Oct 24, 2005 18:41
Kyla posted a list of 100 things you might never want to know about her. Then she challenged her readers to do it. So here goes:
1. After reading Kyla's list, I've decided that I'm strangely very very similar to Kyla, except that noone except me realizes that.
2. I've spent my entire life believing that I'm a total loser that will never amount to anything. Now that I've realized that's not true, I'm paying big $$ every month to get someone to help me learn to think all over again.
3. One of the best comfort foods in the world is white instant rice mixed together with cream of chicken soup from a can.
4. I never had any siblings growing up, but now that I do, I've realized that I must have at least 2 kids. I never want any kid of mine growing up on the edges like I did.
5. I'm still very bitter that I never got cast in any of the school plays, despite trying out for every single one except the musical in Grade 11 (I was in Quebec)
6. Kelley is my best friend and has been for the longest amount of time in my life. She told me today that she's moving to Antigonish, and now I have no idea what I'm going to do without her.
7. MagnumAnna text messaged me today. It was the most random thing in the world, and yet it made me feel so special. (BTW, it's free to txt me, do it anytime).
8. I'm a assistant editor for an awesome website called www.purplepjs.com. I've been visiting that site since 1998, but only got promoted to Page Editor/Assistant editor last year. I still get PM's in my inbox from nOObs welcoming me to the website. Most people don't realize how long I've been there. It makes me feel somewhat invisible.
9. When I'm super stressed out and upset, I will come home, take a long bath, then dig out my crayons and my colouring book. It's a comfort thing.
10. Jon says that I am smart because I read books. I don't think so, I never passed grade 11 math and I can't do anything science related. But hey, I've never seen him read a book in the past 2 years.
11. When I die, I really hope that people will play "The Dance" by Garth Brooks at my funeral. I have the sheet music, it's at my mom's house. That's my life song. I have a feeling I will die young.
12. I have a huge heart for missing people. Whenever I hear of someone missing, I'm immediately online searching out missingperson forums and reading all the news articles about it. This is only on people that are related to people I know.. especially PJers. At the moment, I'm currently following the Olamide Adeyooye story.. I followed Dru Sjodin's plight as well.
13. I'm a self-declared siren chaser. It's in my blood, considering my Dad used to strap my baby seat when I was 6 years old into the front seat of the towtruck and take me with him on calls. If I hear sirens, I have to know where they are going, and I make up stories in my head about what might have happened. My mom always says to pray for those who need the emergency workers.. the one time I remembered to do that, the sirens were going to my house which was on fire. I've never prayed for sirens since.
14. I hate the number 217. This is because of a friend I had in middle school, and the number really has no significance anymore. But it still gives me the willies, and Kell and I will avoid anything to do with that number. I just realized the other day that my grandfathers birthday was February 17th. (2-17).
15. I love hockey with a passion. It's the only sport that I will really watch, and it's just not the same without Nachos and popcorn and diet coke.
16. April is my favourite month of the year. That's because my birthday is in April, and the last snowfall is usually in April.
17. I like snow, but I don't like driving in it. Ever since I put my mom's car off the road in front of the new superstore 2 years ago, I've seriously hated driving in the snow, and made Jon drive in every snowstorm.
18. My sister, Breanne, says that I'm domestic because I like to sew things like curtains and clothes. Yet she sews all of her own skirts before she leaves for Africa because she hates capitalism and name brands. I say she's more domestic than I am.
19. I like to paint, and I consider myself an artist. However, I don't normally show people my work, because I can't draw for beans and it's abstract. Most people don't get it, and I think my stuff looks like a kindergartener did it. But I still love doing it.
20. When I have kids, I have this gut instinct that I'm going to have twin girls. I'm going to name them Kennedy Anne, and Madison Claire. I really dont' want boys.
21. I think clowns are the scariest things in the entire world. I hate clown faces. This all comes from sleeping over at my friend Maggies house in grade one, and we were in her sisters room and she told me about some guy that dressed up like a clown and went and killed people. I hate clowns with a passion.
22. If I have an icecream choice, I would pick vanilla over chocolate. The only exception to this is Ben and Jerry's half-baked. If it didn't cost 5$ for that one little container, it would always be in my freezer. If I'm at the mall, I can't leave without a scoop of SuperKid from Laura Secord. It's the best ever. Anything else must be chocolate though.
23. I like Tim Horton's hot chocolate, but I can only drink it in small amounts. I really REALLY wish we had a Starbucks here. If we did, I'd be broke from buying tall caramel macchiatos. THey're yummy, and I LOVE saying the name of it.
24. I saw "The Aviator" last night. I don't care what anyone says, Leo DiCaprio is still extremely sexy. And with Gwen Stefani on his arm, he just looks wicked cool.
25. I am currently on an 80's country kick. I also like really old stuff, like Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash. Everyone who gets in my car thinks that I am nuts.
26. The best movies to watch when you're feeling down or it's pouring rain outside are Coyote Ugly and Bring it On. Kell and I used to be able to do the opening cheer for Bring it On by heart.. I think we're a bit rusty. I really need to get these on DVD as I do not have a VCR.
27. I bought new dishes tonight. I had to, we only have 4 bowls and one of them broke. Now that I have 8 plates that match, I am going to donate the rest of my unmatching plates (they're different sizes) to the salvation army or something. THese are blue and yellow with flowers, and Jon likes them!
28. I enjoy sewing. Anything that can be sewn I will do, any craft project I will also do. Especially if it involves the sewing machine. BUt if the machine flips out and starts frustrating me, I will give up on the project.
29. I'm still fundraising for CIBC Run for the Cure. For the last run, we raised 300$. This year, I've added chips to my candy bins. THey're selling like wildfire, and I'm averaging 30$ profit a week. That's 120$/mth. Times that by 12 months, and you get.. 1440$.
30. Jon and I are planning on buying a house in the spring. It makes me excited, because while I love my apartment, it's teeny and tiny and crowded. Plus, I'll have a dishwasher and my own laundry machines. That's entire yayness for warm blankets!
31. I have a penpal who lives in Fergus, but she's here in Northern NB for a year teaching english. I'm going to try and visit her after Christmas. It's a 4 hour drive. We've been penpals since my Grade 9 summer.
32. The summer after Grade 9 I spent a week at Kings Landing at a camp. It's the only summer camp I've ever been to, besides LIT'ing at Medley. It was a blast. We got to dress in period costumes and the like, plus I met some really cool friends like Sarah and Laura.
33. I like socks. I like weird socks that are brightly coloured with weird things on them like animals and bright patterns that are odd. Even better, I like mismatching these socks, especially at work when I'm wearing black pants and black shoes.. and I sit down adn you can see my socks. It drives the girl who works in mattress crazy. I like my fun socks.
34. I used to be on a Ski Team in middle school. I raced for a little while, but one day in practise, I fell going down the hill and screwed up my knees. The fondest memory of this is of a friend of mine skiing uphill saying "I'll save you Katie, don't worry". He's still a great friend, still in love with me. My knees have never been the same.
35. I'm really scared of hangings. You know, the old death penalty? One time my mom made me watch an old movie, and they hung people at the end and you could see the whole thing. It really creeps me out and I have to leave the room whenever someone's even talking about it. I really can't stand pictures of people hanging. Ironically, in Grade 11 we did a haunted house at school, and I stood on a chair in heels with a rope near (not around) my neck. But I couldn't see myself, so it was okay.
36. One of my most prized possessions is a pink sharpie marker. Don't take it, or I WILL find you.
37. MY favourite day of the year is November 1st. Why? Because it's half-priced halloween candy day. WalMart gets tons of money from me on that date, because I buy out their cleared halloween inventory. I have chocolate til the end of December!
38. I'm doing a conference called TEC in 3 weeks. I'm excited about it because I get to be Guardian Angel for someone who I really look up to. He's fun and crazy and just all around awesome. I can't wait.
39. November 29th will be my 2 year anniversary. That's a little over double the timespan of my previous relationships, which have never gone past 8 months. Hurray for me!
40. I work for Aliant, but we have Rogers High Speed internet, because it's cheaper for us than Aliant internet. I don't get any credits because my paycheck doesn't say it's from them.
41. Instead, I milk them for all their worth getting hotel discounts and the like just by flashing a business card!
42. I just finished tagging and marking 10 umbrellas to be used at gifts on the weekend described in #38. They're big cane umbrellas, from the dollar store. It likely won't rain at TEC now.
43. I really really want a Mars bar. You want me to do something? You just have to give me a Mars bar. Either that or those sour straw things with creme in the middle. Those are so good. If it wasn't raining, I'd walk to the store and get some.
44. My cousins are living at my mom's house right now. I stopped there for a minute to get the sewing machine, and realized the cats had no food. I asked my oldest where my mom was, and he said she was still at work. Then he says "Sorry! I was just about to feed them!" all guilty, like I was going to yell at him. I laughed because I haven't even lived there in over a year, I just happened to walk in and notice there was no cat food.
45. There are two very ugly Santa statues sitting on the ground near my feet. I'm not sure why they're on the floor upright in the computer room, but they are.
46. I'm a very messy person. I have a habit of starting something and not finishing it. Unfortunately, a very common project is laundry. I'll get them dried and back in the basket, but forget folding or putting them away. By that time, I've moved on to something better. I bought myself a book called "living with a messie" to correct this.
47. It's 11:30 and I have to work tommorow. The laundry mentioned above is still in the dryers downstairs, but I haven't gone to get it yet because I'm too busy writing this list. I may have no clothes tommorow.
48. My favourite flower in the entire world is the white rose. It used to be the yellow rose, but that has an entirely different meaning after 2003. If Jon gave me a yellow rose now I would likely cry, and not in a good way.
49. When I get roses, I always dry them and hang them on the walls, or over shadow boxes. It gives a slightly romantic touch to the room.
50. My favourite color is pink, and most of my wardrobe at the moment is pink and beige. I go through what I call "color" spurts every once in awhile and my wardrobe takes on these colours. The good news is that I think the pink phase is fading. I'm now on to a deep teal colour.. it looks very good in the gypsy style.
51. My perfect clothing style is a mix of 20's and gypsy. Unfortunately, I don't pull this off all too often, so I'm normally clad in "Maritime" style.. jeans and a sweater.
52. Jon just got mad at me for being a messy. He does this often. THis is why I'm trying to reform, because, I know it's not nice at all. He's mad that I haven't gotten then laundry yet either.
53. I'd love to become a photographer someday. I'd really love to work in a photolab. Unfortunately, I keep convincing myself that I'll never be able to afford a camera good enough to do this. I'd really love a digital SLR and I get them at cost from work.
54. I really need a watch. My mom was goign to get me one for Christmas, but she's not sure if she can now. That saddens me, I've been without a watch for months now, when I never ever took mine off except to have a shower or bath.
55. I love baths. They're so relaxing and they put me to sleep. I usually have one almost every night, and I turn out the light and light a candle. Someone once said it was probably a similar experience to being back in the womb. I dont' think so.. I'm claustraphobic and I think I'd hate that.
56. I have a very low pain tolerance. That means that things that normally you'd brush off really hurt me.
57. I hate dentists for that very same reason. I seem to have an immunity to Novocain, such that in 8 shots of it, I'm still not numb. They have to book the ER in order to do anything in my mouth. THis is likely why I haven't seen anyone about the fact that I can't open my jaw very much anymore because it hurts.
58. I'm attempting to make my own rag carpet. I started this in July of 2004. THis is a project that I put down adn never picked back up again. That's sad. It's not even half finished yet, but I'm getting there slowly!
59. When I'm driving alone at night, and it's really dark out, I like to crank the music and sing at the top of my lungs. My current favourite belt it out tunes are Fancy - Reba, and 9-5 - Dolly Parton. I'm glad noone can hear me. I don't think I sing well, although others do. However, in choirs and such I never really got chosen for solos, so I can't be that great.
60. I'm trying to make a big effort to stop talking negatively about myself. It's slowly working.. very slowly.
61. I have super low self-esteem and my coworker works her ass off to make it lower every single day.
62. I used to like Spongebob. I really did. Then they started playing the movie at work, and now I really want to kill that little yellow guy. THe songs are annoying, his voice is annoying, and it's definitely not something you want to watch over and over again for 12 hours.
63. In my lunch at work, I normally bring a container of dry sugary cereal to snack on. My favourites are Lucky Charms and Dog Food (Reese PB Puffs)
64. I don't believe in the church as it is in society today. I have faith, and I have a personal relationship with God, but I do not belong, or ever intend to belong, to a society that says I must pay them money to use their building to speak to God, and hear someone tell me what I must believe every SUnday. How can you put faith into a restricted area of rules and times?
65. I often think that I suck, and I go through periods of days that I just sit at home and cry for no reason that I can think of. It scares people around me, and makes me think that I'm even more of a freak.
66. My very first car was a 92 LeMans beater, that I decorated inside with Scooby Doo. Now that I have a brand new car, Jon won't let me decorate the inside. I would LOVE to have it all Tinkerbell, but he says he won't drive with me if I do this. I might do it anyway when I have money.
67. I despise pop, and hardly ever drink it. I used to have a diet coke addiction in highschool, but since then I hardly touch the stuff. I prefer juice and icewater. I think this may be why I'm not overweight and pretty much physically healthy. The taste of pop now makes me want to gag.
68. I love brand new sticky notes. I often wish for words to write on them, just so I can use them.
69. I also love brand new unmarked lined paper. If it's on a notepad it's even better. It's like I itch to use it, but once it's marked up it looks ugly.
70. I'm not athletic at all, and one time I got my mom to put me in a softball team. I hardly knew what was going on half the time, I never hit the ball, and I couldn't ever make it to 1st base. When my team won some big event (I'm not sure what it was.. possibly provincials? do you have softball provincials?) I was sitting on the bench, and my coach had to tell me to go congratulate my team. I didn't even know the game was over. This was the same year that I caught the ball with the wrong hand and broke my hand.
71. I'm right handed, although if you throw something at me, I will try and catch it with my left hand. I also hold a hockey stick left handed, and I can write fairly decently with my left hand. I taught myself when I broke my right hand. Mom says I'm slightly ambidextruous.
72. Jordon LeBlanc once said that my eyes were TechniColor. This is probably the most distinguishing thing about me. My eyes change color depending what I'm wearing, and I actually have rings of every colour in my eyes.
73. My dream car is a Chryser Sebring Convertible. I first saw one in California, the teen girls out there drive them in Beverly Hills, and I fell in love with it. It's a boat, but it's an AWESOME boat.
74. I have an immense fear of fat people. I try not to, and I do have some friends that I'm close to that fall into the obese category, however I have a hard time talking to/dealing with overweight people. I guess you could say I'm a fat nazi.
75. I hate the public. I really hate rude disrespectful people. I honestly wish that I had the balls to say something to them, but I don't
76. I'm scared of being alone. If I have to be alone overnight, I will keep the tv on and a light on in the family room.
77. I once e-dated a guy named Kevin. I met him from PPJ's. I met him finally, after 8 years, this summer. We both brought our significant others with us. IT was comical.
78. Aside from Kevin, MagnumAnna is the only PJer I actually chat to.
79. I'm really allergic to fleabites. I don't have a cat at my apartment, but I keep getting fleabites all over my legs. Jon says it can't be fleas, but I think he's wrong.
80. I hate fast food, but if I have to eat a burger, I'd rather it be A&W or McDonalds. I will puke if I see a Wendy's burger.
81. I have a white fuzzy hat like Jocelyn's. It's rabbit fur, because that's the only fur you can get without killing an animal for it. My assistant manager says I should stay out of the woods because it's deer season.
82. I've always liked to write and I have many many poems. When my mom's computer crashed, I lost like 3 years worth of poems. It made me cry.
Sorry Kyla, I can't do it. This is it.