1. It doesn’t matter what the circumstance, I could be tortured by Jack Bauer with no sleep for a week and STILL not be able to sleep on an airplane or in a car.
2. I have never owned a pet, nor do I care to in the future.
3. In my mid-20’s, I was a sales manager in charge of entertainment accounts in a Kansas City hotel. Needless to say, I have had to deal with a plethora of precarious situations involving celebrities and musicians.
4. Directly after that job, I accepted a national sales position which required me to move out of my apartment, put all of my belongings into storage and fly around the country for a year. I don’t know what I was thinking, but it was an experience I’ll never forget.
5. Without fail, I reorganize my kitchen pantry every two weeks.
6. I am not a people watcher, and I loathe feeling like I’m the object of a stranger’s stare.
7. When I was sixteen years old, I wrecked three cars in 48 hours. Still haven’t lived that one down.
8. Despite that “unfortunate” experience, I am a very good driver. I prefer to call my style of driving “fast and accurate”.
9. I am petrified of food poisoning. I would rather lick a tarantula than vomit.
10. One of my most annoying habits is chewing my bottom lip. I do it without even noticing.
11. I was an early reader and skipped a grade as a child.
12. I do not drink soda and haven’t for a decade. I actually enjoy drinking water.
13. It might as well be Christmas Day when the J. Crew catalog arrives in the mail. It’s my bible, I love it and would profess my love VERY LOUDLY from a mountaintop. Your attempts at mocking do not sway me.
14. I am addicted to flats. Can’t. Stop. Buying. Them.
15. Since graduating college thirteen years ago, I have not lived in the same state for more than four years. We are starting our fifth year in California and I’m feeling the itch.
16. I am not a sweets person. Give me a bag of Doritos over cookies any day.
17. I have a fascination with men’s beards. Ray LaMontagne, call me.
18. My mother just signed up for a Twitter account. This delights/stuns/frightens me to no end.
19. I’m a morning person. I’m exploding with energy the minute my eyes open, and it slowly whittles away throughout the day. I’m pretty much good for nothing after 7pm.
20. If a commercial for a scary movie comes on the television, I have to mute the television, cover my eyes and count to thirty. (You know, to MAKE SURE it’s over before opening my eyes again.)
21. The one memory that makes me uncomfortable to the point of shuddering was a Scuba diving incident I experienced in Cabo San Lucas about 10 years ago.
22. Before having a child, I worried that motherhood would make me an overly anxious person. On the contrary, being a mom has mellowed me out something fierce. (Which is a good thing.)
23. I have two tattoos and am debating re-inking a new design over one of them.
24. I love music. Doesn’t matter what genre. If it gives me goosebumps, I’m a fan for life.
25. With that being said, listening to The Grateful Dead makes me want to off myself. Seriously, it doesn’t matter what song, that shit BUMS ME OUT.
Originally posted on Facebook – this meme seems to be speading like wildfire over there.
Leigh
February 5, 2009 at 10:40 amI am the same way when my J.Crew catalog arrives in the mail. I love sitting down and leisurely leafing through it. It’s such a great time.
Kaleigha
February 5, 2009 at 11:01 amI hate scary movies too. Even the commercials will haunt me for days. Also, I cannot wait to have a kitchen with a pantry so I CAN reorganize every two weeks.
Marin
February 5, 2009 at 11:06 am“Fast and accurate”…I’m totally going to steal that.
Also, number 23? MUST ELABORATE.
Rhea
February 5, 2009 at 11:30 amYou must share the tattoo details….I’m intrigued – I never would have thought it!
Kate P
February 5, 2009 at 11:46 amThere was an article about this meme and its popularity on Facebook in the USA Today this morning.
http://tinyurl.com/c5bufr
I am also addicted to flats. Someone asked me if I had flats in every color, and I think I do!
Angella
February 5, 2009 at 12:35 pmI already said so on Facebook, but we are a lot the same. Except I do not have any tattoos. I did used to have a pierced nose, though…
ali
February 5, 2009 at 12:36 pm#9.
i would rather eat the tarantula than vomit.
:)
am'ti b
February 5, 2009 at 1:29 pmthe fam of 3 over here are so sad to hear you are still down on the dead!
natalie
February 5, 2009 at 1:42 pmum, after reading your numbers 9-11 i have concluded that we are soul mates. puke free since 1990 here! there is a virus spreading around my town and i swear to you, it is the most frightening week i’ve spent ever, i am so afraid of catching it. knock on wood for me, will ya. and leave those lips alone! if you’re like me, that’s how you get cold sores. (my grade skipped = 8th) (and i love your blog)
Miss Virginia
February 5, 2009 at 1:46 pmOh do tell more about the tats! I’ve always wanted one, and now you being my fashion guru, here’s my excuse. Also…right there with you on the licking a tarantual than vomiting. Although my complete fear of germs would make me nervous that i’d catch something from that disgusting hairy beast.
BTW…My hands are cracking and bleeding because i can’t stop with the purell!
Shannon
February 5, 2009 at 4:27 pmMy husband tries to hide the JCrew catalogs when they arrive… he knows I’ll disappear for an hour (or two. okay, maybe three.) before rejoining civilization. I just can’t help myself!
Miguelina
February 5, 2009 at 6:05 pmI’m not surprised at how alike we are but, I’m working on my 25 things too and your #11 is on my list. Like, the exact same words. I also can’t stop buying flats.
I was growing bored of J Crew, but their Spring catalog is making me reconsider my position. I think I’m a winter Anthro girl, J Crew in the summer.
Kristabella
February 10, 2009 at 8:20 amI have lived in three states. And since moving back to Chicago from Northern California almost 4 years ago, I have the itch. I’ve forced myself to scratch that itch by buying a condo. I figure that will make me stay put.
I really want to move back to AZ, though.
Anonymous New York
February 10, 2009 at 8:47 amI fall asleep on airplanes before they leave the runway! It’s like getting hit with anesthesia for me! I think it’s how I deal with the whole I’m-in-a-tin-can-suspended-in-air-? thing. I just don’t understand it. It makes me nauseous to think about.
Courtney
February 11, 2009 at 5:47 pm#7 – Uh… how?
#16 – I am so the same way. I looove chips. My hips? Not so much. Actually it’s my gut, but you get the point.
#19 – I wish I were that way. Instead I protest having to get out of bed and around 9pm I find that I’m full of energy.
#20 – Oh, oh, oh, me too. Scary movies piss me off. I’m mad that they scare me. Commercials, too.
#21 – What happened?