28 random things about yourself..

[Karen]

1. I love shoveling snow.

2. I have strange food allergies - celery! Who knew that was even possible?

3. I was the only blue-eyed person in my family growing up - both grandfathers had blue eyes, but neither my parents or siblings did

4. I have been married for more than half my life now!

5. I love to bake.

6. I am a voracious reader (proof - http://KarenWatts.com/blog)

7. I saw a short-tailed shrew just a few days ago, hoping through the snow in the back yard, looking for seeds the birds might have missed

8. I live on a steep hill

9. The Boston Marathon goes right by my street

10. I name my cars

11. My current car's name is Turtle

12. My hair was blonde and curly until I was 4 1/2 years old

13. Then my hair was brown and straight

14. Now my hair is curly-ish again, depending on the weather

15. I live in a city but my street doesn't feel like one

16. I'm allergic to apricots, but not allergic to peaches

17. My MFA is in Illustration

18. It's raining out now, was snowing earlier

19. Two dogs on my street are named Riley

20. We have a wild turkey in our neighborhood

21. When a passenger, I look for hawks above the highways

22. I will finish a book if I start it, with very few exceptions

23. I'm right-handed but can write legibly with my left

24. I was kid #3 out of 4

25. My mom died of ALS - Lou Gehrig's disease, which can sometimes be inherited, so I hope it doesn't hit any of us kids

26. I love my stuffed animals even though I am not supposed to have any

27. I like people

28. I have a teeny cast iron bunny that I found in a teeny box covered with Christmas paper that I found in my house

[Alysser]

1.) I am the most hard-headed, argumentative person you will ever meet, but only when people blame me for stupid things or say something totally ignorant. I tend to disagree with people on alot of things.

2.) I love lemon water. Random thing but yeah. I probably couldn't live without it .

3.) I sleep with a Figaro stuffie I got about 13 years ago on my first trip to Disney World.

4.) I enjoy and intelligent conversation on controversial issues and I hate when people get nasty with me. Although I am opinionated I can hold in my thoughts pretty well.

5.) I hate Chemistry, I'm nearly failing right now.

6.) I love, love, love, love, love art. Sketching, painting, digital, photography, modern, anything. I love it. I enjoy going to art museums.

7.) I have been called a nerd that everyone loves xD. I think it's true. I read books nearly everyday.

8.) I LOVE cartoons like Back at the Barnyard, Spongebob, Fairly Odd parents, Batman, Looney tunes, whatever it is I'll normally watch it. I just cannot get into shows like "lost", "gossip girl" or whatever else 16 year olds watch. I hate that stuff. The only funny real TV show I like is Two and Half men or George Lopez.

9.) I love, love, love the LION KING 1 and 2. They are awesome movies! I love the music and everything.

10.) I hate when people are talking to me or I'm in a conversation with others about pets and someone is like "Oh when I was 12 I had like 3 hermit crabs but I forgot to feed them and they all died" or "haha, my hamster died last week". LIKE wtf? You think it's funny a living thing died because you're a dumba** who forgot to feed it. It annoys me when they laugh especially. Why did you even bother getting the pet if you didn't care about it? Then when they get all mad at me for pointing it out and they were like it's just a hamster bleh bleh bleh. It's still a living thing moron. It pisses me off till no end!!

11.) I work at a Six Flags amusement park and it's made me hate people.

12.) I volunteer at an animal shelter and it made me see how pure animals truly are. Those animals are the best in the world, they are so happy and loving even though they've been abandoned. It's also shown me not all people are heartless and rude.

13.) I want to go to Rutgers so bad.

14.) I should be studying for Spanish Midterms right now.

15.) I LOVE video games but never have time to actually play them, it's sad because I'm addicted to them. Spyro, Sonic I miss my loves.

16.) I want a drawing tablet and a Wii.

17.) I walk really weird xD

18.) I'm really uncoordinated and clumsy but have never broken any bones.

19.) I surprisingly enjoy spending time with my parents unlike most people my age.

20.) I'm REALLY(!!!!) excited for this summer. NEW DOGGY and DISNEY WORLD WOOT!!

21.) I've never had a boyfriend but I sort of want one. I like two boys but I don't know if they like me.

22.) My siblings and I get along surprisingly well. I'm a family and friend person but I'm shy around people I don't know.

23.) I still play neopets and I've been on the site for 7 years on various accounts. My oldest one I know of is 5 years old, I don't remember the
others.

24.) I have a really weird phobia of chewed gum, OH MY GOD, it's so disgusting. I HATE gum now with a burning passion, haven't had a piece in like 8 years or so.

25.) I know a ridiculous amount about dogs for my age. Dogs are the best thing in the world. I read mostly books about them, and I know many breeds. My mom thinks I'm the walking Dog Book.

26.) I'm a tomboy. I love Hot Topic and Pac Sun. I hate dresses, skirts and that type of stuff but I sometimes wear them, bleh. I like Vans and Converses and Skinny Jeans

27.) I wear my hair straight nearly everyday.

28.) I had open Heart Surgery when I was five, but I hate talking about it because people feel sorry for me and I hate that.

[Kfamr]

1. When I'm home, I'm almost always burning an incense.

2. I prefer to be barefoot.

3. I ride my bike A LOT.

4. I'm hopelessly addicted to photography.

5. My dogs are my loves.

6. I'm always the girl that's "awesome" and "one of the dudes" but always ends up alone.

7. I own 4 bikes and want more.

8. I sleep with my papa's flannel t-shirt every night.

9. I adore making people laugh.

10. I love beards.

11. I have a horrible memory when it comes to most things.

12. I often find one song and listen to it over and over for days (at the moment it's "thrash unreal" by Against Me!

13. I meet a lot of amazing people but the realest most trustworthy friend of mine is in a better place.

14. I used to be incredibly bitter and hate kids, however, they aren't so bad.

15. I still never want children.

16. I've worked for the same business for 4 years. I quit for 6 months.

17. "I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar, I spend it as fast as I can" suits me well.

18. I have a thing for Bruce Springsteen.

19. I hate the feel of lotion on my hands.

20. I only sleep 4 hours at the most as night. Sometimes I take a nap.

21. I'm 21.

22. That means I'm legally able to drink, that's it.

23. I like burritos.

24. I hate beef.

25. My clothes mostly consist of hand-me-downs and thrift stores.

26. I love vintage items.

27. I rarely watch TV unless I'm at someone else's house and they're watching it.

28. My favorite movie is The Lion King.

[Taz_Zoee]

1. I can not drive a manual transmission car.

2. I do not drink. Not because I don’t like it (although I don’t like beer or wine) but because I don’t like what it does to me. I can have fun without drinking alcohol.

3. I am currently enrolled in an accounting course, even though I’ve worked in accounting for about 5 years now.

4. I volunteer at a wonderful no-kill animal shelter just about every Saturday.

5. When I was little I bit my fingernails and I have had “fake” nails for over 20 years now.

6. I crack my knuckles and just about every other bone in my body ALL the time.

7. I drink TONS of water each day.

8. I am stupidly good at remembering names and numbers (phone #s and birthdates), althought this is becoming harder as I get "older".

9. I do not cook, but like to bake.

10. I rarely get sick, but when I do it's BAD!!

11. I was shy as a child...yeah, not so much anymore.

12. I was a cheerleader for the first 3 years of high school.

13. Toilet paper and paper towels have to be hanging a certain direction. I'll fix it if I can when I'm at someone else's house.

14. After I wash my hands I have to dry them completely, so I use several paper towels. Using cloth towels feels dirty to me. (I know, not good for the environment, sorry.)

15. I am very routine driven. My mornings and my showers are done in a certain order all the time. If I get off track I forget something.

16. I've been knocked out once when I was about 4. I was kicked off a gate by a spooked horse.

17. I've never broken a bone (knock on wood). The worst I've done is severely twisted my ankle.

18. I wonder why they chose 28 things about yourself.

19. I'm sort of addicted to TV. I have a lot of shows set to record all the time.

20. I do like to read, but do not get to very much.

21. I am the youngest of three children.

22. I am the youngest of all the grandchildren.

23. My sister and I are the only girls out of all the cousins on both sides of the family.

24. I can do weird things with my eyes.

25. I never dealt with the loss of someone close to me until I was 28 years old.

26. I perm my hair. (I AM a child of the 80's! )

27. I like to dance.

28. Oh, I made it to 28!!!! It took me two days to come up with these.

[K9karen]

1. I love astrology..it's fun..What's your sign?

2.I've known my best girlfriend for about 53 years and never
had a fight.

3. All the bones in my left wrist were shattered when it was nearly
severed in a dog attack. I'm missing 1/4 inch of the ulna
bone and have limited movement and feeling.

4. I'm numerically dyslexic

5. I only sleep in my left side

6. I usually eat one meal a day

7. I love writing and won awards in school. My first job was a
copywriter in an ad agency

8. I'm saving money for braces which I should have had as a
kid. My teeth have shifted with age, Ugh.

9. I'm a pushover, will give in rather than argue.

10. I've had 6 major surgeries and need more back surgery and
2 hip replacements.

11. I hate seeing people blow their nose and brush their teeth.
Gag.

12. I'm a Beatlemaniac

13. I was lucky to travel almost everywhere I wanted when I was
a corporate travel agent. Loved Australia and Tahiti.

14. I hate clowns

15. I'm a technology idiot

16. I LOVE elephants and dolphins

17. I have a 1997 RAV 4 in great condition

18. I have no sense of direction even after 100 trips to the
same place even with my phone GPS.

19. I love to cook

20. I love headbanging music

21. I have an ulcer

22. I live with my significant other and brother

23. I homecared both my parents before they died.

24. I love my Logan to pieces.

25. I miss Cody and think of him everyday.

26. I have a lousy memory...did I say that before?

27. I lost my job in the travel business due to 9/11

28. I love Mexican food!

[shais_mom]

xposted from facebook for the most part.

1. I love God, I may not always go to church but I Have my own relationship with Him, I may not always make him proud but I do love him.
2. When I do go to church, I feel a sense of peace.
3. My parents mean the world to me and am a total Daddy's girl.
4. Not a day goes by that I do not think or miss my grandparents. I still talk to my Grandma M like she is alive. She's my angel.
5. My sister and I used to fight like cats and dogs when we were young, we've had some rough patches, but now she's one of my best friends, and I hate that they live so far away.
6. My animals mean the world to me. They don't care of I sleep late, stay in my pj's all day, don't shower, or have a bad hair day.
7. If I ever meet Mr. Right, he will have to accept #6 or he isn't Mr. Right.
8. I love my family, and wish we could all get together more often.
9. I am an outgoing personality most of the time, but if I'm around new people I don't know, I clam up.
10. I like to read these things b/c I like to learn about people.
11. I addicted to reading.
12. I'm addicted to Facebook. And I love that it has put me in touch with some old friends.
13. I truly believe there are not atheists or agnostics in foxholes.
14. I'm addicted to my Nintendo DS.
15. I can drive a stick shift, its just been a long time.
16. It drives my parents crazy that I sleep late, but when I stay up until 2-3 in the morning, 10-11 am IS my 8 hours of sleep.
17. I've never done drugs or pot. Ever. And I do not intend too. I don't really care what that makes me.
18. I LOVE my neighbors one of them is kinda crazy but he's got a good heart.
19. I used to be a total social butterfly when in HS, but when I got to college, I was talking to a guy in one of my classes, who had a girlfriend, and there was no interest there at all for me. I didn't even think he was cute, after the conversation ended and he turned and walked away one of his guy friends came up to him and said "is that your girrrrrlfriend" and he said "psssffftt hell no" and that hurt me so badly, I never talked to him again, and became a total recluse until I got into my Medical Imaging program and became comfortable with my friends around me. Which is where #9 comes from, I'm afraid of that rejection.
20. Referring to #9 and #19 that is why I don't go out on a limb and call guys b/c I'm afraid when they see me they will say "psssffftt HELL NO".
21. I was in FFA in High School, and an officer twice. Reporter and Vice President.
22. I do not feel passion with my job. Its definately more than a job to me, but it isn't my passion, But the friends I've made thru my job mean the world to me.
23. I love to txt.
24. I'm really trying to get a handle on my finances and debt. It is really hard, but I am trying.
25. I try to drink one caffeine pop a day, (its my coffee) sometimes more, but I try not to drink caffeine past 6pm b/c once I started getting Old, it keeps me up all night long.
26. I love to cook, I just don't do it very often, and I like simple recipes. I cook like my grandma if I don't have it - IMPROVISE!
27. I'm addicted to nasal spray. I hate it but can't breath without it, I have tried to stop cold turkey, but it really sucks not being able to breath.
28. I have a thing for teeth. In a drunken moment one time I reached into a guys mouth and hooked my finger around his teeth and pulled b/c I didn't believe they were real. True Story.

[Alysser]

xposted from facebook for the most part.

21. I was in FFA in High School, and an officer twice. Reporter and Vice President.

Were you really? That's pretty interesting seeing as I'm in it now. I haven't been an officer though my 2 friends are, I'm only a sophmore so I'd be a Junior Officer though I don't know if other chapters do that, some only elect Seniors and Juniors as officers. I'll definitely try next year though, not Senior year, but at least next year because I missed the election this time around. That's pretty cool that you were VP, though! I don't think I'd want to be that high up in the ranks.

[lute]

OH! I am loving everyone's answers!


1. I have no car smarts and am always screwing up my car in one way or another.

2. I love orange juice.

3. I try to eat only organic and natural foods...doesn't always work though.

4. I only recently got a nack for cooking/baking.

5. I am terrified of wet hair...the yucky slimy kind that gets stuck in the drain. Wet dog hair doesn't bother me though.

6. I am most comfortable in cowboy boots.

7. I wait until my parents leave and smoke in the house.

8. I am obsessed with chicken decor.

9. I am afraid I will never be able to financially support myself.

10. I love fourwheeling.

11. I have only been on one official date.

12. I secretly feel sorry for the deer that find their heads hanging on a wall.

13. I hide my feelings.

14. I love potatoes...In any form!

15. I have horrible cell phone reception at my house.

16. I drink my juice from the carton.

17. I hate milk by itself...unless I have cake.

18. I blew up the engine in my grandpa's corvette convertible the day I got my drivers license. I love driving fast.

19. I gained all my weight back...I wear the same clothes all the time because I refuse to buy fat people close again.

20. I love yard sales and buy crap I don't even need.

21. My socks never match.

22. I love wwe wrestling.

23. I get very upset when my dog doesn't win in the show ring.

24. I like living in Indiana, but I hate the weather.

25. I thought I was a dog when I was a kid. My mom once had to tell me to stop barking at the neighbors.

26. I cannot wait until I turn 21 this year. I want to get very drunk just once.

27.I don't like cartoons.

28. I spend most of my time hanging out with my parents.

[pitc9]

Ashley... I had NO idea what you were going to school for... wow!!

Karen.. I name my cars too! I just sold Babe (the blue blazer Sierra and I always cruise to the dog park in) and now I have Brody! He's a silver trailblazer!

I'll get my list up later tonight!

[Yorkie Lover]

hold on i'll get mine

[RipplingWaves55]

Wow..um..okay..

1: I don't, I refuse to, I CAN'T live without yogurt.
2: I love my animals more than I love myself.
3: I love fruit.
4: I am very tough.
5: My favorite colors are red and black.
6: I hate shopping. SO MUCH.
7: I'm a tomboy.
8: I hide my feelings alot.. till I feel I can't do it anymore.
9: I hate when people come over. (they barely do, unless it's changing from dsl to cable or whatever.
10: The one reason I hate Halloween is because I have a black cat. There's no way someone would kill him but still, I'm very afraid.
11: I sometimes can be very jumpy.
12: I chocolate.
13: I love collecting rocks.
14: I have alot of bracelets, necklaces, rings, and other jewelries. I have a kit to make jewelry myself.
15: I'm not a vegetarian, nor a..meat eater. or Meatatarian.. or whatever.
16: I often sometimes consider myself strange.
17: I'm very strong and can beat up my big, big, bigger brother if I try.
18: I don't have a job yet, but I'm going to work in a shelter, or something that involves animals.
19: My favorite holiday is Christmas.
20: I sleep on my stomach, I can't start sleeping any other way.
21: We don't have anyone special over for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Halloween, or any other holidays. We don't celebrate Halloween, no trick or treating or anything but we do buy candy.












































and I have to think of 7 more..

[Karen]

I forgot one -

#29. I am half deaf - my left ear has normal good hearing, my right has absolutely none at all.



Oh, RipplingWaves55 - you can have all my yogurt - I have never liked it, and now my allergist said not to eat it. I can eat all other diary, though.

lute - you can always ask here, or even PM one of us for car advice. How are you "messing" them up? Poor cars!

[lute]

lute - you can always ask here, or even PM one of us for car advice. How are you "messing" them up? Poor cars!

Well, this past summer I changed my air filter...for the first time in the three years I owned my car.

I just found out a couple weeks ago that getting your oil changed and checking your oil were two different things...I have never had my oil changed.

My Lincoln had air shocks instead of regular shocks. I popped both front and rear air shocks 8 times.

I don't have this poor Lincoln anymore. About a month ago I got a crack in my engine block and it's done for. I do have a new car. Paid $400 for it! It's a 1990 Chevy Lumina. I'm gonna do my best to take better care of this car.

[RipplingWaves55]

Lol. Thanks Karen!

[Karen]

Well, this past summer I changed my air filter...for the first time in the three years I owned my car.

I just found out a couple weeks ago that getting your oil changed and checking your oil were two different things...I have never had my oil changed.

My Lincoln had air shocks instead of regular shocks. I popped both front and rear air shocks 8 times.

I don't have this poor Lincoln anymore. About a month ago I got a crack in my engine block and it's done for. I do have a new car. Paid $400 for it! It's a 1990 Chevy Lumina. I'm gonna do my best to take better care of this car.

Okay. Do you know how to check your oil? Check your transmission fluid? Check your air filter? Basics like that? With an older car, you should regularly check your oil, and all fluids.