10 Things You Didn't Know About Me...Or Maybe You Did

Remember the days of instant messenger when you could make quizzes for your friends or when those surveys were circulating on Facebook?  Every one knew lots of random facts about each other then.  Whatever happened to those?  Such great time wasters...

So, here are 10 random facts you may or may not have known about me:

1.  I NEVER watch TV.  I'm obsessed with movies but I'm way too busy to watch a TV show regularly.  I don't even have time to watch the Today Show anymore.  I do, however, love getting TV shows on DVD from the library.  Basically, I'm watching TV shows years after they aired, which means I have no idea what happened on Downton Abbey since I'm still waiting for Season 2, so don't tell me.  Here is what I'm watching right now.  I know...old school, right?

(Wikipedia)

2. I may be a librarian NOW but it took awhile to get here.  When I was little, yes, I wanted to be a librarian.  I played library.  Ha ha!  I also wanted to be the first woman president.  In junior high, I wanted to  be a travel agent.  In high school, I wanted to be the next CJ Craig from West Wing.  When I was at Mount Union, I wanted to be a writer.  When I was at La Roche, I wanted to be an account executive at a major public relations firm.  Deep down...I wanted to be a librarian.  The lesson here...follow your dreams.  Those childhood ideas might come true.  Does that mean the White House is next?

3.  I don't eat jello EXCEPT for a jello shot.  I only eat jello shots because a certain older cousin told me when I was little that jello was made from bones.  I never ate jello again.

4.  I DO stupid things.  Before a swim meet, I wanted my clean and still wet suit to dry faster.  It was my favorite one and expensive I think.  I decided the fastest way would be to use the hair dryer.  Wrong.  I burned the swim suit.  I had to wear my ugly suit to the meet.

5.  Halloween is probably my LEAST favorite holiday.  When I was little I couldn't have most of the candy because of eczema, so I thought what was the point.  I stopped trick or treating in middle school or earlier.  I like to dress up but I just never cared for the holiday as much as Christmas, Thanksgiving or Fourth of July.  I'm not really a fan of Easter either.

6.  I'm a mini-golf champion.   I won first place in a miniature golf tournament at Lakeside in eighth grade.

7.  I HATE the mall.  I think it was my eight years at the Gap that caused this.  I'd rather shop online or in small stores now.

8.  If I won the lottery...I'd split it three ways.  I donate one-third to Lakeside, Lutherlyn and breast cancer charities.  I would invest one-third to use for the education of my children and grandchildren.  I would buy a summer house with the rest.

9.  I do things in threes.  My sisters and best friends come in groups of three.  I went to three colleges (Mount Union, La Roche and Kent State). I speak three languages (Japanese, French and Italian).  I have lived in three places that I called "home" at some point in my life (Annapolis, Lakeside and Pittsburgh).  I have worshiped in churches of three different religions (Lutheran, Methodist and Episcopalian).  I've had three cars so far (the wagon, the cobalt and the G6.  That's enough threes...

10. I CAN'T relax!  In college, a yoga teacher told me she couldn't get my neck to relax when she massaged it.  I'm really trying to not be so uptight.

That's enough for now...

Ciao!