The Random Facts I Promised

1. I was the only one in my family who never sucked my thumb/pacifier/blanket/etc. Yet I was the only one who ended up with crooked teeth.

2. I am the youngest of SEVEN. The oldest is in her 40s

3. I never had a real boyfriend until 10th grade.

4. I've been told I speak random languages in my sleep. Unfortunately, I never remember my dreams.

5. I apparently have a minor form of synesthaesia; I associate different types of people (and different countries, for some reason) with different colours.

6. I've delved in MANY languages, but the only one I speak anywhere near as fluently as I speak English is French.

5. I'm an articulate writer, but I am sometimes so shy face to face with people I don't know that I can't speak. I've always been terrified that that makes me come off as rude.

6. Before 11th grade, I was afraid to meet peoples' eyes, except people who are very close to me.

7. I can no longer fall asleep without speaking to Allen, or being in close proximity to him.

8. I want a chinchilla.

9. I hold grudges for a long time, but I rarely tell people when I am upset at them.

10. I used to be an EXTREMELY reclusive and private person. I still am, but to a lesser extent.

11. I am mildly agorophobic.

12. I write romantic stories. Usually about two men.

13. I mimic cats. When I was 3 I thought I was a cat. I never quite grew out of that.

14. I find it very difficult to trust people.

15. I try not to judge people but a lot of times I look at people and automatically assume what type of person they are. I'm usually right.

16. I have my license, but I'm scared to drive by myself.

17. I tend to feel more confident talking to people who are much older than me, than people who are near my age.

18. I used to think I would never make it out in the world on my own, because I was too timid to stand up for myself.

19. I nearly paralyzed my hand when I was 7. I have very little feeling between the thumb and forefinger of my left hand.

20. I'm ambidexterous. Not in the sense that I can write well with both hands (because I have sloppy handwriting with both), but some things (like writing and opening bottles) I do with my right hand, and others (like opening doors and hitting the spacebar - which most people do with their dominant hand) I do with my left.

21. My current fascination is learning songs in other languages. Lately, the only time I listen to songs in English is when I listen to the radio. I now know songs in Romanian, Finnish, French, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), Spanish, and German.

22. I have never broken a bone.

23. Losing 30 lbs. in 3.5 months is safe, right? (And, because it was mentioned elsewhere, I am afraid to break into a run on the treadmill).

24. I am physically incapable of winking. (I literally cannot close my right eye without closing my left. I can close my left without the right, but I can't do it quickly, so if I try to wink it just looks like I have something in my eye)

25. I have 20/15 vision in one eye, and somewhere between 20/60 and 20/70 with the other. On bad days, or if I'm sleepy, my eyes stop tracking together and only my left eye moves.

26. I pick up languages very quickly.

27. I, too, have never been to Chipotle.

28. I'm becoming sick of work, because my shy nature gets me in trouble there.

29. I may or may not have several mental disorders. They haven't diagnosed me with anything.

30. If I could go to school forever, I would.