i got tagged with this me-me on facebook, and since i put in so much time and effort and soul-searching in it, i thought i might as well make it permanent and put it on my blog. :) so here goes:
I've been tagged with this twice now - I tried to hide from the first one, but the second one... well, I give in.
1. I'm scared by this. Blank pages scare me, make my mind go blank.
2. I hate capitalizing alphabets. this is how i prefer to type. :) i love typing. my speed is nearly 84 wpm with 100% accuracy.
3. i've written a diary since i was 12 years old. now it's a blog. i don't write very often. unfortunately i seem to write only when i'm upset and need catharsis, so my diary only contains unhappy moments. i rarely re-read it.
4. i love my family. when people complain about their parents, it upsets me to the point of outburst against them, even though i get irritated with my family too from time to time. i've lost friends because of this.
5. i don't know how to deal with death. my mind goes numb and i don't know what to say or do. i've lost friends because of this too.
6. i have few close friends, but they mean the world to me and i wouldn't know how to get on without them.
7. i was the happy recipient of an amazing good fortune, which i don't think i did anything to deserve - i met my husband when we were both young children, and yet we managed to fall in love and get married as adults. he is the best thing that ever happened to me.
8. i save everything, from movie ticket stubs (the special ones) to old bills to every card or letter i've ever received. it's only when i run out of space in my home (and my parents' home, and my inlaws' home) that i actually throw anything away.
9. i love it when people remember my birthday. and secretly get upset if they don't.
10. i can't remember birthdays so i have a reminder for every single birthday of every single acquaintance on google calendar. now it's slowly growing to include anniversaries and kids' birthdays as well! it's a work in progress.
11. i am hyper-organized. i don't remember anything so i make lists for everything. i hate forgetting things behind when i'm traveling. i don't like things to be out of their place. my husband's teasing keeps me human, or i could easily become a cleaning control freak.
oh man, 25 things is a LOT of things!!!
12. i love working. i need the mental stimulation. balancing my family's needs with my work is one of the most difficult decisions of my life. i continue to have angst about whether i'll regret this 25 years down the line, when i look back on my life.
13. i love reading. anything and everything, it used to be, but now i screen a bit based on past experiences. also, reading on the comp is slowly taking over from reading actual books but i still cannot read a whole book on the comp. i love turning the pages.
14. i have strong feelings about everything. no matter what they are, this way or that way, they will be strong. i'm very black and white, and i feel that makes me too quick to judge sometimes. i try to keep a hold on this, and talking things out with my husband keeps me more balanced.
15. i like sewing, in theory. i always have needles and threads and all the paraphernalia lying around in my house, no matter where i am, but i never end up actually doing anything about it. ditto sketching.
16. i love gadgets. anything electronic will hold my interest. but once i know everything about them, i get bored and move on. my husband refuses to buy me any more phones. or laptops, or cameras, or... you get the drift.
17. i don't like cooking. as an everyday chore, i mean. i'm not bad at it, i just don't love it.
18. i'm a foodie. i like salads. and steaks. and chocolate. and coffee. and chinese food. and greek food. and spanish food. and turkish food. and i could go on and on. yummmm!
19. i like watching all kinds of movies. except horror. i get so scared by even the most laughable of horror movies that i literally cannot sleep at night. for several nights. apart from that, i love movies and i'll watch anything once.
20. i get very conscious when i use the word 'i' because i read somewhere that the more i's you use in a sentence, the more self-obsessed you are. i've noticed with discomfort that most of the above sentences have started with i. but then, this is a me-me, so i guess it's acceptable.
21. i don't believe there is a god, as in a divine creator of life. i think the natural process in which this world has evolved is much more of a miracle, and i don't want to lessen the play of evolution and survival of the fittest by entrusting it to the random whim of a humanoid divine entity. the current religious polarization of the world scares the bijeezus out of me. but i do believe that there is a core spirit within us that we have to be true to.
22. i believe you can tell a lot about people from who and what they surround themselves with - their friends, their home. i don't believe there will be a particularly nice person with really bitchy friends, ever. or vice versa.
23. i'm very self-conscious and under-confident. being among people who are not my type makes me very uncomfortable.
24. i love traveling. it broadens my horizons.
25. i used to enjoy talking about myself but now i just feel tongue-tied.
PHEW!!! that took me 3 hours!
