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Okay, this is prompted by The GingerLord's topic about us not really knowing anyone else. You must tell us 5 things about yourself, little idiosyncracies, imperfections, weird stuff that we don't know. I'll go first:
1. I am unable to close Taxi doors properly. I have a thing where I always either slam it too hard and get a dodgy look from the driver, or waft it closed too softly, then I have to go back and close it properly. Taxi drivers don't like me.
2. I am also unable to put change back in my wallet properly. Whenever I finish a transaction with cash, I always stand at the front of the queue trying to put both the notes and the change in the right sections, and always hold up the next person. Either that, or I walk off holding my wallet, the notes, the change and the product I've just bought all in one hand. Mix this with a Taxi ride for optimum panic.
3. Sometimes I find smiling in a mirror for a few minutes actually does make you feel better. Even if you do look mental.
4. I eat approx. 1 bag of Prawn Cocktail crisps a day. In fact, I'm eating one now. Because I'm on my lunch, which is why I'm writing this.
5. I can't fall asleep without a cushion between my knees, or without rubbing my feet together like some insane giant grasshopper.
There you are, now you know a little more about me. Your turn.
1. I am unable to close Taxi doors properly. I have a thing where I always either slam it too hard and get a dodgy look from the driver, or waft it closed too softly, then I have to go back and close it properly. Taxi drivers don't like me.
2. I am also unable to put change back in my wallet properly. Whenever I finish a transaction with cash, I always stand at the front of the queue trying to put both the notes and the change in the right sections, and always hold up the next person. Either that, or I walk off holding my wallet, the notes, the change and the product I've just bought all in one hand. Mix this with a Taxi ride for optimum panic.
3. Sometimes I find smiling in a mirror for a few minutes actually does make you feel better. Even if you do look mental.
4. I eat approx. 1 bag of Prawn Cocktail crisps a day. In fact, I'm eating one now. Because I'm on my lunch, which is why I'm writing this.
5. I can't fall asleep without a cushion between my knees, or without rubbing my feet together like some insane giant grasshopper.
There you are, now you know a little more about me. Your turn.
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Here's another one.
I always find it hard to read things out in front of lots of people. If it's something I really like and enjoyed looking over, I worry I'm gonna screw it up. It's usually alright in the end, but my mind makes me think I can't do it.
I always find it hard to read things out in front of lots of people. If it's something I really like and enjoyed looking over, I worry I'm gonna screw it up. It's usually alright in the end, but my mind makes me think I can't do it.
This is hard...
1.) I'm short and fat, and need to loose weight, yet my parents don't make any effort to help (I'm 13 and not that smart, something which at times they don't seem to accept) and whenever I try, I fail.
2.) I'm Jewish, just as many of my friends in my area are. Not that religious.
3.) I'm Half-French, from my Mum's side.
4.) I have part of the side of my left eyebrow cut off from a scar I got when I was 5, after bashing it into a the corner of a glass table.
5.) I wear glasses, have been all my life, and am very short-sited. I'm -6 and only 13 :-(
Short, I know, but that's all.
1.) I'm short and fat, and need to loose weight, yet my parents don't make any effort to help (I'm 13 and not that smart, something which at times they don't seem to accept) and whenever I try, I fail.
2.) I'm Jewish, just as many of my friends in my area are. Not that religious.
3.) I'm Half-French, from my Mum's side.
4.) I have part of the side of my left eyebrow cut off from a scar I got when I was 5, after bashing it into a the corner of a glass table.
5.) I wear glasses, have been all my life, and am very short-sited. I'm -6 and only 13 :-(
Short, I know, but that's all.
Two in one here...
I can dislocate lots of my joints. Both thumbs, both shoulders, elbows are double jointed, I can get both legs behind my head and when going back intoa bridge (that's a 'crab' but when you lean into it from astanding position instead of raising yourself from the floor) I can walk my hands far enough back to make them touch my feet. Oh and I also used to be able to stretch back far enough while lying down and bringing my legs forward to get my feet over my head and touching my neck.... All of these are remnants from my gym days... Which leads me onto my next one. I was a gymnast at National level and have 16 odd gym medals. I gave up a few years back because I hated my coach. Still left from those days is the ability to do backflips, back somersaults, front flips, front somersaults etc.
I can dislocate lots of my joints. Both thumbs, both shoulders, elbows are double jointed, I can get both legs behind my head and when going back intoa bridge (that's a 'crab' but when you lean into it from astanding position instead of raising yourself from the floor) I can walk my hands far enough back to make them touch my feet. Oh and I also used to be able to stretch back far enough while lying down and bringing my legs forward to get my feet over my head and touching my neck.... All of these are remnants from my gym days... Which leads me onto my next one. I was a gymnast at National level and have 16 odd gym medals. I gave up a few years back because I hated my coach. Still left from those days is the ability to do backflips, back somersaults, front flips, front somersaults etc.
Bah im going to have a go:
1) I have a permanent scar on my forehead, from when my brother tripped me up as a littl'lun, and i fell onto a radiator (ouch), blood went everywhere, but luckily i cant remember the pain.
2) Im in the top sets for most subjects at school, apart from Science. I mean i have a REAL problem with science, so much so im in the lower set. Dont really know why this should be, still baffled by it.
3) I have an unusual passion for any type of Sport. i'll often find myself watching India vs West Indies at 3am, or some obscure sporting fixture like that.
4) Im an ace at Tennis, and basically cack at every other sport.
5) my nickname is Mr.Average because im so boring.
1) I have a permanent scar on my forehead, from when my brother tripped me up as a littl'lun, and i fell onto a radiator (ouch), blood went everywhere, but luckily i cant remember the pain.
2) Im in the top sets for most subjects at school, apart from Science. I mean i have a REAL problem with science, so much so im in the lower set. Dont really know why this should be, still baffled by it.
3) I have an unusual passion for any type of Sport. i'll often find myself watching India vs West Indies at 3am, or some obscure sporting fixture like that.
4) Im an ace at Tennis, and basically cack at every other sport.
5) my nickname is Mr.Average because im so boring.
Here's another one from me.
I'm now a fairly confident person, and can speak at high speed with other confident people. Some might call me a big mouth. However, when I engage in conversation with less confident, shy people, I also clam up and am unable to express myself properly. That's pretty weird. Also, when I talk to people with an accent, when I leave and talk to myself (something I don't do often) I talk to myself in that accent. I watched the Osbournes last night and talked in a Brummie accent for the rest of the night.
I'm now a fairly confident person, and can speak at high speed with other confident people. Some might call me a big mouth. However, when I engage in conversation with less confident, shy people, I also clam up and am unable to express myself properly. That's pretty weird. Also, when I talk to people with an accent, when I leave and talk to myself (something I don't do often) I talk to myself in that accent. I watched the Osbournes last night and talked in a Brummie accent for the rest of the night.
Well, here goes!
1) For some reason or other, I have constant nosebleeds. And at the most annoying times as well. I once had a nosebleed mid-Economics exam. Subsequently, I got a 4/2. That's annoying.
2) I have a weird obsession with having bits of fluff on my clothes. If I go out with a tiny bit of fluff on my fleece, for example, I'll have to go in and change. Scary that...
3) I hate paper and polystyrene being scrunched up or rubbed against other pieces of paper or polystyrene. I really do, it so intensely annoying and horrible.
4) I have this strange way of falling asleep with my eyes open. I stare into space, and can't move! I just sit there for ages, still and silent, barely blinking! Weird!
And finally....
5) I can't express my feelings for anyone well at all. I can be nice to people, but I hide any affection under a mask of jokes, tom-foolery and general nastiness. And I don't know why! Just one of these things.
Hope you know me better now!
1) For some reason or other, I have constant nosebleeds. And at the most annoying times as well. I once had a nosebleed mid-Economics exam. Subsequently, I got a 4/2. That's annoying.
2) I have a weird obsession with having bits of fluff on my clothes. If I go out with a tiny bit of fluff on my fleece, for example, I'll have to go in and change. Scary that...
3) I hate paper and polystyrene being scrunched up or rubbed against other pieces of paper or polystyrene. I really do, it so intensely annoying and horrible.
4) I have this strange way of falling asleep with my eyes open. I stare into space, and can't move! I just sit there for ages, still and silent, barely blinking! Weird!
And finally....
5) I can't express my feelings for anyone well at all. I can be nice to people, but I hide any affection under a mask of jokes, tom-foolery and general nastiness. And I don't know why! Just one of these things.
Hope you know me better now!
1)My facial hair goes orange when unattended for long periods of time. This makes beard growth extremely embarassing.
2)I was born on an aeroplane... which makes me closer to God.
3)Last Tuesday night I ate a pickled egg, for the first and last time in my life.
4)I can't count to 5.
2)I was born on an aeroplane... which makes me closer to God.
3)Last Tuesday night I ate a pickled egg, for the first and last time in my life.
4)I can't count to 5.
I'll give this ago.
1. Like Grix, I too am a Godfather. except I've been moving all over the country for the last 3 years, and Oliver (my Godson) has been in Nottingham, so I haven't managed to see as much of him growing up as I would like.
2. I love smearing a bit of Dairylea onto a crisp and eating it. It's nicest with Walkers Salk & Vinegar, by the way.
3. I have the widest taste in music of anyone I know. I'm determined to invent a new genre of music as well, as I'm pretty sure it's possible to mix Blues and Trance to create, er, Trues. Or Blance? Ach, the name doesn't matter, haven't even invented it yet.
4. I want to be remembered after I die. I went to my Grans funeral last year, and there was just the family and one or two of her friends that were still alive. Not going to happen to me. When I die, I want people I've never met to mourn my death. Perhaps if the music thing comes off, then this one might as well?
5. I still have a piece of lead in my thumb from when a "mate" stabbed me with a pencil about 7 years ago. It just looks like a grey dot near my thumbnail, and he doesn't believe me when I tell him what it is, but it's true.
So there you go.
1. Like Grix, I too am a Godfather. except I've been moving all over the country for the last 3 years, and Oliver (my Godson) has been in Nottingham, so I haven't managed to see as much of him growing up as I would like.
2. I love smearing a bit of Dairylea onto a crisp and eating it. It's nicest with Walkers Salk & Vinegar, by the way.
3. I have the widest taste in music of anyone I know. I'm determined to invent a new genre of music as well, as I'm pretty sure it's possible to mix Blues and Trance to create, er, Trues. Or Blance? Ach, the name doesn't matter, haven't even invented it yet.
4. I want to be remembered after I die. I went to my Grans funeral last year, and there was just the family and one or two of her friends that were still alive. Not going to happen to me. When I die, I want people I've never met to mourn my death. Perhaps if the music thing comes off, then this one might as well?
5. I still have a piece of lead in my thumb from when a "mate" stabbed me with a pencil about 7 years ago. It just looks like a grey dot near my thumbnail, and he doesn't believe me when I tell him what it is, but it's true.
So there you go.
1) My first memory is a quality one. At 2 and a half, my brother was pushing me round a cupermarket in a pram. Well, not pushing more like legging it round as fast as he could. We turned a corner and WHAM straight into a hayuuuge pile of frosties boxes. It rained Frosties almost, my brother turned around and legged it off again. Twas most excellent :-)
2) I suffer from a disease that basically makes me break down my own body fat to feed me. I could compromise this by eating more, but if I do that then I throw up. Which aint too purty.
3) I love the rain. Whenever it's raining I usually take a walk in it. Not entirely sure why this is, but there's something very calming and cleansing about it.
4) Counting Crows are my favourite band (duh). There is a proper reason for this, as the Crows and my poetry helped me through an incredibly difficult time 2 years ago, but it's not really something I want to go into :-)
5) Very often I don't get to sleep very early at night. This is mainly because I stare at the stars until ungodly hours. It's not because of any astrological interests, but the fact that at night, when everyone's asleep, and in the dark, I can stare at the stars and really begin to think. The other night, I spent 5 hours lying on the roof of my house staring up at the night sky. There's just something about them that I find enchanting and I can really only think properly when everything around me is quiet.
2) I suffer from a disease that basically makes me break down my own body fat to feed me. I could compromise this by eating more, but if I do that then I throw up. Which aint too purty.
3) I love the rain. Whenever it's raining I usually take a walk in it. Not entirely sure why this is, but there's something very calming and cleansing about it.
4) Counting Crows are my favourite band (duh). There is a proper reason for this, as the Crows and my poetry helped me through an incredibly difficult time 2 years ago, but it's not really something I want to go into :-)
5) Very often I don't get to sleep very early at night. This is mainly because I stare at the stars until ungodly hours. It's not because of any astrological interests, but the fact that at night, when everyone's asleep, and in the dark, I can stare at the stars and really begin to think. The other night, I spent 5 hours lying on the roof of my house staring up at the night sky. There's just something about them that I find enchanting and I can really only think properly when everything around me is quiet.
well i'll find it hard to think of five things about me but:
1) I play guitar, and i'm obsessed bout it. I've been playing for about 2 years and i think i'm pretty good.
2) I used to be into all trendy stuff but about four years ago i woke up one day tipped all my Now CD's into the bin, got in a mood and turned all punky/grungy/metally.
3) Hmmmm. I used to have kidney problems but now i'm okie day.
4) I done like themepark rides, they scare the sh@t out of me + they are so stupid. Whats the point in making yourself feel ill and like your gonna die???
and
5) I have two middle names 'Thomas and William'
1) I play guitar, and i'm obsessed bout it. I've been playing for about 2 years and i think i'm pretty good.
2) I used to be into all trendy stuff but about four years ago i woke up one day tipped all my Now CD's into the bin, got in a mood and turned all punky/grungy/metally.
3) Hmmmm. I used to have kidney problems but now i'm okie day.
4) I done like themepark rides, they scare the sh@t out of me + they are so stupid. Whats the point in making yourself feel ill and like your gonna die???
and
5) I have two middle names 'Thomas and William'
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