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50 Random Things About Me

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Just for fun, here’s a list of 50 Random Things About Me!

  1. I’ve never met a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup I didn’t like.
  2. Mr. Dressup picked me (wearing my blue dress) out of the audience to sit on a handkerchief in an envelope, and it magically turned blue (I still have that envelope).
  3. I’m allergic to cows and kapok.
  4. I was a Junior Naturalist, and co-starred in a local tv documentary about Laurel Creek.
  5. A school picture photographer called me Mrs. Beasley.
  6. My first job was cook at a Fish ‘n Chip restaurant when I was 14.
  7. When I was in 5th grade, I broke my 5th metatarsal playing ball hockey at recess.
  8. I’ve worn glasses since I was 3 years old.
  9. I was bilingual in English and French when I graduated high school.  (Now, not so much).
  10. I was once a pea pod in an ice-skating showcase.
  11. I have a thing about spelling and grammar.  I may or may not judge prospective suitors this way.
  12. Laughter is the most important quality I want in a relationship.
  13. My favourite drink is margaritas, but I can’t drink tequila straight.
  14. I held the high score on Galaga for an entire summer at HavSumFun Trailer Park (my boys don’t believe me).
  15. I once baked, and individually wrapped, 1500 chocolate chip cookies as a campaign ploy while running for high school president. I didn’t win.
  16. I have 5 tattoos.
  17. My family used to own a Hallmark store.
  18. I think there’s nothing sexier than Javier Bardem saying “Darling”.
  19. Colin Farrell has been my #1 celebrity crush since the early 2000’s.
  20. I’ve been snorkelling with manta rays, at night.
  21. I have a degree in Psychology.
  22. I’d rather be barefoot all the time (this is a problem in Canada).
  23. I once starred as Aunt Polly in the musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
  24. My first post-university job was answering an 800-number for road conditions in the BC interior.
  25. I’ve swam in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
  26. I have a thing for beautiful children’s books and used to work in a children’s book store called Through The Looking Glass.
  27. Although I hail from Blackberry’s hometown, I am now an Apple girl all the way.
  28. I once walked 60km over 2 days in Toronto.
  29. I once started a business selling decorative rubber stamps at home parties.
  30. I was once part of a scientific study about chocolate addiction.
  31. I was the only female Dungeon Master in 7th grade.
  32. I am a Scorpio through and through.
  33. I was meant to live near the water (currently not there, but one day!)
  34. My mom is my best friend.
  35. I love sushi and pad thai.
  36. I hate fruit.
  37. Fall is my favourite season.
  38. I hate winter.
  39. I am a procrastinator.
  40. I used to be a travel agent specializing in Disney vacations.
  41. Tinkerbell and Stitch are my favourite Disney characters.
  42. I use exclamation points (and parentheses) far too often in my writing!!!
  43. I met my ex-husband on a radio call-in show called “Blind Date-o-rama”.  That should have been a sign.
  44. I cry at movies, commercials and watching the Olympics.
  45. I now live about a 5 minute drive from where I grew up.
  46. My boys go (or will go) to the same middle school I went to.
  47. I saw the Lord of the Rings trilogy movies on opening night (8 1/2 months pregnant for The Two Towers).
  48. I hail from the MacKinnon clan, makers of Drambuie (which I do drink straight).
  49. I took my high school English credits (except grade 9) in summer school the year before, because I was a keener.
  50. I would love to travel the world and blog about it!