1. I actually don’t have a throne yet.
I imagine it got lost in the mail but I’m sure it’ll be here soon. When it arrives I will, of course, sit comfortably in it and rule the world with ease. (I also might sit on a cushion because I’m rather short.)
2. I’m incredibly extremely anxiously shy.
I’m not a shy blogger, but in real life? HA. Do not even speak to me because I shall probably run in terror. (Pfft, let’s forget the “probably”. I will run.) I don’t do small talk. I don’t do parties. I don’t do crowds. I’m an extremely anxious person.
3. I fold origami.
I work from home! I have an etsy store and a facebook page! I sometimes viciously cut up books and turn them into art even though, as a bookworm, this feels fundamentally wrong!
4. My favourite colour is orange.
Not prison orange.
5. I don’t hate the Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters book-to-movie-adaption.
Can we please remember the god of shipping, Hermes? And how he shipped Percabeth? It was hilarious. Also the entire movie was doing it’s best to be politically correct.
Percy Jackson: But you were some weird hybrid, man-goat THNG, woah!
Grover: Yeah. The politically correct term is satyr.
But the first movie was purely awful.
6. I have telephonophobia.
Seriously. I do. Whenever the phone rings I have a small heart attack and take up battle positions to slay the evil little ringing thing.
7. I have 2 parents, 4 sisters, 1 brother, 2 nephews, 1 niece, and 1 dog.
They’re all noisy.
8. I never call anyone by their name.
I don’t know why! But everyone gets a nickname. Unfortunately, my little sister Mime keeps confusing her nicknames with my puppy’s nicknames. If I say, “Hey Brutus!” she says, “Yeah?” So…we’ll work on that.
Things I call my puppy: cupcake // freak // mutt // raggamuffin // dill // deluded pineapple // donkey // bunyan // sniffy // donald // frank // goober // and many, many more because I rarely use the same name twice. I’m surprised he knows his name is Atticus Bean.
Things I call my sister: [see above]
It gets VERY confusing but I just can’t use people’s actual names.
9. I care about blog stats.
I know bloggers aren’t supposed to get hung up on blog statistics, but…I quite like checking on mine. I like little numbers that go up. I like comments. I like followers. My blog is my baby and my creative outlet and the fact that other people even read it still makes me screech with joy. PURE JOY.
10. I’ve written 6 high-fantasy books, 2 apocalyptic, 1 steampunk, 2 paranormal, 2 sci-fi, and 2 contemporaries.
Paranormal is my favourite.
11. I homeschooled and graduated at 16.
I do everything as fast as possible.
12. I hate chocolate with nuts in it.
IT’S CHEATING. You get less chocolate. How can anyone think this is okay??
13. I’m always thinking 2 million thoughts and am often accused of being random.
I have a lot going on in my brain. Lots of book ideas, lots of blog ideas, lots of world domination ideas.
14. I’m really rather horrible at reading text books, instructions, recipes, and classics.
Basically anything that’s not YA, I struggle to comprehend. Although I’m a lot better with recipes than I used to be. When I make banana bread, it actually turns out as banana bread. How cool is that?! (It wasn’t like that in the past.)
15. I love to write, but I love it more when I started.
It was easier to write back then when I started. I knew less. I was more free!
16. As a small humanoid, my pen-name (I thought all authors had them) was Orange Peel.
I had a serious obsession with Lemony Snicket (to which my parents referred to as Lemon Persnickety, seriously…they never got it right). I was honestly going with Orange Peel for a long time there.
17. My middle name is Grace.
I’m not graceful but I’m entertaining.
18. I always write about things I dislike.
I don’t know why! IT’S STRANGE OF ME. But every book I write usually features something that I hate.
Like:
- Meals of peas (I loathe peas)
- Parents who work at dentists (my worst nightmare)
- Children who like to socialise (what’s wrong with them?)
- People who hate reading (ugh)
- Characters who wear sparkles/frills/anything and everything I emphatically do not
- People who like swimming (not me)
- The ownership of cats (I hate cats, I’m allergic)
19. The most frustrating thing in my existence is my inability to do art as good as I would like.
It pains me hugely. Also not being able to take perfect photos like I want to. ALSO not being able to draw, write, or do craft to the exact perfection I wish. It frustrates me so much I often quit on things. (Or persevere and grumble, like I do with writing.)
20. I like pie more than cake.
PLEASE DON’T FREAK OUT. But pie is really very excellent.
21. I very much like to make people laugh.
And if I can’t succeed with a funny quip or an exceptionally well timed come back or a hilarious joke, I’ll just slap a funny gif on and call myself wonderful.
And also adorable. I am definitely adorable.
Some things about me… um…I’m 17, but I won’t promise 17:
1. I’m British, but I do NOT drink tea, I do NOT have a silly accent, and I do NOT live in London.
2. I’m one of those random, excitable people who likes to dress all in black.
3. My favourite colours are black and purple. My Mother completely refuses to let this be my bedroom colour scheme.
4. It takes me years to get any internet accounts that I want because my parents are very strict about the net and I’m too scared to ask them in case they say no.
5. I spent most of last year in a reading slump.
6. Almost all of my stories feature a red haired, green eyed protagonist (male or female) or a major character with violet eyes. Also, at least two Asian characters – usually siblings.
7. I love cartoons/anime.
8. I read manga, but not comic books (no real reason, I just don’t).
9. Since 2015 started, I have felt like time is running out. This is possibly down to me turning 18 – legal adult age in Britain this year. Saying that, I do have a habit to be shy/anxious/stressed and this year I have exams/starting university to worry about AND I’m trying to free up all my spare time for writing so…
10. I want to write urban fantasy (currently planning one) but my current WIP is a contemporary and I will get it to publishable level if it takes me a lifetime (this seems kind of counter-intuitive…)
1. WHAT. Are you crushing English stereotypes? How dare you.
2. You\’re a shadowhunter.
3. This is sadness.
4. I would be very frustrated by this…my parents have always been very understanding. ALTHOUGH I didn\’t actually get online much until I was 16/17.
5. THAT IS THE WORST AND SADDEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD.
6. Violet eyes, eh? 😉
7. You have good taste.
8. I LIKE COMICS.
9. I felt the same way before I turned 18. Actually, wait. I feel the same way every year. Who let me turn 21? What is this.
10. YOU CAN DO IT. I BELIEVE IN YOU.
15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Beautiful, Marvellous, Clever and Frankly FABULOUS Ella *wink wink*:
1. I’m quite extroverted, although I DO have my LEAVE-ME-ALONE-I-NEED-ME-TIME moments. Sometimes life gets noisy and I need to wind down by myself. ME TIME IS VERY IMPORTANT.
2. I’m currently trying to start up my own typography business! I would love to make it my actual job, but it’s to early on to see at the moment.
3. My favourite colour is green! (You can be my Peeta to my Katniss)
4. I HAVE NEVER READ A WORD OF PERCY JACKSON OR WATCHED THE MOVIES. (Mel is keeps badgering me to read them, buuuut I keep forgetting. I’LL GET ROUND TO THEM THIS YEAR I PROMISE MELLYBEAN)
5. I LOVE answering the phone! Call me nosy…but I love it. It’s normally a massive scuffle between Little Sis and I, on who reaches it first. (She wins, obviously. 8-year-olds ALWAYS ave the upper hand.)
6. I have 2 parents, 2 sisters, 2 brothers, 8 chickens, and 1 brat of a dog. It always sound like an asylum off their meds at my house. And 2 siblings don’t even live at home!
7. I call my dog Louie almost everything BUT his name. RAT, and Baba, are the ones I’m using the most at the moment (ESPECIALLY rat).
8. I don’t really care about blog stats and all that lark. I always do a jig around the room and high five the computer whenever I see I have a new follower though! 😉
9. I have 2 retellings, 2 fantasies, and 2 contemporaries buzzing round my head wanting/needing to be written!
10. I’m homeschooled *high fives* and would like to graduate at 16, but The Parents disagree, blarghh -_-
11. I LOVE CHOCOLATE WITH NUTS IN IT. ESPECIALLY PEANUTS. *blows raspberry* DON’T WORRY I’LL EAT YOURS. *eats all your chocolate*
12. I suck megally at reading classics too! I JUST HAVE TO MANY OTHER THINGS TO READ THAT IS MY PROBLEM.
13. My middle name is May.
14. I LIKE CAKE BETTER THEN CHOCOLATE. Don’t judge me, I just love cake a lot.
15. I LOVE TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. We need more laughter in this world, do we not?!
PHEW LONG COMMENT! This took awhile to write but it was worth it, haha :’)
HOMESCHOOL PEEPS FTW.
ok bai.
I KNOW RIGHT?! WE ARE VERY PRECIOUS PEEPS. Especially you and me, Hawwa, because we’re just SO amazing, y’know? 😛
1. *introverted scream and run and hide*
2. This is rather cool.
3. AWK. WE ARE DESTINED FOR FRIENDSHIP. MAY I CALL YOU KATTY?
4. Don\’t watch the movies. Read the books.
5. Ugh.
6. I understand this perfectly.
7. I call my dog Goober more than Atticus. Yesterday I started on Night Fury.
8. I JIG TOO.
9. I UNDERSTAND THIS FEELING.
10. *hi fives you back*
11. Ugh. I do not understand you now.
12. I just love that you said megally.
13. HOW NICE.
14. I\’m gonna judge. You can\’t stop me judging.
15. YOU and ME BOTH.
YOU CAN CALL ME KATTY IF I CAN CALL YOU PT.
Megally is a brilliant word, deal with it. 😛
Then I shall do 18 things about me when I turn 18 🙂 THESE ARE EXCELLENT FACTS. You’re not alone with the telephonobia. I have that too. When the phone rings at work I usually run lol. And I write about things I hate too!!! People who hate reading and a girl who has a pet spider (WHY, EMILY?) and…well, okay, Daisy likes lists so I can’t claim I don’t like those 😛
I ALWAYS run if I hear a phone. I have occasionally hidden outside so I \”can\’t hear it\”. Shhh, don\’t tell my mum.
1. I am a Dutch resident of Belgium with a passion for English.
2. I have written one YA, one first draft of a chicklit, and a couple scenes of a contemporary. I’ve got a bit of catching up to do.
3. But I get distracted by the internet way too easily. NaNoWriMo is 15 minutes of writing and 3 hours of playing Candy Crush.
4. My book boyfriends are Fred & George Weasley, Sirius Black, and Uncle Mort from the Croak trilogy.
5. My celebrity boyfriends are Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, and Rupert Graves.
6. When I try to make banana bread, it actually comes out as banana bread. I made it for the first time last week, and again yesterday, and both times were glorious. But cooking? Totally useless.
I’m keeping it at 6 because I’m lazy and also I don’t know any interesting facts about myself.
Well, I\’m going to assume you\’re 6 years old then. *nods*
1. I\’m glad you have a passion for English because otherwise I would probably not understand you.
2. YES YOU DO.
3. Pfft, shame on you.
4. Oh I SEE HOW IT IS. you have a harem.
5. A large harem.
6. I love banana bread. I consumed it for breakfast.
I did not feel like making 22 points.
7. I am lazy.
1. It does make things easier.
2. I’m working on it.
3. Oh, I know! Cut me some slack, will you? Resisting the internet is TOUGH.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
6. So did I.
1. I am totally obsessed with anything to do with Sherlock and will spend most of my time reciting Moriarty dialogues and putting on long coats.
2. I probably spend more time than I should browsing blogs when I should be writing.
3. Anime is awesome.
4. Origami is awesome. To start off with a piece of paper and turn it into something so pretty is amazing. *high fives*
5. 98% of my stories contain dragons. Okay, maybe all of them (but just the fantasy ones :P)
6. My friends and I literally have conversations where she’s talking about something else and I’m talking about the other. There is a lot of repeating in the process XD
7. I loathe peas too.
8. I don’t have a middle name.
9. I beleive that gifs, like oxygen are life.
10. I talk way too fast.
11. I eat too much.
12. I suck at remembering things, but can recite long dialogues from books 😉
Whew! DONE.
1. Reciting Moriarty is my life. Sometimes people worry about me randomly shouting Moriarty lines but pfft, THAT\’S WHAT PEOPLE DO.
2. Me too.
3. I haven\’t really watched/read much. *shameface*
4. YAY! IT TOTALLY IS!
5. I immediately love your stories.
6. hheehe. xD
7. They are evil little blighters.
8. I shall name you Nirvana Fergus, then.
9. I agree with you.
10. You are John Green.
11. Me too.
12. ME TOO. OMG WE ARE SISTERS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.
Um, it isn’t fifteen, but
1. I was homeschooled until I was ten
2. I have moved fourteen times in my life
3. I am a twin
4. I love doing crafty things- beading, making bookmarks, making cards
5. I like to go running
6. I like some exams (the ones with interesting questions)
7. I like exams because they mean that you don’t have to go to school
8. I love history and anthropology (and I watch crash course for fun)
9. I have BAD (bookmark accumalation disorder) because I love to make bookmarks and have run out of people in my life to give them to.
10. I can knit and read at the same time (I’m efficient like that)
11. My brother and I used to have Calvin and Hobbes quote offs (and, actually, we haven’t stopped)
12. I like to call people by their full names (except for my sister, because she likes her nickname)
13. I can speak Hindi (but my grammar sucks)
14. I can play viola and piano, and I really like to listen to baroque music
And I was wondering, Cait, how you plan to cope with paperwork when you are the ruler of the world (like, arent you afraid to make decisions for other people?)
1. YAY! Partial homeschooler!
2. Phewf. I\’ve moved like 5 times and I thought that was a lot. 0.0
3. My sister I used to pretend we were twins because were are little deluded bats. We\’re like 4 years apart in age. No one fell for it.
4. ME TOO.
5. ME TOO SO MUCH.
6. Okay you\’re totally weird. I hate pressure.
7. XD
8. History is awesome.
9. I have BDS…which is Bookmark Destroying Syndrome. Also my dog eats them….so I\’m only 98% to blame for my ruined bookmarks.
10. YOU ARE TALENTED.
11. You are both awesome, obviously.
12. HA! We are completely opposite on this.
13. I can\’t even speak English some days and it\’s my only language.
14. I played violin and piano and cello but mostly now I just play fabulous.
I\’M NOT GOING TO DO PAPERWORK. That\’s what I have minions for.
1. I’m meant to be writing an Old Irish Lit essay. Heh. When am I NOT meant to be writing an Irish Lit essay? This is still the same one. I haven’t written it yet.
2. Yesterday, I didn’t get out of bed until quarter to three because I couldn’t see the point. And then I try to convince myself I’m not depressed.
3. I kind of am. Quite a lot. It’s been a hard month.
4. I’m going to be eating nothing but sausages for the next few days because that’s pretty much the only food I have right now.
5. I’ve been reading a lot of poetry recently because I don’t have the attention span for prose. Also because I was given a lot of it for my birthday.
6. I don’t like pie? I mean. ‘Pie’ seems to mean different things in different countries. But here it’s primarily something that is either savoury with meat inside it, which I don’t like, or sweet with fruit inside it, which I’m allergic to. So, that doesn’t work out.
7. I’m allergic to a lot of random things, which is kind of annoying.
8. I would happily sleep about 12 hours in every 24, but unfortunately this isn’t practical or even possible at uni.
9. I have written about sixteen novels or something but genre is a complicated beastie and I don’t really know how to classify some of them. Also, some of them are terrible. They’re mostly fantasy of some sort.
10. I put a lot of myself into my characters but then those characters make bad life choices so I start to wonder about my own decision making.
11. I have gone a very normal education route through a state primary and secondary school into university. No homeschooling, no skipped years. Just standard old school.
12. So now I’m in my first year at Cambridge and it’s REALLY REALLY HARD. Argh. I kind of want to go home.
13. I don’t like the fact that I’m now 19 because (a) I feel old and (b) I have to think of more facts for this list, and that’s difficult.
14. I care about blog stats too, so when they start to go down I realise I need to write another post. It’s one of the main thing that prompts me to come up with ideas even when I’m not bursting with them.
15. I’m also terrified of phones. I have anxiety, and phonecalls trigger it, like, massively. I won’t answer it unless Caller ID tells me it’s somebody I’d be okay talking to, and I sometimes have to take anxiety meds to be able to make important phonecalls.
16. Oh man, I take so many pills. What even is my life.
17. I don’t drink alcohol, although I’ve been legally able to for a year already.
18. I really should be writing this Irish Lit essay. Or failing that, translating for Old Norse tomorrow. But that doesn’t seem to be happening, so you get this comment.
19. I drink a lot of tea. Really a very large amount of tea. I own eight types of tea. HERBAL AND FRUIT TEAS FTW.
DUDE YOU’RE AT CAMBRIDGE UNI AS IN CAMBRIDGE UNI?
I am currently at college and everyone is pushing me to apply this year and i would love to but i don’t want to move away at all [i live in manchester] and UGHH, is it hard? is it worth it? tell me things plz i’m stressed. what are you studying?
SORRY FOR BEING A CREEP.
OH HELLO THERE. Er, Cait’s blog is a bit of a weird place to have this conversation, but: I go to Oxford, not Cambridge, but I know your pain. I have met quite a few people both on the Internet and off who go to Oxbridge and find it really hard and also that it exacerbates any mental illness they already had or cause mental illness if they didn’t already have it. I really, really hope you’re finding help! The counselling service at Oxford can be a bit useless but I don’t know much about the one at Cambridge. But please please try and find help! Oxbridge can be really tough! But know that a lot of people out there are going through the same thing. If you need to talk, I know we don’t know each other at all, but my email address is afterwritten[at]gmail[dot]com and my Twitter is @afterwritten, and you’re welcome to come vent about essay crises or ridiculous supervisors or like whatever else you want. <3 Please hang in there.
Hey friends, you’re right, weird place to have this conversation. I answer a lot of asks about Cambridge and anxiety and things like that over on my Tumblr (http://miriamjoyblogs.tumblr.com) but to sum up: pressure is not fun, but there are options. Also I study Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic. 🙂
1. Well I quite like that you stopped by to talk to me instead. XD
2. I\’ve experienced this quite often but I solved it by getting a dog and if I don\’t get up, he\’ll pee on me, and it\’s a wonderful motivator when one is depressed.
3. Agreed. It\’s been a hard year and we\’ve only had 26 days of it. 😐
4. Sausage is delicious though.
5. Poetry is nice.
6. WHAT. WHAT. Okay *calms self* I really love pie, the sweet kind, not the savoury kind because I\’m not a fan of tomato sauce and tomato sauce and pie seem to be symbiotic.
7. ME TOO. I\’m allergic to honey. That\’s ridiculously frustrating.
8. It\’s one of life\’s greatest shames.
9. Genres are completely ridiculous sometimes. I get to the point where I just say IT\’S A BOOK AND I DON\’T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE but apparently that\’s not good for pitching/queries.
10. Please tell me you\’re not an assassin.
11. YOU CONFORMED TO SOCIETY DID YOU? TUT TUT. NOT DIVERGENT.
12. I can understand that. The home part. I love home.
13. HEY. STAHP. How would you like to think of 21 things?? Hmm. Just you wait. It gets worse every year.
14. We can secretly watch our blog stats together.
15. Anxiety is the worst. I 100% understand you here. I don\’t even…ever…answer….
16. Lemme know when you figure it out.
17. Me too.
18. I like the comment a lot.
19. I don\’t ever drink tea. I DON\’T EVEN DRINK COFFEE MUCH. I drink water and the tears of my readers.
This is an excellent post. SO MANY THINGS I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU. #1 is especially surprising, of course. HOW CAN YOU NOT HAVE A THRONE YET. You remind me of a friend who is always demanding people to buy him a pony (literally all day every day) and he’s always like, “Why hasn’t anyone bought me a pony yet?”
ORANGE IS A GREAT COLOUR.
4 sisters and a brother?? Whoa I didn’t realise you had so many siblings!
You come up with so many wonderful nicknames! Also, Orange Peel is totally the best pen name.
OKAY I GUESS I CAN LIST SOME THINGS ABOUT ME.
1. I’m an only child and it’s always kind of difficult for me to imagine what it’s actually like having siblings.
2. I absolutely hate speaking on the telephone as well. I just can’t do it. If I have to call up some place to book an appointment or a reservation I will put it off for as long as possible. Like, if I’m calling someone I know well, at least there’s that familiarity. But if I have to call a stranger I’m just like NOPE NOPE NOPE ABORT.
3. I really wish I could draw. ): It’s something I do envy a lot in other people. Drawing is so cool! But my drawing skills are terrible. My boyfriend has a screenshot of the time I tried to draw a squirrel. It was bad.
4. I also hate peas and swimming. I was forced to take swimming lessons up until the the age of 11 and it made me very sad.
5. My favourite colour is red.
6. I have been eating store-bought stuffed pasta for lunch pretty much every day for the last two weeks. I’m lazy and stuffed pasta is cheap and delicious.
1. I AM SAD FOR YOU. Siblings are handy for many many things.
2. If I can\’t text or email then I decide it\’s not that important.
3. I WISH I COULD DRAW TOO. I pretend to doodle/zentangle but it\’s not like those really realistic life-liked drawings that I just envy so much.
4. I took swimming lessons when I was 8. I didn\’t drown after a few goes so I guess I graduated?
5. RED IS NICE.
6. It is delicious. It is wickedly delicious.
Love this post, Cait! I also give everyone nicknames, it’s terrible. I also have an extremely bad habit of naming inanimate objects. My laptop is called Percabeth – betcha wondering where I got that from! 😉
1. I actually enjoy maths and science. IT’S REALLY FASCINATING. Although I have been known to nearly throw my maths book at the wall when the book is wrong. Not me, of course, but the book. 😉
2. I LOVEEE the library and I go to it a lot, even though I have enough books of my own to read. I DUNNO WHY.
3. I want to be an astrophysicist because I like stars and galaxies and maths and physics and stuff.
4. I play piano and guitar and I realllyyyy want to start drumming but I’m not really a loud, drummer-y person. So we shall see.
5. I got these elastic things placed between my bottom teeth yesterday because I’m in the process of getting my teeth straightened and it’s SO FREAKING SORE.
6. I have really bad anxiety and I hate crowds and socialising and I don’t really like being around people a lot!
7. I love dogs. THEY’RE THE BEST ANIMALS EVER.
8. I was born in South Africa, moved to England and now I’m back in South Africa.
9. I love chocolate so, so much.
10. I’M TERRIFIED OF ANSWERING THE PHONE. Whenever the phone rings I will literally just stare at it willing it to stop ringing but then my mom’s like “ANSWER THE PHONE” and I’m like “NOOOO” but then I do because I’m a good little chicken noodle.
11. Orthodontists terrify me and every time I have to go I shake like a chihuahua and either a) have a panic attack or b) nearly have a panic attack but I want straight teeth so I have to channel my inner Tris.
12) I suck at reviewing books in a timely fashion.
13) IT’S MY BIRTHDAY IN 17 DAYS!!!
14) I do Cambridge IGCSE homeschooling but I used to do the Sonlight maths and science. :’)
15) I have 1 brother who is 14 years older than me! He lives in Australia but he’s visiting soon and I can’t wait to see him!
HAHAHA I UNDERSTOOD THE PERCABETH REFERENCE. *ahem*
1. WHAT. I cannot…no. What are you.
2. ME TOO.
3. I probably can\’t even spell that word I am uneducated but good luck to you!!
4. Piano is nice. I played piano in my wild and woolly youth.
5. ERGH. I hear ya. I\’ve had braces and plates and all sorts of things. I currently still have a wire glued to my teeth and I don\’t think it\’s ever coming off.
6. Me too. 🙁
7. ME TOO!!
8. That is fairly awesome though.
9. It is life.
10. You are a good little chicken noodle. I stuff food in my face so no one can make me answer it.
11. I admire you. I can\’t find my inner Tris anywhere.
12. Reviewing is fuuuun, though. xD
13. OMG THAT IS AWESOME! HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN ADVANCE.
14. I used to do Sonlight tooooo!!!!
15. OH. He is in my land. Australia is fabulous.
HERE’S 16 BECAUSE I AM 16.
1. I was home-schooled my whole life until i turned 16 this summer, then I started college and OMG I WISH I COULD STAY AT HOME. ugh. #busesarenotmyfriend
2. I LIKE PIE MORE THAN CAKE TOO.
3. i have written 0 novels. but i’m trying. I’M TRYING.
4. i am british, so i have a posh accent, and drink tea. not typical British tea however, HERBAL TEA. *cue gasps of shock*. i’ve actually never drunk ‘normal’ tea..
5. I WISH I COULD FOLD ORIGAMI LIKE YOU. teach me how.
6. i do care about blog stats too. however in my life that’s rather depressing.
7. I AM AN INTROVERT.
8. i love sport.
9. i am half indian, half pakistani BUT WAY TOO PALE. #vampire
10. i have 2 parents, 2 brothers, 1 sister and 1203948575 books.
11. my worst nightmare is failing. i am a regular Hermione who has genuine nightmares about failing.
12. i really want to travel the world but a. you need money and b. i hate planes. especially because the NEWS IS SO NOT HELPFUL.
13. i woke up at 10am today. THE FIRST TIME I GOT TO SLEEP PAST 6:45 IN FIVE MONTHS I AM SO HAPPY.
14. i am a junior blackbelt in ju-jitsu. [junior because i acheieved it at age 11, you become a senior when you turn 16]
15. i wish i was better at everything i did.
16. me = marionette sized. aka. JUST 5ft.
I like herbal tea, and hate waiting for buses (its so stressful!)
don’t go to college, though
1. *hi fives for homeschooling* Also, buses are not okay.
2. WE ARE IN AGREEMENT.
3. YOU CAN DO IT. I BELIEVE IN YOU.
4. What. You\’re not normal? You Divergent you.
5. No. (mwahahahah)
6. It can be depressing for me too, believe it or not. *sigh*
7. I AM AN INTRO-INTROVERT. Doubly introing. And lots of verting.
8. No.
9. Do you sparkle?
10. Clearly you have your priorities right.
11. Mine is always being late. I am the White Rabbit.
12. I don\’t want to travel. TOO MANY PEOPLE.
13. I almost always get up at 7am. x)
14. Oohhhh, YOU ARE AWESOME, CLEARLY. And I shall not annoy you too much.
15. Me too.
16. I\’m 5\’1. You are Zuzana.
I too hate chocolate covered in nuts. BUT. I rather enjoy nuts that are coated in chocolate. I’m aware that this makes literally no sense, but in the case of the former, it’s like the nuts are taking up space that could have been used for chocolate, while in the case of the latter? It’s like eating nuts but with the added benefit of chocolate. You know?!
Hahahaha I love that explanation
Oh. my. gosh. YOU ARE SO RIGHT. I feel this is terribly hypocritical of us, but, but I too will eat nuts covered in chocolate instead of chocolate covered in nuts.
YOU LIKE PIE MORE THAN CAKE IT WAS ALL A LIEEEE. Just kidding, pie is okay. I like pie. Unless it’s the mathematical number; I despise that one because people feel so good about themselves whenever they know more than three digits. Actually, scratch that, I can’t hate a number that actually makes people feel good about themselves. (1. My thoughts are pretty random too sometimes)
I’m not sure how I feel about books being viciously cut up. Then again… It makes my practice of folding the pages instead of using a bookmark seem very tame in comparison. I will direct everyone who complains directly to you from now on. 😀 (2. I bought a bookmark recently. It says “What women want in bed: books.”)
I, too, am awkward around people. Especially when I first meet them. Okay, and the first twenty times after that. But after THAT I’m fine. Usually. Sometimes. I can NEVER think of any smalltalk topics but I HATE awkward silence, so I put in my earphones and look straight ahead when I walk into a university building, hoping that no one will think OH that person looks like she might want to have a chat. (3. I thought about calling my YouTube channel SociallyAwkward, but then I found out the name already exists)
I don’t really care that much about how many hits my blog gets (okay, that’s partly because I can’t figure out how to exclude my own), but I do care about comments. I LOVE comments. I even love comments on other people’s blogs because if the post interested me, the comments probably will too. (4. I’m VERY glad I got into blogging again)
I always write in genres I hate! Okay, hate is an exaggeration, but if I do write (which is not that often), I tend to write about ISSUES and it’s CONTEMPORARY and WHAT EVEN. I really can’t figure out why because while I don’t have anything against stories like that, I usually read more along the lines of MAGIC, DRAGONS, COOL SCI-FI TECHNOLOGY and give everything else a wide berth. Alright, I do read a little more eclectically than that, but it’s still weird. (5. I SUCK at plotting. I cannot think of a plot in advance for the life of me, but when I try to write something long without a plot, I always get stuck or lose motivation. I’m okay at realizing other people’s prompts, but it makes me feel like it’s someone else’s story.)
I don\’t like mathematical pie either.
I love your bookmark.
All the good youtube names are always taken and it\’s quite depressing sometimes. I sometimes wear headphones without music (because I don\’t like music) just to appear like I am busy and can\’t hear anyone.
I SUCK AT PLOTTING. I mean, I do it a little bit, but I don\’t have really detailed plots outlined before I start.
Ooh, yay! A list of things about me! Some of them may be just a little bit similar to yours.
1) I am obsessed with hot chocolate.
2) And with peppermint anything.
3) And with chocolate and peppermint combinations.
4) I love to torture myself by running cross country competitively.
5) I used to speedskate, but then xc and school took over.
6) I like writing essays and articles instead of just fiction (as long as the essays are not for school).
7) I like to sew my own clothes.
8) I have lots of cousins who are all either way older than me or way younger than me.
9) I do not do small talk or parties or talking to people other than my close friends. (Although, usually it ends up being better than I originally feared.)
10) I have written one and a half novels. One is sci-fi, and the half is a contemporary I hope to finish soon.
11) I am gleefully plotting an epic fantasy, and I’ve never been as excited about a book before.
12) I’m getting a dog soon.
13) I like dresses and the color pink and skirts.
14) I guess you could call me a steminist, or a someone that advocates for girls in STEM.
15) I am ISTJ.
16) I like making my friends laugh, which happens very often.
17) Ana is not my real name.
18) I hope to get published as a teen.
19) I own a pet dragon (in my fictional epic fantasy book, that is).
20) I play the violin.
21) I knit things, too.
I could go on and on, but I’ll limit it. Anyways, for some reason your posts are not showing up in my Bloglovin’ feed. I’m not sure if anyone else is having this problem. Maybe unfollowing and following again will help?
Yay! It just worked all of a sudden. Five of your posts from the last week just showed up at the same time in my feed.
(Bloglovin was hating me for a little bit, I don\’t know why. o.o)
1. I was but then it turned summer and now I am not.
2. This is delicious.
3. Deliciouser.
4. You are strange. I like running but not like that.
5. You are clearly talented.
6. GOOD FOR YOU.
7. Did I say you were talented yet?
8. OH ME TOO. Except they\’re ALL older than me. I think I only have 2 who are remotely around my age.
9. I don\’t small talk with anyone.
10. Good luck for finishing it!!
11. OMG BEING EXCITED ABOUT A BOOK IS THE BEST FEELING EVER.
12. AND I WANT PICTURES.
13. Skirts are awesome.
14. I have not heard of this before.
15. I\’m INTJ.
16. Me too. it\’s a good feeling, right?!
17. WHAT? YOU LIED TO US.
18. I hope you do too. Because then I will know someone famous.
19. Lucky you. I\’m deluded and haven\’t even written about dragons yet. What is wrong with me?
20. I used to play violin.
21. CRAFTY! YAY!
1. I’m tall…like, really really tall. It’s hard to find skinny jeans or decently long dresses.
2. I don’t like telephones either….unless I know who’s calling. But still. Answering telephones is a leeetle scary.
3. I was seriously addicted to Webkinz when I was younger. I have so many of those things…blarg, the time I wasted playing that. Oh well. It was fun. Now I play Mario Kart and Harvest Moon.
4. Mashed potatoes are nasty; bell peppers are my nemesis; and cooked fruit…shudder. I’m kind of a picky eater.
5. My favorite animal is a platypus. Which is sad, because the United States does not have platypuses. But squirrels are cool too.
6. My favorite colors are yellow and blue.
*high fives* HELLO FELLOW TALL PERSON! And, omg, YEESSS, I know what it’s like on the jean front. >..>
1. I\’m like 5\’1 so I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS LIKE.
2. I don\’t like telephones even if I know who\’s calling.
3. I don\’t even know what that is. How bad am I?!! *whispers* Don\’t answer that.
4. I AGREE. I don\’t like mashed potatoes either! Chips, though, are life.
5. My country DOES have platypus and I\’ve only ever seen them twice. They\’re rather elusive.
6. Blue and Yellow are wonderful colours.
Your origami is really pretty! I completely understand you on the telephone thing. I hate when it rings.
I’m terrible at thinking up facts about myself, but hey, that’s a fact about myself!
That IS a fact about yourself. xD Aw, thank you! Origami is a load of fun.
Yes to that last bit, you are DEFINITELY adorable 😛 In fact, you’re so adorable I’d like to make you my sister, that way you’ll have not 4 sisters, but two! And then you won’t get confused with names all that much…But I swear, Cait, if you call me goober, you’re out and we are done. Also you’ll have to get used to the imaginary fish-eyed baby that’s always in the room with me. That was pretty random. You’re awesome <3
*flails adorably* HEY BUT WHAT\’S ONE MORE SISTER WHEN I ALREADY HAVE 4?! Are you sure I can\’t call you Goober, niiiiicely? Because I can say goober so so nicely.
*whispers* Gooooooober.
I did know some of these things! I am so happy to finally meet a blogger who admits to caring about their stats! I do too, even though I always say blog for yourself first blah blah blah (which I agree with) I still want people to read my post or what’s the point of writing them in the first place?! Good on you for saying what we are all secretly thinking.
I have the same thing about the phone and I just mute it when it rings or completely ignore it. I can’t even talk to people I know really well on the phone. I tell people to text if they actually want a reply otherwise I shall assume they don’t actually need to get hold of me.
I could tell you things about me but if I did 27 that would take a long time so here are two. I may do a whole blog post with the other things though if you don’t mind me blatantly stealing your idea?
1- I live in England and it is cold right now, especially because my boiler is broken. Elsa is like a little baby icecube. I have one portable heater and I have to keep moving it around the flat wherever I go. It sucks.
2- I have a degree because I am, in fact, a clever clogs. It is in History. I hated every minute of it and haven’t used it since.
TA DA!
Also please read the book I just finished (The Deadly 7) because it was amazing.
YAAAY *hi fives for blog stats* I really hoped I wasn\’t the only one shallowly and secretively thinking that. 😉 What can I say? I\’M HONEST. okay. Some of the time. (I exaggerate a lot which isn\’t strictly honest I suppose *heavy sight*)
Text or email. Or else, YES, they don\’t really want to talk, do they???
YES YES STEAL IT! STEAL IT! I want to hear these 27 things about you. 😉
Ergh, cold isn\’t fun. And I can\’t even pretend to know cold because it doesn\’t get very cold here. I\’m an absolute wretched sook at 10 degrees C. YOU ARE A CLEVER CLOG.
I am looking up the Deadly 7 because I\’m obedient.
I was thinking “We’re long-lost twins!” and then… and then…. AND THEN…. D:
YOU HATE CATS. *ugly sobbing*
I\’M SORRY MY MOSTLY-LONG-LOST-TWIN-SISTER. Allergies, allergies, they are to blame not me.
Great post!
1. First of all, I LOVE chocolate with nuts. I just love the added crunch. Haha
2. I am temporarily living in Naples, Italy and will be here for the next three to five years.
3. I am obsessed with nut butter and have no less than seven varieties in my kitchen at all times.
4. I am trying to start a book, but I have no idea where the plot os going so it’s tough.
5. I am obsessed with Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers. I just love animated shows.
6. I also like pie more than cake.
7. I also have a problem reading classics and am glad I am not the only one.
8. Confession: even though it’s awful writing and encourages controlling relationships, I still liked 50 shades of Grey. But I tell people I hated it because everyone else does.
9. I can’t eat dark chocolate or drink caffeine because they give me migraines.
10. I have been getting migraine headaches since I was three (weird, huh?)
11. For a period of time, I was a phone sex operator. No, I am not ashamed of it but I won’t be telling my parents anytime soon. Ha
12. I am obsessed with odd numbers. I will only sit at odd numbered seats at concerts. When me or my husband adjusts the volume for the radio, it HAS to be on an odd numbered station. There are many, many examples of this but basically I am OCD.
13. I am afraid of escalators. I can get on them, but my husband has to hold my hand and count. Weird, but it’s true.
Okay, I will leave it at 13 because of my aforementioned obsession with odd numbers. 🙂
1. You can have all my nut chocolate then.
2. Give me a sec…I\’m coming to visit.
3. ERK. ME TOO!! I literally am always sneaking nutbutter out of the fridge.
4. That is my life.
5. I sadly have never watched those kind of shows. 🙁
6. We are like twins.
7. YAY WE ARE DEFINITEly liKE TWINS.
8. HAHAHAHA. YOU\’RE HILARIOUS. XD
9. That is like the saddest thing of the universe. I love dark chocolate.
10. OH that is horrible. :((((
11. WELL THEN. xD
12. Odd numbers are rather wonderful. I can understand this.
13. I hate elevators but escalators are okay. x)
Okey dokey. Here I go:
1. My favorite colors are blue, white, and black
2. I love horses (probably because of Lord of the Rings)
3. I did homeschool and graduate at 15. (hive five!) (I’m going to senior college now tho.)
4. I married John Watson in fiction. (not that I particularly like him. It was my sister’s machinations.)
5. I have three siblings
6. I’ve eaten frogs legs
7. I dreamt about tiny cats that can fit in your palm
8. I’ve been to Hawaii (only the airport tho)
9. I wrote a story about a girl born with no legs who becomes a professional swimmer and wins the olympics
10. My favorite band is Anberlin
11. Nut chocolate is my favorite! 🙂
12. I don’t have a middle name (not legally)
13. I’m 5’4” and a half
14. I have big hobbit feet
15. I crochet yarn toys even tho I don’t like to crochet
16. I like to shoot bracelets at my brother
1. Blue is fabulous. Blue used to be my favourite colour and then Orange happened.
2. The only time I road a horse was when I was 7 at a market and the horse was tiny.
3. WOAH YOU ARE AMAZING!
4. Hello Mrs. Watson.
5. Lucky you.
6. EW. But then, I shouldn\’t judge, I haven\’t tried them.
7. That would be handy.
8. I\’ve been to Malaysia! Only the airport though. 🙁
9. That is very very admirable of her.
10. *googles them*
11. YOU CAN HAVE MINE.
12. *whispers* What does the second T in your name stand for?
13. You are taller than me.
14. Hairy too?
15. Then whyyyyy?
16. I did this too when my brother lived at home. Only rubber bands.
This was awesome XD I was so happy to see the title of this post in my inbox XD
Now everyone can be satisfied that they know weird and random things about me. xD
*chimes in* You used a Doctor Who gif, which reminds me that you should watch it.
Also, I think homeschooling is great and I sorta wish I would be homeschooled.
*Nadja out*
I SHOULD WATCH IT. Why have I not? That\’s the reeeal question.
Hahaha! How does a throne get lost in the mail?!?? *can’t stop laughing like a crazy person*
*breeeeeeaaaaath*
Okay, now let’s behave like a normal person!
I actually agree with you about people, crowds and small talk. It makes me want to run and hide. Combined together a disaster.
So what can I tell you about me?
Addicted to coca cola.
Live in Sweden.
Love learning languages.
I hate cleaning my apartement, but really like doing laundry for some odd reason.
I hate cooking food, but I really like to eat it.
Finally, I love to watch movies and read books that scare me so much that I can’t sleep for a couple of days.
Really interesting blogpost! Was fun getting to “know you” a little bit more! And I will definitely have to check out your etsy store! A big fan of origami myself!
WELL. There has to be SOME reason the throne is not in my palace by now, right?
SWEDEN?! Hold my bags, minions, I\’m coming to visit Gabby. (I would really really like to go to Europe.) And I admire you for learning languages. I only know English and usually I doubt that I REALLY know it. I make horrific English grammatical mistakes.
Agreed about cooking vs. eating.
We have two things in common: being shy (sometimes even on the internet) and fear of talking on the telephone. The moment I hear the telephone ring at home, I make sure I’m somewhere else so anybody else has to pick it up :p and I never answer my mobile phone if it’s a number I don’t know. I even dislike talking to my boyfriend over the phone.. You girl, are a writing machine! You deserve that throne.
OH YOU UNDERSTAND ME!! I literally do NOT pick up the phone. Unless I\’m positive it\’s my parents calling to tell me to put dinner on or something. Otherwise? No. No no no. Talking in person is hard when I\’m shy but it is SO much better than the phone. *gulps and hides from phone forever*
I hate cats, too, which sucks, because I’m getting older and I’m still single and childless… so I feel like I should have a whole bunch of cats. Maybe I’ll just be a crazy dog lady instead (is that a thing?).
I also loathe peas. When I was a kid, that was the one thing that would keep me sitting at the table long after everyone else had finished, because I just couldn’t stomach the things. Raw peas fresh out of the pod are okay, but cooked peas? It’s like they’re not even the same food. Different flavour, different texture, and a whole other level of disgusting. I can take them in a samosa (yum… samosas) but just a pile of green peas sitting there on their own? *barfs*
YES. Crazy dog lady! I\’m sure that\’s what I\’ll end up as. Dogs are nicer than cats, anyway. They like you instead of think you serve them.
*hi fives for pea hate* I still pick them out of things and I feel bad but they\’re just awful. The texture…erk.
I was really expecting a Supernatural gif for number 20.
BUT I SURPRISED YOU, DIDN\’T I? Mwhahah.
I was homeschooled too! *homschooler high five*
Speaking of telephonophobia, do you ever put off making a phone call until the last minute…then pray for voicemail? Not that I DO that or anything. Just curious.
YAY! HOMESCHOOLER HI FIVE!!!
I just don\’t make the phone call. o.O
Gosh! We really must be the same person. Pie is better than cake, chocolate with nuts is a waste of time, swimming is rubbish, so on.
Things about me, hmm…
1. I can’t stand being in a messy room.
2. I like rocky road more than any other treat at the moment
3. My best friend is Leo Valdez (yep, fiction)
4. I can play the piano and I’m teaching myself the guitar
5. My middle name might just be lucky (my first name is un)
6. I used to think that glow sticks would suddenly stop glowing and so I’d stare at them of hour
7. I have braces, they’re not as bad as everyone makes out
8. I’m Catholic.
9. I can only sleep if the door is closed and the curtains shut
10. I can’t bake for the life of me
11. I feel people don’t take me seriously because of my age, but I then go and right deep stuff anyway
12. I have an allergy to pears
13. I love dogs. I’m going to be a crazy dog lady
14. I have an obsession with trying to read as many books as possible in a week
15. I’m Australian, so HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!!!
Sorry, last one was kinda silly, but yeah.
Anyway. Loved your list. I was wondering though, what camera do you use? Your photos are beautiful!
We are cyber twins.
1. AGREED. Tidy ALL THE THINGS I say.
2. I love rocky road but I haven\’t had it in years. 🙁
3. Fair enough.
4. I play piano too!
5. This sounds fair.
6. I used to think there was a line of rain, like you could stand with one foot in the rain, and one in the dry. It was my life ambition to stand there.
7. I had braces and was a sook and they were awful.
8. Yay!
9. I can only sleep if there\’s silence.
10. This is unfortunate.
11. GOOD FOR YOU.
12. I have a dislike of pears.
13. I\’m going to be a crazy dog lady too!! Or just crazy! I\’m flexible!
14. ERK, YESSSS. I feel like we are probably twins, Kat. Or sisters. Or, you know, long lost relatives.
15. YAY HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!!!
A Nikon D60! It\’s my parents camera and I um, cough, relocate it to my room nearly permanently.
Another Nikon user! I have a Nikon D3100, so I was just wondering:)
Jebus, you graduated at the age 16? Go you! I love these facts so keep em coming Cait. I also LOVE your origami. I wish I had more patience for things like that. I attempted to make paper cranes for a friend back in the day, I think I made like 2. -_-
I am not the world\’s most patiencest origamiest (those two are totally wordsXD) so I actually only do a few designs because I can\’t be bothered learning new ones. MY BAD. XD I have folded 1,000 paper cranes for a wedding though.
OMG I like pie more than cake too…TWINSIES :p
I’m really shy in real life, and I may be a little bit awkward. I suck at making small talk or just talking to people in general and when I do actually say something I always second guess myself and overanalyze everything that I’ve said haha. Who am I kidding, I do that with the blog and Twitter too :/
we have exceptionally good taste.
I am SO shy in real life it\’s just painful. Talking just…no. I never know what to say and I\’m terrified of awkward lulls in conversation.
I nickname almost everybody as well! Especially my cat and dog, and my sister, and my friends haha. Which is kinda funny, because I think I’m the only one that doesn’t have a nickname. My name is too short to be creative with it… Hmmm.
Also I absolutely love your writing style, it honestly never fails to make me laugh.
Things about me, gosh that’s quite a thing to think about.
1. After dreaming about it for several years, I finally started University last year (studying English Language & Culture, in the hopes of ever pursuing a career in publishing)
2. I put up a good front, but I am incredibly insecure.
3. I have 1 dog, 1 cat, 2 parents, 1 sister, 3 best friends, and an incredibly big amount of nieces and nephews that I love to pieces (and are loud!)
4. my music is old school rock & roll: CCR, Dire Straits, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and I can go on for a long time
5. I have a Record Player and collect Records (plus, I want an old school typewriter badly)
6. I’m incredibly awkward around guys (I think it has to do with insecurity, shyness, and being geeky).
7. I have a cat that hates it when I am writing, blogging, etc. He just jumped on top of my laptop while I am writing this comment… *sighs*
8. I can draw. I am actually pretty good, but thanks to an art teacher at high school I lost my confidence and started drawing less and less. I should get back to it, and I want to, but I just don’t feel it.
9. I run a lot. Just today I ran 5.5k in 36 minutes. I am training for a 10k competition in March.
10. I am addicted to chocolate… dark chocolate. I try to limit eating it to once every two weeks, but it’s soooo hard (I cheat, drinking hot chocolate and stuff haha)
Okay, I know I’m 20 years old, but 20 things about myself just isn’t going to work.
Great post! 😉
1. omg! A career in publishing?! That is so so exciting!!
2. Me too. 🙁
3. Ohhh yay for lots of nieces/nephews! My 3 niece/nephew situation is about to become 5. o.O
4. You are clearly cool.
5. See above.
6. I\’m incredibly awkward around everyone. Even inanimate objects.
7. My dog bites my foot when I read. -_-
8. OH THAT IS SAD THAT YOU lOST YOUR CONFIDENCE. I understand though. 🙁 I wasn\’t bad at violin, but a really horrible teacher made me quit. Well, I chose to quit, but it was depressing.
9. OMG YOU ARE AMAZING. I used to do 2.6Km in 15mins but… I\’ve stopped running lately to train my puppy. Hoping to get back into it soon though!
10. ME TOO. I TRY LIMITING BUT IT\’S NOT POSSIBLE.
Ok this was so much FUN. I also like pie more than cake, but in Dutch pies and cakes and tarts and all those other round things that are kind of the same thing (but different too) are all just called “taart”. So, I just kind of really like “taart”, in general.
I’m also 21, but I’m not going to list 21 things because I’m lazy. Plus, you get a LOT of comments, so I’m doing you a service really.
Whenever I’m out and about in traffic (i.e. riding my bike through town), I get absolutely murderous. People are so stupid and annoying and inconsiderate in traffic. It really bugs me. I’m almost always grumpy when I get somewhere.
I hate doing the dishes, which is kind of inconvenient since I live alone and thus have to do the dishes quite often. I’ve actually got a load of it waiting to be done right now. We all know that’s not going to happen anymore tonight, though.
Now, let’s think of a positive fact! (whining is way more fun, though) My favourite colour is red. Seriously. That’s the most positive thing I could think of. Uhm… I like tea? Wow, I really am no good at this. Let’s just stop here. 😀
I would eat taart too. I just would eat it all. IT\’S SPELLED COOL AS WELL.
Pfft. I love reading comments. I get to chat to you guys and it\’s aaaawesome.
People are totally stupid in traffic I AGREE. I nearly almost get crashed into by a psycho driver whenever I go out. Either I\’m unlucky or my town is seriously crazy. -_-
RED IS NICE. Tea is tolerable. WHAT ABOUT BLOGGING?! BLOGGING IS FUN! THAT\’S A POSITIVE.
Taart is the best! As are comments! They are one of my favourite parts about blogging! 😀 AND OF COURSE. How could I forget about BLOGGING. That’s very positive! Thank you for making me see the light, oh Cait the Great.
Lemony Persnickety . . . xD
They didn\’t support my Orange Peel either, sadly.
Right, first thing: *slaps* You’re one of those amazing arty people who complains! I can barely draw stick figures! Anyway, moving on 😛 I also write about things I hate. It’s just easier! I care about my blog stats too, don’t worry. And I think there’s a special throne room where they hide them all, because I don’t have mine either…
I did 20 things about me over here: https://victoriajaynesbooks.wordpress.com/2014/12… (even though I’m only 16). And I plan to do more!
*cries* I\’M NOT THAT ARTY. I\’m origami-ish arty, yes, but my drawing skills are appalling. I DRAW STICK FIGURES AND PATTERNS. Nothing else. It is easier to write about hateful things, isn\’t it?!! Why is that. x)
I agree that the first Percy Jackson movie was awful. I saw the movie first though so when I saw it, I thought it was an amazing movie! Then I found out it was a book that I already have (but I bought it a long time ago so I didn’t know lmfao). And so I read it…. and realized the movie was just horrible. It left out so many stuff!!! Oh man, I am anxiously shy too. I don’t run away though, but I can’t do eye contact for a long period and I turn tomato red when having a conversation with new people which I freakin hate. Like, I’m just talking, why am I turning red!? I guess it’s just implanted in my brain that when I talk to someone, I automatically become shy and turn red. I think I have telephonophobia too. I HATE talking over the phone. My voice become all high pitched and it’s just irritating. First off, you can’t hear the other person at the end (well for me that’s what happens most of the time) AND when you’re out in public, everyone hears your side of the conversation. It’s just awkward. I prefer talking in person or texting. Wow you wrote a LOT of books! I wish I was passionate about writing but mehhh, I have no patience to write a novel haha. Reading will do. I also DO NOT like chocolate with nuts! When there’s an almond in the chocolate, I will avoid eating it and either give it to my mom or throw it lol.
I watched the 2nd movie before I read the 2nd book. >.> So maybe that\’s why i\’m partial to the second movie?? The first movie COMPLETELY DID NOT FOLLOW THE STORYLINE OF THE BOOK. I hate being overly critical, but in this case…I do wonder if the directors red the book. -_-
I love the cat gifs — cat gifs are my FAVORITE. Right up there with Doctor Who gifs.
I have telophonophobia too, though I’ve certainly never called it that. If I don’t recognize the number, I just ignore it (I’m moderately better with my work phone, since, you know, coworkers call each other and all that jazz, but I’m still bad enough it drives my boss nuts). More importantly, I don’t EVER call people. Seriously, ordering pizza used to make me nervous as all get out. Never mind calling a bank or something to tell them they shouldn’t have charged me that overdraft charge because look, paperwork that says they wouldn’t!
I love your mobiles on etsy! I want one, but my apartment is so small I don’t have a good place to put one. Maybe when I finally manage to buy that house …
And there is no way I’m going to come up with 24 unique things about me. That’s just too much work. I shall think on it and consider posting a more complete response later (but will probably forget).
Cat gifs are hilarious. XD Cats have so much personality.
Thank goodness we can now order pizza online, amirite?! >_< Phones are evil, pure evil. Awww, so nice to know you like my mobiles! I LOVE ORIAGMI. XD
Online pizza ordering was a GODSEND!
I go through phases with origami, but haven’t in recent years. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve done much in the way of origami since high school (I used to love making frogs because I collected all things frog related)
I care about blog stats too! Yay!! I try not to get hung up on them though…
And I also have telephonophobia. Which is not useful for my piano lessons that now require a fifteen minute phone conversation!
Dentist parents!!! NOOOOOO!
I think I’ll take this post idea for my birthday post 😀 Thanks!
I do attempt not to get overly hung up either…but I really care. 😉 Omg! That would be the end of piano for me. >_< I used to play piano, but thankfully there were no phonecalls involved.
YAY! DO IT!!
1. I’m way funnier in real life. I haven’t quite figured out how to transfer most of my sarcastic humor into typed form without feeling like I’m being totally rude, so I feel like I come across way stiffer in blog posts and comments than I would in person.
2. I’m a horrible person and claim to be a writer, but don’t actually write. I just come up with characters and story ideas, and then get distracted with new ones before I ever get to the point where what I have is able to be written. It’s a vicious cycle that I have yet to discipline myself into fixing.
3. I work at an alternative/pop culture clothing and accessories store called Hot Topic. It’s amazing and I love it, even though I loathe people.
4. My current WIP that I’m *determined* to actually get to the point of writing is a Robin Hood rewrite starring a wonderfully sassy and diverse cast, and set in the near-ish future.
5. My favorite thing to call people is “odd duck.” I do not know where I heard that term, but I love it. Everyone is an odd duck. You’re an odd duck. I’m an odd duck. Marie Antoinette was an odd duck. There is no one who falls outside of the category of odd duck.
6. I’m an avid coffee drinker. I’m drinking coffee right now, at 3: 40 in the afternoon.
7. I’m a much bigger fan of cheesecake, pie, and brownies than I am of cake. Ice cream, however, is the ruler of all desserts.
8. I’m horrible at maintaining relationships, and usually only have one friend at a time. Part of that is because it takes a lot for me to consider someone a friend. What can I say, I have high standards.
9. I can’t settle on hobbies. I’ve done everything from drawing, to jewelry and armor making, but nothing really sticks for long before I move on and try to find a new hobby. I’m running out of interesting things to try.
10. I owe most of my nerdiness to my dad. He raised me in the ways of high fantasy and superheroes. Also sci-fi and action adventure. My bookish side comes from my mom, though. I feel like the only thing I’ve discovered and gotten into on my own is anime.
11. I’m a huge Marvel fan, but I don’t care about most of DC. I like pretty much everything I’ve ever learned anything about in the Marvel universe, but the only thing I like in the DC universe is the Batfam. Not Batman himself so much (though he does have his awesome moments), mostly just the heroes he works with and trains. Like all of the Robins, and the Batgirls. Especially the Robins.
12. This is way farther on this list than I ever expected to get.
13. I like tattoos. It’s *art* on your *skin*! What could be cooler than that?!? I’ll probably have, like, fifty once I’m old enough.
14. I want to learn to play the violin and the electric bass. Since I have neither instrument to work with, I haven’t learned either yet.
15. I have a hard time loving main characters as much as I love side characters. It has to be a reeeeeeally good protagonist for them to be my favorite character.
16. I love chocolate types of sweets, but I love gummy sweets more. Right now the way to my heart is through sour gummy worms.
17. I’m a very unpatriotic American. I don’t like America or Americans, and I don’t want to live here or be a citizen. I’d rather be from just about anywhere else.
1. I can understand that. It IS hard to convey tone, sometimes, right?!! I tend to overly use exclamation marks, hehe. And I\’m opposite because I\’m SUPER shy and quiet and serious in real life and on my blog I\’m one big joke. xD
2. Aw, I can understand how hard it is to actually sit down and right. I hope you get motivated to someday.
3. GOOD FOR YOU THO!
4. RETELLINGS ARE MY FAVOURITE WOOOOT!
5. Hello, Odd Duck.
6. i like coffee a lot.
7. That is truth. I will not dispute.
8. I am awful at irl friendships but online I\’m fine. x)
9. BUT THAT IS COOL! You can do everything!
10. Your parents sound awesome.
11. BATMAN IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE CHARACTER OF DC. HIM AND THE JOKER.
12. You are fabulous, clearly.
13. They are pretty but I hate pain so I don\’t think i\’d ever have a tattoo. 0.0
14. VIOLINS ARE AMAZING. Cello is best though. x)
15. I understand this.
16. I adore DARK BITTER BLACKHEARTED CHOCOLATE.
17. Be Australian. We are way more cool.
(excuse me while I cheat and comment on your list instead of creating my own)
Telephonophobia. Yes. I actually had a mini anxiety attack the first time I had to cover the receptionist’s 15-minute afternoon break at work.
I also can’t read textbooks or classic liturature—though for some reason I decided I would read 3 classics this year. (recipes I can read quite well, but I don’t always follow them. everything usually turns out ok…)
I always have GRAND intentions of reading classics, but to be honest? It fails. I die. I cry because I feel stupid when I try. Now I just figure, why do I have to read classics?? I want to read YA so I shall.
I’m so with you on #14!
I DETEST reading classics, but I suffer through them for school (it’s part of being an English major, although I would much prefer to just study Y.A. and talk about fun books, haha). I’m also no good at reading textbooks, absolutely no good!
And the thing I’ve learned about art/photography is that you just have to keep practicing, till what’s in your head happens on the page! Isn’t that helpful advice?
I JUST CAN\’T UNDERSTAND CLASSICS. I tried and I tried. But now I figure, why am I paining myself?! Life is short. I want to read enjoyable books.
That is helpful advice. Maddeningly helpful. -_- *cries and continues trying to art*
I must know you pretty well because I already knew 12 of these facts! 😉 Here’s some facts about me:
I hate math & PE with a passion. Like seriously. Numbers are just not my thing, and running is the death of me.
My favorite flavor of ice cream is either cake batter or mint cookie.
I want to be a criminal justice lawyer when I grow up. (That was inspired by none other than Dangerous Girls of course).
I’m horrible at anything artistic, yet somehow I’m a web designer. Go figure. (You need to give me some of your artistic genius Cait!)
I love to travel, and one day I’d love to visit Europe and Australia.
I have two younger sisters.
I love photography and video editing.
My favorite musical is either Sound of Music or Hairspray.
I’m probably the only teenager who doesn’t like to text. Email FTW!
Your blog is my favorite. (Although you probably already knew that…)
NO NO ZOE YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY TEENAGER THAT HATES TEXTING!! Seriously, it takes me like 10 minutes to type out a sentence, and then I realize I’ve made a mistake and have to rewrite the whole stupid text again! >.< Urgh, it's making me twitchy just thinking about. X/
YAY, ZOE, YOU KNOW ME SO WELL. XD
I HATE MATH AND PE TOO. Well. Sport. I never went to school, so I haven\’t really experienced PE. I feel like I would hate it though…I always hated youth group games unless it was soccer.
Omg. YES. I love cookie dough ice cream.
YOU ARE CLEARLY SMART THEN IF YOU\’RE GOING TO BE A LAWYER. But pfft. You\’re not unartistic, silly. You do musical theatre. YOU ARE ARTISTIC. Also, photography is the best and yessss to not texting. Though technically I\’m not a teen anymore *sniffles* but I do not speak text very well. I get twitchy when people start in text-talk. I JUST DON\’T GET IT.
*cheers* Yay for lists! Yay for Cait! *pushes you off the throne* NOT yay for usurpers to the throne! *sits on it using TWO cushions because she is just that short*
OK, here are my 18-things-because-I-am-18!
1. My favorite color is blue – sky blue. Not navy blue, not baby blue.
2. I like to sleep in.
3. I like to go to bed early.
4. Basically I just like to sleep.
5. My socks rarely match.
6. I wanted to graduate by the time I was 16 but my parents wouldn’t let me.
7. I have read mostly comic books so far this year.
8. I love classical music.
9. I’m currently listening to Tchaikovsky far too loudly and probably damaging my eardrums.
10. By the way, everyone IRL says I have small ears.
11. They also say I have small hands, which explains why typing is so often a problem for me.
12. I hate driving.
13. But I would much rather drive than sit in the passenger seat while my brother drives us somewhere because I don’t trust his driving skills. xD
14. I like white chocolate and dark chocolate more than plain old milk chocolate.
15. As you can tell, I am hungry again even though we ate dinner only an hour ago.
16. I am currently experiencing an Awesome-Movie-induced hangover and shouldn’t have watched V for Vendetta and The Imitation Game so close together because gah.
17. Speaking of TIG, I think Benedict Cumberbatch has lovely eyes, if that blue-green is actually the color of his real eyes. (Wait… I meant, like, he might be wearing contact lenses or something. Not that he STOLE those eyes from somebody else. What is this, Skulduggery Pleasant?! Although with that name, he could totally be a character from it.)
18. I am very easily distracted. (Procrastistractination.)
*shoves you back off thrown and adds 3 cushions just for affect*
1. Sky blue is nice. I approve.
2. I do not.
3. I do not.
4. I REALLY DON\’T SLEEP MUCH SO I DON\’T UNDERSTAND THIS.
5. You are awesome, though.
6. Pfft. Parents. Sometimes they can be far too sensible.
7. There is no shame in that.
8. I listen to classical music every night. ^-^
9. NO SUCH THING AS TOO LOUD TCHAIKOVSKY.
10. You probably do then.
11. My hands are smaller than my mum and sister\’s.
12. I like driving fast. I hate driving slow.
13. HA. I don\’t trust my sisters driving either. x)
14. I love all chocolate. I\’m not a discriminator of chocolate.
15. I can understand this completely. Although, I am, currently, eating chocolate as I reply to comments, so I\’m happy.
16. STAHP. YOU JUST MAKE ME WANT TO WATCH THEM MORE.
17. He. is. so. a Skulduggery Pleasant character. omg.
18. SQUIRREL.
I LIKE PIE. I ALSO LIKE CAKE. I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE I LIKE MORE. Actually, only if they’re gluten free haha
SO MUCH GOES THROUGH MY BRAIN AS WELL. I wish I could just catch a thought and buckle down but NO. I want to do everything at the same time.
I’ll let you in on three facts about me, cause I’m so nice muahahaha
1. I have sleeping pattern problems
2. I hoard shoes
3. I overbinge on cheese
I think it\’s wrong to discriminate against them. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE LOVED EQUALLY. Although, I actually eat pie and cake mostly grain-free, so haha. Yes they are gluten free too. x) I win.
1. SO DO I. Basically mine are don\’t-sleep-ever.
2. This is understandable.
3. I don\’t believe that is possible .Cheese is meant to be eaten copiously.
1. Copying Midnight Rain Dragon here but I too am British, I do not have a posh accent, I do not live in London and loathe tea.
2. For years I said I hated Twilight and then I gave the books another go and loved them. Oops.
3. I also hate phones. If I get asked to call someone when I’m at work, I will do my level best to get out of it. I hate it, hate it, hate it.
4. My pets get called anything but their real name. For example, my cat is called Crunchie but he gets called: Killer, Sergeant Fluffy Boots, Terror, The Vicious One and so on. He is not vicious at all. In fact, my family get called it too, I call my Mum ‘Jeffrey’, no reason why.
5. In my brain I am still 14 years old.
6. I forget how old I actually am on a daily basis. I now understand how some people manage to ‘lose a year’ of their lives when they think they’re younger than they are.
7. I’m a bit of a hipster kid in that I tend to avoid anything hugely popular.
8. I have started to write lots of books and entirely failed to finish them.
9. I desperately want to be a freelance writer. I only work with 4 people but that’s 4 too many to be spending all day, every day with as far as I’m concerned.
10. I am frustrated by the ‘rat race’. I just want to live in a nice house, in the middle of no where and not stress about money.
11. I want to read manga but I have no idea where to start.
12. I am pretty good at baking cake but I fail at cooking dinner on a regular basis.
13. Dinner is not important; it just takes up valuable cake space.
14. I am insanely jealous of your GIF knowledge – seriously, how do you find GIFs for everything?!
15. I geniunely enjoyed school and I wish I could go back. LEARNING IS FUN!
16. If I had my way I think I would be a perpetual student. I want to learn ALL THE THINGS!
17. When I was a kid I wanted to be Mr. Blobby. I don’t know why. If you have no idea what that is, Google it and sit back in horror at what is allowed on British kids TV shows.
18. My favourite film is The Lion King. I’ve seen the musical twice and that is not enough times.
19. I’ve never finished one of ‘the classics’, it seems like posh people in posh houses eating posh food and that sounds dull. One of my goals for the year is to read Wuthering Heights.
20. Autocorrect keeps changing ‘Wuthering’ to ‘Withering’. I hate that autocorrect thinks it knows what I want to say.
21. The best pizza I have ever eaten was in Germany and I would go all the way back just to eat it again.
1. I loathe tea too, so I UNDERSTAND THIS. Although I\’m not British. But Aussies do have a small thing for tea too.
2. HA! They\’re not that bad. xD
3. Me too me too me too
4. Nicknames NEED no reason. I call my nephew Frank a lot. His name is Xave and there is just no logical reason…
5. I CAN RELATE.
6. I still refer to myself as a teen sometimes. Oops.
7. BUT POPULAR STUFF IS AWESOME.
8. Me too. Although I\’ve finished many. I still have MANY half thought ideas.
9. Freelancing sounds hard.
10. I DO TOO. Except I want to be rich. Just \’cause.
11. Me toooo. omg. There is so much and it\’s impossible to know where to start.
12. Sweets rule.
13. You are so wise. I agree.
14. Google search.
15. I liked reading and writing but I loathed maths/science.
16. FAIR ENOUGH. I\’m glad I\’m done, lol.
17. Oh my gawsh. WHAT IS THAT. No.
18. It\’s so saaaaad.
19. AND EVERYONE IS INSANE. <– that\'s how they always end.
20. Autocorrect is an idiot.
21. I fully support this.
Well, since you don’t me at all, everything is fair game- haha! But I love random lists of things, so here goes:
1. I’m an old married woman with a kid. (Well, not really old as I am 33, but sometimes I feel old)
2. I called my daughter “monkey” even though….
3. Monkeys skeeve me out. I feel like they always want to eat my eyeballs.
4. I hate running, but ran 17 5k’s last year.
5. I’ve known my two best friends since we 12
6. I’ve been a bridesmaid 5 times (3 times I was the Maid of Honor)
7. My husband is my high school boyfriend’s best friend. He was the best man at our wedding.
8. I didn’t like cheese until I was 25 and now I can’t eat it because I’m dairy-intolerant.
9. I just took up archery. I’m Katniss!
10. I live in Seattle. I love it.
11. I’ve never broken a bone.
12. I named my daughter after a character on Firefly (Kaylee) and then ran into the actor who plays Kaylee in a bathroom at Comic-Con in San Diego. It was very awkward.
13. I also met Cary Elwes at his book signing.
14. The Princess Bride is my favorite movie (So I totally got your iocane powder reference).
15. I have never broken a bone
16. I have red hair. It was quite orange when I was younger and now it has lightened a bit, but I HATE to be called Strawberry Blond. I AM NOT BLOND. (It gives me an identity crisis)
17. I have phenomenal bad eyesight.
18. I have two dogs and a cat, all were rescues. But at one point of my life I owed two dogs, a cat, a hamster, a bird, two guinea pigs and a fish.
19. I had a schnauzer growing up named Pepper
20. I enjoy writing for my blog, but don’t really want my friends and family to read it. I feel weird…like I’ll be judged or something.
21. I can touch my tongue to my nose.
22. My great great grandfather was the third governor of the State of Washington. There is a statue of him in the state capitol.
23. I got married in my parents backyard and we had our reception at the zoo in a room with brown bears and otters.
24. I swam with dolphins in Mexico and one kept getting me in trouble. Cheeky bastard.
25. My favorite animals are bunnies. I’ve owned 5 over the course of my life. We had to put our last bunny down about a year ago. I am still sad.
26. I’ve had braces twice.
27. I hate mingling. I feel your pain there.
28. My dad and I have season tickets to Seattle Shakespeare Company and see 3-4 Shakespeare plays a year. My life goal is to see all his plays performed.
29. I’ve been to both Disneyland and Disneyworld.
30. I am a nail polish addict. I could open my own salon.
31. I’m an only child. But I get very offended when people would assume I was spoiled because of it.
32. I play the flute and took up violin for awhile, but I’m not sure I could actually play it anymore.
33. Scrolling through the comments makes me think I’m the oldest person commenting and that makes me feel old. 😉 Haha
WELL IT\’S NICE TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER TOO!!
1. YOU ARE OLD. *giggles* Juuust teasing.
2. I call my nephew Monkey too! okay I call my nephew everything but his name.
3. 🙁
4. I love running but I\’ve never run 5K. o.O
5. YOU ARE LUCKY. I\’ve lost almost all my childhood friends.
6. WOOT! POPULAR. I\’ve been a flower girl once.
7. Wow.
8. YOU MISSED OUT. Cheese is life even though I\’m not supposed to eat much. 🙁
9. LUCKY YOU! I\’d love to do that.
10. It sounds nice. ^_^
11. Me neither.
12. BUT THAT IS STILL RATHER INCREDIBLE.
13. COOL.
14. Mine too. It never ever gets old. I think I can quote the whole thing.
15. You said this one twice. x) Clearly you\’re proud. I AM PROUD TOO BECAUSE NEITHER HAVE I!
16. I shall not call you blonde. I SHALL NOT.
17. Out of a family of eight, only 3 of us (me included) don\’t wear glasses. o.O
18. Pets are awesome.
19. I have a half-schnauzer!! He\’s half poodle too.
20. Me too. I hide my blog.
21. I cannot.
22. YOU\’RE FAMOUS. KIND OF. BUT STILL.
23. That is awesome tho.
24. Omg, you live a fantastic life! DOLPHINS.
25. In Australia we eat chocolate bunnies for Easter.
26. I\’ve had braces. And more plates than I can name. I still currently have a wire in my mouth. 0.0
27. Mingling is evil.
28. PREFORMED BY SHAKESPEAR HIMSELF?!! *dies giggling* sorry I couldn\’t help it. I AM LAME. x)
29. LUCKY DUCK.
30. My sister is too.
31. It IS offensive. My older sisters assume I am spoiled because I\’m the 2nd youngest. It\’s not true. >.>
32. My sister plays flute and I used to play violin! I switched to cello because cellos rule.
33. HA. You probably aren\’t. A lot of people cheated and didn\’t do their ages. 😉 THEY ARE COVERING UP.
I love this post! Maybe I’ll make a similar one when I turn 21 in September -if that’s okay with you of course.
I agree about the chocolate with nuts. NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF CHOCOLATE! I love DIYs and art but generally, I suck at it. I’ve made it a personal resolution for this year to try more crafts because I can’t expect to get better without trying, can I?
YES STEAL IT! It\’s hardly original. XD I can\’t wait to read your list.
I am so happy you did the Birthday Things List! I am quite jealous because as you know I have never successfully folded any origami shape. Unless one of those grade school, cootie catcher, answer things is considered origami. I don’t like chocolate with nuts either. Ha ha, I like to call people by odd names too. I think the worst is I sometimes call my son Shecky. It has nothing to do with his real name. He also has three different groups of friends I have given names to: The Nurd Hurd, The Funky Bunch, and the Hidamari Gang. I am glad you like to make people laugh because I love to laugh! I think I am going to call you, Little Orange Peel. Little Queen Orange Peel, that is, sorry. 🙂
Origami isn\’t so hard…especially after you\’ve folded 1,000 paper cranes for a wedding. o.O I AM SERIOUSLy LUCKY NOW. Apparently it\’s very very lucky to fold 1K of paper cranes. *hi fives for nutless chocolate* I think if I ever have kids they\’ll not know what their real names are. I literally call my nephew Frank. His name is Xavier. YET I CALL HIM FRANK. And he actually responds to it so…I don\’t know.
I\’ll probably be fired as a babysitter soon.
Little Queen Orange Peel thankyouverymuch.
Oh my gosh! When it comes to things we don’t like, we are almost twins!
(the only real exception is the cat thing…I don’t mind cats).
Ok, some things about me (I’m not listing 20):
1. I’m a Christian. I teach Sunday School and run a youth group. It’s fun.
2. I don’t like/eat pizza or lollies. Apparently that is strange…
3. I absolutely adore soundtrack music.
4. I play the flute.
5. My Dad was born in England, but my Mum’s family goes all the way back to the first settlement of Australia.
6. I frequently sit on my hair. People ask when I’m going to cut it. I reply that I might when it reaches my knees.
7. I don’t wear make-up, like, ever. It feels gross and I see no point to it.
Other people are more than welcome to wear it, though. Whatever.
8. I both love and hate computers. When it comes to organising things, I love writing it down in a notebook with a pen. It’s one of the main things I don’t like about blogging…you have to organise things on the computer.
9. I am both lazy and extremely competitive. This is not a good/helpful combination.
10. I am mildly addicted to twitter.
And Goodreads.
And Netgalley.
11. When I was younger I started wearing black shirts (with stuff on them, but whenever there was a colour choice, I chose black).
This has recently become a problem, because I now want to wear all the bright colours, and yet have a very limited selection to choose from.
12. The main (*cough*only*cough*) reason I wanted my Ps was so that I could take myself to buy books the day they came out/the minute I got a phone call telling me they were there/when they arrived at the post office.
13. I have an obsession with clocks. I have about 30 now.
14. My dogs are the cutest dogs in the world and you will never be able to convince me otherwise. (Atticus Bean does come pretty close, though).
15. If I could afford it, I would have all the editions of Harry Potter.
16. I have two jobs: one as a maths tutor for high school students, and the other is at Maccas. I am also at uni.
17. If I don’t get my morning cup of chocolate milk, I am cranky for the rest of the day.
And that’s all I have time for…almost made it to twenty.
1. Me too. ^_^ I used to play congregational piano until I got to stressed.
2. PIZZA IS LIFE. Lollies I never eat either. I get sugar headaches.
3. Me tooo.
4. Omg, my sister plays flute!
5. Wow. My parents are both traced to Germany and Italy so…um…I wouldn\’t have been on the fun side in WWII.
6. My hair used to be to my hips. It is no longer. I don\’t miss it.
7. AGREED 100%. I\’ve never worn makeup. I\’m lazy also and don\’t know how to use it.
8. I love computers. They are my life.
9. ME TOO. OMG ARE WE TWINS?
10. Mostly just goodreads for me. And also twitter. I love twitter.
11. I like colours but I mostly only wear red and blue. And orange, of course.
12. HA. That is a wonderful wonderful reason. I wanted mine so I could go to the library unassisted.
13. Ohh, that is cool. But are you always on time?!
14. MY DOG IS THE CUTEST. Well. When he\’s being good. He\’s mostly villainous.
15. If I could afford it, I\’d buy a boxset so I could have them all match.
16. You are busy and talented clearly.
17. I can approve this.
I’ve always been jealous of people that do the origami thing because, well, I AM TALENTLESS. When it comes to folding, anyway. I live vicariously through my characters though and have made some love interests origami-folders. Which basically means I THINK YOU’RE SEXY, CAIT. Rock it.
Also: I read that name thing and now have the ‘same my name, say my name’ song in my head. Thanks for that.
I AM OVERLORD OF THE WORLD. OF COURSE I CAN ORIGAMI TALENTEDLY. (I cannot English, however. Talentedly is now a word.) BASICALLY I\’M FABULOUS. *tosses hair*
Lovely post. Mostly I liked what you said about pie. I am a huge believer in every type of pie. What a fun idea, here is my list:
1. Throughout elementary school, every time I met someone who had braces I automatically wanted to become their best friend. When my sister got braces I was extremely jealous until I realized the work involved and my dream of metal on teeth was crushed forever.
2. For my highschool graduation I hosted a pie potluck party. Each family was ordered to bring a pie instead of a present. In the end we had over 15 completely different kinds of pie available. It was lovely.
3. I have a thing about maps. In fact, every inch of my bedroom walls are covered in maps.
4. Sometimes I award people points for life. It goes like this: “he just helped that person get into a car” or “woah her hair looks good today” “FIFTEEN POINTS FOR LIFE!” “TEN POINTS FOR LIFE!”
5. Someone once told me that if I was a color I would be rainbow with an extra wide band of orange.
6. I’ve driven across the United States of America 20 times in my 18 years.
7. Food cravings come in phases with me; I call them food crushes. First it was whipping cream, then it was pancakes, then it was steamed rice. Licorice and apples are my everlasting loves.
8. When I’m working out and things start to get really intense, I automatically start talking in my best faux Australian accent. Still not sure why.
9. I’ve got a thing for big dogs and will someday own a St. Bernard named Dante.
10. In school I was the class clown, jock, and valedictorian. Also, I was homeschooled.
Ooh, a pie potluck! That sounds like such an awesome party.
1. BRACES SUCK.
2. You are clearly the most awesome person in the world. I want a pie potluck. I need one. Badly.
3. SO DO I!! I used to hand-copy maps when I was little. It was my favourite thing to do!
4. this is awesome.
5. AWW.
6. Well travelled. I\’ve been to 4 states in Australia. But then, well, we only have 6 so hehe, this isn\’t too bad.
7. I have food crushes too. Right now I\’m crushing on chocolate chips, but last week it was dried bananas, and the week before that banana bread.
8. Ohh, you have me curious about this accent. 😉
9. I want to someday own a Great Dane.
10. Homeschool ftw, I say.
“deluded pineapple” xD CAIT YOU ARE SUCH A COOL PERSON. I loved reading through these, and can I just say HOORAY FOR FINALLY RE-FINDING YOUR BLOG! I switched google accounts, so I missed it when you must have put up the new link. (…I feel like that was a poorly structured sentence. Oh vell.) But anyway, I’m glad I found you again, and your blog design is soo darn artistic and just plain beauteous! Love it
I FEEL I AM AN AWKWARD PINEAPPLE RATHER THAN COOL, BUT I\’LL LET YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT. XDXD Omg, sorry you lost the link!! I didn\’t do the transfer very well so this is probably my fault a LOT. Gah. I\’m glad you\’re back tho! 🙂
I much prefer pie to cake as well. To be honest I’m not a massive fan of cake!
The Velvet Black // UK Style, Beauty Blog
LIFE IS PIE. Well. It should be.
BAHAHAHAHA! I love you so! You’re one of my favorites! *hugs* For some reason Bloglovin backlogged all of your posts from the past week so now I shall go catch up on all your awesomeness!!!
YOU ARE ONE OF MY FAVOURITES TOO. *tackle hugs you back* I wailed to bloglovin\’ and it apparently fixed it.
I’d have to come up with 25 things… actually, that sounds like a challenge. Let’s see!
1. I’m Welsh. It actively pains me when people go “oh cool, you’re English!” when they find out I live in the UK. No.
2. I have a sister. She’s a brat.
3. I have five library cards. Two from the same library. I’m sneaky, me.
4. I’m on a library committee. I’m in charge of book acquisitions!
5. I haven’t read all the Harry Potter books. Sorry?
6. My favourite animals are hedgehogs, hippos and giraffes. Don’t make me choose.
7. I barely speak any of my partner’s native language. I can say thank you in a shop. That’s about it.
8. I didn’t learn to read until I was nearly seven. Everyone assumes otherwise, but nope. I just wasn’t interested.
9. I love King Arthur. See also #1. I wrote three of four of my MA essays on Arthurian texts, plus my dissertation.
10. I have a BA and MA in English Literature…
11. …But now I’m doing a course in Natural Sciences to prepare for medschool. Neurology, maybe? Genetics?
12. I can sleep on a motorbike. Not as the rider, obviously; as the pillion passenger. I have a rally medal, and all I did was hold onto my dad and snooze for 36 hours.
13. I’m a transcriptionist and copy writer. Neither of these things pay very well.
14. I’m a volunteer at an eye clinic, a library, a forum, Lightspeed’s slush pile, and an occasional volunteer for Cancer Research UK and Tenovus. None of these things pay at all.
15. I like chicken on my pizza. My partner thinks this makes me practically heathen.
16. I like cold pizza the next morning. My sister is positive this makes me a heathen.
17. I read in the bath. And I’ve only ever dropped one book in.
18. I don’t get the ereaders vs. dead tree books debate. Both! Why not both?
19. I know the stock at my local bookshops better than they do. And yet they won’t employ me. Sigh.
20. When I really love a character, it sometimes means I can never consume more of their canon because I get too anxious. Castiel, bb. Why. And I worry this is going to happen with Steve Rogers/Captain America, because his next film is Civil War. Gaaah.
21. I have no gallbladder. Had it out two years ago because it was full of stones.
22. I once read The Lord of the Rings in 24 hours. That included sleep.
23. I averaged buying more than a book a day in 2013. And I wasn’t far off in 2013. Oops.
24. I had to pry open the back of my ereader to swap in a bigger SD card. I wrote a guide about it. Then they promptly stopped selling that type of ereader. Huff.
25. I can’t back down from a dare. Like, my dad dared me to read War and Peace in a week. So I did it in five days. Or my sister said I wouldn’t dare suck spilt vodka out of the carpet. So I did. But I blame that on the previously imbibed vodka, too. Regardless, no one ever lets me forget it, so I’m trying to be proud of it. Or something.
1. I\’M WELSH TOO. Heh. Okay. I\’m not. But I live in New South Wales in Australia so….I\’m Australian Welsh. x)
2. Mine is too.
3. Ohhh you are sneaky. I have 2 for different libraries. Butbutbut my library card got stolen recently and I\’m now perpetually checking I know where it is. 0.0
4. THAT IS COOL.
5. Neither have I. You\’re safe.
6. Hedgehogs.
7. But at least you CAN say thank you. 10 POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR.
8. Sounds fair.
9. I love King Author now that I read The Raven Boys….
10. You are smart.
11. YOU ARE REALLY SMART OMG.
12. That\’s talent.
13. 🙁
14. So basically you do everything. *nods*
15. I like chicken on pizza. I like chicken everywhere.
16. BUT THIS IS LEGIT A GOOD BREAKFAST.
17. *gasps*
18. Both is good.
19. I know the library better than the librarians. -_-
20. I get anxious but I only ever read cannon.
21. *moment of silence*
22. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE.
23. That is incredible.
24. Sounds complex. 0-0
25. No one dares me…but I\’m a high-achiever so I ALWAYS go above and beyond my goals.
I also like pie more than cake! I hate socializing too, but sometimes I have to force myself to do it. It’s exhausting. I’d much rather hide at home with a book.
I’m sorry, but……Not even Charles Dickens? Robert Louis Stevenson? Victor Hugo?
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Oh, please pardon me. I missed the proper comment section.
@Martha: Hiding home with a book is totally sociably acceptable. I LOVE READING AND HIDING. *nods*
@T: x) Haha! It\’s okay! I\’ve missed the comment section before too. And no….I don\’t really read them either although I HAVE read Treasure Island and several Dickens books in the past.
I’m super totally shy IRL, too! But I’m much better than I was when I was younger. And OMG I ALSO HATE NUTS IN MY CHOCOLATE WHY IS THAT EVEN A THING!?!?!?!!!
I have still not watched Percy Jackson bc of the hate people have towards it haha. I should give it a try and maybe not hate it like you!! And yes to telephonophobia!! I didn’t used to hate it but then I worked at a cal center for 3 years and that did it. I don’t even own a home phone, and I think a total of 5 people know my call number. If you want to talk to me, internet-me or go away >..<
Ooh WP ate the last part of my comment! I think my face made the HTML mess up. Ooooooops!
So it was:
Really fun and funny post, Orange Grace Peel!!
Baha, yes I commented twice to leave it again! 😀
NUTS IN CHOCOLATE SHOULD NOT EVER BE A THING. It is just wrong. *glares at nutty chocolate* Ahem. BUT YES! *hi fives for shy people* I love the internet because I\’m not shy here. 😉
The first PJ movie….I join in the hate. It\’s the second one that I thought was quite hilarious and tolerable. Text or email…*nods* or else how much did they REALLY want to talk?!!
You don’t have a throne yet?! *unfollow*
But it’s ok I forgive you. *refollow* Everyone knows to have a throne you have to be able to bake a perfect, multi-tier, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavoured cake. CAN YOU DO THAT?
1. I’m an extremely shy person in real life.
2. I want desperately to be a polyglot.
3. I have an obsession with Les Mis. A post on which is scheduled for today actually…
4. I also nickname everything and everyone.
5. I’m very short.
I’m only giving you five things because when I get talking I may spill my secrets.
IT\’S COMING IN THE MAIL, I\’M SURE OF IT.
Pfft. I don\’t make the cake. The minions do. I don\’t get my hands dirty.
1. ME TOO. So this is fabulous to hear.
2. I had to google this.
3. The book is so huuuuuuge. It terrifies me.
5. We are like SISTERS. CYBER SISTERS.
5. I\’m 5\’1.
WE ARE DEFINITELY SISTERS BECAUSE I’M 5″1 AS WELL. It’s a strange day for us all.
LONG LOST TWINS FOR SURE.
I’ve missed you so much. I always knew you were adopted 🙂
I love reading these posts. Mainly because I’m obviously a hugely curious (cough stalker coughhhh) person who likes to learn about different people and their interests. Hahaha.
I’m recently eighteen, as you know [; so enjoy eighteen quite random points about my honestly mediocre lifeeeeeee
1. Can’t stand seafood at all. It’s probably my least favorite food group haha. What food group I do love is considered to be junk food or meat [; FRIES, COOKIES, CHIPS, BACON, STEAK, CHICKEN, CUPCAKES, MILKSHAKES, POTATOES…. I DON’T EVEN KNOW.
2. Je parle français parce que ma mère est originaire de France (:
3. I love all things to do with the water. Swimming, surfing, paddle boarding, boating, scuba diving…list could go on forever
4. I really do love to travel, and one day wish to travel the world. So far I’ve been to Hawaii, Florida, California, Italy and Las Vegas. So basically a lot of North American places other than Italy. Right now the places on the top of my list are Greece and Australia [;
5. I have a shoe problem. I just want all of the heels, boots and flats okay. I also have a lipstick problem. And a nail polish problem.
6. I love history. I just love learning about the past. In particular I have a weak spot for the roaring twenties, film noir, golden age of hollywood, golden age of piracy, ancient greece, ancient rome and badass women in history
7. SPACE IS SO COOL AND INTERESTING. SO IS NATURE AND ANIMALS AND THE EARTH. DINOSAURS. I WATCHED A LOT OF RANDOM DOCUMENTARIES AS A CHILD ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS.
8. Historical fiction and fairytale retellings have been my favorite genres of late
9. Blue and purple are my favorite colors
10. She-Hulk and Miss Marvel are amazing and deserve all the love <33
11. I have a best friend who I love to bits. However, I feel as though she's the one person I'm really close to in life and without her I'd feel quite lonely. This would be okay if I were more introverted like I originally thought, but I'm definitely more extroverted I've come to realize.
12. I have no pets and never have. My mom and two brothers are allergic to fur and feathers, hence my lack of pets. I really want a puppy though, always have. I would love a little husky or golden retriever awwwww. But honestly, really any puppy because OH MY GOD LITTLE FUR BALL OF CUTENESS
13. I'm going to Kauai over spring break which is exciting. Honestly, it's going to be my adventure/adrenaline junkie trip. Floating through caves on a inner tube, ziplining, horseback riding, swimming, snorkeling, cliff diving, exploring the jungle..GIRL I'M SO READY. Like actually, I've signed up :p
14. I love to bake. But not at normal human times. Apparently I only ever get the urge to bake and am best at it at midnight.
15. Speaking of midnight, I'm a total night owl. Literally, getting up in the early morning is basically impossible for me. I'm in hibernation okay!?
16. I'm one of those girls dependent on their phones and social networks ooops
17. I'm hopeless when it comes to my hair. Honestly, I have no clue how to bun it or braid. My mom is equally hopeless so I blame her. My hair skills are basically the straightener and praying for the best.
18. I'm terrified of the future and not being happy with it. I also tend to hyper analyze my past
Whew, that was a lot harder than I thought it'd be. Kudos to you girl!
YOU ARE NOT MEDIOCRE.
1. I haaaaate seafood with a passion.
2. Je ne parle pas français parce que je suis un ananas.
3. OH. LIKEE.
4. I used to like travel. I think I\’ll stay home forever now, buuuut I have been to China, Malaysia and nearly Thailand (I nearly put my foot on Thailand) and mostly all over Australia.
5. This is not a problem.
6. I LOVE HISTORY TOO.
7. I WANNA GO TO THE MOON.
8. I love retellings so so much. I am like you.
9. Blue is wonderful. You can keep purple.
10. YESSSSS.
11. I can understand this. I feel this way about my sister, but I\’m emphatically very introverted. 🙁 Being an introvert can be lonesome though.
12. I am allergic to most animals, but my puppy is low-allergenic so I can hug him and lurve him.
13. OMG I DEMAND A POST WHEN YOU RETURN.
14. I love food.
15. I would happily never sleep but my eyeballs don\’t like me if I don\’t.
16. me too. But my computer. I hate phones.
17. I can only ponytail.
18. I AM TERRIFIED OF THE FUTURE TOO.
YAY for lists! #4 made me happy. I also have #6. And I will fully admit to #9 also. And applaud you for saying it outloud, because you KNOW most of us are thinking it!
Now, a list about me? Sure, why not, I shall try! I promise, i will NOT list 32 things, for that’d be mean, and a grisly reminder that I am old.
1. I really only like to wear flip flops, and hate whoever designed real shoes.
2. I use Aquaphor on my lips about a million times a day.
3. I want to get back in the pool to swim-swim, but I seriously am afraid I have forgotten how.
4. I didn’t like Harry Potter. The first one. You can kick me out now, if you must.
5. I love to travel. I want to go somewhere right now. I NEED to visit all 50 states and all the continents. (Only 16 states and 4 continents to go 😉 )
6. I cannot cook. Nor do I want to learn. I hate it.
7. I do not know how to ride a bike.
8. My middle name is Jaye, and I love it because it is super unique in a sea of Marie and Elizabeth.
9. Speaking of names, it befuddles me why anyone would want to change theirs just because they get married.
10. I am embarrassingly obsessed with the Real World/Road Rules Challenge (which has morphed into just “The Challenge”).
11. I loved high school and hated college, which I think is the opposite of what is supposed to happen?
12. It took me a full 24 hours to come up with this list 😉
13. I would prefer to sleep all day and be awake all night.
I’ll end this at 13, I like that number. This was fun, Cait! Thanks for sharing these facts about YOU!
1. I USED to only wear flip-flops but now i always wear enclosed shoes because I am disagreeable for some reason. (Also fun fact: we call them \”thongs\” in Australia and you can imagine how, when I started blogging and talked about thongs…that I weirded out many many people.)
2. I had to google… >.>
3. If you drown, you\’ll know you\’ve forgotten. #sageadvice
4. I haven\’t even FINISHED HP. I am in no position to judge.
5. I don\’t like to travel. 🙁
6. BUT COOKING MEANS DELICIOUS FOOD. I love cooking. Okay. I hate cooking. I love eating.
7. You\’re not missing much.
8. You\’re clearly faaaabulous.
9. I think names should become ship names.
10. FAIR ENOUGH.
11. I don\’t know. I didn\’t college. 🙁
12. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.
13. I would prefer never to sleep, but I believe that\’s unhealthy.
Of course you are adorable Cait. And prison orange totally doesn’t suit the ruler of the world. It would be silly to even consider that. *sigh* That silly postal service. I would complain to them about the loss of the throne. That is just irresponsible of them. Telephonobia is totally a thing. I also have doorbellaphobia. It’s similar, but involves a lot more running to the back of the house and hiding under the bed.
Wait, you want to know about me? That’s a bad idea. A really, really bad idea. I don’t think you need twenty facts about me though. I don’t know if there actually are twenty interesting facts about me anyway. But I shall attempt five methinks. This could take a while…
1. I am an introvert and proud. Except when my extroverted friends start asking me to go places and making out I really need to go and then I hide my head in the sand and just pretend I’m busy, not introverted. Reading books counts as busy, right?
2. Apart from my house, the library is my favourite place in the world. A place full of amazing books that they let you take home for free and that you can bring back for free if you don’t like them? Whoever thought that idea up deserves pie.
3. I am one day going to take over Youtube as a musician. When I record some music. And a video. And stop being so scared. Or when people bribe me with a lot of chocolate and tea. And I mean a lot. What? Videos are scary things!
4. I’ve written 17 novels, 10 poems, 5-ish short stories, and 2 scripts. Let’s not even speculate about how many of those are any good. I’ll give you a hint though. The answer is not many.
5. If there is one blogger I really envy and wish I was like, it would be this amazing person called Cait from a blog called Paper Fury. You should check her out some time *grin*
Ok, those weren’t that interesting, but I gave it a try, and that’s what count, right? Do I get pie now?
I would cave to doorbellaphobia except the ONLY person who ever comes to our door is the delievery man, which means he\’s bringing me books, so I make myself open the door so I can get the glorious books.
1. I totally understand this. I spent my entire childhood doing this. Now I just introvert.
2. MEEEEE TOOOOOO.
3. OMG YES. I will wait for this day.
4. You are amazing. I am in awe.
5. OMG I AM PROBABLY JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND FLAIL WEIRDLY. You are the best of the universe, you know that, right?! *whispers* I am secretly very very jealous of how fast and awesomely you write.
YOU GET PIE.
1. I’m English. And therefore awesome.
2. I have an anxiety disorder + general social awkwardness which makes me soooo fun to hang out with.
3. Which probably explains why I have imaginary book friends.
4. I’m convinced I’m a princess/queen/someone generally important.
5. I have a first class degree and work an almost minimum wage job. I LOVE IT!!
6. But I’d rather be self-employed.
7. I’m pretty darn good at baking pretty things. But I’m rubbish at taking photos to capture their beauty.
8. When I was 12 I read the Harry Potter Books (all 6 back then) back-to-back continuously for a year. Nothing else.
9. I like fairytales and Disney a little too much for someone my age.
10. The battery on my tablet is running out so I may not be able to finish my list.
11. I’m a compulsive blog reader. Paperfury is one of my favourites.
12. I’m scared of birds, heights and airports. Not planes or flying though. Just the airports.
13. I’m 5ft3 which is completely average. My boyfriend is 6ft4 though so I look like a dwarf.
14. I’ve never written a book, but I try each year. One day i will finish one of my tales!
16. I hoard recipe books. Seriously, if you need a recipe for something, chances are I have it.
17. Because food is my life.
18. The closest I’ve ever come to going clubbing is attending the school disco when I was 11.
19. I don’t like cake.
20. On reflection my life is pretty dull.
21. I think I might be Alice in Wonderland…
1. True.
2. Me too. 🙁
3. THEY ARE NOT IMAGINARY. THEY ARE REAL.
4. I know I am.
5. Good for you!!
6. I am self-employed and I was I wasn\’t. ahha.!!
7. I would rather just eat the things.
8. That\’s fair. I\’m only read the HP books now… >.>
9. NO SUCH THING AS BEING TOO OLD FOR DISNEY.
10. This would be sadness.
11. afjdsakfldfd you are too awesome and I cannot even afjdklasf
12. I don\’t like travel. 🙁
13. You\’re taller than me! I\’m 5\’1.
14. Finishing something is aaaawesome. I really hope you get to one day!
16. Yum.
17. I agree.
18. The closest I\’ve ever come to clubbing is playing mini-golf.
19. WHAT.
20. No it\’s not.
21. I might be the Mad Hatter.
Great to get to know more about you, Cait!! As much as I try to just “let it be” I care about blog stats too. Whoa 4 sisters and a brother?! You have quite the family. It does not surprise me that you graduated early, you’re smart 😉 I’m sooo bad with recipes, I tend to mess up ONE little thing that unravels it all.
I do have a big family and they\’re currently all having little babies and THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE. I will have 2 more nieces or nephews by the end of this year. *gulps* I\’m not very smart, I\’m just fast. 😉 And what is it with recipes?! They\’re SO hard to figure out.
Aw, the gif for #4. 🙂 And I definitely agree with #12. Nobody cheats me out of chocolate!
1. At work I avoid answering the telephone at all costs. In part because I cannot stand talking on one (I prefer sitting on it.) Also I don’t really know how to work it, like how do you put someone on hold?
2. I’m not fond of the color red. Like fire engine red. Even though I have red hair, and my car is as red as it gets.
3. But I do love my car. Pontiac GT Grand Am 1999. (You don’t have to know what that means. I didn’t until I got my car :P) We go places together.
4. I’m about to read The False Prince and I am so stoked about it!
5. I’ve always wanted to wander through a cemetery and just wonder about all the different lives and stories that lie there. (Is that weird?)
Nuts in chocolate should be un-allowed.
1. Putting people on hold is easy. You hang up.
2. I like red…but musky red.
3. I DON\’T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. But i google .It\’s a cute car!
4. It is goooood.
5. NOPE. I have done it.
Oh my goodness! All I’ve wanted for years is a red Pontiac Grand Am! Finally someone who understands how great they can be. 🙂 lol
So, I’ll just reply to what you said and simultaneously put in tiny things about me. Okies?
1. Understandable. 2. Aw. Many bloggers are shy! I am… I have no idea what I am. 3. I never have the patience to fold origami, but I love looking at pre-made creations! 4. LMFAO not “prison” orange?!?!?! 5. I’m sorry. I’ll be honest. The PJ adaptations made me embarrassed to have eyes. 6. I used to have telephonophobia, but then I was in a call centre for a little bit and I realised the worst thing I imagined would happen on the phone NEVER HAPPENS. Ever. To anybody. So be brave! c:
7. =D wooow! I have 3 brothers, 2 sisters, too many cousins and nieces and nephews and aunties and uncles to even BEGIN to explain, and sadly no pets, anymore =( 8. I give nicknames to pretty much everybody. Even you, Caitoki! I give most of them to myself, because I spent too much time online and I sometimes have a low self-esteem. O_O 9. I care about blog stats too. It annoys me so much when I realise (or remember) that some of the stats came from me. 10. I have written ZEROOOO =( completed novels, but 75 bits-and-pieces-and-sometimes-almost-done novels! =D My self-discipline is DISMAL. 11. My brother was homeschooled for a bit! It seemed like a nice experience for him, albeit tiring for my mum, and probably boring because his attention span is so low.
12. I prefer chocolate without nuts, but then again, hazelnuts .< 20. YOU LIKE PIE MORE THAN CAKE…?! Check out This Apron. 21. You are a bonefide comedian!! I love making people laugh, if I can. I love it more when people make me laugh :3 Very fun post! Thanks for sharing.
Haha! I don\’t like the phone because I have trouble hearing people (I don\’t know if it\’s the phone or me!) and I\’m constantly not know what people said….and I realise I also really like to see facial cues. 0-0 I don\’t know what this says about me….but I really need to read people\’s faces/body-language during a conversation too.
CAITOKI IS THE BEST NOW THAT I GET IT. (I am so slow, hhaaha).
I want. that. apron. so. so. bad.
I would probably run away from you too, IRL. Nothing personal. Just small talk and etc…gah. I AM NOT GOOD AT IT EITHER.
I love your paper craft! So pretty. 🙂
I have a feeling you said that your favourite colour is orange just so you could use that GIF…but if not, then that GIF was just made for you then!
TELEPHONES ARE HORRIBLE. I never answer mine, or the house phone…I also run into my room when I see someone I don’t know coming to our door. Usually it’s a delivery guy with some books for me, so I probably shouldn’t run away, but it makes me nervous…most of these times I’m still in my pyjama’s though, so that also has something to do with it.
5 siblings?! Wow. I can’t believe what my brain just did…I was about to say that’s A LOT. Butttttt, I have 5 siblings also. Though 2 are step-siblings and are roughly 10(+) years older than me. I still grew up with them though. I have 3 neices and a nephew…and no dog. But 2 cats and an axolotl.
I rarely call people by their names also. Though I don’t use a nickname…I just talk at them and hope they know I’m talking to them.
Wow….I knew you were a writing mastermind, but I had NO IDEA you’d written SO MUCH. That’s such a great achievement, Cait! 😀
YES. SOMEONE ELSE WHO HATES CHOCOLATE WITH NUTS IN IT. Most people think I’m extraordinarily weird for not liking chocolate with nuts in it…BUT NOW. Someone who understands!
I think of so many different things at once that I even confuse myself sometimes! Let alone my family…they rarely have any idea what I’m talking.
If I remember, I’m going to call you Orange Peel from now on. Orange Peel. I love it.
My middle name is Eden. But I wouldn’t say I’m very delightful.
I would love to be good at some form of art…but no matter how much I practice, I just can’t get anything right and it’s so annoying! YOU ARE GOOD AT YOUR ORIGAMI AND PAPER STUFF THOUGH. SO GOOD.
What type of pie is your favourite?
We shall mutually run away from each other and be friends on the internet. IT\’S A DEAL.
I really really do like orange, I PROMISE.
bahahhaa. XD You\’re hilarious. 5 siblings is a lot we sometimes forget how many we have, right?
You are so NOT extraordinarily weird. You are normal. The world is weird for putting nuts in chocolate in the first place.
I named a character Eden once. XD
Omg, don\’t ask hard questions. I love apple the best, probably, because it just has a soft squishy cinnamony place in my heart. But pumpkin is gorgeous too.
Don’t worry Cait! I am often accused of being random, weird (in a good way) or being a doofus. XD It’s fun! It’s so so fun!
AND I LOVE PIE MORE THAN CAKE TOO!!! Unless it’s pumpkin pie. Fact: I LOATHE pumpkin. I think it’s because I was forced to eat it too much when I was little instead of potatoes. So instead I had roast pumpkin or sweet potato and just, XP nope. So done with pumpkin, I can’t stand it.
I have written considerably less than you have but I have written 1 contemporary, 1 paranormal/fantasy/historical/romance/YA and have roleplayed historical/paranormal/family, paranormal and start afresh and uhh once I roleplayed Vampire Academy characters, of which I am glad the goodreads group was deleted. Because my character just milled around eating people. HE HE HE!!!!
Your blog is awesome Cait, you are an amazing blogger and am sure you are just as amazing and funny in real life. 😀 P.S I love laughing. I’m one of those people who laugh at their own shoelaces and sadly, also my own jokes. XD
IT IS FUN. We shall be random together.
ohhh but you\’re missing out. PUMPKIN IS GORGEOUS. I particularly like fried pumpkin. But fair enough, because I can\’t stand pears after it was the only fruit we had to eat for like MONTHS and MONTHS. Gah. *shudders at pears*
I LAUGH AT MY OWN JOKES. At least we find ourselves amusing right?!
The first Percy Jackson movie was actually the one that got me interested in reading the series (which I loved) so I don’t actually hate the movie!
WOW you have a massive family which is awesome 😀 I have 3 siblings and 4 nephews, so I guess it’s about the same number! Haha I love the nicknames for your puppy, so cute! Especially the food nicknames.
AMAZINg that you have written so many books Cait. I already love the sound of them and can’t wait for the day when they get recognised.
I graduated at 16 too – I started school a year early in New Zealand!
You sound like so much fun Cait, I’d love to meet you when you come out of your shell one day 😀
*hi fives* WE ARE A SMALL MINORITY. Although, I admit, I don\’t like the first movie, but I was rewatching the 2nd one yesterday and reminded myself of how much I like it. x)
WHAT DO YOU MEAN COME OUT OF MY SHELL? No. *hides under shell forever*
First, I need to point a few things:
2. Welcome in the shy-club! I think one of the most frustrating things when I started university was having to work in groups. Not the group part, but the “I don’t know anyone here so I have to speak with everyone if I want to be included in a group”. Sigh
3. Ooooh they are beautiful! I’m totally pants with paper, I admit, so I admire who is able to create with it. And the girl who tried to teach me a simple origami and ended up not being able herself while teaching me can confirm it.
6. *nods* when my mum asked me to answer the phone for a whole day I was so stressed at the end of the day.
13. A friend of mine said that she was getting a headache just by imagining what was going on in my head for being able to jump between so many things in such a little time. They just don’t understand the fine art.
16. I totally adore the name.
21. And that’s a way to be a good overlord *nods nods*
Let’s say that the 24 things I’ll keep them for the blog hn? So:
1. I’m Italian and when I was little I didn’t like pizza. My mum still says I was such a disappointment. (thanks) Now I’m better and when I was in Erasmus everyone wanted to be my friend because we had “Italian weekend” going on: lasagna, pizza, bruschetta, everything homemade because me and my friend were fabulous like that.
2. As soon as a cat enters my field of view, my attention to anything else disappears. Also, I’m totally whipped by them.
3. Related to the point above, I work in a cat shelter, which means they are really my bosses there. Which is fine, I think? Maybe? They made me do it!
4. I’m one exam, a stage and a thesis away from finishing my 5-years of university and I’m struggling more than the previous five years combined which totally sucks.
5. My home is full of books, REALLY full of books of every person in my family and I struggle to understand how a person can have a home without books. I think it’s a kind of prejudice, but I don’t care.
6. In what I suppose is the “college” (if I got the English scholastic system right) I specialized in languages AND that’s the reason why I didn’t choose a linguistic university. Good job professors. (I still love languages, though)
7. When people ask me what I’m studying in university I have this mini panic attack because it’s so difficult to explain to someone outside the field. Or even inside sometimes. But “communication design” doesn’t communicate what’s about and that’s the biggest irony of the world. I just go with “graphics” which is so sad. One day I’ll know what to reply (5 years, I repeat, after FIVE years is still a problem).
8. I’m glad to tell you that orange is currently the “colour I currently have problems with”. I passed the pink and yellow period, even if the yellow sometimes comes back. To overcome my pink problem a friend of mine made me do a university project in hot pink and black…the professor was amused and we got full marks, lol.
9. My brother and I are polar opposites and it’s hilarious. I love words and have many problems with numbers and I don’t have problems with abstract thinking; my brother is a genius with numbers, have problems with words and can’t follow abstract thinking.
10. My dog looks like a demon from Hell, even if she’s the fluffiest sweety in the world and I think nature is cruel because she wants to be friend with everyone, but I think every living being is scared of her. lol
1. I want to be your friend…ITALIAN FOOD IS DELICIOUS. My mum is 1/2 Italian but she grew up fully Australian. But all of we children have an addiction to pasta. It\’s in our DNA.
2. My puppy rules my life too. *hangs head*
3. THAT IS COOL THO.
4. Omg omg, sO CLOSE!
5. This is my goal…to have a house really full of books.
6. We don\’t have \”college\” in Australia so idek.
7. Explaining things is the bane of my existence too.
8. I NEVER was into pink, believe it or not! My sister was always obessed with like cotton candy shade pink and I was just…ick. I\’ve always been a blue or orange human bean.
9. Aw, You complete each other though. My brother and I are polar opposites but we in noooo way compliment each other. 0.0 I think he\’s from a different planet, to be honest.
10. MY DOG IS PROBABLY A HELLHOUND TOO. Although he looks cute, he\’s just a terror. -_-
I like that you use cat gifs while declaring your dislike of cats.
Also, chocolate should not be distracted by anything – nuts or fruit or caramel or anything that’s not chocolate. I make exceptions occasionally for mint or coconut or vanilla. but MORE CHOCOLATE!
THE IRONY IS STRONG WITH THIS POST. I did that on purpose. 😉
Chocolate should be pure. I am a purist Chocolatere.
Hmm, well… I’m fifteen and almost sixteen, so here are sixteen cheesy facts about me:
1. I’m half Chinese and half German.
2. When I mean I read a lot I also mean I read newspapers, bus tickets, the information on food packages and a lot of stuff you wouldn’t need to read.
3. I think orange is a great color, though nothing can ever top a smurfy blue
4. I like sciences at school, even though most people don’t expect that from a booklover
5. My parents are no big readers, though they read to me when I was little
6. I personally think that there are too many blogs about world domination, even though I appreciate everyone who rules the world.
7. I like the Lord of the Rings movies more than the books.
8. I like the Hobbit movies more than the books
9. But I love the Silmarillion more than any of the movies
10. I’m writing about Middle Earth because I don’t know what to write about
11. I love this -> 😈 WordPress Smiley.
12. I love fog all the year. Except for November, because that’s the time when there’s too much fog around here.
13. I love heat all the year. Except for July, because that when there’s too much of it (Not living in Australia 😉 )
14. I don’ like the Percy Jackson movies at all. No. I have the books and fanart, that is much better than the movies
15. If I don’t set a story in another world I set it in my hometown
16. I once went to an international school
1. And totally awesome obviously. I\’m completely Australian, but I DO have German and Italian roots.
2. You win. YOU WIN THE WORLD.
3. Blue is also exceptionally awesome.
4. And smart. omg, you are smart.
5. SAME! Well my dad has never been a reader, and my mum reads only a few books a year.
6. What. There is only ONE blog. Mine.
7. Me too.
8. AGreed
9. HAVEN\’T READ IT.
10. Fair enough. I used to rewrite Narnia.
11. I DO TOO.
12. Fog is creepy and delicious.
13. I like heat! I like heat a LOT more than cold.
14. HA. Fair enough. I\’m a minority.
15. I want to set a story in my home town one day…
16. I went to school for about 5 weeks when I was 7. AND THAT IS IT.
I have no idea what is going to end up on this list but that’s okay!
1. I can’t sew or do any craft with string (or origami for that matter lol)
2. I play piano
3. I love love love fashion
4. Maroon is my favorite color
5. I like way too many genres of music (Kpop, rock, screamo, pop, etc.)
6. I like chocolate but only dark chocolate. Bonus if there are nuts because I like nuts. 😛
7. I’m sorry, but icecream trumps pie and cake
8. I love skulls and skeletons. The pattern and design. Not the bones.
9. I always lose erasers
10. I *might* be allergic to bananas and carrots. They make my ears itch but I haven’t been tested although my friends keep telling me to go. I don’t like needles. So nope not going.
I’m going to stop at ten because it’s a nice number.
1. I hate sewing but origami is LIFE.
2. Me too!
3. Ohhh, you are awesome.
4. Maroon is nice.
5. I will almost try any style of music if I\’m in a music-listening mood.
6. I LIKE ALL CHOCOLATE. But no nuts. Pure chocolate.
7. *whispers* Neeearly. Ice cream is like a close second to pie.
8. You are a pirate.
9. I always lose pencils.
10. I hate needles too so FAIR ENOUGH. But that is sad because banana bread is one of the true great happinesses in life.
You obviously need to make your own origami throne!
Like at http://www.origami-make.com/origami-chair-throne….
I understand about disliking nuts in chocolate. It’s contaminating my precious chocolate! I feel very strongly about it, even though I like chocolate covered raisins, blueberries, pomegranates, etc, just no nuts.
Ahhh that link didn\’t go through. BUT NOW I\’M CURIOUS. I do need an origami throne.
I did a reply post to this! Mainly because I would’ve felt weird post a bunch of facts about me in the commentsXD But also because I needed another idea for a post this monthXD Hope you don’t mind;P (If you don’t, oops, too late;P)
DO NOT EVER FEEL WEIRD. Seriously, if my blog doesn\’t encourage weird then I dont\’ know what I\’ve done wrong. x) hehe. But I shall go read your post!
21 Reactions:
1. That owl top!
2. I think I might know something about the throne…
3. You’re #2 sounds like Cather. And I know you both love peanut butter.
4. THAT Percy Jackson adaptation was actually the reason why I read the books and I’m grateful!
5. I. Cannot. Imagine. Someone. Who’s. Afraid. Of. Phones.
6. I love calling people by nicknames!
7. Also, I “make” the nicknames. (Like, say, Awesome-Cait.)
8. I freakin’ adore your pup’s name!
9. Also, you call Mime with names you call Atticus? Wow.
10. Also also, she responds!
11. “Supposed”? Pfft. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CARE ABOUT BLOG STATS OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CARE ABOUT.
12. Whoa. That’s quite a back list of books you wrote.
13. Chocolates with nuts, I beg to disagree, AREN’T CHEATS. I love them with almond!
14. “I’m always thinking 2 million thoughts” oh my gods yes!
15. About #15, y’know what they say, “ignorance is bliss.” Most of the time.
16. I haven’t thought about it, BUT I NEED A PEN NAME.
17. “People who hate reading.” Ugh. It’s one thing to “not like” reading; it’s quite another to “hate.”
18. Also, most people who hate reading are condescending.
19. “Not being able to take perfect photos.” It’s cool, really, but I understand where the frustration is coming from.
20. Noooooooo. But cake? *Throws tantrums.*
21. Me inside my head IS WAY FUNNIER than me in person. (I’d like to be funnier than I actually am!)
I AM CATH. I TOTALLY AM. I would exist on peanut butter in order to avoid humans too. *nods*
I am living proof of fear of phones.
I know…poor Mime. She puts up with a lot from me. *shameface* And omg, yes yes ignorance is bliss, sometimes, and I wish I\’d enjoyed my ignorance instead of stressing about it. HAHA. But then I guess I wouldn\’t have gotten better as a writer. 😉
1. I too like pie more than cake (I like pie WAY more than cake).
2. Number 1 says it all 😉
I AGREE. There is no fact more important than the gloriousness of pie.
The cat gifs amused me. XD
TELEPHONOPHOBIA. I CAN FINALLY PUT A NAME TO IT. I hate the phone. With a passion. The awkward silences, pacing the house aimlessly, feeling as if everyone else in the room is listening in on you, not being able to hear the other person (especially if they’re driving or using a cell phone), saying, “What?” over and over again when you can’t hear them, etc. Everyone needs to communicate via the internet or in person. The phone must die.
Those nicknames are hilarious. I often call Scout “my puppy” (even though she’s five) or “Scout-Scout” or “YOU’RE SO CUTE.” I’m original, I know. So do you give bloggers nicknames or just people IRL?
Ugh, I’ve practiced drawing for years and I’ve barely improved. 😛 It’s frustrating, because I want to draw ALL THE FANART, but every time I draw a person, they look like a potato with sticks for arms.
Okay, 15 things about me since I’m 14 (one for good luck). 😉 Hmm . . .
1. I use way too much tape. On everything.
2. I love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
3. I love making lists.
4. I hate small talk.
5. I’m very outgoing online and love to meet new people, but am actually on the quieter side offline. I don’t know why, and it frustrates me sometimes.
6. My first job was at the Renaissance Faire and it was AWESOME! 🙂
7. I’ve obsessively reread the Harry Potter non-stop since I first finished the series at seven and have probably read it close to 40 times now, no lie. My first paperback copy of The Sorcerer’s Stone split in half from a worn out binding, and several of the pages have had to be taped back together.
8. The “Doomsday” theme from “Doctor Who” makes me cry every time I hear it.
9. I use a lot of emoticons, if you haven’t noticed by now. I used to be worse.
10. I totally judge books by their covers all the time unless someone has recommended it to me before.
11. I often watch preview movies and TV shows for my mom, who can’t stand to watch graphic violence or intensity (my dad takes me to see “The Hunger Games” movies and she and my brother have to leave the room whenever I watch “Supernatural”). But I can’t watch someone throw up. I have to force myself not to throw up if I do.
12. I went to see Taylor Swift in concert with my parents, little brother, and best friend, Kirsten, a couple years back for her “Red” tour. She was amazing. (And Ed Sheeran was the guest act, so that was awesome.)
13. I avoided Stephenie Meyer books like the plague before my best friend recommended I read The Host. I loved it and want to name all my boy characters Jamie now.
14. My best friend used to hate reading, and it physically pained me for years. I gave her all sorts of books to read in the hopes that she’d love it, but she didn’t like it until she picked up The Hunger Games. She reread the series a dozen times and now reads everything she can get her hands on.
15. I have a list of baby names written in a notebook tucked under my mattress, because I love lists and want to name my future kids after characters from books and TV shows. For example, Jamie and Sam are at the top of my list for boys, and Rose (Doctor Who), Molly (Sherlock), Lily and Luna (Harry Potter), and Charley (Supernatural, but with a different spelling) are my top girl names. I also love the name Isabel, but that’s my middle name, so it could be a little weird. 😉
Dont\’ you google phobia names?! I ALWAYS GOOGLE THEM. If I happened to hate carrots, I will google and come up with Carrotopophobia. IT EXISTS. *nods*
1. Tape is life.
2. I would because I like peanut butter like nothing else…but Australia doesn\’t have them. 🙁
3. ME TOO.
4. ME TOO AGAIN.
5. afjdfal MAYBE WE ARE LONG LOST SISTERS. ME TOO AGAIN!!
6. Okay, that is cool.
7. I am in awe.
8. I really need to get around to watching Dr Who…
9. I used to use LOL at the end of every sentence when I was small(er) but now I use it maybe once a blue moon. o.O
10. So do I.
11. ERK. Throwing up is the worst. I cannot handle throwing-up in real life or I go out in sympathy. ERgghhhh.
12. Ohhhh NICE.
13. I still need to read that.
14. GO YOU!
15. I love the name Isabelle because of Isabelle Lightwood. I have a whole doc of names I love! If I ever had a kid, I think I\’d still call him Atticus, even if I have a dog named Atticus and a book character named Atticus because I JUST REALLY LOVE THAT NAME, OKAY?! I shall probably name a child Sam at some point and be covered for like 3 billion fandoms.
Hahah Happy Belated Birthday Cait! I know it was your birthday sometime in January, RIGHT? YAYAYAY CONFETTI AND CAKE EVERYWHERE 😀
I like chocolate with nuts, hehe. AND BEAUTIFUL ORIGAMI! How do you ship those things? A big box with packing peanuts? Yes?
You should keep that Orange Peel name, IT’S SO ORIGINAL.
I would list things about me, BUT I’M A LAZY POOP. So yeah. There you go haha.
Yaaay! YES IT WAS IN JANUARY. On the 12th. I turned old. D: *eats all the cake anyway*
I do not ship with peanuts, but I seriously should. Why on earth don\’t I give complimentary peanuts away with my mobiles?! GOSH. I HAVE NOT BEEN LIVING.
That was great!I really loved the post Cait!You succeed in making people laugh:)
Will you mind if I write a post like this crediting you for the inspiration?
Anyway,now let me comment one by one.
1.Really?How can I accept a queen without a throne?
Atleast do you have a crown?
2.It’s actually amusing how shy people tend to become amazing online.That’s the power of internet I guess.
3.Your work is beautiful!I am horrible at things like this:)
4.I love sunset orange!It’s so beautiful,huh?
5.Well I can’t say anything about it since I haven’t actually read Percy Jackson.
6.Is that a word?Whatever.
Give me a five,Cait!I have the same problem.I hate it when the telephone rings.It sounds like a banshee.Ugh!
7.Oh God!Your family’s huge!I have a pretty small one myself.2 parents and yours truly.
8.I love it when people use nicknames!My mother loves to call me with different one,some don’t even make sense.
9.Of course,I care about it too!My one month and a few days old baby needs attention:)
10.OMG.You’re amazing!
11.What are you?A human or a machine,girl?:)
12.Amen sister!I hate nuts in chocolate.In fact I hate anything that’s inside the chocolate.I want my chocolate without anything in it.
13.Oh,come on.That’s not surprising:)
14.It’s actually amusing that I call myself a book lover,but don’t read anything else than fiction:)
15.The enthusiasm of a beginner,I guess.
16.Haha.Mine was Marsh mallow.Guess we somehow connected pen names to food,huh?:)
17.Oh,God no!My grandmother’s name was Grace,and she was a wicked witch.
Ironical,I know.
18.Really?That’s interesting.
19.Story of my life!Except I am amazing at drawing stick men!My stick men rock!
20.PLEASE DON’T FREAK OUT.I’ve never eaten pie in my life.
21.You’re good at that.
P.S-The amount of times I’ve scrolled up and down has made me exhausted.*Yawn*
How can you hate chocolate with nuts in it????? Nuts is what makes chocolate go from dull to wow, lol! You’ve written that many books and you’re just 21. You’re so productive! I wish I was more like you. I’m the queen of planning things without actually ever getting to do them. Oh and pie over cake? You’ve got strange taste. I’ve never really been a pie type of person, so my opinion doesn’t actually mean much, lol.
Okay it’s my turn now:
1) I’m 20
2) I LOVE tennis.
3) I lived in Spain for a year, but can’t remember a word spanish anymore (I can be so useless sometimes)
4) I kind of wish I was a Kardashian because they’re all rich, famous and glamorous!
5) I can’t wait to GRADUATE! I’m so over uni.
6) I love sleeping. And when I’m sleeping I hate to be disturbed. If people really want to annoy me off they can call my name while I’m trying to get to know my bed more intimately, that always work.
Your list was a lot of fun!
You don’t have a throne yet?! I’m so shocked!
I still have to watch those movies. I heard they’re fun, even if they’re kind of crap. Lol. Plus, let’s be real for a sec. The second movie has Nathan Fillion. REASON ENOUGH.
I LOVE the telephone. Talking on the phone is so great. But that’s mostly because I’m apparently a huge chatterbox with my friends and crave human interaction even if by way of technology. Texting just isn’t the same. (Though, admittedly, that’s fun too.) It also helps that my current ringtone is the Imperial March from Star Wars.
I like giving people nicknames. But I never actually call people by their nicknames. It’s a thing that happens and stays in my head, because I’m never sure if people would be comfortable with me giving them a nickname and what if they think I’m rude and just … no. I get anxiety over calling people by things not their names. LOL.
I … like chocolate with nuts in them. D: How about we trade? I’ll give you my chocolate sans nuts if you give me yours with the nuts? 😉 Win-win situation.
Orange Peel is the best pen name ever. Do it.
Hi Cait!! So I am very horribly late in commenting on this because I’ve been very horribly bad about keeping up on my blog reading. But today it is Sunday, and I’m finally sitting down to comment on some blogs, so YAY for that! And even though this post went up TWO WEEKS AGO, I couldn’t very well miss 21 facts about Cait, now, could I?
So, regarding your awesome facts: HUZZAH FOR HOMESCHOOLING! Also, good for you for graduating at 16, that’s awesome. 🙂 And GAH, telephones!! I used to LOVE talking on the phone as a kid, but then we got rid of our landline and I got out of the habit. I only recently started using the phone again because apparently once I hit a certain age I couldn’t get my parents to make phone calls for me anymore. 😉 Now I have to call places like my college MYSELF, which is sometimes daunting but getting easier, thankfully. Still not the funnest thing in the world, though…! 😉
Also, PIE IS AMAZING. That is all.
I literally NEVER get tired of reading your blog….and I’m totally stealing this idea (I will mention you dontcha worry) x
THAT IS COOL!! Do steal it!!
1. I have a sweet tooth.
2. I like cake more than ice cream.
3. My favourite color is pink.
4. I used to write fanfiction and got pretty decent reviews 🙂
5. I care about my blog stats too ;p
6. I am currently in a career dilemma 🙁 There’s so much politics at my workplace and I don’t see a future ahead of me. I’m considering changing my job but I’m sort of afraid of change and the hassle of searching for a job.
18 Things you didn’t know about me, Bethany Corrine (The previously MIA author of the blog Rainbows and Penguins which is now known as Hot Coffee and Novels):
1. I’m 18 years old and I scare myself totally silly every time I remember that I am an adult
2. I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for a VERY long time now. I think it’s time I came back.
3. I have this horrible habit of starting things and not finishing them or sticking with them. (Hence an abandoned blog?)
4. I adore the band Family Force 5.
5. I don’t think things through very often. For instance, liking the band FF5 should have been #5 on this list. What was I thinking??
6. I am sick of having too much STUFF and am working toward having less of it. You could call me a minimalist but I still haven’t gotten quite that far.
7. I have two chihuahuas. I am not one of those people though who think they are angel dogs who do no harm and just look like a fashion accessory all the time. They are straight from Satan.
8. I considered starting a fashion blog/lifestyle type of blog. Then I thought about books and I just couldn’t do it. I love blogging about writing and blogging too much.
9. I am a born-again Christian but I don’t believe in shoving that down other peoples throat’s. I wish everyone could know what having a relationship with Jesus is like though. It is seriously the best thing in the world. (Ask me about it, I love talking about my Savior 🙂
10. I believe in not taking life too seriously.
11. My dad read me and my sister The Hobbit when we were 10 and I haven’t looked back. Those books were second in my love only to Narnia.
12. I would spend all my time reading blogs and commenting and such if I could. If allowed to do that, I probably would never eat or bathe. It’s okay to be disgusted, I’m grossed out as well.
13. I have a novel in the works that has been unfinished for years. I revisit it from time to time and make loads of progress every time. I need to learn consistency though or it’ll stay unfinished forever.
14. I have a dream of writing an ebook that people would actually want to buy. I have read countless how-to books on the subject and I think I’m going to attempt it in the near future. Fingers crossed it works out!
15. I pretty much live in beanies. It becomes a problem in the summertime.
16. I once bought a book at a thrift shop that is a travel journal of a girl who is studying abroad in Thailand. I don’t really know what I was thinking. I don’t like reading journals. Or Thailand. (No offense to anyone in Thailand, I’m sure it’s lovely!) Or books that I can’t stick with easily. I had a moment of insanity in the face of a pretty book for 35 cents.
17. I own a beautiful HP Stream 13 laptop. I love her. She’s wonderful.
And finally!
18. I LOVE making new internet friends. (Psst, that’s an invite!)
BETHANY!! HELLOOOOO!! IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE TALKED!! *waves wildly* I must go see this new blog of yours, and your list is golden. x)
Hi i love your post can i share it? Since its September 1st i would like to write 21 things about me for my coming birthday this 21st. Writing is one of my passion when i was young but it did not realize now that im older i will try lol 😁. We were quite opposite from.what you enumerated above but i love your courage tho youre quite young. Good luck & tnx in advance. — MarieKitty😻