This has been floating around facebook as of late. I thought I would post it here instead.
1. I have never broken a bone. I have dislocated a kneecap and sprained a foot though.
2. I have taken tap, ballet and jazz dance classes. I have had lessons in swimming, gymnastics, singing, playing the viola and ice skating. And I quit them all!
3. “Celebrities” I have met: David Silverman, Christopher Castile, Andy Serkis *2x*, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan. Sean Astin, (all of them are from Lord of the Rings) and Penn & Teller.
4. My first flight by myself was at the age of 19, which was also my first international flight. I went to Birmingham, England to visit my friend Bex who I met via live journal about a year prior.
5. My husband and I went on our first date on 8/1/05. We ate at Carl’s Jr. and sat in the parking lot for several hours just talking. We each thought the other wasn’t interested in being more than friends.
6. I don’t call my husband by his real name when we are alone. I have a nickname for him I use instead.
7. I get migraines with aura. Sometimes I say funny things, or see weird wavy lines and my right arm almost always goes numb.
8. I hate calling people on the phone unless they know I’ll be calling.
9. I’ve had plastic surgery. When I was 12, a plastic surgeon removed a could-be cancerous growth on my head. I still have a bald spot from it.
10. I am not what you would call a picky eater, but I am very particular about textures and won’t eat certain things for that reason. I hate coconut flavor and texture, but I will eat almond joy candy bars. I like pickles but not cucumbers. I can’t stand water chestnuts or mushrooms.
11. I didn’t try sushi until about 2-3 years ago. Now I love it.
12. More food stuff: I am not the cook in our household, but I love to bake.
13. I grew up around dogs and never had a cat until I moved in with Ben. Now I have three cats and love them.
14. I am afraid of snakes and heights and sometimes spiders.
15. I don’t find blood and guts as gross as rotten food or vomit.
16. I am a messy person and am not opposed to “creative clutter.”
17. 2008 was the first time I voted in a presidential election, even though I was eligible to vote in 2004.
18. I have one tattoo of my name in Japanese. I got it at the age of 19 and was extremely surprised at how well my parents handled it.
19. I am the youngest of all my cousins on both my dad’s and mom’s sides of the family because my parents had me later in life, and my aunts both had their kids at young ages.
20. My name would have been Benjamin if I were a boy, which of course happens to be my husband’s name.
21. On that note, I used to tell people that my real name was Victoria when I was younger, because that’s what I thought it really was. But it’s not.
22. I am the queen of starting hobbies only to give them up a few months later. I get it from my mother.
23. I named my dog Molly after the character in the American Girl books and the doll.
24. I love reality dance competition shows like "So You Think You Can Dance" or "Step It Up and Dance." But I don’t like "Dancing With the Stars."
25. I don’t get stage fright before a performance. But I do get very nervous before an audition.
March and April 2024
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