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Day 6 (part 1): Write Thirty Interesting Facts About Yourself
1: I’m back doing the tumblr challenge, after a month’s hiatus. I found the last post (Day 5: A Time When You Thought About Ending Your Own Life) so difficult and depressing that I found it hard to motivate myself to keep going with the challenge. And to have to write a list of thirty things the day after that? Way to go, Tumblr, thanks for that.
2: I am an eccentric. I don’t have a set list of likes and dislikes (although there are some that almost constantly are in the top ten, such as my dislike of bananas, and my love of shoes). I’m a fan of music ranging from opera to Metallica, from Beethoven to Two Door Cinema Club. I love shiny things, but hate bling. I love bright things, but hate floral. I absolutely adore velveteen furniture, I have a penchant for all things vintage, and I hate small yappy dogs (unless they look like this).
3: I once broke up with a boyfriend who hated purple. The next day, I woke up in my purple sheets, wearing my purple nightie, with my freshly dyed, shoulder length purple hair, and I felt like a sexy Grimace.
4: I love to drive. I miss my tiny car, which went to the scrapyard. I love to go around corners a little too fast, testing the limits of the car. I love the pride I feel when I know those limits, and the excitement of riding the knife edge before you spin out.
5: Gravity and I do not get along. Recently, I fell off my bike and gave my thigh a bruise the size of my head. Less recently, I fell off my bike and broke my arm, giving myself a six inch scar which soon needs to be operated on again. I have fractured my skull in eleven places, all of my toes and fingers at least once, three ribs, my right scapula, chipped my left elbow, my left kneecap, my left tibia, my left front tooth and my coccyx. I’ve dislocated both knees numerous times, my right wrist, both thumbs and my jaw. I’ve fallen from trees, out the sunroof of a car with my hands duct taped to a video camera, off bicycles, into rivers, headbutted poles, asphalt and a bumper bar, and been hit by a Budget truck. I may have poor spatial conception, it would probably be best if I lived in a Zorb.
6: I like cats, and I love dogs. I don’t respect cats, I like to make them stay and be cuddled, but they have pointy bits which give me scars. Sigh.
7: I travelled around the world, and I miss my puppy more than my boyfriend. Its perfectly justified, right?
8: I’m planning on getting to fifteen and making another coffee. I have a short attention spa… OOH WHATSTHAT!
9: I’m determined to tick off all the states of America whilst I live there. So far, I’ve been to California, Texas, Louisiana, New York, New Mexico and Colorado. Not bad for twelve months.
10: I like bagpipes. As a child of an ex National Serviceman, I’ve had little choice but to attend numerous parades over the years, and the one thing that makes it all ok are bagpipes. I like them, you’ll get over it.
11: I came back to Australia from America, hid at my Nan’s place for two days, and surprised my mum on her birthday. She was speechless. It was awesome. I like grand gestures like that. I once lit one hundred tealight candles in my bedroom to try and be romantic. Don’t try it, its very hot, and very smokey when you try and blow them all out. Also, dangerous if you’re someone who trips over a lot like me.
12: I’m very vain about my feet. They’re size seven and a half, which is quite small for someone 5’9” tall. Even though they’ve been a little squashed over the years, I think they’re quite cute, and probably the most feminine part of my anatomy.
13: I love roadtrips. If someone suggests one, I’m 99.9% certain to say yes. For example, I went to Colorado with a girl I’d met that night whilst drunk, with five hours notice, and left at 4am. IT WAS AWESOME. I’m also attending the Roswell festival this year in July, and I plan to have the most impressive tin foil hat in the room.
14: I could eat everything in taco form. They are as convenient as sandwiches, with half the carbs, and only one hand required. Tacos are the sandwich’s pared down, logical, awesome evolution.
15: I like bugs. Cicadas are awesome. I like rhino beetles because they squeak. I remember pulling apart those little black lawn beetles when I was a kid because I thought it was great that they had green blood. I used to kill and mount large spiders to polystyrene meat trays and take them in to my grade 10 science teacher to freak her out - I mean, honestly, if you’re going to teach biology, you should not be scared of it. That’s just silly. And with that, farewell until tomorrow, be prepared for more “fascinating” facts about Rachel. Oh yeah.
