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I’m glad Lisa posted this because I was toying with the idea for a while. I think it’s a great idea that we share some things about ourselves that, while not too personal, would not likely come up in our typical conversations.
So, I’m going to pretend Lisa tagged me, and fill out this little meme myself. And, I will tag some of you to do the same. Do it! Come on, it’s fun!
Without further hesitation, here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about me:
1. The town I lived in for the first 11 years of my life has a population of about only 300. My mother grew up there, her parents lived there and it was just a fantastic place to grow up. My house was steps away from the Atlantic Ocean. We had a big bay window, and we’d watch whales play all summer days long.
My house was not far right of these two. Ours was one of the larger houses in the community; a two-and-a-half story home, updated with a beautiful skylight window in the upstairs.
The closest “city” was a 45-minute drive away, and its population was about 5,000—the same size as Napanee (where I went to high school), which everyone thinks is unbelievably small.
2. Some of you already know this because of my stories during the planning of our mock media conference, but when I was little, my imaginary friend was Wayne Gretzky.
That’s right—I wasn’t imaginative enough to create my own imaginary friend. I had to borrow one from the LA Kings. I didn’t even like hockey growing up, and I still barely do, but my dad was pretty into it, and he’s always been a huge role model for me.
One time, my brother overheard me having a conversation with myself in the sandbox. When he asked me who I was talking to, I said, “Wayne Gretzky.” There you have it. Oh, and my mother still has copies of letters I wrote to Wayne, telling him I planned to visit him and his family in LA.
3. I was voted mostly likely to work for Rolling Stone in my high school yearbook. This is largely because I was on the yearbook staff, and I refused to believe I was meant to do anything else.
4. I LOVE back-to-school shopping, but I have never needed to do so. I have more empty notebooks and unused pens than I do used.
5. My parents are ministers. That’s right—both of them.
My mother went into the ministry when she was 17, but left after under three years because she found it difficult to handle as a young, single woman. Mom and dad went back to the training college when I was 11, and my family lived in a college with about 30 other students and their families for two years.
6. I boast about the east coast of Canada like I’m getting paid for it, but I’ve never been farther west than Toronto. (Don’t worry, I really want to go some day!)
7. I own probably more than 50 pairs of socks. (I’m obviously not counting.) I’m not much into buying them anymore, but there was a time when I couldn’t step into a clothing store without buying a pair of socks. My close friends and family know me as a person who loves socks, so I add at least a half-dozen more pairs to my collection every Christmas.
8. I go to a lot of concerts. The first musician I saw live was contemporary Christian artist Ray Boltz in Mount Pearl, N.L.
Hilarious, right? Here’s a more recent photo:
When I moved to Ottawa for university, I began going to shows by myself because I didn’t have many friends who liked the music I did. Since coming to Toronto, I’ve been to about 12 shows.
I’ve seen Hot Hot Heat four times and The New Pornographers and Tegan and Sara three times, just to name a few. This number may pale in comparison to others’ lists, but keep in mind, I haven’t been going to shows for that many years (I’m young!).
9. I don’t wear jeans. I just don’t like them on me. I wish I did, but they just don’t work for me. I wore a pair one day last semester, but it was a lot less weird for you guys (my classmates) because you didn’t know this about me!
10. I used to blog on a site that no longer exists, called Teen Open Diary.
I had a personal journal and one under the moniker -Alexis Bledel-. Yes, the girl from Gilmore Girls. There was a tightly knit community of people on the site that role played as famous people. We would update our blogs about our fake lives, befriend other celebrities and even find role playing boyfriends and girlfriends. There was no live chat, so we’d meet on one person’s page, leave comments to each other and refresh the browser every 30 seconds for hours on end.
…I am lame, I know.
As promised, I tag the following people to share some of their unknowns with us:
- Miranda
- Megan
- Rick
- Joe
- Natalie
I apologize for writing so much, and I’ll try to keep my posts shorter from now on. They will usually be less colleague-centred, also.
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