I give in: twenty-five

by muchtomychagrin

[10th Aug 2009 Edit: I did another 25 things on top of this list and I personally feel that other list is slightly more... interesting. Just thought I'd link it.]

These 25 random things you have to reveal about yourself circulating around FB have been relentless. Granted that I was only tagged once, I have the strangest inclination to read everyone’s list and an even stranger pull to doing one my own. When I totally never respond to these type of things! I’m not going to tag anyone, but the basic gist of this is that I just write 25 random things about myself. It’s a start right? Get to know me a little. Heh.

1. My dream job would be a travel show host.

2. I would love to dedicate my life to a non-profit or a humanitarian cause that I am passionate about. I know a lot of people say it, but this is something that I’ve always wanted to do. I’m constantly searching for something, and maybe the courage to breakaway from my comfort zone and parents without hurting them.

3. I’m shit scared of lizards.

4. I can’t open jars and screwcap bottles. This makes me appear very girly, but I’m not. Only sometimes.

5. I love anything with chocolate chips in them. Especially biting into something soft and getting a bit of hard chocolate. Absolute LOVE!

6. I believe in karma.

7. A feature I’m most comfortable with: my complexion.

8. It took me up til I was twenty years old to accept and love my eyes. I used to think it made me ugly. I still sometimes feel that way, but only on bad days.

9. I dwell too much on the future. I worry non-stop about what ifs, what will bes and what may bes. They stop me from living in the present and I’d love to start learning how to be in the now.

10. I hate eggs in any way they’re cooked. Fried, scrambled, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, omelettes – I don’t even like quiche or things that use eggs to bind things together. Like potato bake, which is essentially baked eggs. Ew.

11. I have an anti-herd mentality. Sometimes I stop short and worry that I’m coming off as pretentious and pseudo-elitist and pseudo-intellectual. So I don’t project this mentality, but I have to say that it’s the reason to why I always decide to make life a little bit difficult for myself sometimes.

12. Massages kind of gross me out. I hate the feeling and become extremely squeemish. I know I know, I’ve been told before that I’m “totally missing out!” Hey, I’ll take your word for it.

13. I’m immensely ticklish.

14. Pulpy orange juice is the way to go. Seriously, that’s when it actually tastes like ORANGE JUICE. Don’t hate.

15. I have a huge aversion to the colour pink. I can’t even stomach the idea of wearing or having anything that colour.

16. When it comes to defining my character, I’ve found it really difficult to find a middle ground. I’m always torn between being the laid-back, earthy homebody, with the cooking, cleaning and baking, reading and healthy stuffs that’s good for your body to the other extreme, of being the party girl, coming home early next morning, consuming way too much alcohol, indulging in nefarious debauchery, being a little too hedonistic. I’d love to be both, I think this would be called balance. Ha.

17. I dislike my name, mainly because it’s a grandma dolly name. And it doesn’t mean anything awesome. It’s fluffy and people always mispronounce it.

18. 2006 was the worse year of my life. 2008 runs a close second. Maybe they both tie. Either way, I grew up heaps those two years and I’m still trying to recover. I’m still hurting, is what I’m saying.

19. But I’m at a position in life right now where I’m really happy and all I can see is that it can only get better.

20. I went bungee jumping and sky diving on the same day. Before lunch. I was with my two cousins (who are like sisters to me!) in New Zealand. It was honestly, one of the most volatile, insane days of my life.

21. My first and last Halloween was when I was 6 in 1993 in New York. I was a fairy but my overprotective Dad made me wear a thousand layers during the “very cold” autumn night, so my wings were covered and I was a fat fairy. (yes I’m rolling my eyes too)

22. My all time favourite TV show is Gilmore Girls. All time favourite movies are When Harry Met Sally and La Bella e Vita (Life is Beautiful). My all time favourite book is yet to be determined, but it’s currently sitting at The Great Gatsby. This could change though, then it’ll no longer be “all-time favourite”, which defeats the purpose.

23. I’m a very heavy sleeper but I need complete darkness and silence to go to bed. No clock tickings or music or leaky taps or (especially!!!) snoring. Ear plugs are my best friend.

24. Nothing reaches or touches me as well as words do. I love art, cinema, dance, theatre, music. I love love appreciating art and culture. But words will inevitably get me.

25. Which brings me to the fact that if I ever get a tattoo, it will be of words. I’ve never felt the need to get a tattoo as nothing I’ve felt passionate about has stood out to me enough to brand it on my skin. And refering to #9, I worry about how I will look when I’m 70 and if I have it on any part of my body that’ll get stretched out by pregnancy. (Considering I will live to that old and/or be a mother).

Like I said, I’m not tagging anyone, cuz there is nobody to tag, and I think this fad should stop but I’m subscribing to doing this meme anyway. Yes, I’m contradicting #11.