February 7, 2009

• *25 RANDOM THINGS*

  On Facebook, everyone's playing along with the List-25-Random-Things-About-Yourself exercise.  I got inspired to do my own after reading those of many friends and truly enjoying them.  (And it makes for an instant xanga entry, so it's doubly worthwhile).  Doing this made me learn a bit more about myself, and how I present myself to others.  While I tried to scale back the snarkiness, some of it has inevitably seeped thru.  Deal with it.  Now read it:

  1. I overuse commas, ...and ellipses in my writing. (And I talk in parentheses too much).

  2. I hate talking on the phone. More than a minute on the phone is excruciating to me. Best to just email/text/facebook me.

  3. I have a navel ring (a good incentive to keep the stomach flat)
  which I got 10 years ago. After the piercing was done, I left the
  parlour and the needle-fear nausea quickly caught up to me, and I
  blacked out and fainted on St. Mark's Place. I woke up with my cheek on
  the sidewalk, with 3 japanese tourists pointing at me. I got up and
  went into a store to get a Snapple to raise blood sugar. I fainted
  again in the store! I completely dropped to the floor....and the
  cashier sat me down and fed me the Snapple. I also have a tattoo...a
  scorpion on my shoulder blade. No fainting there.

  4. I'm pretty good at reading people, and can tell right away what
  they're all about. Because of this, I'm ambivalent towards most new
  people I meet. But I love when my impressions are proven wrong and I
  can click with the right person in an instant.

  5. I walk super fast. No matter where I'm going, I walk like I'm late
  and I zig-zag thru the NYC streets like a gazelle. I have no patience
  for slow walkers or sidewalk hogs or diagonal walkers who walk right
  towards you for no apparent reason. I bypass them with a quickness and
  get on with my life.

  6. I once ate 7 slices of cake/pie/ice cream cake at a party because
  the hostess didn't want leftovers. If you don't believe me, I have
  witnesses (who had looks of horror).

  7. True story: After being enthralled by the movie "Coyote Ugly" in
  2001, I enrolled in bartending school. After graduating, I moonlighted
  as a weekend bartender for a year at a gay piano bar called Pegasus.
  That's where I met my hubby Michael almost 8 years ago. All thanks to
  "Coyote Ugly." You can't fight the moonlight, y'all.

  8. My smile has gotten me out of trouble quite a bit when I was
  younger. But in my mature days, it's gotten me into all kinds of
  trouble because it hides what lies beneath. To avoid any further
  confusion, I'm currently working on my scowl.

  9. My skincare regimen consists primarily of Noxzema and Clearasil. No, not back in 1993....in 2009.

  10. I hate making small-talk with people. I'm not good at it, and it's
  a waste of time for me. I'd rather stand in silence in an elevator and
  stare at the floor. If someone tries to strike a convo with: "It's
  gettin cold out there", I'll be thinking: duh, it's January, what's
  your point?? But I'll just nod and fake a smile. Unless I'm
  drinking...I'll talk to anyone about anything.

  11. Relatedly, strangers in elevators always tell me "You look like
  that asian dude from 'Oz' and 'Law & Order.'" To which I roll my
  eyes and reply: "Yes, I know....BD Wong....everyone tells me that. I
  don't think so, but whatever." ugh. I guess it's a step up from the
  usual "You look like Short-round from Indiana Jones."

  12. Some people tend to lose things, some people spill things. I break
  things...A LOT, especially while washing and putting away dishes. I get
  upset, but then I think about shopping for new stuff at Crate &
  Barrel and I feel better.

  13. I have the softest hands. I lotion every single day, head to toe,
  since I was a child when I started playing with mom's Ponds and
  Clinique lotions. But it'll still hurt when I slap you.

  14. I am absolutely addicted to watching tennis. The 4 grand slam
  tournaments -- I watch hundreds of hours of tennis. It's my one
  lingering straight gene.

  15. I've been writing on my blog since 2003. I've put my life and
  thoughts out there for the public to read, and I do my best to be
  relevant, entertaining and real. I've garnered 99% positive feedback
  and hundreds of adoring fans over the years. That 1% negative, they can
  all suck it.

  16. My favorite celeb/entertainer is Mariah Carey. My close friends
  know this and they still tolerate me anyway. I'm aware she turns off
  many people, but she's my ultimate diva goddess. I've followed her
  career since 1990 and her music is my lifeblood. I've been to 5 of her
  concerts, know every song, and get upset when her songs don't hit #1.

  17. I can now admit that I'm a GREAT cook. Not creative-genius 'Top
  Chef' great, more like stay-at-home-mom great. I'll browse the fridge
  and pantry and whip up a complete meal with what I have. I truly love
  to eat, love to feed, love food shopping, love to obsess over a recipe,
  love to plan a menu, love to create a great plate.

  18. I have the worst neck phobia. When I see a throat getting slashed
  in a movie, I have to look away and I writhe in my seat. If someone
  hugs me and their shoulder hits my neck, I'll jump back 5 feet and
  scream. If someone from behind touches my neck, my elbow will find
  their nose and break it before I know what happened. I once got a fancy
  hotel spa facial, I had fallen asleep, the facialist touched my neck
  while cleaning my face, I screamed, then she screamed. I apologized a
  thousand times and tipped her really well.

  19. I'm not as well liked as I thought I was. I can count at least 10
  people who I've royally pissed off over the years and who now hate my
  guts -- friends, employers, outright enemies. They can all suck it.

  20. Michael and I have 2 kitties, Kittydoo and Wuzzy (real names are
  Molli & Wolli, but we never call them that), who are the joys of
  our lives. I hate to be one of those crazy pet people, but I am.

  21. Every week I visit my family in Queens. We have dinner, and I sleep
  over in my old room (replete with stuffed animals and Mariah Carey
  poster). I originally did it for my mom's sake to alleviate my guilt
  for moving out years ago, but now I love seeing my family each week and
  we always have a chinese feast. I realize I'm very lucky to have my
  family close by.

  22. I was not gifted with any enviable measure of special talents or
  abilities. (Can't sing, dance, or play an instrument. Not wealthy,
  tall, super-smart. Don't possess financial acumen or career ambition).
  But one thing I was blessed with -- my crazy metabolism. I weigh 109
  lbs now, gaining one lb. a year. I'm not gonna lie....my metabolism IS
  the 8th wonder of the world.

  23. I sleep with 2 teddy bears, one of whom I've had for over 25 years...and I will murder anyone who messes with it.

  24. Michael and I "got married" in Vegas in 2003. That's when and where
  Michael gave us our commitment rings, in our Bellagio suite,
  overlooking the dancing fountain and Eiffel Tower, with champagne,
  choco-strawberries, and roses. It was the best surprise of my life.
  Incidentally, "Honeymoon in Vegas" is one of my favorite movies.

  25. I've decided that my life needs to revolve around food,
  flowers/gardening, and/or my own art and writing....and I need to start
  on that before my life slips away. My ultimate dream is to open a
  bakery/flower/art shop, combining all my greatest passions. And my
  staff would consist of only the cutest puppies and kittens and teddy
  bears, and Mariah Carey would sing in my shop for free.

  BONUS:
  My death-row meal would consist of: bacon, egg & cheese on a
  toasted buttered poppyseed roll; cinnamon french toast with powdered
  sugar and coconut syrup; and a Dunkin Donuts coffee with half&half
  and 2 sugars. (... and McDonalds' fries and Filet-o-Fish; a Burger King
  chicken sandwich; one perfectly seared scallop and a lobster tail; and
  a perfect crunchy blueberry muffin top).

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