random facts about me
07/08/2005 06:22 a.m.
*I love hot pickled okra. more than pickles. actually, I like anything hot. but not anything pickled. wasabi is my new favorite hot thing.

*if you guessed I don't listen to country music, you'd be mostly right. Dwight Yoakam is the one exception. he was my first celebrity crush. (not counting Donnie Wahlberg.) when I was young, my parents saw him in concert without me. I was steamed. but they bought me a t-shirt and that made it better.

*I'll eat any vegetable if it's fried. especially green tomatoes, okra and squash. though ranch is required with all of these.

*speaking of Donnie Wahlberg, the first CD my parents ever purchased specifically for me was "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids on the Block.

*in my younger days, I put ketchup on everything. my grandparents broke me of the habit by forcing me to try new things. now I have expansive, experimental tastes.

*since I was a very young child, I've been interested in the counterculture of the 60's. when I was eight, we went to a pinic for my mom's company. there was face painting, and, while other kids had whiskers or fangs or flowers painted on their cheeks, I insisted on having a peace sign. one of my mom's coworkers told me I was born in the wrong decade and called me a flowerchild. I loved it.

*the first friend I remember with any kind of clarity was a boy named Ryan Turner. he was so amazingly cute. when we were growing up, I was sure I'd marry him eventually. maybe this friendship is the beginning and cause of a lifetime of friendships with boys.

*I used to dress my little brother up in a dress and a wig. he did not protest.

*the first girl friend I had was Callie Green. she had gorgeous brown curly hair and freckles all over her face. she was one of the most beautiful little girls I've ever seen.

*me and Callie's brother Josh once had an arguement about what color the sky was. he said it was navy. I said it was sky blue. my mom constantly reminds me of this arguement and says I insist on reliving it on a semi-daily basis.

*in my lifetime, I've kissed nine boys... two of which I believe I actually loved/love.

*apparently, I was a kicker when I was in the womb. my mom also insists that I responded most wildly when music was being played. I also have a fairly clear memory of "playing the piano" on my carseat... I think to an Amy Grant song.

*I have had friends of nearly every ethnicity/color. I honestly remember someone in my family... either my dad or my older brother... sitting me down when I was a child with a white crayon and a black crayon and showing me that if you colored with the white one, then colored over it with the black, the white would disappear. I've asked my dad and my brother about this, but they both claim they don't know what I'm talking about.

*Callie and I once sang a duet in church that made some visiting missionaries cry. she sang one verse, I sang the other, we sang the chorus together. I forgot my words. I repeated the same line twice and nearly broke down. we managed to finish, but I point to this as the beginning of my social phobia.

*I haven't been camping in a while. we used to go nearly every year when my grandparents lived with us. it was always fun, except when we camped by the river. there were bugs everywhere.

*in the fourth grade, my first and only year in public school, I tried out for the chorus. only three people out of about 20 kids from our class who tried out would make it, and they chose me as one of the three. I almost cried when they told me. we sang Duke of Earl, and I always wondered what it was about. I still do.

*the "favorite" grandchild of my mother's parents is my cousin, Christy. I've always been jealous of her. that being said, lately I feel as if I'm in a very close second, if not her equal. my grandparents love me. a lot.

*at some point in elementary school, I accidentally used the boy's bathroom. I would have done it without noticing, but right as I was leaving, Josh Gray walked in and I asked him what he was doing. he asked me what I was doing. I told him this was the girl's bathroom and he laughed at me and told me to read the sign. I did. it was the boy's bathroom.

this was silly. but I was remembering things, and I wanted to put them somewhere. maybe I'll do this again sometime. it was fun.
I am currently Tired
I am listening to Reno 911