Random Facts & Obscure Info

I will continue to add to this but considering the fact that I am yet again battling insomnia...I have decided to make this little list. Enjoy!


Random Facts & Obscure Info about MOI

• I cannot sleep with the tv, radio or a night-light on. I require darkness and silence.

• I have acquired an OCD-like trait from working in retail, of fronting and facing product while shopping in stores (like, where I don't work)...oh, and at home with some things.
  

• There are a lot of great men's cologne but it's the scent of sun tan lotion that really turns me on...lol!

• I really did read the dictionary as a kid. I still do sometimes when I'm very bored.

• I have a slight obsession with customizing T-shirts with things I find clever or entertaining. A common phrase of mine is, "I wish I had a T-shirt that said...___"

• I have never been to Disneyland or the state of Florida.
  

• I have never been to NYC.
  

• Before I die I MUST visit Chicago, IL...Seattle, WA...and HAWAII!

• When I was a teen, I was obsessed with joining the military.

• I have never once in my life felt the desire to "fit in". In fact, it has always been my preference to "stand out".
  

• Never once have I ever wanted to be a mother.

• I really love the music of the late Miss Peggy Lee.

• I cannot write anything but my name in cursive. When I was in 2nd grade my teacher got frustrated with me and one other class mate. She said, "if you can't write neat then just print!" And so we did...infinitely. He and I both realized this freshman year of high school.

• I absolutely will not pass on chain letters or forward emails that threaten some kind of bad luck for breaking the chain. I am very disappointed in people that send these to me.

• I LOVE Halloween. Much more-so than even my birthday, I consider Halloween be be THE most important day of the year to celebrate, go out and party.

• In relation to the above, I LOVE costumes. Really, any excuse to wear a costume is a good one for me...be it Halloween, a local festival, a theme party, or other fun excuses! ;)

• When slightly intoxicated I apparently feel the need to raise my drink in a "toasting pose" for any and all pictures. I am also a chronic drunk textor.

• My only BIG goal in life has been to be a published author.

• I love my cats more than anything in the world.
  

• My little Italian grandma taught me to cook. I make a mean-ass meatball among other things. I love to cook. It's therapeutic for me.

• My grandma tried to teach me to sew. But if I so much as sew a button on something it will fall off with one wear or in the wash. I need to pay seamstresses to do these sort of things for me.

• The best job I ever had was my first job. Lechmere 1994-1997.

• I have NO memory of the most life altering event of my existence. The car accident of Summer '94...severe head trauma, sort-term memory impairment, 3 inflamed discs in the cervical portion of my spine and 11 shards of glass in my right arm. 3/4(?) days in a coma, almost died on day 2. Yeah...top that!
  

• When I was a small child my mother actually charged me for stamps. Once I didn't have the quarter and she wrote an IOU.
  

• I used to shop with my aunt who is in a wheelchair. I always notice and am very bothered by stores that do not follow the guidelines set forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act in regards to wheelchair access.

• I played the clarinet for 9 years and was first-chair for the last two.

• I will not eat cold cheese...like a slice or a cube of cheese. In order to be consumed, cheese must be melted and combined with something else.

• Grapefruit, sweat potatoes and brussel sprouts always sound and look like a good idea but alas, these are three more items that just don't agree with my taste buds.

• I am seriously skeeved-out by dirty napkins & tissues.

• I am appalled by people who litter and/or spit.

• To replace smoking and non-smoking sections of restaurants, I think they should offer family and adult-only dining areas.
  

• I love wine. Alas I drink cheap beer because I am poor. :(

• At 30 years old, I have never had a cavity.

• I lost my virginity at age 18 and was damn proud of myself for waiting until I was out of high school.

• I possess a BA in Sociology and am presently working on a BS in Computer Science. The little known fact is the late 90s I spent a two semesters as a Geology major.

• My favorite book is Owell's 1984.
  

To be continued...this is a work in progress.