16 Random Facts About Me

Well, I apologize for my inconsistency in posting things. My dad recently said that my blog site was fraudulent, since the only posts on it are from a "younger self," and don't indicate who I am now as a 22-year-old. I had another friend who requested a list of random facts about me. So, in order to appease both parties, I therefore post: 16 Random Facts About Me. Why sixteen? I have no idea. Perhaps because it's a random number and meshes with the randomness of the facts.

1. I hate soggy things. In all forms and in all circumstances.

2. Before I was born, the doctors told my parents that I was probably going to be mentally retarded. I was born normal and then my grandma dropped me on my head. Maybe that explains some things...

3. I have always wanted to visit Italy, see the art museums, get lost once, and paint a landscape from a rooftop.

4. I love the sunshine. My roommates in the past have nicknamed me "Lizard" because most days they would come home and find me curled up in a patch of sunlight on the floor. I completely understand why so many civilizations worshiped a sun god.

5. The only two things I have been able to consistently collect throughout my life are scarves and books. And friends. But it sounds kind of creepy saying I collect people.

6. I love wise sayings and random quotations, and have amassed an enormous amount of them on paper, on my computer, and in my brain. I guess I collect those too.

7. I am ambidextrous and can do most things with either hand. However, I can only draw with my right and only cut with my left.

8. I am a word nerd, and have been editing my cereal boxes since junior high.

9. I can handle nails on a chalkboard with no problem, but I cringe at the sound of paper rubbing against paper--like the paper rubbing sticks people use in art classes.

10. When I was in fourth grade, I started a fad at my elementary school--I brought back the game of Jacks.

11. I can read a book upside down just as fast as I can read it right side up.

12. I have always wanted to climb a frozen waterfall with an ice pick, but would choose death over skydiving.

13. I have had 23 different roommates at BYU and have liked them all.

14. I have written two novels.

15. I love growing gardens and will eat home grown stuff over store bought any day.

16. I'm a sucker for sentimental movies, guys, and cards.


There you have it. Me in sixteen sentences--give or take a few.