25 things you didn’t know

I got this from Lori. :D It is highly likely that a bunch of people do already know these things about me because I have a tendency to talk a lot. About everything. But we’ll see where this goes.

• 1) When I feel myself starting to get sick, I usually try to “tough it out” by going for a run/doing some sort of physical activity. This usually works to stop whatever illness it was in its tracks, but at times backfires if I work myself too hard. I also start feeding myself and everyone around me vitamin C tablets.
• 2) I love writing and I’ve been regularly keeping [paper] journals since March 22nd, 2000. I finish 2+ notebooks every year, and always finish the old one/start a new one on March 22nd.
• 3) My weakness when it comes to shopping = grocery stores, used bookstores, video game stores, craft stores. Clothes are nice and all, but I could spend forever in the aforementioned 3 types of stores, whereas I’d get impatient pretty quickly in a clothing store.
• 4) Half of me lives in the artsy-fartsy world. I love music (especially piano/singing), taking pictures of pretty things (generally all nature shots where I cut out any signs of human civilization/life), and dance (Tahitian, hula, salsa, pole, silks, hoop…). In some parallel universe out there, I hope I’m a Cirque du Soleil performer.
• 5) The way to my heart is definitely through my stomach. I love food like no other, and am usually the resident food receptacle when I go out for food with friends.

• 6) My one and only act of teenage rebellion was getting my ears pierced when I finally turned 18. A close second was probably getting a job at the music library at age 19 and keeping it a secret for a year before I finally told my parents that I was working. It’s the only job I’ve ever worked where I wasn’t paid under the table.
• 7) I am a terrible liar and an even worse actress. This did not stop my dad from telling me that I should go for Miss Hong Kong so that I could win monies/TVB would sign a contract with me since my talents were clearly more in the arts/entertainment industry as opposed to science. But, getting back to the whole lying part: I like to be as honest with people as is reasonable.
• 8) I don’t think it’s possible to change another person, nor do I believe that anyone should ever try to change who s/he is as a person in order to get them to like you. That said, I don’t like people who are fake and I’m really not a fan of false advertisement. Honesty is awesome.

So don’t cramp my style and I won’t cramp yours. :O (That should say “COOL,” but my “L” is slightly misaligned.

• 9) When I really like a person or think someone is super cool (applies to friends and people I’m attracted to), I basically don’t notice their “faults.” I recognize them, but to me, they’re not a problem because the awesomeness of the person severely outweighs any of the faults they could have.
• 10) I usually won’t ask about something to do with your life (unless I know for sure that it’s okay) because I don’t like to pry. Likewise, I almost never volunteer very personal information about myself unless I’m asked about it.
• 11) I have a pretty large personal bubble, unless I really like you, or it’s with 6F & Co. In those cases, we could be lying on top of each other and I wouldn’t feel like my personal space was being invaded in any way. I know this to be true because it has happened on so many an occasion. <3
• 12) I wish I had the ability to teleport and stop time. There will never be enough time in my lifetime for me to be able to accomplish all the things I want to do with my life.
• 13) I grew up with mostly guys, so I was a tomboy until I caught girl disease in college. I did, however, go through a horse phase as a kid, and I worked for a summer at an equestrian center when I was at Davis so that I could pay for riding lessons. I was thisclose to learning how to jump. Still pretty devastated about this, but I vow to learn someday. I really miss Sea Bass and Rahbana. :[

I grew up with these awesomely overprotective individuals and we called ourselves “The Brotherhood.” (Yes, me included. One of them’s my actual brother.)

• 14) I’ve been documenting quotes and conversations from people in my life for over 10 years. They’re definitely a whole lot of fun to look back on.
• 15) I am pretty freaking talented at playing dumb when I want to avoid awkward situations. (Although there comes a point where they wonder how it’s possible for someone to be thatttt dense…)
• 16) When I was 17, I wrote an article for the school paper titled, “Behold! The End is Near!” about the impending apocalypse that would happen on 06/06/06 and dubbed one of my friends as the Antichrist because he could vibrate his eyeballs. I gained a stalker because of the article.
• 17) I’m clearly biased when I say this, but I have the best friends in the world. :] I hope we can live with or near each other [again] in the future.
• 18) I didn’t learn to cook until I was ~20. I also didn’t really start exercising until then, but holy crud, the combination of those two definitely changed my life for the better. :O
• 19) My natural state = in a tank top and shorts. Specifically, one of them $5 Old Navy “Perfect Rib Knit” tank tops.
• 20) I love being outside and obliterating my potential vitamin D deficiency whenever possible. Whitewater rafting, hiking, frolicking on the beach, camping, swimming in the ocean, kayaking, cave tubing, running through sprinklers, you name it. I’ll probably like it. <3 I love warm weather.
• 21) I always think there’s room for improvement, so if someone asks if I tried my hardest, I usually don’t think I did. I’ve been called pessimistic because of this, but…if you’re content with where you are, you’ll never strive to do even better.
• 22) I love my cat, Ninja. She rubs her face against the phone when she hears my voice and also likes climbing into my lap and putting her paws on me to hug me. It’s pretty adorable. <3

1. 23) I get really, really cranky when I’m hungry, so I usually have food on me so I can avoid snapping at undeserving people.

• 24) I remember really useless things. For instance, in freshmen year of college, my friend called me to ask what his license plate number was.
  F: Seriously? You’re calling me to ask when your mom is at home and your car’s parked in the driveway?
  C: I figured you’d know.
  He was not wrong.
• 25) I hate talking on the phone. I get distracted really easily and was turned off from phone conversations back in junior high. Since then, I’ve kinda just been a hater. I’d much prefer hanging out in person, and if that isn’t possible, I’d rather have emails/texts. Exceptions really only apply if I miss the person’s voice. Or if it’s my cat.