There’s been a popular chain mail of sorts that’s been going around facebook. Somebody (hopefully a friend you actually care for) tags you in a note entitled “25 random things about me”, which contains a list of said random things about that person. You’re supposed to write your own list, then send it to 25 other people. Seeing as how it took me so long to come up with this list in facebook, I decided to make the most of my efforts and post it here as well. I called it…
My 25+1
.You know the drill. Send your 25 things to other people, including me.
1. I wanted to be a detective when I was a child, mostly as a result of reading too many Hardy Boys books. I only read one Nancy Drew book, where I discovered that her adventures were quite lame compared to those of the Hardys.
2. I am obsessive about spelling. Seeing typos bothers me no end. I sometimes think I would be perfectly happy working as a proof reader.
3. I haven’t eaten birds or mammals (or reptiles, for that matter) for more than ten years. I’m pescetarian partly because of traumatic experiences involving pig and cow slaughter when I was a child. In grade school, on a field trip to a meat factory, I somehow wandered into the room where pigs were put on conveyor belts, electrocuted, and dropped into giant vats. After seeing those poor pigs, I simply couldn’t look another lechon in the eye. The cow slaughter story is too long to relate here.
4. Aside from my friends, I don’t really like dealing with people that much.
5. I have no patience with narrow minds. There are obviously many ways of looking at things yet it’s amazing how much flak you get if your views or conduct deviate from the norm.
6. I work in a TV station, but I don’t own a TV.
7. I can go for days without talking to a single soul.
8. In school, I sometimes cried when asked to recite in class due to stage fright, even in college.
9. I haven’t worn a watch in over fifteen years. When I was younger, I used to say it was because I didn’t want to be bound by time. Then I realized it was just probably an excuse for being late.
10. I’m very good at keeping secrets.
11. I had a great childhood playing street games. I enjoyed patintero, skip rope, garter, siato, piko, and similar games that PS3 simply cannot compete with. Although I give the Wii a fighting chance.
12. I hate confrontations. Instead I have scenarios I play in my head involving flawlessly delivered, scathing put-downs. Very satisfying, and I never lack for a comeback.
13. I laugh easily and very loudly. An ex-boyfriend of mine once refused to sit beside me during a movie because my laughter drowned out the dialogue.
14. I distrust women with no girlfriends.
15. I used to be good at math, and was president of the math club in high school. Now, the simple arithmetic involved in figuring out how much my share of the check is when I eat out with friends gives me a headache.
16. The first time I described myself as “cynical” was fifth grade. I wonder if I even knew what the word meant then.
17. I have an irrational fear of security guards and traffic police. A few encounters with them have reduced me to tears.
18. My favorite movies are cartoons. I think “The Incredibles” is brilliant. Don’t even get me started on “Family Guy, the Movie”.
19. I moved out of my parents’ home soon after college. My first apartment was poorly ventilated and rat-infested (I saw a big one give birth to twelve baby rodents right outside our doorstep.). My roommate Yvette and I survived on noodles and alcohol. Those were great times. (This is not meant to be sarcastic.)
20. I am willing to try anything once.
21. A car once backed into me and pinned me to another car. The experience left me totally unscathed.
22. This is something I did not expect, but I am more comfortable with myself now than I was ten years ago. I guess the years do bring with them some wisdom.
23. I am unhealthily fond of sugar. When I was much younger, having no candy around made me panic. So, I used to melt brown sugar in butter, let it harden, then eat it as a snack. The sweetness made my teeth ache.
24. I am injury prone and have had countless sprains. I sprain myself during sports, which is understandable, but I’ve also sprained myself walking along a perfectly flat and harmless corridor. My orthopedic doctor asks, “What did you do THIS time?” each time I walk (or hobble, as the case may be) into his clinic.
25. My body is growing older, but I don’t think I ever will.
26. I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
