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100 Little Known Facts About Me

1. I can tap dance.

2. My first cat's name was Mokie.

3. My first teddy bear's name was Bear Bear. My little sister had an elephant named Elephant.

4. I knew how to whistle when I was four years old.

5. The girl I stood beside when I was in the primary school choir sang horribly off-key.

6. I wrote a song about Louis David Riel as an assignment for my political science class in high school.

7. I don't eat innards.

8. I still remember how to triple jump, throw a shotput, and pass the baton, things I learned during track & field in primary school.  I loved those days!

9. During high school, I only had one ear pierced and refused to pierce the other one until I was 25.

10. My left ear is pierced three times, two of the holes I did myself.  Yes, it hurt ... a lot.

11. I'm more a cat person since I'm not fond of that doggie smell.

12. If I ever got a dog, it'd be a Jack Russell Terrier with whom I identify ... small, scrappy, charming, intelligent, energetic, cute as all heck, and likes to dig up holes everywhere and cause mischief.

13. The only type of running shoe I wear now is Asics 'cause I have narrow ankles at the back.

14. I only took six months of piano lessons when I was a kid but can still play ... kinda.

15. I'd love to play French Horn again one day.

16. I like to listen to the same CD over and over again until I finally get fed up days or weeks later and change it.

20. Sometimes I don't realise that I'm singing/humming out loud.

21. I get a lot of good comments about my perfume ... White Musk from the Body Shop.

22. I still get asked what I'm studying.

23. I'm addicted to Meetin'.

24. I still believe in that fairytale type of love and think it can last forever with the right person.  That, or I'm cynical as all hell ... leave me alone, LOL!

25. I live my life by WYSIWYG.

26. I would wear pyjamas all day long but it's not socially acceptable.

27. I once got PAID to wear my own pyjamas all day long on a commercial and it WAS socially acceptable.

28. I think a guy who can cook and dance and is a little geeky is awesome!

29. I'm tidy and organised but not a neat freak.  My place is just too frikkin' small!

30. Half my laundry comprises work-out stuff.

31. Self-deprecating humour adds a healthy perspective to life.

32.  When I feel negative (sad, angry, frustrated, guilty, etc.), it's my own ego deluding myself.  Life is beautiful. Embrace it and let the joy in.

33. In my secret bank account, I've got millions of dollars.  Doh!  Now it's not a secret any more ...

34. I hate growing my nails long.  Too much maintenance and they make a clickety-clack sound on the keyboard.

35. I still play with stuffed animals.  But maybe not with everyone.

36. I played Jaws with Barbie when I was little and ripped off her head.

37. I also pierced Barbie's ears (head) with long straight pins since they had nice little "pearls" at the end.

38. I love polished stones, all sorts, precious and semi-precious and prefer the colour silver over gold. (Hint to those gifting me with jewellery ;-)

39. I can still do the splits ... well, kinda.

40. My hands and feet never get sweaty.  On the down side, my skin cracks around my fingertips during winter.  Ouch!

More to come soon ...