...but here they are anyway:
1. I will do anything for my family and friends, even at my own expense (but please see #9 before you ask).
2. I am a vegetarian. I don't eat anything with a mommy.
3. Despite having extensive documentation of my intelligence, I am incredibly forgetful. Please don't be offended if I forget something about you; I forget things about myself all the time. What was this list about again?
4. I always thought I'd be married with a house and kids by now and am rather disappointed about being 0 for 3.
5. I think the sound of babies crying is one of the sweetest sounds ever. Ask me why sometime.
6. I know all about channel 1. You can ask me about this sometime as well.
7. I don't sleep. Sometimes by choice but mostly because I don't have time. The world won't wait and I can sleep all I want when I'm dead.
8. I am terrible about keeping in touch with people. Really REALLY terrible. If we haven't spoken in awhile it's NOT because I don't think about you or because I don't want to, it's just because I get too busy or I simply forget (see #3). If we haven't spoken in awhile I would *love* to hear from you!
9. I am certified to: save your life, pump you up, and wipe your butt. I will gladly help you with the first two but only under exigent circumstances will I ever wipe your ass.
10. I don't give myself credit for anything ever. Unless my therapist reminds me to do so.
11. If I am still 0 for 3 on #4 in 3 years I'm canning the dream and dedicating my life to medicine (read as going to med school). It's the only way I can continue to justify my existence sans family.
12. I am what a radical feminist looks like.
13. I love me a well-developed pair of gastrocnemius muscles on men or women.
14. I am a nerd in biology lab, a geek at school, and a dork all the time.
15. My favorite bone is the sphenoid bone. It looks like a butterfly and has a Turkish saddle.
16. I've had more surgeries than all your grandparents put together.
17. My idea of a fun vacation includes going to Haiti to work with TB patients, Romania to work with kids in an orphanage, or Chile to do conservation work to save the wild chinchillas. I also wouldn't mind going to a deserted island and spending a week or 5 alone with the ocean.
18. I try really hard not to be disillusioned with life, love, and happiness. Sometimes I fail but I always dust myself off and try again.
19. I am a Ninja.
20. I'm typically not a touchy-feely person but my cousin in the veiny pencil (you know who you are Woo Honky Honk) gives THE BEST heart hugs. My sister Little Wheel is a close second. I look forward to them and wish more people would learn this fabulous skill.
21. If one could legally inject caffeine I would do so.
22. I hope that anyone who actually reads this will post a comment, even if it's just to say "hi."
23. I love lists. I have a list for just about everything. Lists are very helpful when I forget things which I tend to do a lot (have I mentioned #3). Here are some examples: bucket list, traits I am looking for in a significant other, 25 things you never wanted to know, the red flag list, places to go, microbes to gram stain, adventures to have, things to do during my planned spontaneous time...you get the picture.
24. Yes, I plan time to be spontaneous and have a list to consult with various spontaneous activities in which to engage (see #23).
25. No matter how bad things get, I know there is a fire within me that NOTHING and NOBODY can EVER extinguish.
The sum of this list = I am awesome. Anyone who thinks otherwise can suck it :)
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Hi kid, I love you.
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So, it's a rather slow day at the office and I noticed the link to your blog on your Facebook page. And, as you requested, I am leaving a comment after reading your list of 25 things about you, specifically, item #24. How exactly does one plan to be spontaneous? Isn't planning the antithesis of spontaneity? And if you're consulting a list of pre-determined activities, that's not exactly doing something on a whim, is it?
Anyway, just my two cents. Now that I know about this blog, you're subject to all kinds of my nonsensical ramblings. Apologies in advance.
To answer your question, John, I am not a spontaneous person by nature. It was suggested to me that doing something spontaneous might good for me but I instantly got nervous. As a compromise, I agreed to plan a time to be spontaneous but when the time came I couldn't think of anything to do--hence the list. Now I can enjoy my planned spontenaity with none of the awkward side-effects of nervousness and on-the-spot butterflies.
In my mind I have taken a contradiction and compromised it into a connection :)
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