I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. (Some I know too well – ha!) I read your journals, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you for your interest in my words.
But here’s a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: “Ah, there’s so and so…they listen in rapture to the love-music of she-turnips.” (Think of it as your Christmas present to me.)
I’d love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal and see what gems of knowledge appear.
The Process 
Umm, what don’t you already know about me ?
Ok, right now my favorite meal at work is Hormel’s Swedish Meatballs. For some reason, I find these things very tasty, and at $2 a meal, cheaper than eating out.
Hrm…well, here goes. My real name is Paulette, I live in NJ, and you randomly friended me (I think through coworkers_suck) so I friended you back. I’m married. I work for a crazy lawyer and for a bookstore. Most people think I’m out of my mind because I’m pretty much always happy. I like to wear things with stripes on them, eat anything that isn’t tied down, and take offense when accused of either lying or being anorexic.
Newest nickname = Ferret
Newest hobby = sculpting
Most recent misfortune = loss of license
I’m not really close with my family any more, simply due to the geographic distance between us causing us to grow apart relationship-wise. So, the gaming group is really my surrogate extended family to a large degree. I don’t think there’s anyone at the gaming table that I wouldn’t take a bullet for, with the possible exception of Dagan’s knock-off Strawberry Shortcake doll.
I have two belly buttons. Sort of.
Also, assuming I haven’t jinxed it by announcing it, I’m supposed to be the videogame voice of 007. Soon. Hopefully.
I have Asperger’s, but wasn’t diagnosed until I was 25. At five i read at sixth grade level, at thirteen I was reading Einstein, at fifteen in the original German. I should probably go back to school and get a Liberal Arts degree. Words have been my entire life and I married my wife because we don’t need words.
My taste in music is possibly the strangest of anyone I’ve ever met – on an average day, I’ll listen to indie rock, dub, showtunes, teen pop and emocore, possibly with a little country or arena rock thrown into the mix. On the bright side, my playlists tend to make my roommates find some reason to leave the apartment, which means I can listen to my music louder and sing along. 😛
I’m a hypochondriac and germaphobic in general. I secretly want another tattoo between my shoulder blades, but it’s not likely to happen. I also have generalized anxiety disorder and a unspecified mood disorder.
I friended you because we used to work together and I enjoyed chatting with you. Also, we turned out to have a friend in common who was not our coworker, which is neat. I’m a vegetarian, unemployed due to missing work due to depression (go me!) and about to divorce my parents.
I recently published a story about a ghost train.
I am a female gamer. A very diverse gamer. Most notable gamer feature: I have 12 different consoles and 3 computers. Only one of those computers is NOT for gaming of some sort.
I live for The Daily Show, The Soup, and AFV.
I was also born out of wedlock and almost given up for adoption.
I have a REALLY hard time with left and right.
I never learned to ride a bike.
I’ve lived in South Korea, Panama, Croatia, and Bosnia. In each case, I learned the native language.
I have a mental block spelling “their”. Or is it “thier”? I can never remember no matter how hard I try.
I never learned how to tie my shoes the way most people do. I just cross them over, make loops in the ends, and cross them over again.
Lesse …
I have a horrid phobia of needles which does me zero good when I injure myself and refuse to let the hospital poke me.
I live in Texas but am from the Seattle area , hence I pretty much hate where I live … but the people are starting to grow on me *grin*
My weight fluxuates in mass quantities based somewhat on my relationship status.
I’m actually a utopian and think the power of ideas can change the world into a place we’d all be proud to call home. Lever? check. Fulcrum.. fulcrum? darn it who has the fulcrum?
Ummm. Errmm.
They wanted to put me in 3rd grade after I took an IQ test while in kindergarten. (I was 1 point short of being an official genius. GENIUS, I tell you!) My mom refused because she was afraid that the older kids would trample me socially/emotionally, and she was probably right. But school was boring as frozen snot until about 11th grade.
I used to get up and watch my brother sleep, just to make sure nothing interrupted it. I once peed on the carpet near his bed because I really had to go and I didn’t want to risk waking him up by leaving. Apparently I reasoned that peeing was quieter. And didn’t even really consider the next morning when my mom would have to discover this. (I just recently told her about this; her response was “I always *wondered* what happened!”)
22 is my favorite number.
What can I mention that I don’t spew about on a regular basis?
My major consuming desire these days is: I want kids! Working for a school district and having a month off in the summer means careful kid timing for maximum maternity time. So, I must wait 6-8 more months.
I am a huge geek with my own in-house Linux server. I played Magic The Gathering in high school, I always hung out with the geeky gamer guys because they were the only guys interested in me. I married one. But, I’m much more of a gamer than he is!
During Christmas time I dust off my midi keyboard, hook it up to my Linux box, and pound out some Christmas tunes. Badly.
Merry Christmas!
I love going for walks and picking flowers when the weather isn’t frozen.
I love ballet. I quit in HS, but the desire to dance just won’t get out of my blood.
I don’t really want it to.
I factor the numbers on mailboxes I drive past.
I’m attracted to voices like other people are to things like hair or butts, or whatever else. I could never be with someone who had a voice or accent that I couldn’t stand.
=P
I am an overly plump and overly curious Canadian girl living in South Korea. I am a lady gamer, both table top and computer games. I am a romantic. I am a metal smith and a sensualist. I have an obsession with bees. I like tattoos and taboos. I am clever, but lazy. I am kind but judgmental. I like going bare foot. I like patches of sun and fluffy blankets and strawberries. I dislike gloomy days and scratchy sweaters and radishes.