Well That Didn't Work

I'M AN ODD DUCK
Once again, I've been told that I keep my life too sheltered, that I'm too secretive. So, while none of the following bits of trivia about me are really secrets, here is a list of some of the little things that make me, me...and so very odd.

-I will try just about anything once, from food to skydiving.

-Because of that,I love foreign food, but not just sushi, tapas, and escargot, the obscure stuff too. For example, when ws the last time you ate a Japanese pastry, stocked your refridgerator with bottles of tea labeled in another language, or went out of your way to go to the coffee shop that serves Turkish and/or Cuban coffee?

-I've never had a reaction to caffeine. It doesn't make me shaky or help me stay awake. I've stayed up all night keeping friends company as they downed one coffee or Red Bull after another with ease and without either.

-Despite being an insomniac, I'm a morning person and have scheduled all my classes in the morning. Then again, since I'm an insomniac, I guess I'm a night person too.

-I put more pressure on myself than anyone else. I do it to the point of punishment.

-I think that ignorance is bliss, but would rather be smart, aware, and miserable than clueless and happy.

-I take the phrase "You couldn't do that" as an insult, in almost every context.

-I typically only daydream about one of two things.

-I think the best feeling in the world is falling asleep in the arms of someone you love.

-I talk in my sleep. According to my mother, I've talked about mathematical equations on more than one occasion.

-I was three years ahead of my grade in math until statistics. I opted not to take calculus and regret it.

-Because of my acceleration in math, I spent the last day of my high school career in the library for 6 hours disproving my vice principal's doctoral thesis via statistical analysis; she had asked me to confirm her results. In light of my findings, she was forced to re-write her entire thesis.

-I went to the library 48 hours before my first final, collected a stack of books (not one relating to any of the classes I took that semester or their respective finals) taller than me, and stayed in the library reading them until I had to go that final. Everyone was so absorbed in their own studies that I don't think anyone noticed I was gone.

-I wrote a 30-page paper about the Kennedy assassination and nearly got picked up on suspicion of terrorism.

-I think String Theory and the Economist are cool and am not ashamed to say so. I'm proud to be the geek that I am.

-If I could have lunch with anyone alive, I think I'd choose John Nash.

-I'd probably fall in love with a guy if he asked me out and took me to the Smithsonian Museum of American History on our first date.

-I think the two best smells in the world are "boy smell" and "puppy smell"

-My favorite kind of flowers are yellow Carolina Jasmines and hyacinths. From a florist, white lilies. All are extremely fragrant.

-The only color of roses I like is tangerine. Not pink, not peach, not orange, tangerine.

-The only candle scent I like is pumpkin (or pumpkin spice, etc.)

-Fall is my favorite season, Halloween (by far) my favorite holiday.

-My favorite kind of junk food in the entire world are plain caramel apples (Granny Smith) but that is due more to the sentimental value I attach to them than their taste. They are yummy though.

-I think Joseph Smith's chocolate is better than any other chocolatier's, including Lindt.

-If I could live anywhere in the country, I'd live in San Francisco, no question. (And I swear, it has nothing to do with the location of Joseph Smith.)

-Every set of keys I've ever had has been on a single keychain, small enough to fit completely in my clenched hand. Additionally, I always add a skeleton key to the set. I don't know why.

-There's a black stripe that cuts diagonally across my right eye. The only people that have ever noticed it for themselves are my mother and Dennis, both of whom referred to it as "my stripe."
-I have extremely curly hair, but hardly anyone's seen it that way since November, 2002.

-I wish I could go scuba-diving, kayaking, climbing, and spelunking on a regular basis.

-In the last month, I have fallen in love with Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, Peach-flavored Propel Fitness water, and Altoids Sour Cherry gum, despite not being a big fan of soda, flavored-water, or gum.

-If there's an Abbott and Costello movie playing on TCM or any other station on television, you can be sure I'm watching it.

-I wish it poured everytime it rained; drizzle and small rain drops are boring and depressing.

P.S.-Yes, Adi, I'm aware that you know a good number of these.

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