I’ve been tagged by so many people that I feel obliged to respond. The instructions are as follows:
Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged, you have to tag the person who tagged you.
1. I love baking, and the reports I’ve received indicate I’m fairly good too.
2. I am very picky with food. It’s primarily the texture of items I struggle with, rather than the taste.
3. When I was 3, I opened a case containing one of my mum’s dead, but real, butterflies, and ate it.
4. I want to study medicine.
5. I have worked two jobs for the last 10 years – my regular 9-5 (well, more like 6-3) and I provide consultancy services for a number of other companies outside those hours.
6. I dispise lateness (in myself), and I would prefer to arrive somewhere an hour early than 5 minutes late.
7. I’m a huge fan of Britney Spears, and not afraid to admit it. I’m going to see her in June!
8. I also love the Spice Girls, and went to see them in January 2008. With Reagan.
9. I’m an obsessive saver. I spent my life savings between the ages of 16 and 18, and then went heavily into (credit card) debt. Having cleared the debt just before Zachary was born, I’m now driven to save as much as possible.
10. I have stitched my own wounds, it’s an interesting experience.
11. After a 7 year break, I started reading fiction books again 4 years ago.
12. I was recently asked to be ‘more civil’ in written communications. While accurate, and containing the required information, my emails are frequently terse and people can take that the wrong way.
13. Having disliked being taught English while in the schooling system, I now enjoy learning about language structure.
14. While I don’t regret having them done, I’m miffed that it’ll cost me £2500 to reverse the earlobe ‘damage’ of £20 piercings.
15. My Mum loved the story of Jonathan & David written about in 1 Samuel (old testament). I have two brothers, one is named David.
16. I am an atheist. I detest religion, and have no respect for religious beliefs whatsoever.
17. I can juggle, and used to win talent contests doing so.
18. I am not superstitious. Scorpios never are.
19. I used to have a crush on Anne Diamond. In my defense, I was 7.
20. It’s very difficult for me to sit and do nothing. Even while watching TV I need to be productive – working, tidying etc.
21. I’m told I’m smart, but having left school at 16 and now working with people who have multiple degrees, I rarely feel it.
22. I laugh every time I’m wiping Zachary’s bum and he says, ‘Daddy, don’t get poo on your finger!’. I have no idea where he got that from – it certainly wasn’t from me!
23. I nearly always ask for discounts or free stuff when I’m shopping. I’m often successful, too.
24. I was circumsized when I was 17. And I bursted my stitches with a ‘nocturnal erection’ a few days later. My surgeon laughed and asked if it was a good dream.
25. Two years ago I convinced my then ten year old brothers that homeopathic medicines were taken by all males from the age of 15 to stop them being gay. ‘Homeo’ meaning ‘gay’, and ‘pathic’ meaning ‘anti’. It amused me greatly.