so, i recently started this whole blog thing. one may not know it based off of the excessive number of posts i've made in the past few days; however, if one were truly following the blog one would know that i am unemployed and have more time than the average person on my hands.
anyway, i stumbled across a jewel of a blog today: The Rest is Still Unwritten. seriously, this dude is amazing. besides the fact that he is an amazingly raw, real, and emotional writer...he is super cute. but really, you don't even need to see his picture to love this guy. the way he writes and the things he says make you (or at least me anyway) want to be loved by him. perhaps i am crazy. all i'm sayin' is just read his blog before you judge.
he wrote this post where he shared 101 things about him. it was chock full of random facts about him...stuff most people wouldn't know. now, if you know me really well, you know that i have a book on my coffee table that is basically this same principle, "Dailey Dose of Emily." (P.S. the first entry is that i can not spell...i know that daily was misspelled.) but, i was inspired to write more. or to try to at least. perhaps there will be some repetition, but just as my new blog crush i will attempt to be completely honest...rolling funny, sad, shocking, scary, silly, and the like all into one.
1. i was voted Best Personality in high school, but i am afraid to go to my reunion because i don't think anyone will remember me. the truth is that i only really won because so many people got nominated that i was the one with the majority...it wasn't overwhelming though.
2. i have in irrational fear of peeing my pants. when a bathroom is not immediately accessible i suddenly have an overwhelming urge to pee. (for the record i have not peed myself in over two decades)
3. i remember the night we moved out of the house we shared with my dad. my mom's friend's yelled at me for having so much shit under my bed. really? was that the appropriate thing to do to a young kid who really didn't know they were moving?
4. i wanted a SkipIt so bad in third grade. all the cool girls had them on the playground.
5. i never got one.
6. i one upped them and got a boyfriend.
7. i get ridiculously excited about buying new panties and have spent more money at victoria's secret than i should admit to.
8. my mom didn't know that my new year's resolution in high school to "stop falling asleep on the bathroom floor" had nothing to do with me working late hours and everything to do with me smoking pot.
9. my brother, cousins, and i made up this story about a dead dog that was kept under the bed at my grandmother's house. we use to try to get my youngest cousin (who wasn't in on secret) to stick her hand down the side of the bed to touch it. we laughed when she wouldn't and started crying.
10. i've never cheated on someone.
11. i've been cheated on more times than i would like to think about.
12. i wonder if it is me or that i have terrible taste in guys.
13. i always won the sit and reach competition in school.
14. i secretly wouldn't mind being a stay at home mom.
15. my dad has told both my brother and i at one point that we were adopted. he probably kept the joke alive longer than necessary- neither of us really are adopted.
16. i am really good at fake crying.
17. i've always said that i would marry a guy if he bought me breyer's mint chocolate chip ice cream.
18. i go so far out of my way to make my partner happy that i probably turn them away.
19. my parents have told me that when i was a kid and we would eat at this one particular restaurant all i would order and eat was cole slaw
20. i have memories of cheating on a spelling test in first grade.
21. i memorized the homeless people on my route home from work and would get worried when i didn't see them...i was afraid something happened to them.
22. i went to europe for five weeks in college. i got really homesick even though i was with by brother and his best friend. and i did go to school anywhere near "home," so it didn't really make sense.
23. i've never ridden a horse.
24. i loaned an ex-boyfriend $500 to pay for his DUI lawyer because he couldn't stop drinking and save money. he never fully paid me back. surprise.
25. my heart melts when guys kiss me on my forehead.
26. i talked to my dog alfie as if he were going to respond.
27. i drank about a bottle and a half of vodka when we put him to sleep.
28. i still miss him.
29. when i see a large grassy hill or field i have this overwhelming urge to take off running toward it.
30. i giggle if someone farts in the stall next to me.
31. if i see something in a store that i like...i touch it.
32. i miss my brothers more than they know.
33. college was the first school i went to for more three years.
34. i got a tattoo with my best friend because we were eating breakfast and couldn't think of anything else to do that day.
35. i never throw away the fortunes from fortune cookies. i think it is bad luck.
36. i've spent the entire day in a towel watching tv because i was too lazy to put on clothes after a shower.
37. on two occasions i called in sick to work saying that the dog was throwing up...the dog was not throwing up.
38. i have no gall bladder, well, except for the stuffed one my friend bought me.
39. my heart still beats fast when i watch My So Called Life and Jordan Catalano grabs Angela's hand in the hallway so that everyone can see.
40. i once told a doctor i was 16 after he asked my age. i was 18. i don't even know why i said it.
41. it still makes me happy when Rerun jumps on the back of the truck at the end of the credits for What's Happening!!
42. i recognize it would make more sense for the punctuation after What's Happening to be a question mark, but the show uses two exclamation points.
43. i think i started experiencing major depression in high school. my parent's thought i was just being overly dramatic and perhaps i did too. all i know is that i couldn't make it stop.
44. my parents never talked about God at home, so i become really uncomfortable talking about him with other people. i just don't know if i think it is one of those things you should talk about or just let it be private.
45. out of stubbornness i peed in a trashcan because my older brother wouldn't get off of the toilet. i could have used another bathroom. (i was probably 7 years old for the record)
46. i bite the inside of my cheek when i am nervous.
47. after my first kiss the boy tried to do much more. he didn't care that i said no.
48. i have more pillows on my bed than any one person needs.
49. i really only use two to sleep with. i like the rest there to make the bed feel more full.
50. i started skiing when i was four years old.
51. i sometimes felt hypocritical working at a domestic violence shelter when i continued to ignore what happened in my own family.
52. i become more passionate talking about domestic violence than probably anything else i ever talk about.
53. i worry more than i let on that no one really loves me.
54. i moved to nashville because a boy broke my heart.
55. i told a boy i was dating he was gay...because he was. he cried and said he was scared. i held his hand.
56. he is my friend today, but i probably still love him.
57. i can drink most guys under the table.
58. i never turn down a free shot.
59. i started wearing a bra before any of the other girls in my class. i was really embarrassed about having boobs and didn't want anyone to know.
60. i still sometimes think my boobs are overwhelming.
61. i secretly find it sexy when guys smoke.
62. some of my most fond memories of my mom are from when she was sick and i would crawl in bed with her. i felt like she really needed and wanted me there.
63. some days i can't get out of bed. i would like to...i just don't know how.
64. i never told anyone how abandoned i felt after they said they would be there for me...and weren't. it was as if everyone left me alone at that doctor's office.
65. i feel much safer on a plane when the flight attendants are walking around. when i was younger and afraid to fly. i would push the attendant call button just to make them get up and walk over to me. i knew that if we were crashing they wouldn't do that.
66. i am almost always running low on or out of toilet paper.
67. i don't know how to whistle or snap my fingers.
68. i didn't dissect animals in middle school because the "cool" girls weren't doing it. i wasn't really all that grossed out.
69. i want to be swept off my feet by someone who loves me in a hoodie and yoga pants.
70. i give a pretty good back massage.
71. i know i really like someone if i'm not nervous to be naked in front of them.
72. i use to write fake diary entries when i was little because my stepsister wanted to read what i wrote.
73. i started watching soap operas when i was nine. i got hooked because my grandfather watched them. whenever we would see each other we would talk about the latest love triangles.
74. i've never had anyone really close to me die. i am terrified for it to happen.
75. i have a box labeled "stuff only i care about." it couldn't be more true.
76. i had a troll collection when i was a kid. it is rather embarrassing how large it was.
77. what is even more embarrassing is that i can't bring myself to get rid of any of them.
78. i've never stolen anything, well that i can remember.
79. i regularly wonder if my friends really like me because i have a hard time liking myself some times.
80. my hair gets really messy when i sleep and i call it chicken hair. my family has adopted the phrase and we use it as if it is a real word.
81. i always felt like i was compared to my older brother growing up and that i could never be as good as he was. i spent a lot of time trying to be like him but never feeling like i measured up. what i am now realizing is that there was no "as good as" because we are just different people...you can't measure us like that.
82. i am excited to move into an assisted living community one day. i can't wait to just hang out with my friends and do nothing.
83. i think breakfast for dinner is a cop out and when i have a family of my own i will not make them eat it.
84. there is nothing sexier than waking up in the middle of the night next to someone and continuing as if you never went to sleep.
85. the thought of living in the suburbs now scares me.
86. when i'm in a relationship, i never do the whole "i've got a headache" thing.
87. my mom, brother, and i lived in a trailer park for a few months after my parents separated.
88. i don't usually know how to back down in a argument.
89. i had two imaginary friends growing up.
90. peppy party was the main one.
91. amy was the other. she was my sister. she lived in florida, but was dead because she smoked cigarettes.
92. i obviously had an overactive imagination when i was younger.
93. i convinced by older brother to flood our upstairs bathroom with me when i was about four or five. i have no idea why i was doing it...or why he went along.
94. my mom says she had trouble yelling at me when i was a kid because i would just laugh and she couldn't keep a straight face.
95. i don't really sound like an adult on the phone.
96. although i am extremely indecisive, when i make a decision i firmly believe in it and rarely ever waiver.
97. watching the videos from when my little brother was on tour with his band make me realize he is probably cooler than me.
98. i don't always wash my hands in a public restroom. for some reason, i think it makes them dirtier. for that reason i try to always carry hand sanitizer.
99. i think pigeons are beautiful.
100. when i hold hands with someone i want my hand to be on the bottom.
101. there are people out there that probably don't know it, but they saved my life.
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