25 Things About ME!

This meme is spreading like wildfire across Facebook. So, I'm copying and posting it over here as well.

1. I am utterly devoid of creativity – even as a kid, my stuffed animals had names like Pandy, Monkey, and Baby Bear.

2. The first time I didn’t get a 100% grade on an exam I actually cried because I thought it meant I failed.

3. I am very verbose, particularly when writing, so you will note most of these little missives are quite wordy.

4. I swear like a sailor – in conversation, on the Internet, at work, wherever. I attribute this to my New York upbringing.

5. In high school I was such a troublemaker that I was actually “ranked” the #2 worst student in my class and considered a viable candidate for expulsion. Me!

6. I briefly went to a shrink in my 20’s, but I’m really the sort of person where dwelling on my quirks only wound up making me quirkier. Plus, the doctor was a total judgmental bitch.

7. I have overwhelming paranoia and OCD, which in turn lead to some fairly crippling bouts of anxiety and depression.

8. I “treat” the anxiety and depression rather than the paranoia and OCD, though, because the latter are what fuel my productivity.

9. I was a semi-finalist in the New York regional Nintendo World Championships in 1990. Channel 9 News even interviewed me at the event. Since then, though, my skillz have declined to the point that I might be the worst gamer in the world.

10. I didn’t get my driver’s license until I was 26. Since then, though, I’ve never gotten a speeding ticket or been in an accident.

11. Despite fleeting moments of romance, love, and companionship, I have never really, truly had someone to call my “girlfriend.”

12. The above kills me inside, because ironically having that girlfriend is the only thing I’ve ever wanted.

13. The furthest I’ve driven for sex is 470 miles. Well, there was more to it than just that.

14. Last one on this topic, I promise: I am one of the rare individuals who can say that I’ve had actual sexual contact with a member of the opposite gender as a direct result of the fact that I blog. Again, there was more to it than just that. That person is now one of my sweetest, “bestest” friends in the world.

15. I constantly toe the line between "Do I want people to read my stuff?" or "Would I secretly prefer to opine in a vacuum?" Unfortunately, there are no secrets on the Internet.

16. I am the exact same person at work that I am at home, and I take criticism of my work as a direct personal attack.

17. Eventually, though, I’ll realize you were right and I’ll take your criticism into account.

18. That also being said, know that I am NEVER wrong when it comes to work!

19. Politically, I’m so far to the right that I might be left. I call my unique brand of worldview “libertarian fascism.”

20. My mom has an account on Facebook, but at the moment I am not friends with her because that’s just…weird.

21. According to AT&T Wireless, I sent/received over 2,000 text messages in the past month (!). 98% of them were to/from one person (!!).'

22. I’ve seen every horrifying and disgusting shock site that exists on the Internet, from Tubgirl to Goatse to Meatspin to Two Girls, One Cup to One Guy, One Jar. If you have no idea what this means consider yourself fortunate. Those things change you and you can’t “unsee” them.

23. I love the font Cambria and despise all things Verdana.

24. I have no qualms with wishing gross disfigurement and even worse ill will upon people who irk me, because I know that my thoughts are not reality and do not affect the odds of such tragic events ever happening.

25. It took me getting tagged in this meme approximately 15 times before I finally got up the motivation to get it done.