Meme: 10 Weird Things
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melissanmn:
RULES: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names.
1. I was born premature and weighed only 2 lbs. 14 oz. at birth. My father says that I was so small that I could nearly fit completely in his hand, save for about half an inch or so on either end. I was mostly healthly, but had some breathing difficulties. Because of this and my weight (I think you need to be about 4-5 lbs. to leave the hospital), I spent the first month of my life in an incubator where I could only be touched by putting your hands through these gloves that were attached to the side of the incubator. On the plus side, I was the first (or one of) to use the hospital's new "rocking" incubator that would rock the babies inside. I think that got me a mention in the local paper.
2. While many people know that I was shot once, a lot of people don't know that I was in a really bad (near-fatal) car wreck when I was 24 which left me with a fractured left ankle (thankfully that was all considering how damaged my car was). As a result, I have a plate and screws in that ankle and it can get hurt if I walk or exercise on it too much.
3. I have nearly drowned four times in my life. Strangely enough, despite that I still swim from time to time.
* The first time when I was around 4 and decided to jump into a pool without my "water wings" on when no one was around except for my mother who had dozed off while sun-bathing. My screams woke her up and she got me before I drowned.
* The second time was when I was at a water park near Disney World and had stood in line for several hours to go on this big water slide. I was with my dad, my Uncle Tim, and my cousin Tim(my). Once at the beginning of the line, there was a requirement that said that I needed to know how to swim (which I did not at that time). We had been in line for a long, long time, so since we didn't want to just turn around after the long wait, my dad decided that he would go down first, then I would go, and then my uncle would go after me and they would help me at the end. So, down Dad went and they told him it was about 6 feet of water at the end, but he said he was unable to touch the ground (he's just about 6 foot tall of more). He steadied himself and I came shooting off the ride and grabbed him, wrapping my body around him. The two of us sank since I had his arms pressed against his sides. Then he started to drown, but was pushing me above him so that I wouldn't too. A lifeguard saw us and threw down a life-ring, but it bonked me over the head and bounced off somewhere. Finally when my Uncle Tim got down the slide, he helped us both, just in time.
* The third time was when I was around 12 and still learning to swim and I would push off the pool and swim back to practice. Well, I was in a public pool and with all of the waves in the pool from the other people, I was unable to get back to the edge of the pool (in fact, the waves were pushing me further and further back). I was flailing around, trying not to drown, ironically just under a lifeguard station. The lifeguard unfortunately didn't see me, but a friend of mine happened to notice me and pulled me to the edge of the pool to save me.
* The final time was when I had went to White Water park with my 7th grade glass and I went out into the big wave pool. I had never been in one and had no idea how high the waves were going to get and I didn't have any sort of raft with me. Once the waves started, I couldn't get back the "shore" as the waves kept pushing me under, making me swallow lots of water. Luckily, a classmate and friend of mine happened to be floating buy on the innertube that they had and saw me and pulled me up on there with them as I choked out the water. If they hadn't passed at that moment, I would have probably been a goner.
4. Asfeygirl said in hers: "I crave salty things more than sweet things." Much more.
5. I am mildly afraid of the dark and when I am home (especially alone), I need to have nearly every light in the house on. Also, I always enter a room looking away until I turn on the light (i.e. I try to never look into a darkened room).
6. While most people think of me as someone who is not much of a "party-type" and pretty much a whitebread, librarian/valeditorian type, people would probably be surprised to know that I started smoking in 7th grade (I quit around 9th grade), I gave my first blow-job at 12 (to my boyfriend), I wasn't the best student (I only got a 945 on my SATs), I was just shy of being an alcoholic the way that I drank from the age of 17-25ish (I am amazed I never died of alcohol poisoning), I used to smoke pot all the time but stopped because of both my asthma and eventual boredom with it, I shoplifted a few times in high school and college, and I have had sex with lots and lots of people, even for a period with some of whom I did not even know their name or that was just using them for sex.
7. I have a total glasses fetish, especially those black-rimmed frames that indie boys and girls wear. Ever since I was in about 2nd grade, I have been known to completely fall for bespectacled persons and, more embarrassingly, at one point even had a fake pair that I would sometimes make ex-lovers that didn't wear glasses wear during sex.
8. While I have been with several women sexually and have been out as bisexual for about 15 years, with the exception of the budding developments withjescot, I have never had a girlfriend. Part of me thinks that sucks, because I think I would prefer to have more girlfriends than boyfriends. I mean, I love all my sweeties, but sometimes that is how I feel.
9. All of my fingers are double-jointed. This can be good or bad depending on circumstances (example: good = being able to bend them in neat ways, bad = can't make chords on a guitar easily because they "lock up" with the top joint trying to bend when I just want the whole finger to bend).
10. Up until about 4 or so years ago, I still had 4 baby teeth in my mouth (adult teeth never formed beneath them). The dentist said in my teens that they would probably fall out before I was 20. Instead most of them didn't fall out until I was about 30 (I still have one left -- the dentist wanted to pull it, but its still not loose so I asked him to leave it for now). As a result, I have three missing teeth in my mouth (which I hide from shame). I need to get implants or a bridge, but I need to save up as it is just so damned expensive to do so.
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As for tagging, most of my friends list has done this already. If you haven't and want to, consider yourself tagged. :)
melissanmn:RULES: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names.
1. I was born premature and weighed only 2 lbs. 14 oz. at birth. My father says that I was so small that I could nearly fit completely in his hand, save for about half an inch or so on either end. I was mostly healthly, but had some breathing difficulties. Because of this and my weight (I think you need to be about 4-5 lbs. to leave the hospital), I spent the first month of my life in an incubator where I could only be touched by putting your hands through these gloves that were attached to the side of the incubator. On the plus side, I was the first (or one of) to use the hospital's new "rocking" incubator that would rock the babies inside. I think that got me a mention in the local paper.
2. While many people know that I was shot once, a lot of people don't know that I was in a really bad (near-fatal) car wreck when I was 24 which left me with a fractured left ankle (thankfully that was all considering how damaged my car was). As a result, I have a plate and screws in that ankle and it can get hurt if I walk or exercise on it too much.
3. I have nearly drowned four times in my life. Strangely enough, despite that I still swim from time to time.
* The first time when I was around 4 and decided to jump into a pool without my "water wings" on when no one was around except for my mother who had dozed off while sun-bathing. My screams woke her up and she got me before I drowned.
* The second time was when I was at a water park near Disney World and had stood in line for several hours to go on this big water slide. I was with my dad, my Uncle Tim, and my cousin Tim(my). Once at the beginning of the line, there was a requirement that said that I needed to know how to swim (which I did not at that time). We had been in line for a long, long time, so since we didn't want to just turn around after the long wait, my dad decided that he would go down first, then I would go, and then my uncle would go after me and they would help me at the end. So, down Dad went and they told him it was about 6 feet of water at the end, but he said he was unable to touch the ground (he's just about 6 foot tall of more). He steadied himself and I came shooting off the ride and grabbed him, wrapping my body around him. The two of us sank since I had his arms pressed against his sides. Then he started to drown, but was pushing me above him so that I wouldn't too. A lifeguard saw us and threw down a life-ring, but it bonked me over the head and bounced off somewhere. Finally when my Uncle Tim got down the slide, he helped us both, just in time.
* The third time was when I was around 12 and still learning to swim and I would push off the pool and swim back to practice. Well, I was in a public pool and with all of the waves in the pool from the other people, I was unable to get back to the edge of the pool (in fact, the waves were pushing me further and further back). I was flailing around, trying not to drown, ironically just under a lifeguard station. The lifeguard unfortunately didn't see me, but a friend of mine happened to notice me and pulled me to the edge of the pool to save me.
* The final time was when I had went to White Water park with my 7th grade glass and I went out into the big wave pool. I had never been in one and had no idea how high the waves were going to get and I didn't have any sort of raft with me. Once the waves started, I couldn't get back the "shore" as the waves kept pushing me under, making me swallow lots of water. Luckily, a classmate and friend of mine happened to be floating buy on the innertube that they had and saw me and pulled me up on there with them as I choked out the water. If they hadn't passed at that moment, I would have probably been a goner.
4. As
feygirl said in hers: "I crave salty things more than sweet things." Much more.5. I am mildly afraid of the dark and when I am home (especially alone), I need to have nearly every light in the house on. Also, I always enter a room looking away until I turn on the light (i.e. I try to never look into a darkened room).
6. While most people think of me as someone who is not much of a "party-type" and pretty much a whitebread, librarian/valeditorian type, people would probably be surprised to know that I started smoking in 7th grade (I quit around 9th grade), I gave my first blow-job at 12 (to my boyfriend), I wasn't the best student (I only got a 945 on my SATs), I was just shy of being an alcoholic the way that I drank from the age of 17-25ish (I am amazed I never died of alcohol poisoning), I used to smoke pot all the time but stopped because of both my asthma and eventual boredom with it, I shoplifted a few times in high school and college, and I have had sex with lots and lots of people, even for a period with some of whom I did not even know their name or that was just using them for sex.
7. I have a total glasses fetish, especially those black-rimmed frames that indie boys and girls wear. Ever since I was in about 2nd grade, I have been known to completely fall for bespectacled persons and, more embarrassingly, at one point even had a fake pair that I would sometimes make ex-lovers that didn't wear glasses wear during sex.
8. While I have been with several women sexually and have been out as bisexual for about 15 years, with the exception of the budding developments with
jescot, I have never had a girlfriend. Part of me thinks that sucks, because I think I would prefer to have more girlfriends than boyfriends. I mean, I love all my sweeties, but sometimes that is how I feel.9. All of my fingers are double-jointed. This can be good or bad depending on circumstances (example: good = being able to bend them in neat ways, bad = can't make chords on a guitar easily because they "lock up" with the top joint trying to bend when I just want the whole finger to bend).
10. Up until about 4 or so years ago, I still had 4 baby teeth in my mouth (adult teeth never formed beneath them). The dentist said in my teens that they would probably fall out before I was 20. Instead most of them didn't fall out until I was about 30 (I still have one left -- the dentist wanted to pull it, but its still not loose so I asked him to leave it for now). As a result, I have three missing teeth in my mouth (which I hide from shame). I need to get implants or a bridge, but I need to save up as it is just so damned expensive to do so.
--
As for tagging, most of my friends list has done this already. If you haven't and want to, consider yourself tagged. :)
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Date: 2006-12-16 07:18 am (UTC)"I crave salty things more than sweet things." Much more.
I don't think that is weird at all. I'm the same way and I know others. I have only a mild sweet tooth, and that only at times, but could become a salt fiend if I let myself. I like salty tastes as well as, often, some alkaline (bitter) ones that some people don't, like strong black coffee.
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Date: 2006-12-16 08:29 am (UTC)BTW: Craving salt is a sign of dehydration. Drink more water :p