December 02, 2003

11 Weird Things About Me

I stole this from SaveCraig.

11 Weird things about me.

1. I have a twin sister. This in itself is not weird. However, her and I are complete opposites. We are fraternal so we don’t even look alike. You think I’m kidding when I say COMPLETE OPPOSITES…I’m not.

2. I refused to eat anything containing aspartame up until the summer of 2003 because I was convinced that it would give me cancer or something equally bad. Now, I practically live off Diet Coke.

3. I love origami. My favorite thing to make is paper cranes, even though they are like the easiest things in the world to make. They are still more fun than just about anything else.

4. My favorite children’s book is Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton. I even have a musical version of this book on VHS. I watch it all the time. My favorite song from the movie is “No Steamshovels Wanted”.

5. The first concert I ever attended was Deadeye Dick. They sang that song New Aged Girl. I think it’s on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack. Anyway, they were like my favorite band when I was younger and I listened to their CD all the damn time. Completely by coincidence, I’m wearing the t-shirt that I got at that concert right now. They get points for naming their band after a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. book and points for using the word septuagenarians in their song.

6. My favorite, let’s call it ‘genre’, of candy is gummy stuff. Especially the sour gummy worms. But only the good brand. There’s some brand out there (probably called the shitty gas station brand cos that’s where you get them) that tastes like death. I’m very picky about my gummies. I used to watch that Disney show, Gummi Bears, and I always wanted to be able to do that Care Bear Stare. Oh wait, wrong show…I mean that gummi bounce thing that they did.

7. When I was about ten, the only thing I wanted for Christmas (okay maybe not the only thing, but the thing that I wanted the most out of anything in the whole wide world) was Totally Hair Barbie. It was a Barbie that had hair down to it’s ankles and it came with gel so you could style her hair (completely BAD idea…btw). My sister and my cousin Susan both got Totally Hair Barbie, while I got a Beauty from Beauty and the Beast Barbie. Except it was a Disney doll so it wasn’t a real Barbie. I think I still have deep-rooted psychological issues stemming from not getting that Barbie. I mean, eventually I got Totally Hair Barbie, but it just wasn’t the same.

8. When I was younger, I would always get sick of my Barbies’ hair styles and I would cut their hair and then I would be mad that the hair wouldn’t grow back how it was in the first place.

9. My biggest pet-peeve in the whole entire world is being able to hear someone chew. It’s the most disgusting, foul thing one can do. So much so that the mere thought of such a sound makes me want to throw up all of my internal organs and never eat again.

10. I have some major issues with socks. Especially other people’s socks. Especially dirty socks. I don’t want them anywhere near me. Having them in the same room is bad enough, but don’t even think about touching me with them. And if someone’s nasty, vile, disgusting socks touch my bed, I have to wash all my sheets and blankets before I can use them again. Yes, I know I have some serious issues.

11. The first time I ever heard a real person swear was a cab driver in Chicago. He was an older Jamaican guy with really long dreadlocks. He said the f-word (‘fuck’ for any of you who are confused) and I was so shocked. I’ve taken numerous cab rides during my existence, and that’s one of the only two that I can remember vividly.

    zappagrrl at 7:51 p.m.

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