Tuesday, February 10, 2009

25 Random Things About Me

Just for fun. Enjoy.

1. I get really hangry if I have to wait too long for my food. That's hungry and angry in case you didn't know.

2. I like to pray in the mornings and in the evenings. It keeps me in perspective and in sight of the bigger picture.

3. A couple of people have told me that I'm too happy of a person to live in the kinda neighborhood I do. But I really like it here, despite how gray the neighborhood is and how depressing things look sometimes.

4. I've ALWAYS wanted to learn Vietnamese. Maybe one day I'll actually get around to it.

5. A great marker of close, lasting friendship with me is whether or not I talk about my GI function with you. If I've spoken to you about my regularity (or irregularity) you know you're definitely here to stay as far as I'm concerned. If I haven't, either I'm still sizing you up to see if you can handle it, or I'm embarrassed to talk about it with you.

6. One of my biggest fears is hurting people's feelings. I like talking a lot of smack, but as long as that line isn't crossed.

7. Making people feel better genuinely makes me happy. I'm on cloud 9 when people laugh at my jokes or enjoy a meal I cooked or smile after a hug.

8. Shameless conversations with a close girlfriend will pick up my mood any day.

9. A good sushi meal works miracles on me.

10. I daydream about being good at a lot of things (sports, musical instruments, other performance arts), but I am too self-conscious to work up to the point where I would ever actually develop a skill. I don't want to go through the phase of being bad at something.

11. I only want an even number of children. I don't want to risk middle-child-syndrome or spoiling a kid or anything like that.

12. The word Bitch hurts me a little on the inside every time I hear it, and even when I occasionally say it.

13. I seldom forget anything that people say to me, especially if it's something unimportant said in passing.

14. I didn't realize how neurotic I was until I started living alone here. I only allow filtered water into my kettle, bamboo plant, and water bottle. I have separate towels for drying clean hands and clean dishes in the kitchen. I'm sure there are others that I am still figuring out.

15. I'm not a fan of the Cheesecake Factory for anything other than cheesecake. It's just large portions of watered-down-stuff-you-can-get-better-anywhere-else.

16. For the past few years, my new year's resolution has been to gain patience. I'm satisfied with my level of patience, so now I'm working on persistence.

17. My mother is by far my best friend. She's the only person who knows exactly what I'm thinking, what I'm happy about, and what I'm scared of without me having to say a word. She's a workaholic and needs to take better care of her health, but she's my hero and I can only hope to be half the person she is when I grow up.

18. My brother is the classiest and most articulate person I know. Thinking of him makes me think that I should raise my expectations and standards for myself. Sometimes that leads to me feeling inadequate, but other times it's motivating.

19. Dancing isn't what it used to be for me, and I'm a little sad about that. It used to be such a huge release for me: just a total break from everything that was bogging on my mind. Maybe since I haven't performed in years I've become disconnected. I'm still looking for something to be my release.

20. My friends are as important to me as my family. There is seldom a day where I don't think about how lucky I am for having them in my life.

21. Hershey's chocolate does absolutely nothing for me. I love chocolate, but not to the point where I'd eat that grainy-cardboard-tasting crap.

22. Half the reason I enjoy Illy coffee is because it rhymes with my name.

23. I want to be more religious than I am, but I just don't have the self-control to get there. I feel like I'm in a very indulgent phase of my life, and I'm still deciding how I feel about that.

24. Almost every time I go out into public, someone comments on how pretty I am. Sometimes I'm creeped out because people say some crazy things, but it's often reassuring and I don't mind it very much at all.

25. One of the most calming things for me is looking up into the sky and gazing at the stars. I think that's what I miss most about living in California: seeing stars.