25 Random Things About Me That You Might Not Know
by Nicole Freire

illustration credit goes to Charles Dana Gibson (just like the damn hairstyle)

This has been going around everywhere - Facebook, Gmail, I can't name all the places I've seen it. And who am I not to follow direction?

25 Random Things About Me That You Might Not Know

1. I like taking the onions out of onion rings and just eating the outside part.
2. I loathe having to come up with things to make for dinner because I hate to cook.
3. I did a semester in London in 1987-88 and met Princess Diana and gave her flowers.
4. I love science fiction books and movies. If a movie takes place on a spaceship or another planet, I will totally watch it.
5. I could legally drive a car before I had my first kiss.
6. I spent a good chunk of my later teenage years and early 20's going to Grateful Dead shows. And the answer to your question is "Yes I did."
7. I am a confirmed and semi-rabid atheist.
8. My first vote ever was for Michael Dukakis.
9. I'm allergic to walnuts, the skin of most fruits, and sulfa/septra medications.
10. I have no control around donuts. None. I can make myself sick eating them.
11. I love my bed and could happily spend all day in it, napping and reading.
12. I work in a library, which is a good thing, seeing as how I grew up in one.
13. I am terrified of spiders. Little ones, big ones, even daddy long legs. Kill 'em!
14. I have read The Diary Of Anne Frank over 30 times.
15. I probably drive too fast.
16. I have incredibly low blood pressure.
17. My favorite color is pink.
18. I breastfed both my daughters until they were almost three.
19. I hate board games. And card games. And computer games. I will, however, play solitaire. By myself.
20. I would love to have a third baby but can't because I'm about to turn 40 and can't go off my sanity medications.
21. Good steady mental health is my goal. That's why I see a psychiatrist, a therapist, sometimes see an acupuncturist, and take lots of medication.
22. My favorite pair of shoes is this pair of brown loafers with some seriously thick Vibram soles. My sister refers to them as, "your man shoes."
23. When I die, cremate me and bury my ashes under an oak tree. Please wear black and cry a lot. Miss me. And under no circumstances is anyone to plan a "celebration of life" for me. No balloons, no wearing flowers in your hair, nothing of the sort.
24. I feel safest inside a Longs Drug Store. Don't know why, but I do.
25. I think I'd make a great casting director. Not sure if that is an easy job to get. Probably not.

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Nicole Freire is a freelance writer who lives in Santa Barbara.

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