Snarkattack

So Caroline, witty author at Trivial Pursuit won’t do hers, so I thought I should just do one myself, come up with 100 things about me. I don’t claim that any of them will be interesting, but you might just be curious.

1. I have appalling balance, and have had so since I was a kid (it’s worse because of the mood stabilisers)
2. I can swear in at least three different languages.
3. I once had a scar on my left knee the shape of Russia.
4. I hope someone will write a punk song on tardive dyskinaesthia.
5. I am scared of living.
6. I am also scared of spiders.
7. I almost fell in love with a girl, once.
8. I deep down like people but am uncomfortable around many of them.
9. I hate crowds.
10. I have lived in three countries thus far in my life.
11. I cannot bear the notion of cruelty towards animals.
12. I love reading.
13. I adore cats.
14. I’ve only ever tried smoking tobacco once.
15. I tried smoking pot once.

Bored at 15? You should be.

But here’s some more.

1. I bite my lips when I am nervous.
2. I very rarely cry when I’m not depressed.
3. I had an accidental overdose once.
4. I forget to eat when I am busy.
5. I prefer Pepsi to Coke and never drink the diet shit.
6. I love liquorice.
7. I sleep on my side, curled up.
8. I hate it when people lie to me.
9. I love the scent of orchids.
10. I’m not heavy enough to donate blood.

Really struggled to come up with those!

But some more.

1. I have dark brown hair, almost black.
2. I’m very short.
3. I am very protective of my younger brother, even if I do constantly take the piss out of him.
4. I love Japanese and Indian food.
5. I’m still not an Australian citizen.
6. I like European football.
7. I wear blue eyeshadow, and will continue to do regardless of how out-of-fashion it may be.
8. I like quirky people.
9. I prefer Marmite to Vegemite, the latter being truly evil.
10. I love dry martinis.
11. I love the chocolate soy milk that my admin-friend introduced me to.
12. I don’t like eggs.
13. I love driving in the middle of the night.
14. I still enjoy listening to Radiohead’s album ‘The Bends’
15. I love the British band Pulp, they are waaaay cool.

And some more…

1. I apparently click my teeth together rapidly when very excited about something.
2. I hate it when people put their pet dogs in the trays of pick-up trucks, utes, and similar such vehicles
3. I can eat a maximum of 4 pizza slices in one sitting, not often though!
4. I hate thongs/flip-flops and will avoid wearing them if I can.
5. I’ve read James Joyce’s Ulysses from cover to cover and lived to tell the tale…
6. I’m a bit of a sucker for lipgloss with sexually suggestive names, the more concealed the reference, the better.
7. I heart Alan Cumming, he’s my ideal man, talent-wise.
8. I’m not a raving left-wing loony but…
9. I hate the person who leaves toothpaste tubes all crusty and half-closed!!! Grrr.
10. I also hate dumb people who try to put you down in order to show their dominance/perceived superiority. Ugh.

What number am I up to?

1. I get choked up when artificial intelligence becomes human-like (in fiction, of course).
2. I do an excellent impersonation of Sadako from The Ring (so I’ve been told).
3. I have a food coach, who, sadly, lives in France at the moment.
4. I must be the only person in the world that likes cod liver oil.
5. I love ellipses and tend to overuse them.
6. I’m a crap swimmer.
7. I hate airports because they make me sad.
8. I get nosebleeds all the time.
9. I absolutely hate it when people splash me when in a pool or at the seaside, it’s not funny.
10. I hate social situations where people ignore me.
11. I’m still scared of getting injections.
12. I know most of the words to the Care Bears cartoon series theme song.
13. I know what to do if anyone should ever have an epileptic seizure.
14. I find porn pretty boring.
15. I’m a bit fearful of dogs.
16. I was a massive fan of The X-Files.
17. I’ve never seen the film E.T. and have noooo intention of doing so.
18. I thought I was a boy before puberty killed the happy delusion.
19. I get faint at the sight of my own blood being extracted from me, but am not even scared of it.
20. I love driving in the early hours of the morning.

How many more to go? 30?

1. I hate TV programmes about war and can’t watch them.
2. I hate having to rely upon people to do things.
3. I love supernatural ‘documentaries’ if you can call them that.
4. I can’t watch the news or read newspapers because it gives me nightmares.
5. I hate perfumed toilet paper and perfumed sanitary products.
6. I think pigs are awesome (because they are extremely intelligent).
7. I had my first memory at the age of one.
8. I tend to befriend cats easily.
9. I find it difficult to fall out of love once in love.
10. I love eating out with friends.
11. I take care of my belongings even if it makes me look silly.
12. I love getting dirty though people seem to think the opposite.
13. I find the Christmas/New Year season very depressing.
14. I’m pretty awful at sports.
15. I’m lactose intolerant.