18 Random Facts
I realised that I've never done a proper introduction, so I thought I'd do something to enable you to get to know me a bit better. (stolen from Little Red Boat)---
1. I'm 18 years old, which is why I decided to write 18 facts instead of a nice round number like 20 (plus 18 means I have 2 less facts to think of!).
2. I met my boyfriend on the internet. Some people find this really weird but it's honestly not as sinister as it might sound! We met on a well-known teenage profile site and chatted by email and phone for over a year before we met in person, so it wasn't like we were complete strangers. And the moment we met was the greatest and most significant moment of my life <3
3. I hate confrontation. If anyone criticises me, shouts at me or talks down to me, I'm likely to cry.
4. I'm watching Hollyoaks as I write this. It's one of my guilty pleasures.
5. I'm a people-pleaser and a big worrier. I strive to make everyone happy and often forget about myself in the process.
6. I've got naturally ginger hair (though I prefer to describe it as 'red' or 'auburn'!) and I'm only just starting to become proud of it. As I'm sure most redheads do, I felt quite uncomfortable with my looks when I was younger and I became increasingly aware of the fact that I'm in a minority. I started putting blonde highlights into my hair when I was about 14 and only recently decided to go natural again. I want to be proud of who I am.
7. I've always wanted to be a journalist, or a writer of some kind. Unfortunately this desire was put on the backburner last year when I decided I might try teaching instead. This was because I witnessed a talk about the undergraduate journalism course at the University of Sheffield which stressed that a strong will and shed-loads of talent are essential in such a competitive business. This led me to the conclusion that maybe I'm not cut out to be a writer after all. However, I am no longer willing to have such a defeatist attitude!
8. I'm struggling to think of things to fill this list! I don't see myself as a very interesting person.
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Edit (11.39pm):
9: I had a very active imagination as a child. In particular, I had two male imaginary friends who used to do everything and go everywhere with me! I don't remember what they looked like anymore but they apparently used to be very vivid to me, so much so that my mum thought I could see ghosts.
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Edit (next day 12.59pm):
10. I love being lazy and sleeping in on weekdays, waking up to the joy that is daytime TV. Nothing beats The Wright Stuff, Trisha and Loose Women!
11. I style myself as a nice family-oriented girl, but the fact is that I don't make much of an effort to speak to any relatives other than my parents and brother. The last time I properly saw my nanna was on my birthday at the beginning of July (though to be fair I did write her a letter a couple of weeks ago because I felt so guilty).
12. I'm rubbish at throwing things away (no pun intended!). I'm a very sentimental person and I like to hang on to all sorts of things, like old teddies, cinema and train tickets, letters and a pressed daffodil which is now very brown and shrivelled.
13. My parents split up twice when I was in my teens, and finally divorced shortly after my 17th birthday. The first split was awful and I'll never forget the gut-wrenching devastation I felt when I left my dad on his own in his new flat for the first time. However, the second split didn't bother me very much. Maybe it was because I was older and more mature, or simply because I was sick of the shouting, bickering and palpable tension in the house.
14. I went through a bit of a party animal phase last year, but now I don't care if I don't go out very much and I'm not even that keen on the taste of alcohol. I like quiet nights in, trips to the cinema or a quiet drink in the pub. Maybe it's my old age!
15. I'm a dog person, so much more so than a cat person, and I absolutely adore my dog RJ :-) But I'm sick of people reminding me that he's 'getting old'. I want him to live forever.
16. I'm jealous of my boyfriend's strength. He'll probably jump up and vehemently deny this, but he's been through a lot and, like it or not, he's got through it and come out the other end with a smile of his face. I'm really proud of him and I wish I possessed such an admirable quality.
17. I love to shop, but only when I have plenty of money to spend! Window shopping depresses me. I wish I could pull off some of the trendier, more outrageous styles of the moment, but I'm more of a down-to-earth, high street gal myself.
18. I owe a lot to acting. Pursuing the subject of drama at GCSE and A level helped me immensely in combatting my shyness and becoming more confident in myself when interacting with other people.
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I did it! :-)
posted by Becca @ 6:32 PM
2 Comments:
argh those things are so hard!
Good luck with the impending nanowrimo by the way!
Thanks! It's the first year I've attempted it, I've no idea how it's gonna turn out!
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