I never, ever do these surveys, but since a friend demanded it, here you go!
25 THINGS YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ME!
1. I'm a germaphobe and I carry hand sanitizer with me everywhere I go.
Hypochondria is also an unfortunate personality trait that has annoyed
untold numbers of medical personnel with a continual barrage of paper
cuts.
2. My attention span is shorter than my dog's.
3. I collect rare and unusual pop-up books.
4. Car and motion sickness has plagued me throughout my life and I've always been the first to puke on road trips and at amusement parks.
5. Kids are entertaining and I love picking out things for friend's urchins, but I never, ever want my own.
6. Patience is something I struggle with.
7. I have an unhealthy, almost obsessive fear of death.
8. I hate telephones and prefer email or text where I can say what is needed without all the extra polite crap.
9. Small talk gets old quickly. Give me some dirt, titillating tidbits or just be real ... but I can't suffer through conversations about the weather and traffic conditions without fallin ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ...
10. I don't understand people who think their chosen belief system is the one and only way to think about life as we know it and I try to operate on a "nobody's right, nobody's wrong" principle - does anyone really have the answers?! We can believe or not believe all we want, but for all we know, God is a giant labrador retriever and the world is her chew toy. I kind of hope that's the case, actually.
11. I love pushing buttons, whether they be literal buttons on a keyboard or moral and political buttons of friends, I just love poking them.
12. I once ate 40 Sprinkles cupcakes on a 10-day trip to L.A.
13. Theatre and music performance was a big part of my life until my mid-twenties, when I became more interested in writing & food.
14. While I know a fair number of people, close friendships are hard for me to come by for one reason or another and I have a small core group of friends.
15. Once you're my friend, there's no getting rid of me and I'd do anything for you.
16. Animals and nature are an important part of my life and I spend as much time hiking as possible. The Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica is one of my favorite escapes in the world.
17. I never outgrew my boyhood obsession with creepy crawlies and think that insects, snakes, spiders and anything else that makes most other people squirm are some of the coolest, most fascinating things ever.
18. A recluse spider once bit me on my left foot while I was in the south of France, creating a quarter-size necrotic wound that didn't close up for over two months.
19. I still love spiders and hate it when people smash them.
20. Flying is not one of my favorite things, but since I'd rather die living than caving into fear on a couch somewhere, I get on the plane.
21. I have a compulsive personality and if I lived in Vegas, I'd sell my soul for another round of Blackjack.
22. I possess a sharp and naughty sense of humor and I have a knack for getting others to laugh at the most inappropriate things imaginable.
23. I survived a crazy, fucked up childhood that has left me with all sorts of unique personality ticks that I'm only recently settling into and accepting.
24. A performer at heart, I'm frequently caught singing show tunes and bubble gum pop songs at the top of my lungs in the shower.
25. I can be the world's biggest Drama Queen.
