Post by BEATE-MAREN McCANN on May 18, 2011 4:27:57 GMT 1
Here comes 10 amazing/disturbing/odd/useless/blackmail-fodder facts about me
(Also, a big thumbs-up to Laura/Des for giving us all the opportunity to talk humbly about ourselves
)Fact One -- I am from NORTHERN IRELAND (no, darlings, not Ireland)! This makes me British (though nationality where I come from is a matter of personal perspective, but we don't need a history lesson right now). Therefore I got stupidly excited during the N.I. bits of HBII - not to mention I wet myself laughing every time they say 'Antrim' in the film. So, yes, in a nutshell - I love my bonkers little country! ;D
Zoe Salmon - an example of my
Fact Two -- I grew up on a farm. Fair enough, I hear you say. And I'm afraid of cows/bulls. Which is a bit odd, in light of the former fact. However, once you've been charged/chased as many times as I have, you'll begin to see my point (they don't like me!
)Fact Three -- I have seen a ghost, and consequently am more than willing to give 'paranormal' experiences the time of day. The story: I was about eight at the time, and was woken up in the middle of the night by the mice running around (we were nearly always infested, gotta love it
). And there was this woman walking through my bedroom, dressed in Victorian clothes and carrying one of those old-fashion bowl-and-jug combos people used to use for washing themselves back in the day. That sorta made sense, given the history of the house. But naturally, I did the supremely sensible thing of diving back under the covers and not coming out again until daybreak.I would actually quite like to go into parapsychology due to this, so maybe one day I will finally get around to doing that course.
Fact Four -- Coffee makes me MONUMENTALLY ill - I overdid it once to bash out five pieces of coursework in one night and since then it hasn't agreed with me. In contrast, I drink tea by the bucketload and cannot quite function properly without some.
Fact Five -- My second ever pet was a half-blind lamb called Herbie whose mother rejected him and therefore he ended up thinking I was his Mummy. This was when I was three, so the lamb was practically as tall as I was. He used to eat my jumpers.
Fact Six -- Sleeping pattern? What sleeping pattern?! Basically, my ability to sleep is affected by many things (as I'm sure is no doubt true with some of you lot) and consequently I don't sleep at normal hours. I'm subject to really really odd dreams and sometimes become irrationally afriad of the dark. Which is why napping is my main extra-curricular activity
Fact Seven -- 13 is my lucky number (because someone has to give it some love right?) and my birthday.
Fact Eight -- I study religion and I want to be a secondary school teacher. No, I'm not insane, why do you ask?
Random sidenote: every time I read about the crucifixion, I end up rubbing my wrists in a sorta compulsive way for the rest of the day. That dealy probably CANED.Fact Nine -- I am obsessed with certain TV shows and books. I love love love them and will big them up incessantly if you give me the chance. Lookout for quotes people!
Fact Ten -- I may insult you, but it's just me showing some love really!
(I blame the all-girls school, it sends a person crazy!)I wonder does my excessive use of smilies count as an eleventh fact . . . ?
