25 Things About the Real Me That I Usually Keep to Myself (or 25 Reasons I was avoiding getting caught up in this meme a year or so ago, even though I’d been tagged at least 3 times.)
1- I can only sleep an odd number of hour under 6, or I wake up cranky and unable to think logically most of the day. 1 hour is better than four for me.
2- I am resistant to being told what to do, but ask me nicely and you’ll often get your way. Only works in person though.
3- I absolutely adore Strawberries, but often detest strawberry things with the exception of yogurt. I could start each day with ripe strawberries blended with ice and a little cool whip on top.
4- When I was a kid, I used to get angry at commercials that would show products we already had in the house. I would often go get them to show the people inside the TV that we already had them.
5- Well into my 20s I thought there were hidden cameras in every room.
WELL into my 20s. And I’m still pretty paranoid.
6- I love talking to people but I hate having a cell phone. It has become a work accessory to me and whenever it’s nearby, I feel like I’m still at work.
7- I work best when it’s dark outside, but if I could I’d wake up just before sunrise every morning – sometimes I stay up after being up late just to be awake at that hour.
8- My life’s ambition is to be a great mother and philanthropist. As fulfilling as my work is, as happy as it makes me at times, I plan on becoming a millionaire. I’ve already sold 40% interest in my business. The day I can make a comfortable living from writing, I fully intend to quit working and live off some type of residual income.
9- I’m still amazed when I meet selfish people. Self-involved is one thing, even a bit of arrogance I understand, but I don’t see how any intelligent person can care only about themselves, given the inter-related nature of the world. One would think people would be giving and caring if only for the selfish reason of feeling better or feeding into the system that would benefit them.
10- This is the first time in my adult life that I haven’t been fully supporting another adult with my salary. I never told anyone that before today – actually I just thought about it and it’s very telling about me in a way. I’ll let you figure out which way.
11- Almost everything I know is self-taught and tested. I never paid attention in class unless the subject or teacher entertained me.
12- I have a horrible memory, and so have to understand a thing in order to learn it.
13- It takes me several tries to catch on to something as simple as how to wrap a gift, but once I get something, I never unlearn it.
14- I love video games, especially fighting video games. I’ve beat everyone I have ever played in a fighting game at least once.
15- When I lived in Vegas, I only gambled about 3 times in the 5 years I was here. I am just barely this side of lucky at slots so they bore me easily, and I’d never gamble real money on anything other than the stock market. Maybe one day when I have something between pocket money and “real” money.
16- I have two novels, half written and can’t decide which one to finish first.
17 – I write poetry every three days, have written over 4000 poems, and there’s something in all of them about the number 3.
18- 8 is my absolute favorite number, followed by zero, then infinity. Which is not really a number but I love the symbol.
19- From the time we lived in West Africa, I’ve developed an affinity for lizards. I loved the little geckos I’d see in Texas.
20- I love any kind of chicken dish, most especially African stewed chicken, which is like the cuban dish, Chicken Fricassee.
21- My favorite dinner is fried plantains and eggs.
22- While I’ll probably never completely give up meat, I could go days without eating it.
23- I haven’t had a so-called “real job” since 2002, and I’ve never missed it in the least
24- Straws that bend make me ridiculously cheerful for some reason.
25- Every year or so I have really powerful premonitions that are always right, and until I was about 22, always about something horribly bad happening. They’re never about me directly, but I can tell when I’m about to have amazingly good fortune, as well as when to answer or not answer the phone.