25 Random Things About Me

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

to do this, go to “notes” under tabs (or the + sign) on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
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1. I consider writing the most masturbatory and self indulgent thing I do, if you don’t count crack, and who really counts that? (Just kidding kids, its pugs not drugs).

2. I like my whiskey neat, and martinis dirty. In a significant other, I like a little of both at different times.

3. My eldest canine was named by a friend after Stevie Nicks, but she has been called a boy so many times she struggles with gender identity.

4. I wrote my first poem when I was 12. It was a tribute to my vegetarianism. The first line was: “The cheerful moo slowly dies out, transforming into a fearful yell”. My juvenile attempt at social consciousness as well as my extraneous use of adjectives amuses me.

5. Both my juvenile attempt at social consciousness, as well as my extraneous use of adjectives are (clearly) still active, but hopefully my poetry has made some progress.

6. I am no longer a vegetarian. I eat almost no chicken or pork, but love steak rare; steak tartare is better, though Maguro Sashimi may be my favorite protein source.

7. I will always equate “Ob-La-Di, Ob La Da” with either down syndrome or rape, but not simultaneously.

8. I really dislike the saying, "my bad".

9. I weighed almost 500 pounds 18 months ago. I've had weight loss surgery; reversed pre-diabetes; am off of six meds, and no longer sleep with a CPAP machine (though it was sexy).

10. I do not believe weight loss surgery is "the answer". I believe like most options for medical treatment it comes with over prescription and under-education. A major and invasive surgery that permanently alters your digestive system should be last resort.

11. I will always identify as fat. My goal is health and mobility; not to be thin. When people tell me, “Wow, you’re looking so skinny", I have to pause and consider the intention. I want to point out that, “No, I weigh over 200 pounds. I am absolutely not skinny, and why do you think that’s an appropriate comment? Would you ever go up to someone and say, “Wow, you’re looking so fat!” To apotheosize thin is to demonize fat. To demonize fat hits my core. It’s kind of like using “hate the sin, love the sinner” to justify prejudice… “Hate the fat, love the fatty”. No, It’s not okay. Love all of who I am, and why I am who I am. (No, I'm not going to break into "I am what I am.")

12. I’m both very compassionate and really sarcastic; this makes for an interesting thought cocktail and unpredictability in response. Both have gotten me into equal trouble.

13. I’ve always been a huge music fan. I can still recite the lyrics to songs of many punk albums, in order, by track verbatim. This is a skill I find useful nowhere.

14. The first two records I bought with my own money were in 5th grade and were the Sex Pistols, “Never Mind the Bollocks” and the Dead Milkmen, “Big Lizard in my Backyard.”

15. The first movie I remember seeing in a theater was “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” when I was 5 or 6 and loved it. I thought it was so noble of those women to dance with and care for the lonely football players when they were away from their wives and I wished I would grow up pretty enough to have a job like that. Why would the police try to send them away? I immediately begged for the soundtrack, got it, and would dance around the house singing. “Texas has a Whorehouse in it, Lord have mercy on our souls”.

16. I still cry when I hear “Hard Candy Christmas”. Even the RuPaul version.

17. I kept journals from the time I was 13 through 25 with daily entries for at least 80% of that time period.

18. At age 13, I never thought I would live to be 18. When I was 18, I didn't expect to see 21. At 21, I never thought I'd have to worry about a "real" job, because I wouldn't make it to adulthood. Around the age of 25, I realized I was in this life for the long haul and need to take more responsibility in its evolution.

19. Until just now, I never equated the above realization with the end of the time period I journaled.

20. I have an arbitrarily dirty mouth. Sometimes I think I need to create a mantra of explicatives to try to cleanse myself before the day begins. I need a laxative for the F word. (F-Lax?)

21. You can win me over with cheese.

22. I’m really a cat person. If it were up to me, I would have several long-haired Siamese mixes and be canine free. I love dogs,like I love children. I like the magic, and interaction and brief responsibility of those that belong to others, but I want to give them back.

23. I'm amused when people justify facebook surveys/notes/lists like,"okay, I am FINALLY filling this out", or, "OMG another survey" or "I was tagged AGAIN" as if it is a chore like laundry, or you wouldn’t really do this, but you HAVE TO because you were tagged. Just admit it, there aren't many forums (outside of therapy) where you are openly invited to talk about yourself with no interruption, and you like it. A new song, perhaps? “I wrote a note, and I liked it.”

24. I'm not tagging anyone. I’d just overanalyze and worry about the fact that I’d leave someone out who would wonder why I didn’t want to hear about them, or I’d tag someone who has already listed 25 things and point out the fact that I didn’t pay attention. Or, I’d tag someone who would scoff at the fact that I would have the audacity to think they would actually complete this silly meme.

25. I have a touch of social anxiety (see above) and should probably research “anti-social networking” sites, or maybe just Zoloft.