it's a thankless job.
i combined two, one was that bitch ass 25 things and the other counted down questions from ten. we are all so vain. i stopped, though, because those 25 things wore me out. also, that's a lot of shit to read. so yeah, i did, and i'm not even sorry!
10 Things I Bet You Didn't Know About Me.
1. I have a really bum knee. I’m not comfortable with anything being near it, and I will lose it if you touch it. It’s an advanced form of Osgood-Schlatter, and I’ve got a nasty bump below my patella that is, in effect, a broken bone. I haven’t taken a jog in five years. There is a useful side, though. I know when it’s about to rain.
2. I am the WORST about car singing. Like, I make people uncomfortable. Look, I’m just jammin’!
3. I actually can dance. Quite well, in fact. I just hate to do it at bars. I am not alone in this.
4. I still cry really hard about the hurricane sometimes. My aunt and I both bawled when we got our Alabama licenses.
5. My friend and I had a list of things we wanted to do before we became adults with real jobs, and I’ve done all but break up with a boy by way of birthday card. I think I might wait until I am an adult with a real job to pull that one off. I think I might have to.
6. I have never had a real boyfriend. I mean, for more than a couple months, and those were back before I was 18 even.
7. I balance my Mexican/Southern white folk/Cajun heritage quite well. I never graduated high school, I own a leopard print jacket, I can swear in two languages and say nonsense phrases in the third, I am a fantastic cook, I drive a banged up car (previously a station wagon...), I will graduate college, I can booty dance, according to Alabama kids I have a little bit of an accent, and I’m pale as fuck. Whatever.
8. No, I’m not arrogant. Usually I’m terrified. If I’m not terrified, I’m extremely reserved. See #3. I had to work hard to be comfortable enough to speak to people, and that didn’t happen until high school. Sometimes now, I admit, I can talk a lot.
9. I have exactly three big secrets. Each had an effect on a part of my personality, but really, I can’t say anything. Sometimes that makes things rather awkward. Some people know. Some people know a portion. No one in the world knows them all.
10. There is very little I like more than live shows. I have acted since I was five, danced since I was six, played piano at eight, sang since junior high, and worked radio since high school.
11. I can’t take pills or shots. Eventually it happens; I’m just not very good at it. It’s one of the only things in my life I faithfully practice. Taking shots, that is.
12. I like drinking. I like drinking every day, but I hate being drunk. I am always the DD. It’s hard to make friends that are comfortable drinking every day but not irresponsible and wild. Not that that’s always a bad thing.
13. Get off my back, I know I mumble!
14. I like to wear little kid sparkly chapstick.
15. You’d think that by now I’d be hopelessly addicted to nicotine. I’m not. Some days I smoke half a pack, some days I smoke none at all. And I do still believe that smoking only when drunk is cheating and should not be tolerated.
16. I’ve had sex in some awesome places.
17. I love Beyonce. Like, don’t even. I can make real and logical arguments to defend that.
18. I do actually have a second cat alongside Isabel. (Or Fatty Fatty Boompkiss, for those with enough balls to say it to her face.) The kittens’ name is Satchmo, Mo for short, and he has been extremely sick. I wasn’t sure he was alive or not for the past week, and frankly, I didn’t want to know. Anyway, he is, he that used to blow snot bubbles, have noisy poops, and gave me ringworm. He’ll be at the house within three weeks. (Fully cured.)
19. I hate regular flavored potato chips, tomatoes, and yellow cheese that isn’t melted.
20. I have seen dead people.
21. I am not interested in drugs. They either make me sick or scare me. I’m even bad about taking Excedrin or Sudafed.
22. I’m getting ink’d on Friday. I think almost all tattoos on girls are so trashy, and I can’t believe I’m doing it. I’ve thought about it for at least two years now, so that’s okay.
23. I have more guy friends than girls. That’s an understatement. Almost all of my friends are boys.
24. I changed my last name to include my mother’s maiden name. I think that’s fair.
25. I have a serious theory about why Aquaman is the best superhero ever. I believe it wholeheartedly. Aren’t we all just fishy down deep in our forebrains?
9 Things About My Friends.
9. Dodger likes the way words sound when he’s drunk. Thus, the best drunk texts come from this guy.
8. Janie once drew me a picture.
7. I think Davis is dead or living as a hermit in the swamps or on a fishing boat out in the deep sea.
6. Beth H is my roommate, and she plays the French horn and in a little band called Squirrelhouse. We wage wars together against ants, cat hair, and dirty boys.
5. Brad manages a serious metal band called Destroy Destroy Destroy. Their show at X-TREME Daiquiris in Gonzales, LA is still a favorite memory of mine. Also, he has sweet dreads.
4. Emily Perkins is the coolest person I know, and one of a few reasons I ever go to Baton Rouge. She gives me cheap drinks at her bar, too.
3. Shane, Matt Patton, and I once hung out in a heroin den. I take full responsibility, since it was my high school friends that were involved.
2. I miss Ben. He is going to Italy. I am supposed to run away there with him. Somehow, I don’t think that’s happening.
1. Bet-Ha. I don’t even know. This girl once told me I was the best mix of fantastical and realistic. We have made a music video, traveled the country, discovered music, and there is just altogether too much.
8 Places I Wish I Was.
8. New Orleans
7. Mexico City
6. New Orleans
5. At a concert
4. New Orleans
3. Any collection of museums
2. Prague
1. New Orleans
10 Things I Bet You Didn't Know About Me.
1. I have a really bum knee. I’m not comfortable with anything being near it, and I will lose it if you touch it. It’s an advanced form of Osgood-Schlatter, and I’ve got a nasty bump below my patella that is, in effect, a broken bone. I haven’t taken a jog in five years. There is a useful side, though. I know when it’s about to rain.
2. I am the WORST about car singing. Like, I make people uncomfortable. Look, I’m just jammin’!
3. I actually can dance. Quite well, in fact. I just hate to do it at bars. I am not alone in this.
4. I still cry really hard about the hurricane sometimes. My aunt and I both bawled when we got our Alabama licenses.
5. My friend and I had a list of things we wanted to do before we became adults with real jobs, and I’ve done all but break up with a boy by way of birthday card. I think I might wait until I am an adult with a real job to pull that one off. I think I might have to.
6. I have never had a real boyfriend. I mean, for more than a couple months, and those were back before I was 18 even.
7. I balance my Mexican/Southern white folk/Cajun heritage quite well. I never graduated high school, I own a leopard print jacket, I can swear in two languages and say nonsense phrases in the third, I am a fantastic cook, I drive a banged up car (previously a station wagon...), I will graduate college, I can booty dance, according to Alabama kids I have a little bit of an accent, and I’m pale as fuck. Whatever.
8. No, I’m not arrogant. Usually I’m terrified. If I’m not terrified, I’m extremely reserved. See #3. I had to work hard to be comfortable enough to speak to people, and that didn’t happen until high school. Sometimes now, I admit, I can talk a lot.
9. I have exactly three big secrets. Each had an effect on a part of my personality, but really, I can’t say anything. Sometimes that makes things rather awkward. Some people know. Some people know a portion. No one in the world knows them all.
10. There is very little I like more than live shows. I have acted since I was five, danced since I was six, played piano at eight, sang since junior high, and worked radio since high school.
11. I can’t take pills or shots. Eventually it happens; I’m just not very good at it. It’s one of the only things in my life I faithfully practice. Taking shots, that is.
12. I like drinking. I like drinking every day, but I hate being drunk. I am always the DD. It’s hard to make friends that are comfortable drinking every day but not irresponsible and wild. Not that that’s always a bad thing.
13. Get off my back, I know I mumble!
14. I like to wear little kid sparkly chapstick.
15. You’d think that by now I’d be hopelessly addicted to nicotine. I’m not. Some days I smoke half a pack, some days I smoke none at all. And I do still believe that smoking only when drunk is cheating and should not be tolerated.
16. I’ve had sex in some awesome places.
17. I love Beyonce. Like, don’t even. I can make real and logical arguments to defend that.
18. I do actually have a second cat alongside Isabel. (Or Fatty Fatty Boompkiss, for those with enough balls to say it to her face.) The kittens’ name is Satchmo, Mo for short, and he has been extremely sick. I wasn’t sure he was alive or not for the past week, and frankly, I didn’t want to know. Anyway, he is, he that used to blow snot bubbles, have noisy poops, and gave me ringworm. He’ll be at the house within three weeks. (Fully cured.)
19. I hate regular flavored potato chips, tomatoes, and yellow cheese that isn’t melted.
20. I have seen dead people.
21. I am not interested in drugs. They either make me sick or scare me. I’m even bad about taking Excedrin or Sudafed.
22. I’m getting ink’d on Friday. I think almost all tattoos on girls are so trashy, and I can’t believe I’m doing it. I’ve thought about it for at least two years now, so that’s okay.
23. I have more guy friends than girls. That’s an understatement. Almost all of my friends are boys.
24. I changed my last name to include my mother’s maiden name. I think that’s fair.
25. I have a serious theory about why Aquaman is the best superhero ever. I believe it wholeheartedly. Aren’t we all just fishy down deep in our forebrains?
9 Things About My Friends.
9. Dodger likes the way words sound when he’s drunk. Thus, the best drunk texts come from this guy.
8. Janie once drew me a picture.
7. I think Davis is dead or living as a hermit in the swamps or on a fishing boat out in the deep sea.
6. Beth H is my roommate, and she plays the French horn and in a little band called Squirrelhouse. We wage wars together against ants, cat hair, and dirty boys.
5. Brad manages a serious metal band called Destroy Destroy Destroy. Their show at X-TREME Daiquiris in Gonzales, LA is still a favorite memory of mine. Also, he has sweet dreads.
4. Emily Perkins is the coolest person I know, and one of a few reasons I ever go to Baton Rouge. She gives me cheap drinks at her bar, too.
3. Shane, Matt Patton, and I once hung out in a heroin den. I take full responsibility, since it was my high school friends that were involved.
2. I miss Ben. He is going to Italy. I am supposed to run away there with him. Somehow, I don’t think that’s happening.
1. Bet-Ha. I don’t even know. This girl once told me I was the best mix of fantastical and realistic. We have made a music video, traveled the country, discovered music, and there is just altogether too much.
8 Places I Wish I Was.
8. New Orleans
7. Mexico City
6. New Orleans
5. At a concert
4. New Orleans
3. Any collection of museums
2. Prague
1. New Orleans