.
15. A majority of my everyday wardrobe consists of football, baseball, basketball, and track t-shirts from when I was in high school, and a bunch of video game t-shirts I got from working at EB Games.
16. I am extremely conscious about smiling because of a small gap I have in my front two teeth. On the whole, I have nice teeth, but that little gap use to get me teased mercilessly. So unless I'm having a really good time and am unaware, or I make a conscious effort, I just sort of smirk instead of fully smiling.
17. I street race, or atleast I use to before I had to sell my car. I had a 1974 Plymouth Duster 340 that I'd been working on for the last six years. Got it to run high elevens too.
18. I have never been to the East Coast or the West Coast and I've made it one of my life goals to be able to travel whenever I want to. Farthest west I've gone is Colorado. Farthest East is DC, although I don't really consider that East coast.
19. My first strip club experience was completely by accident. I've lived where I live for about the past twelve years, and in all that time I'd always driven past this place called "Jimmy's Restaurant". Well, onetime at the age of 17 I decided to stop in and eat there, since the place was always packed with cars at all times of the day during the week. So imagine my surprise when I was greeted with a miasma of smoke, sticky floors, and a burly door guard named Chuck. In retrospect, I've seen much better breasts since that day, but those ones left a major impression.
20. I have broken into someone's car, briefly sold weed, and been in possession of an illegal firearm. I've only done either of the three once, and the first two times were for good causes. And perhaps I've said too much...
Heh, in looking back on it I have a lot more I can say, but I honestly don't think to many people want to hear about me. Is you satisfied now crazy woman?!
1. I can't stand the feel of paper against my teeth, especially notebook paper. For some reason even thinking about it makes my eyes water.
2. From about 2nd grade until 8th I either won or placed in the top five of the Young Author's of Illinois competition. Then I stopped writing all together for some reason, and got way out of practice.
3. I have the highest ACT/SAT score on record for my high school, with a 32 composite and a perfect 36 in english, and a 1430 on the SAT.
4. During summer break many years ago, I had to go to the hospital due to exhaustion because I stayed awake for nearly four days straight. Even now I average a bedtime of about 3-4 AM, even when I have really important things to do in the morning. I don't think I have insomnia, I just have horrible sleeping habits.
5. In 7th grade I got into a fight, on the bus, with a kid that had/has a stuttering problem, on a field trip to the rollerskating rink for kids that had exhibited good behavior all year. My best friend tried to stop me, so I elbowed him in the face, and the teacher that finally stopped me, ended up being my homeroom teacher the following year.
6. In 8th grade, I got into a fight, on the bus, the day before picture day, and had deep scratches down the right side of my face. I took the pictures with scars and got banned from riding the bus for the whole school year. That made my mother cry because of our car situation at the time, so that was the last time I ever got into a fight in school... that I ever got in trouble for.
7. My sophmore year of high school, I ran for a twenty yard touchdown. What made this touchdown special was that for about the last 10 yards, I had my pants and lower pads around my knees, since they got pulled down when I was going through the hole. I didn't use to wear underwear beneath my pads, so yeah, *all* of me was hanging out. It was a bitterly cold october night.
8. In non-etiquette required situations, I slurp my water/pop/beverage of choice. I don't notice I do this, but my mother has been trying to change it for nigh upon 22 years now.
9. I have, or been party to, setting each of my dearest friends on fire atleast once, and every single time its been accidental. Most of these times have either happened in chemistry class, someone's backyard, or someone's garage/mechanics bay.
10. I have a thing for books on war and warrior philosophy, particularly eastern swordsmanship. Book of Five Rings, Art of War (Sun Tzu and Machiavellian), Hagakure, the Prince are some amongst a lot more.
11. I own and have read three versions of the Bible, one of Qu'ran, and one of the Torah. Also have read and own the Tao T'Ching, Upanishads, the Kami Way and the Bhagavad-Gita. Just like to try and understand everyone within their own context.
12. Miyamoto Musashi and Walter Payton are my idles. All kinds of books and posters on both. I own a replica of Musashi's sword, and I wore Walter's number in every football game I played.
13. At my strongest, I could squat 550 lbs and bench 275. A misunderstanding with these numbers caused me trouble throughout basic training and my first year at the Air Force Academy.
14. My grandmother was an english teacher, and taught me to read when I was like two. Every Sunday I would take the the Toys R' Us paper out of the sales section, and point to what I would want. The only way she would take me to the store was is if I could read what I wanted. Sadly my grandmother passed before the advent of video games.
15. A majority of my everyday wardrobe consists of football, baseball, basketball, and track t-shirts from when I was in high school, and a bunch of video game t-shirts I got from working at EB Games.
16. I am extremely conscious about smiling because of a small gap I have in my front two teeth. On the whole, I have nice teeth, but that little gap use to get me teased mercilessly. So unless I'm having a really good time and am unaware, or I make a conscious effort, I just sort of smirk instead of fully smiling.
17. I street race, or atleast I use to before I had to sell my car. I had a 1974 Plymouth Duster 340 that I'd been working on for the last six years. Got it to run high elevens too.
18. I have never been to the East Coast or the West Coast and I've made it one of my life goals to be able to travel whenever I want to. Farthest west I've gone is Colorado. Farthest East is DC, although I don't really consider that East coast.
19. My first strip club experience was completely by accident. I've lived where I live for about the past twelve years, and in all that time I'd always driven past this place called "Jimmy's Restaurant". Well, onetime at the age of 17 I decided to stop in and eat there, since the place was always packed with cars at all times of the day during the week. So imagine my surprise when I was greeted with a miasma of smoke, sticky floors, and a burly door guard named Chuck. In retrospect, I've seen much better breasts since that day, but those ones left a major impression.
20. I have broken into someone's car, briefly sold weed, and been in possession of an illegal firearm. I've only done either of the three once, and the first two times were for good causes. And perhaps I've said too much...
Heh, in looking back on it I have a lot more I can say, but I honestly don't think to many people want to hear about me. Is you satisfied now crazy woman?!
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I am also assuming that you will not in fact be around in DC, for which I say: fie! Fie unto thee! and will try to get pictures so that I can mock you with what all you missed.
But my camera sucks so I don't know if that'll happen. Hopefully someone else will have a better one.
Did your grandmother's Toys R Us bribes leave you with a love of reading, or just a sense of cross-eyed frustration? What are you reading now?