25 Random Things About... ME!

I am kind of cheating today, but I just did a survey on Facebook that ended up being kind of fun and thought-provoking. These were the guidelines: write a note with 25 random things. Okay, there was a little more to it than that, but it involved "tagging" people who you wanted to share things about yourself with and requesting that they send 25 random things about themselves back. I can't really tag anyone in my blog (or can I? I am really new to this) so I just decided to put those 25 random things in my blog as a way to tell whoever may be reading this a little more about me.

1. I was born in Germany

2. I've lived in Germany, New Mexico, Minnesota, and Alaska

3. The first time I lived in Minnesota I was in kindergarten. The second time I lived in Minnesota I was in college.

4. When I was in kindergarten I once took a pig to school for show & tell.

5. I lived on my grandparent's pig farm for a year (can you guess what year that was?)

6. One of the greatest gifts anyone could ever give me is an iTunes gift card.

7. I hate going to bed at night. Well, hate is a strong word, but that's when I do all my personal stuff like watch TV or clean my house or walk my dog. There's always so much I want to do, not anything that's particularly important, in fact, sometimes it's incredibly lazy stuff, but it's stuff that I want to do for myself. I feel like I spend so much time at work and then sleeping that there's never enough time to do the things I want to do.

8. I just started writing a blog, which is weird because I've always thought blogs were kind of narcissistic. Now I think they're a good way to get your thoughts out, and if someone happens to read them, great. If not, oh well... or maybe I am just narcissistic.

9. I wish I could teach the world when it's appropriate to use the word "its" and the contraction "it's". Once and for all, it's always "its" unless you are using the contraction for the phrase "IT IS"!

10. I love "High School Musical." In fact, at this very moment I have iTunes set on random to play the soundtracks to all three movies.

11. In general, I want to make a career change. I don't think I want to do what I'm doing for the rest of my life... but when I hear about an exciting project someone else is working on, I get jealous and wish I could work on it too, which makes me want to stay in the business.

12. I have a reputation for being a hard worker, but I think I'm kind of lazy and I would actually rather do things the easy way or just not work at all.

13. Even though I complain about work and claim I want a job that I don't have to take home with me every night, I tend to check my work e-mail at home a lot, and end up doing quite a bit of work at home... by choice.

14. I can procrastinate with the best of them, but my preference is to just get things done so I have more time to do other things or relax.

15. I love "America Idol". If they held auditions in Alaska, I would probably try out. I would probably make it on the show as one of the people Simon mocks and turns away, but I think it would be fun to try out.

16. Every time I see a stray dog on the street I try to pick it up or stay with it until Animal Control can come pick it up. I hope that someone would do the same for me if my dog were to get loose.

17. I love the Dog Whisperer... L-O-V-E- LOVE him. I wish everyone could watch that show and understand that it's usually not the dog that's bad, but the way people treat and respond to their dogs that's bad. Even the most loving dog owners unwittingly do things that make their dogs unbalanced, which can lead to bad behavior.

18. I would love to own a doggy day care. I know it would require a lot of long hours and would entail picking up a lot of dog crap, but playing with dogs all day long... what could be better?

19. I love my friends. It makes me sad that people grow apart over time. On my part, I know I'm not always great at keeping in touch, or I isolate myself during certain times in my life, so I don't know how to stay close to people. That's something I would like to work on.

20. One day I want to get married and have kids, but I would rather never get married than end up with the wrong person.

21. If I have a girl and a boy, I want to name them Abigail and Sebastian. Please don't dissuade me from these names, and please don't steal these names when you have kids... unless you live in another state and our kids aren't around each other that often :)

22. I can't just watch a movie like a normal person. I am always thinking about how this scene was probably coordinated or how much that scene took to put together. And sometimes I actually get nervous thinking about it, as if it's something I'm going to have to deal with.

23. I've started doing daily affirmations and meditations through a website called mythoughtcoach.com. I want to be a better person, for myself, and for my friends and for my family. I truly believe in the power of positive thinking, but I know sometimes it's hard to do it on your own because it is really easy to let life get to you sometimes... so it helps me to have someone else's voice coach me through it.

24. I know people think I am overly opinionated and argumentative, but what I don't think people realize is how much time I spend replaying conversations and analyzing concepts. I might say or think something one day, then say or think something totally different another day because I have taken to heart what someone has said to me and changed my mind because of it. I really do learn a lot from other people, and I should admit it more often... but sometimes I don't know that that's what's happened because it can be such a subtle transformation!

25. It was really hard to come up with 25 things, so I am going to cheat on this last entry with a comment about how hard it was to do this.


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