25 Things to Know about Me

The latest fad to hit Facebook is writing notes telling one’s friends 25 Things to Know about So-and-So. I think the object of the exercise is to write 25 things your friends don’t know about you, but I’ve been seeing a lot of “I love my friends” and “Chocolate is my favorite food.” Well, duh. Tell us something we don’t know! I decided to tackle this, and found that it was harder than it looks. It’s hard to think of 25 things I don’t think my friends know about me, which makes me wonder if I talk to much…

Without further ado, here are 25 Things to Know about Me:

1. My appendix burst when I was 14.
2. I have a pretty awesome scar from the surgery.
3. I just took my Christmas decorations down this weekend.
4. I still get a thrill out of wearing high heels. It makes me feel like a grown up, and when I actually walk properly in them, it does, indeed, make me feel sexy.
5. I can’t believe I just admitted that.
6. Paying bills, especially making car payments, makes me feel grown-up, too, but not sexy.
7. I want lots of kids, and I don’t break out in hives when I’m near them any more. I’ll even admit to wanting to get married some day.
8. I write all over my books – underline, notes in the margins, exclamations points all over the place. I turn them into veritable diaries.
9. In spite of the fact that I ran almost every day for seven years and earned my way through college by running the 10k, I have no desire to ever complete a marathon. It’s just not on my To-Do list.
10. I love chocolate. You knew that. I also love cabbage.
11. I’ve dabbled in love a few times, but looking back, I’ve truly been in love twice. Third time’s a charm?
12. I’m not going to freak out if the third time isn’t a charm.
13. I’m not entirely sure what my natural hair color is. I’m pretty sure it’s some shade of brown. I’ve been dying it since I was 14. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to avoid dying it until I find out the answer to this mystery.
14. I found a gray hair last week. I plucked that sucker right out.
15. I’ve been proposed to three times (though not all serious). I said yes once (though not at all seriously).
16. My favorite spot in all of New York is at the clock in the main hall of Grand Central Terminal.
17. I don’t drink coffee. Ever. I don’t like the taste. You’d be surprised how socially debilitating this can be.
18. One of my biggest pet peeves is bad grammar in written communication. Example: One ex-boyfriend had such horrid grammar that I would print his emails, correct the grammar with my red/purple/green/whatever pen, and then read them…and then I would carry them around with me all day to reread them. Between the two of us, we wrote beautiful, grammatically correct prose.
19. I hate it when people correct my grammar or other people’s grammar during conversation. I think it’s rude.
20. I’m the older of two sisters. You knew that. My little sister is my hero. I don’t think she knew that.
21. I don’t really like Valentine’s Day, and I’m not just saying that because I’m single. Even when I had a boyfriend, I didn’t particularly care for Valentine’s Day and wouldn’t have cried too many tears if it was cancelled all together. If your BF only shows romance one day a year, it’s time to trade him in for a better model. (Birthdays, on the other hand, should be celebrated like national holidays.)
22. I know how to knit, sew, crochet, cross-stitch (both counted and stamped), make a quiche, a good cup of tea, a killer Manhattan, and I also know how to waltz and swing dance. Did someone order a 1950s housewife, straight up?
23. I can’t believe I just admitted that.
24. I’m a Daddy’s girl. You knew that. I hope I’m just like my mom when I grow up. She didn’t know that.
25. I can’t think of anything else, so I’m giving you a freebie. Ask me something you want to know, and I’ll make an honest attempt at answering the question.