10 Confessions

#1 I enjoy debating about mysterious and controversial topics such as black holes, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Loch Ness Monster…the less “the experts” know about a topic, the more it intrigues me. The unknown must be explored! :) But, for the record, I don’t believe in life on other planets or alien civilizations…but that Loch Ness Monster, now HE exists! Lol XD

#2 I like lions. This is not to say that I would love to meet one up close and personally, but that I have great admiration for them. This partially stems from my craze for The Chronicles of Narnia and Aslan, and the fact that “The Lion King” was one of my favorite childhood movies. :)  They’re so noble and gallant and kingly (I did not say ‘soft and loveable’, but I was thinking it…) :P

#3 I have an inexplicable  fascination with sign language. After reading a biography of Helen Keller around the tender age of six or seven, I immediately set out to create my own set of signs for every song I knew. Even now, during speeches, I am more likely to watch the sign language translator than the actual speaker. :D

# 4 It took me forever to learn to swim, and then I had a paranoia of diving boards until I was twelve.  My siblings would tease me to no end over the fact that I always stayed in the safe, shallow end of swimming pools for many years, but I trumped them all by being the first (and only of us, thus far) to open my eyes underwater! ;) Now, of course, I love to swim, and am crazy about diving boards. :D But I have a new phobia…swimsuits. I don’t like ‘em. Just shorts and a shirt, please and thank you. lol

#5 I live a paradoxical food life. I enjoy studying nutrition and reading about the benefits of raw, organic foods, but in the end you will catch me choosing the hotdog over the stick of celery, and the doughnut over the bagel. I know. It’s bad. ;)

#6 Running is life! Everything else is just details…

#7 I always felt so sad and sorry for the lobsters in the grocery stores by the seafood section, crawling all over each other and giving me mournful glances whilst trying to use their tied-up pinchers. :( I made plans to someday buy every lobster in H-E-B and drive them to the coast and release them into the waters so they could be free! Anyone care to join my Lobster Liberation League? jkjk :P

#8 I was blessed with good teeth! I’ve never had braces or cavities (well, okay maybe that one when I was practically a baby, but I wasn’t even brushing my own teeth then, so it wasn’t my fault!) However, I hate going to the dentist. They stuff my mouth with cotton until I gag, scrape my teeth with pointed objects, and jabber away when I can’t actually continue the conversation because their hands are in my mouth! :/

#9 I’m weird…I don’t have a cell phone. So I can’t call or text, which is annoying when I have to borrow other people’s phones. :) I would like one, but would have to pay for it myself, so I’m kind of waiting…maybe by the end of this year? So yepp—weird. Not. So yeah, if you want to communicate with me you'll have to do something incredibly old-fashioned like send an fb message, an email, or *gasp!* actually talk to me in person. :)

#10 My worst fault? That I always have wanted to know everything about everything, and I hate surprises unless I don’t know I’m even going to be surprised. But if you tell me, “I’ve got a surprise for you,” it will drive me up the wall with curiosity. I used to go through the trash and my parent’s wallets to see what they got me for Christmas—now I just check in the attic periodically after Thanksgiving (shhh! Don’t tell!)  I love to spy (read: eavesdrop) and get really, really bugged by “No trespassing” signs. Really? Putting the sign up makes me want to wander onto your property even more! :D