1. i dislike rodents. but only certain kinds : mice and rats seem to be ok, it's the gerbils, hamsters and guinea pigs that i hate.
2. when i was 5 one of my hamsters ate the other during the night. i awoke to the carnage the next morning. shall we go back to number one?
3. i believe in ghosts, aliens, creationism and evolution and i see no conflict in this. bring it on.
4. i jumped off of a cliff and into the sea while in hawaii just to say i did it.
5. i'm afraid of heights.
6. i once had to be rescued by a lifeguard in the middle of july on ocean city's beach. as an adult. humiliating.
7. i'm so grateful that i've been able to stay home with my kids while they were little. but while i love being at home, if i don't get out of the house at least once during the day i get cabin fever. can't do it.
8. after spending the last _ yrs home with young kids, i have now become completely addicted to taking naps.
9. my brother likes to say that when we were young, i pushed him on the ice, making him fall and hit his forehead on the ground, resulting in 5 stitches. he slipped.
10. i want to learn how to play the piano, speak russian, do the tango, fly a helicopter, restore art, bind books and analyze handwriting. i'd better get moving.
11. i have several stories that i've begun writing which are just sitting and waiting for me to finish them.
12. i love books. i get attached to the books that i read and want to keep each and every one. i do not lend them out and will never give them away.
13. i have so many books that i have run out of shelving space.
14. i have recently realized that some of my most favorite things are those that remind me of my grandmother. bright red cardinals, sweet, hot tea, old board games, toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and her use of the word deary.
15. i am obsessed with possible apocalyptic events. i even had an emergency backpack in my car for a time that held extra clothes and shoes for my kids and a first aid kit as well as food and water. i know...
16. i once had a dream in which my sister was being attacked by a shark and i was so paralyzed by fear that all i could muster up the courage to do was throw my slipper at it. she's still upset with me about that.
17. i love smells. the smell of freshly cut grass, the smell of winter in the air, the thick, heavy smell of summer on humid nights, the smell of rain from a sudden, summer thunderstorm, campfire smells and the individual smell that each of my people has.
18. i see numbers in patterns and associate colors with names and different words. not sure what this means exactly, someone once told me the name of this phenomenon (syndrome, i believe they called it) but i've forgotten it now.
19. my memory sucks.
20. i've had the good fortune of having two jobs that i absolutely loved. one was years and years ago as a clerk in a bookstore and the other was giving educational tours at the historic houses in germantown. it has something to do with the perfect mix of people as well as your interest in the task at hand i suppose. whatever it was/is, it was a wonderful time in my life.
21. i am a terrible contradiction of responsibility and procrastination. if i could explain it, i would. maybe some other time....
22. my brother also likes to say that one day, while playing outside, i pulled his bigwheel out from under him and made him hit his front teeth on the sidewalk. he fell.
23. i love shoveling snow. it's true. it makes me happy and gives me great satisfaction.
24. i'm embarrassed to say that at 38, i have only been out of the country twice. however, that is being remedied as we speak.
25. ok, so maybe the bigwheel incident could be true, my memory sucks remember? but, i also single-handedly scared off two boys who were picking on my brother at the beach one summer (nobody messes with my little brother). i'd say that makes us even.
L
2. when i was 5 one of my hamsters ate the other during the night. i awoke to the carnage the next morning. shall we go back to number one?
3. i believe in ghosts, aliens, creationism and evolution and i see no conflict in this. bring it on.
4. i jumped off of a cliff and into the sea while in hawaii just to say i did it.
5. i'm afraid of heights.
6. i once had to be rescued by a lifeguard in the middle of july on ocean city's beach. as an adult. humiliating.
7. i'm so grateful that i've been able to stay home with my kids while they were little. but while i love being at home, if i don't get out of the house at least once during the day i get cabin fever. can't do it.
8. after spending the last _ yrs home with young kids, i have now become completely addicted to taking naps.
9. my brother likes to say that when we were young, i pushed him on the ice, making him fall and hit his forehead on the ground, resulting in 5 stitches. he slipped.
10. i want to learn how to play the piano, speak russian, do the tango, fly a helicopter, restore art, bind books and analyze handwriting. i'd better get moving.
11. i have several stories that i've begun writing which are just sitting and waiting for me to finish them.
12. i love books. i get attached to the books that i read and want to keep each and every one. i do not lend them out and will never give them away.
13. i have so many books that i have run out of shelving space.
14. i have recently realized that some of my most favorite things are those that remind me of my grandmother. bright red cardinals, sweet, hot tea, old board games, toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and her use of the word deary.
15. i am obsessed with possible apocalyptic events. i even had an emergency backpack in my car for a time that held extra clothes and shoes for my kids and a first aid kit as well as food and water. i know...
16. i once had a dream in which my sister was being attacked by a shark and i was so paralyzed by fear that all i could muster up the courage to do was throw my slipper at it. she's still upset with me about that.
17. i love smells. the smell of freshly cut grass, the smell of winter in the air, the thick, heavy smell of summer on humid nights, the smell of rain from a sudden, summer thunderstorm, campfire smells and the individual smell that each of my people has.
18. i see numbers in patterns and associate colors with names and different words. not sure what this means exactly, someone once told me the name of this phenomenon (syndrome, i believe they called it) but i've forgotten it now.
19. my memory sucks.
20. i've had the good fortune of having two jobs that i absolutely loved. one was years and years ago as a clerk in a bookstore and the other was giving educational tours at the historic houses in germantown. it has something to do with the perfect mix of people as well as your interest in the task at hand i suppose. whatever it was/is, it was a wonderful time in my life.
21. i am a terrible contradiction of responsibility and procrastination. if i could explain it, i would. maybe some other time....
22. my brother also likes to say that one day, while playing outside, i pulled his bigwheel out from under him and made him hit his front teeth on the sidewalk. he fell.
23. i love shoveling snow. it's true. it makes me happy and gives me great satisfaction.
24. i'm embarrassed to say that at 38, i have only been out of the country twice. however, that is being remedied as we speak.
25. ok, so maybe the bigwheel incident could be true, my memory sucks remember? but, i also single-handedly scared off two boys who were picking on my brother at the beach one summer (nobody messes with my little brother). i'd say that makes us even.
L
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