Interesting facts about yourself

[whatevergirl]

WEG-- I’m blond and analytical… maybe that’s why I like you so much…

Also, something others would not guess about me now (especially after my foot and ankle surgeries…) is that I was a RABID flag football player in my more athletic days… I love that sport!

See? :doh2: Even on the internet.
I like you, too 1ke…I have to say–all the gaps of my Catholic faith, have been sealed up from what I’ve learned from you. (really)

 

[cthulhubryan]

You are not alone in your shame .

Is there a twelev step plan?

 

[1ke]

See? :doh2: Even on the internet.

It’s a conspiracy!

I like you, too 1ke…I have to say–all the gaps of my Catholic faith, have been sealed up from what I’ve learned from you. (really)

You are too kind.

 

[cthulhubryan]

Hmmm…interesting facts about myself…

-I have a collection of sugar packets. (Yes, the little paper packets you get in restaurants and such; I must have almost 1000 of them by now.)

Have you ever read the Watchmen? The character Rorshach. Remind me never to make me angry

 

[Lady_D_I]

I am painfully shy and introverted but my friends laugh at that.

I am the product of 1970 ART - IUI. Oh, and I was conceived after my dad’s vasovasostomy (his 1st wife didn’t want any more children) and 4 years of infertility tx. My mom wanted 6 kids but I am her only child.

I turned down a scholarship and took a year off after h.s. to plan my wedding rolleyes: ) and really to be a bum.

I am a perfectionist, OCD, or AR as my DH calls it.

My childhood nicknames - Lil’ Bird then Bird. I’ll keep the other secret.

I have watched the Grinch every Christmas since I can remember. I have it on DVD but it isn’t the same as catching it on t.v. In fact, I will be watching it in less than an hour with my kids.

I am an exercise vidiot. I own almost 200 exercise DVDs (maybe over 200 by now).

 

[whatevergirl]

I am painfully shy and introverted but my friends laugh at that.

I am the product of 1970 ART - IUI. Oh, and I was conceived after my dad’s vasovasostomy (his 1st wife didn’t want any more children) and 4 years of infertility tx. My mom wanted 6 kids but I am her only child.

I turned down a scholarship and took a year off after h.s. to plan my wedding rolleyes: ) and really to be a bum.

I am a perfectionist, OCD, or AR as my DH calls it.

My childhood nicknames - Lil’ Bird then Bird. I’ll keep the other secret.

I have watched the Grinch every Christmas since I can remember. I have it on DVD but it isn’t the same as catching it on t.v. In fact, I will be watching it in less than an hour with my kids.

I am an exercise vidiot. I own almost 200 exercise DVDs (maybe over 200 by now).

200 exercise dvd’s you own? holy smokes–I knew you were an enthusiast, but that’s amazing!

 

[Lady_D_I]

200 exercise dvd’s you own? holy smokes–I knew you were an enthusiast, but that’s amazing!

Amazing or :whacky: ? That is the number of cases - some contain multiple workouts. Oh, and that is not counting VHS.

 

[whatevergirl]

Amazing or :whacky: ? That is the number of cases - some contain multiple workouts. Oh, and that is not counting VHS.

you’re scaring me now. lol j/k
I remember when we talked about the spinervals/runervals workouts a while back…I just talked to my dh last night about getting back into those…they are really the best workout dvds I have ever experienced. I would LOVE to look at your collection…you probably never get bored with your workouts.

I would never have guessed that you are shy, either. I’m learning so much about everyone today. lol

 

[Lady_D_I]

you’re scaring me now. lol j/k
I remember when we talked about the spinervals/runervals workouts a while back…I just talked to my dh last night about getting back into those…they are really the best workout dvds I have ever experienced. I would LOVE to look at your collection…you probably never get bored with your workouts.

I would never have guessed that you are shy, either. I’m learning so much about everyone today. lol

LOL! Be afraid - very afraid. Spinervals are great! I discovered kettlebells and am with kbs - a fantastic w/o. I don’t get bored - lots of variety. I should take a pic of my collection. And now I am adding kb workouts.

I am very quiet when I first meet people. I have been accused of being stuck-up, a snob, etc. since I was in elementary school. Really it is just shyness.

This is fun thread and full of intersting personal facts.

 

[whatevergirl]

LOL! Be afraid - very afraid. Spinervals are great! I discovered kettlebells and am with kbs - a fantastic w/o. I don’t get bored - lots of variety. I should take a pic of my collection. And now I am adding kb workouts.

I am very quiet when I first meet people. I have been accused of being stuck-up, a snob, etc. since I was in elementary school. Really it is just shyness.

This is fun thread and full of intersting personal facts.

Yes, please…take a pic and let’s see this collection of yours. I would appreciate any recommendations. I admit, my routines are so stale, it’s causing me to slack off.

My son is shy with new people, and I have also heard him be accused of being aloof or arrogant…and I told him about that…but like you, he is shy.

You might not be shy, you might just be too tired to communicate from all the workouts!!!

 

[dixieagle]

I LOVE the ballet. I have tickets to the Nutcracker soon. I’ve seen it a thousand times.

Our company will do their Nutcracker the 13th and 14th. Our two girls danced in the company for years, and it’s still odd to see The Nutcracker and other performances without them onstage.

I love Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker, and one of our former dancers is now with New York City Ballet, doing very well. She danced the Marzipan shepherdess role this past weekend, and we’re all very excited for her.

When I hear “Waltz of the Flowers”, I know it’s that time again!

 

[CB_Catholic]

My actual conversion took place after I read The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsay Before that I was a largely non-practicing Catholic. God works in mysterious ways.

I nearly died during a cardiac cath.

I believe angelic intervention has saved me twice from from death or serious injury involving my automobile.

My bedroom is neat as a pin; my sock and underwear drawers are total chaos.

 

[Phemie]

I have watched the Grinch every Christmas since I can remember. I have it on DVD but it isn’t the same as catching it on t.v.

You too?? Part of the Christmas fun is planning your evenings based on the TV Guide. The Grinch & Charlie Brown are the ones I plan my December evenings around. I have only missed CB once in all the years since its first showing.

 

[Just_wondering]

I’d like to join the club of people who read encyclopedias for fun.

I can read the same books over and over again and it doesn’t bother me. For movies, I can to some extent. I don’t understand why some people object to seeing a movie a second time (or more).

There are about half a dozen book ideas at various stages of production inside my head - all of them non-fiction. I’ve also got a few movies in there (educational videos). If I ever had time, I’d like to create them. I’m currently in the middle of writing not one, but two books, both of which were commissioned by my boss.

I spent 8 months hitchhiking across Canada, and visited all ten provinces and one of the three territories. Most of the time I travelled alone, but I spent one month with my sister and two weeks with my cousin during the trip. The fastest stretch of road I did was from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Vancouver, BC in 5 days without stopping. (According to Google Earth, the route I took was about 8,000km, not counting the ferries.)

I read everything. I will read cereal packages, receipts, signs, washing machine instruction manuals, and even books in languages I don’t speak, looking for words I recognize.

My boyfriend is one of the few men I have ever wanted to dance with. Unfortunately, he doesn’t consider himself much of a dancer.

I know the historical significance of the pirate flag of the Black Pearl in “Pirates of the Caribbean”

Well, go on… enlighten the rest of us!

 

[CWBetts]

Contrary to popular belief there was no “standard” pirate falg. THe design varied from captain to captain. The skull with crossed cutlasses used by Captain Jack Sparrow was the same flag used by “Calico” Jack Rackham, a very flamboyant 17th century pirate, who had two rather unique crewmwmbers Anne Bonney and Mary Read, two of the most famous female pirates.

 

[Lady_D_I]

Yes, please…take a pic and let’s see this collection of yours. I would appreciate any recommendations. I admit, my routines are so stale, it’s causing me to slack off.

My son is shy with new people, and I have also heard him be accused of being aloof or arrogant…and I told him about that…but like you, he is shy.

You might not be shy, you might just be too tired to communicate from all the workouts!!!

I can try to make a recommendation.

LOL! Maybe it is the fatigue and exhaustion.

You too?? Part of the Christmas fun is planning your evenings based on the TV Guide. The Grinch & Charlie Brown are the ones I plan my December evenings around. I have only missed CB once in all the years since its first showing.

:yup: CB is on next Monday.

 

[sanctareparata]

My husband and I both did this as children. Started in kindergarten or first grade, I think… It’s so addicting, because you start looking stuff up, and then before you know it, you’ve spent 2 or 3 hours surfing through the encyclopedia. Yep, I’m a nerd.

I did this too, then “graduated” to medical encyclopedias. I used to spend hours looking up medical terms and inventing diseases that had no cures. Then I’d write up some case reports and list the failed treatments. Of course, all my victims died. I was morbid.

I was also addicted to architecture. I used to spend days drafting blueprints, building the houses from cardstock, and planning up new projects. One year, in 8th grade, I begged and pleaded for Mom to buy me a whole huge set of architectural books and blueprints I’d seen in a magazine. She and Dad surprised me that Christmas. After all the gifts had been opened, they “found” one hiding behind the tree…a big ol’ box chock full of the architectural books, blueprints, etc…that I’d wanted. I sobbed like a baby. Even though they didn’t “get” my fascination, they got what I had most wanted. Best Christmas ever!

Oh yeah, and I can write and speak “sdrawkcab” too.

 

[sanctareparata]

I am such a perfectionist that I am often paralyzed by indecision.

ME TOO! Isn’t it awful? Here’s an example that actually horrified my husband.

We switched all the kids over to Corelle dishes, and I went to our local Walmart to buy them the 12 ounce soup bowls to use as cereal, etc. bowls (perfect size for kids). Well, they only had two in stock. I needed six. So we drove to another Walmart to buy the other four, and Truly, I stood in that aisle for over 45 minutes unable to make up my mind which four bowls to buy - why? Because I noticed that some had wider rims around the top than the others, and I didn’t know which size rim was on the two I had sitting at home! Why not just buy six and then return the two at home? Because this particular WMart only had FOUR wide rimmed bowls and FIVE thin rimmed bowls. I felt like I was going crazy - seriously. I couldn’t decide because I didn’t want to have a non-matching set, even though the difference was like 1.5 mm and no one but me would have *ever *noticed.

In the end, after all that time, I bought nothing. I just couldn’t do it. I went home, measured those rims, then found the same sized ones later.

 

[Feanaro_s_Wife]

ME TOO! Isn’t it awful? Here’s an example that actually horrified my husband.

We switched all the kids over to Corelle dishes, and I went to our local Walmart to buy them the 12 ounce soup bowls to use as cereal, etc. bowls (perfect size for kids). Well, they only had two in stock. I needed six. So we drove to another Walmart to buy the other four, and Truly, I stood in that aisle for over 45 minutes unable to make up my mind which four bowls to buy - why? Because I noticed that some had wider rims around the top than the others, and I didn’t know which size rim was on the two I had sitting at home! Why not just buy six and then return the two at home? Because this particular WMart only had FOUR wide rimmed bowls and FIVE thin rimmed bowls. I felt like I was going crazy - seriously. I couldn’t decide because I didn’t want to have a non-matching set, even though the difference was like 1.5 mm and no one but me would have *ever *noticed.

In the end, after all that time, I bought nothing. I just couldn’t do it. I went home, measured those rims, then found the same sized ones later.

PLEASE give me permission to share this with family who THINK I am a perfectionist!!! (I am not, by the way)

 

[sanctareparata]

PLEASE give me permission to share this with family who THINK I am a perfectionist!!! (I am not, by the way)

Sure.

The sad thing was, I KNEW it was ridiculous, but just couldn’t bring myself to buy any. I couldn’t defeat the stupidity of it all! :crying: