25 Strange and Random Things About Me
While roaming through several blogs a few weeks back, I noticed some had posted lists of random things about themselves. What a fun idea for a column, I thought. Surely I could come up with a few strange and random things about me. I figured it might take a while-maybe even a few years-before I’d have enough odd things collected to fill up this space, but I started jotting down those random tidbits and quite to my surprise, I learned that
Random Thing No. 1.
I’m much stranger than I thought. In no time at all, I had my list.
2. I saved my dog’s baby teeth.
3. My favorite part about a bag of pretzels is the leftover salt at the bottom
of the bag.
4. I have a friend whose son had been collecting his toenail clippings for years.
5. For some reason, I find the above tremendously funny.
6. When I was a kid, I was so traumatized from watching “The Blob” that I used to shove towels in the crack under my bedroom door at night to keep it out.
7. When Geoff (who is now my husband) and I first started dating, I noticed his bookshelves held many of the same serial killer titles as I had at home. Instead of making me nervous, I was excited since I had many of the same titles at home.
8. On the wall in my home office, I have a growing collection of mucus man from the Mucinex ads. (”Mucus rules!” “Save the mucus!.” “Mucus happens.”)
9. On a speed-typing test once, I once clocked in at 125 words a minute without a single mistake.
10. It never happened again.
11. My favorite picture is one my daughter made when she was seven. It’s titled, “Bathtub sharks in love.”
12. On our first Valentines Day together, Geoff and I somehow managed to buy each other the exact same present. (The first two seasons of “24″ on DVD.)
13. I have a freckle on the bottom of my left foot.
14. When I’m alone in the house, I sing to my animals.
15. Sometimes, they join me.
16. More often, they hide.
17. I don’t particularly like perfume or jewelry.
18. My car is easily distinguishable from others just like it because of the dog nose art that covers the insides of the windows.
19. I was once robbed at gunpoint and handcuffed to a pole by a man wearing a fake mustache.
20. Every woman in my family has ugly feet.
21. I can’t fold fitted sheets.
22. I’ve never been able to watch the ending of the “Little Mermaid,” where Arial is saying goodbye to her father, without getting teary-eyed.
23. Many have sworn they could teach me how to (a) play tennis, or (b) drive a stick shift, but none have succeeded.
24. I wear bangs because I have a second set of eyebrows on my forehead.
25. I occasionally can’t resist attempting to pass off outrageous lies as the truth.
November 4th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
No. 1. My husband and I found we had doubles of books and movies before we got married. (mostly serial killer and weirdo stuff).
No. 2. I can fold a fitted sheet to appear like a flat sheet - let me know and I’ll demonstrate for you.
No. 3. I have the loveliest toes/feet ever. My 2nd toe is smaller than the big toe and they continue on that way to my teeny pinky toe - and they’re always, always painted, even in winter.
November 6th, 2006 at 6:25 am
Go ahead. Rub it in about the pretty feet. Mine are so ugly I hate to wear sandals. My big toe alone . . . nasty. That sucker is so long if I ever lost a thumb, they could use the toe to replace it.
I might have to take you up on that folded sheet training session, but I’ve watched Mom do it before and I still can’t get it.
November 6th, 2006 at 9:21 am
Well, if it makes you feel any better, my husband says my toes are “weird” looking because the 2nd toe is not longer than the big toe.
Frankly, I don’t think there are any feet/toes that a little nail polish couldn’t spiffy up. :-)–>