25 random things x7

[thedelphi]

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

Oh my gosh. I was tagged 7 times. I’ve got to write over 100 things. I’ve got too many friends! Ahh! Well, better to many I think.

1. I usually wear socks to bed. My feet get cold because my room is on the corner of the house and no matter what anyone has told you, cinder block isn’t the world’s best insulation.
2. I first saw and episode of Dr. Who by accident when I was very little in the early 90’s. It wasn’t until years later, after I’d become a confirmed fan, that I’d realized what I’d watched on vacation one week was a way earlier episode of what I was watching now.
3. Some, not all of my fingers are oddly semi-double jointed.
4. I like peas and carrots together, but the best way to eat peas happens to be frozen.
5. I’m afraid of falling from heights and sometimes being high up, but I love the wind in my face.
6. While I don’t drive fast normally, I love going fast. The faster the better. This also explains why I love all the fast motion rides at the fair.
7. I don’t like pulling -Gs. The feeling of my stomach in my larynx makes me nervous.
8. I like to sing but find it difficult to do in company.
9. Ever since I was a wee thing, I’ve wanted to be the Public Information Officer for the Blue Angels.
10. If I could live anywhere in the world, I’d choose England.
11. Second choice, probably anyplace but Stuart that could be called a city or within 15 min of a city.
12. I like the freedom of contacts, but I don’t think my face looks right without glasses.
13. Facial hair… kinda an ouch on guys.
14. Hats and scarfs are kinda a thing for me. I want more. You can’t have too many neat hats.
15. I’ve had three nursing roommates in college and all of them are awesome.
16. I read a lot. Not usually formally published stuff, but usually over 15k a week.
17. Pensacola was probably one of the best places I could have gone to school. I love my girlies and ze Marcus (who is going to take a nap, then fire ze missiles!)
18. My room is green and red but manages to come off as sage and claret.
19. I don’t eat lettuce because it sounds like crunching cockroaches in my mouth and that’s just plain creepy.
20. I’m having the hair lasered off my legs for several reasons the two biggies being  I’ve got sensitive skin and I’m just tired of damn well doing it.
21. I tend to dig the older actors. Gary Oldman, Hugh Laurie, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth etc.
22. They tend to be foreigners.
23. I think I might teach, but I’m a bit nervous about taking a class for myself. The classes I sub at school like me, but I wonder what it would be like to do it every day. Would it work out?
24. I think LR is probably one of the most underrated animes of all time.
25. I used to be a competitive swimmer. Got myself a bunch of awards doing it too.
26. I also used to be a competitive kayaker.
27. The competitions I miss the most are the ones like the NSCA and SIPA put on.
28. Pearls don’t excite me the way sparkly stones and metals do.
29. I’ve wondered if an Adipose ate a marshmallow, would it be cannibalism.
30. I didn’t really like the first season of Torchwood, but I got a wee bit fanatical on season two.
31. I have only been kicked out of a class once. In eight grade by Mr. Bradshaw for talking to Vinnie P. Matt Lund made the mistake of laughing at my trouble. He then found himself joining me in exile.
32. It wasn’t until recently that the above event was discovered to have been the root of my talk about getting involved in other people’s trouble which I have given to the kids at school. If you laugh, point or make a comment about someone elses trouble, that makes me think you’d like to join them. So stay out of their trouble so it says theirs and not yours.
33. I learned to type quickly by hanging out with quick witted English types in a Dr. Who chat room on a yahoo club I used to co-moderate.
34. I used to type much fast because I had to keep up with them.
35. That same Yahoo group was how I made several really good friends that I got to visit when I went to the UK.
36. My biggest vanity is my phone.
37. I love conventions. I don’t care how big because it’s really about who you go with and the atmosphere. The guests are a bonus at times.
38. Leaving St. Joes was one of the best things I could have done.
39. Coming back over a decade later was one of the best things I could have done.
40. I sometimes wonder what ever happened to Jimmy Boyd. I think I’d like to talk with him again.
41. There are days when I think, “Maybe I’ll dye my hair a different color. Brunette sounds good.”
42. This has to be the best number of all times.
43. The biggest heart ache of my life is probably my most private.
44. My second biggest, by a small margin is not so much, but way more public in some ways.
45. I like Nutella. Especially on crackers for breakfast.
46. There is a one in four chance that I’ll get ill from a dairy product.
47. Ultra Music Festival, which I’m going to, is going to rock so hard, there may be physical damage.
48. If you are tired, you should take a nap! Then fire ze missiles.
49. I think the best children’s book ever written was by Strong Bad. Watch as Timmy is fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
50. The kids at school look at me funny when I do my strong bad quotes. Go figure!
51. Top Gear should be on all the time and should be aired by Spike, not just BBCA.
52. I love camping. I wish I could do it all the time.
53. My tent is “Lauren Sized” and is invitation only.
54. I really regret how I handled things with this great guy I met at my friend Megan’s wedding. I put family first and I think that may have been a poor choice.
55. There are days I miss my Dad.
56. Those days are usually followed with me wondering who would walk me down the isle.
57. Those days are usually followed with my saying F! Weddings! I can’t even get a decent boyfriend these days.
58. I love spin but some days, seeing how people do it, makes me a bit ill.
59. The West Wing was sooo good for the first few seasons.
60. I still think about joining the Navy. It frighteningly realistic.
61. Then I wake up and realize I’m a commitment-phobe.
62. I write fictional stories in my head that never look as great written.
63. My biggest fear isn’t public speaking.
64. I will parasail one day.
65. Dealing with money has a tendency to make me queasy.
66. For a long time, my idea of balancing my check book was to just not spend money.
67. I check every week what the price of a round trip ticket to London costs.
68. At one point I’d given myself a limit of 35 years. I’m still not convinced that’s not an inaccurate year but I am discovering that 45 may in fact be the new 35.
69. I don’t own nearly enough purses.
70. The same goes for my shoes. They’re woeful.
71. My belts are even more so.
72. Counter Strike is a pretty awesome game and I think everyone should play it….with me.
73. I enjoy playing Magic: The Gathering.
74. While I prefer elves, I think treefolk may be my next deck.
75. Gambling holds no interest for me.
76. I want to get back to taking a martial art.
77. I hold a 2nd degree orange belt in Shotokan Karate.
78. I also hold a mean backyard BBQ every so often.
79. The creepiest thing ever was when a guy from college appeared on my door, out of nowhere during the summer while I was at work.
80. While being told I’m irreplaceable because I’m essentially the pretty one is great, I’m still not too sure how I feel about that.
81. At least two guys I’ve dated later decided to bat for either the other or both teams.
82. I want to get back to sculpting and pottery.
83. I need to get back onto learning to play the guitar. Must! Must!
84. I really hope I get hired by this summer camp that takes kids around the country or to Europe.
85. I’ve only seen one Broadway show on Broadway and it was lame. (Screw you Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat!)
86. I’ve actually shaken hands with Martin Sheen.
87. I’ve hugged Jim Butcher. He is so made of awesome.
88. The TV version of the Dresden Files was good, but I think they can do better.
89. 1,631 words at #81. Holy Crap. I’ve got like a million more facts to go.
90. I once took an art class from a college professor who had the first name Art.
91. I once rode a scary rollercoaster to impress a guy I had a crush on.
92. Then I did it again a few years later for the same reason. Same roller coaster.
93. Personal hygiene is kinda a must for me to dig a guy.
94. I used to delight in getting songs stuck in other peoples’ heads purely because it was fun.
95. I once had someone call me in the middle of the night to see if he could drive to my place, to throw up so he could sober up enough to drive back to the base.
96. Ninja scroll really isn’t that good and I can’t understand what the fuss about it is.
97. I used my given right to write in a candidate for president this year.
98. I feel like I’m cheating if I absentee vote. So I insist on going in and doing my civic duty in person.
99. When I got my wisdom teeth out, I found myself watching Law & Order: CI and Meercat Manor for days.
100. When I realized I was crying when Rocket Dog died, I knew it was time to put Law & Order back on.
101. I wish there was a good roller skating rink nearby.
102. Quantum of Solace was way better then Casino Royale.
103. Photoshop is a great program.
104. Lauren is sad that newspaper journalism isn’t what it used to be.
105. I think tonight, if asked, my dream job would be working for New Type or their parent company ADV.
106. I never used to like pink. Now it’s not so bad really.
107. Accents are hot.
108. I almost got married for the tax breaks.
109. Every so often I have to stop and say to myself, “I did graduate college.”
110. A star is my favorite shape.
111. My favorite necklace is a star with wee diamonds in I got for my birthday last year.
112. I got a toolbox for my 12th or 13th birthday.
113. At one point my family had three dogs.
114. I still have 62 more to go. Wow.