I posted this on facebook, since a few other people I knew had sent me their versions... but decided to post it here as well, cause lets face it, Im lazy... giggle.

25 Random facts about myself...

1. I dislike every holiday except Halloween.

2. Although I can recognize the beauty, I am never truly inspired by nature.  I don't care about a majestic mountains, babbling brooks or starry nights. My awe is reserved for man made structures, inventions and art.

3. I truly have no idea how loud my own voice often is.

4. I hate how most people have very little understanding or tolerance for mental illness or for people that have one.

5. I do not care about who you work for or how much money you make. I am interested in how you treat others and if anyone can depend on you.

6. I once bit one of my high school teachers in the middle of class.  He deserved it. 

7. I am addicted to the internet, seriously addicted. As well, obsessively collect things, beads, lego, tins etc... (and as long as we are talking addictions) I am totally oral fixated (and no, I did not just say that for the joke fodder.)

8. I consider myself a "Jill of most art trades, master of none". I have done everything from sculpture to painting, stained glass to beading, mosaics to woodcarving, photography to paper making and everything in between... except for metalsmithing ( I plan to rectify this coming year).

9. I dont do "love", frankly I find physical love to be more fulfilling and important than emotional love.  I have had a million crushes, and too many flings, but I have been in love... truly in love, only 3 times. Hopefully 3rd time is the charm.

10. I have four visible scars, three are from surgeries.

11. I hate driving with a passion.  Unlike my peers, I did not get my drivers license at 16, but 21 instead.   I drive (and frequently) but only because there is no other option, it is not pleasurable and often I find it stressful.

12. I have always enjoyed and still enjoy public speaking.

13. I love to dance and took many different types of dance lessons as a child. I think it's a shame most men of my generation can not polka or even manage a simple waltz, it is with this fact, that I will blame my domineering habit of leading.

14. I dumped my kindergarten boyfriend for crying like a baby when our school bus was in an accident.  Apparently I have always been a bit hard core.

15. I do not like colouring books or other toys that stagnate creativity.  I am a huge fan of construction toys, much to the horror of my "Lego friends", any construction toy will do. 

16. I do not sleep well, often going nights without sleeping at all.  Many circumstances must be met for me to have a good night sleep, one of them being that I have ~MY~ blanket. (No, I will not share it, no matter how charming, cute, or persuasive the person laying beside me is). 

17. Once, someone told me that I was hard as rock on the exterior, and soft as a melted gooey marshmallow on the inside. I resented that remark. not because it isn't true, but because I wish people could only see the rock.

18. Someone else told me, I am best at coping with life when one of my family/friends are in dire need of my support.  I resented that remark, only because it is true. I am happier when I have something difficult to focus on, when life is good, I become riddled with unjustified fears or unrealistic expectations.

19. The number 19 is my favourite number. Somewhere I have a list of 19 reasons why. 

20.  I once took a full swing of a golf club to my right eye splitting my eyelid open and giving me a shiner that lasted a number of weeks.

21.  I love when I make people laugh so hard they cry.

22. In kindergarten, a boy (not the one I dumped) and I got into "serious" trouble for sneaking into the school during recess and somehow spilling iodine (that we took from the first aid box) on the dress up clothes. I believe that moment might be a defining moment of me having issues with authority.

23. One of the best summers of my life was a summer fling with an "American" boy.  Luckily we never had to endure the Olivia/John moment in September because I never spoke to him again once he went back home after summer vacation.

24. I do not regret, learning the hard way, that one should never drink a huge bottle of 3 dollar brandy, especially when one has not eaten for the entire day. 

25. I have serious trust issues and I am pretty sure you are lying to me.

That was a fun read. You are too much like me! I have yet to respond to the one I received on facebook. As well as the "Top 25 Desert Island Discs" note. Anyway, I must add you to my rss briefs and read you regularly. Cheers~ Anitra in Chicago