Feb
03.
37 random facts, because everyone’s just doing 25
- I played classical guitar for years…learning Bach, Mozert, Beethoven…part of me wishes I still had a guitar, the other part of me remembers hating it growing up
- Growing up I was in a gymnastic class
- I was a telemarketer for 9 months selling credit cards, I was good…I got promoted to lead telesales and eventually leave entirely.
- I’ve never ridden in a taxi
- I was the passenger in an ambulance when I was in 3rd grade though, the victim in a car-to-bike accident
- I have passionate spurts where I dive into things, projects, hobbies that last only a short while before I dive into something else
- I’ve never been as far south, or west as West Virginia
- Still to this day, I have to actually think which direction left and right is
- I’ve taken 1 sick day in 6 years
- I absolutely love great instrumental music, especially from the violin and piano
- I have an extremely visual memory and at the same time, a less-than-stellar audible one….which means I won’t remember a thing you said but I’ll remember the look on your face when you said it.
- First summer out of High School I double-interned. One at my dad’s office, the other for an IT company…while telemarketing in the evenings and working at Capriottis on the weekend. I had 14-hour days and no life for that summer.
- I captain kickball and dodgeball teams and love it
- I wake up before 9, even on the weekends
- I hate mainstream and bandwagon things/tv shows. So you’ll never see me watching Lost, Heroes or 24.
- I love the rain…I’ll purposely plan to do things outside because I know it’ll rain…like biking, running, etc.
- Lacrosse is my favorite sport and if I could ever find the time, I’d love to help coach it.
- I’m a total closet romantic
- I like the idea of having books, more than the notion of actually reading them…I trust I’ll read them all at some point, at least that’s what I keep telling myself.
- For someone as social and friendly as I am, I value my alone time above so many things.
- I see everything, every detail..I look detail…but big crowds can drive me crazy because I find myself constantly looking around, checking everyone and everything out. Its so much easier to see everything when there isn’t as much there.
- I am currently teaching myself how to juggle…if, for no other reason, than to say I can and impress people at parties.
- Growing up, I always wanted to have glasses..and now that my eyes are shot from coding on the computer..I have my childhood wish.
- I never, ever, wear socks when I’m home.
- I sliced off a quarter of my right thumb in a deli incident…it grew back, but not all the way.
- I am tooo cool for 25 random things and because I don’t like mainstream/bandwagon/everyone’s-doing-it-sort-of-thing mine has to be at least somewhat different.
- I’m Irish, German and French-Canadian…but you’ll hear more about how I’m French-Canadian because I think Canada rocks and I want to visit there so bad.
- I’m 6′3 and can’t play basketball if my life depended on it
- I cut my own hair and have for the past year…$20 for a cleaver over, what would have been 4 or 5 trips to the barbershop…it was a good investment.
- I can’t operate in complete silence; my mp3 player is my most valuable office tool. If only I could expense an upgrade…
- I was born a curly blonde…and if I spend enough time in the sun it goes back to that…not all the way and not curly, but much much lighter.
- For the first time in a long time..I have real friends and it rocks, despite my tendency to not always keep up with them.
- I’m competitive until I honestly believe I’m going to loose…then it turns into “just a game”.
- I love writing but I hate reading…unless its people’s personal blogs, they, like people, fascinate me.
- I was homeschooled for 4 years and though I was out of it socially, my grades and future success was based off of the development I had in those years.
- I love taking photos; its the ultimate chance-hobby, by chance you’ll see something incredible…its why I always have my d-cam with me.
- I have no self control when it comes to baked goods and/or delicious food. I will mow down a Pizza Hut buffet for lunch, then have a veggie burger for dinner.
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