September 15, 2005

• Ok, I'm about to shamelessly just jump onto a bandwagon I see spreading about the Xanga community, maybe due in small part to my writer's block, but before I do, I'm curious as to how many of my readers out there actually still actively read my blog. Since my blog is now reaching its third year (yikes), I'm sure some of the people on my list have long since retired from Xanga, so if you're still alive and reading this, leave eprops or something so I can appease my curiosity.

  
  

  And now, onto my mildly entertaining entry.

  
  

  Five Strange / Weird Things About Me

  
  

  Yeah, I know you've seen it floating around. I've always believed myself to be weird, so anyhow, here goes.

  
  

  1. I do everything in my sleep except walk. Imagine if you will, that you're sleeping in the same room as me. Through the course of the evening I will do just about anything and everything you've ever heard of someone doing in their sleep, except actually stand up and walk. I've been known to sit up for no reason, talk in both english and korean, move my hands and legs, kick and thrash, roll around (and off of the bed), snore, drool, mutter, and whatever else people do while sleeping. I once even violently kicked my sister who was trying to wake me up. (I have no memory of doing this.) Part of the reason is likely because I'm an extremely deep sleeper. It's tremendously difficult to wake me up and I can fall asleep in a manner of seconds.

  
  

  2. I love food. Now you must be thinking to yourself, "Um, that's not all that weird." Let me assure you that if I was one of the seven deadly sins, it would be gluttony. I'm not entirely sure why I love food so much, but I dare say that it ranks at the top of the list of things I adore. The only thing that really stops me from eating all the time is the fact that I get full. Even so, nine times out of ten you'll usually catch me munching on something if you ever run into me. The only thing that prevents me from being over 500 lbs is the fact that God was merciful enough to bless me with a fast metabolism. (I know you're all jealous.) Granted, it's kinda slowing down as I get older, so I've had to force myself to watch my calories recently. (For those of you wondering, I'm 5'9" and 145 lbs. So no, I'm not even overweight. )

  
  

  3. I'm easily distracted. As you might've guessed from my previous entry, I don't focus all that well on one thing. I get restless real easily, and if you leave me to my own devices, my mind will inevitably wander (and so will I). People usually get offended when trying to talk to me, because my eyes wander, my mind wanders, I don't devote 100% of my attention to them. Nothing personal, but I just don't find most normal conversations all that fascinating. I've tried. I've tried really hard, but apparently I'm just not wired that way. Inevitably my mind wanders anyway, and it goes off on this tangent that eventually causes me to say something completely unrelated to what's being discussed. (This happens frequently.) Or I'll bring up something that everyone already finished talking about. My teachers have always accused me of daydreaming a lot, and when I was younger I always found my daydreams more interesting than whatever the heck the teacher was talking about. I probably do still daydream, but I'm just so used to it that I don't realize I'm doing it anymore. Most people construe my behavior as rude. I suppose it is, but it's just how I am and I make no apologies for it.

  
  

  4. I'm nonsequitur. Nonsequitur (for those of you who don't know) essentially means that I'll do (or say) things that seem completely utterly random and unrelated to anything. This is somewhat related to #3, but a little different for reasons I'll now explain. Basically, I'm just odd. Most people don't ever get to see this side of me, because frankly, I think it would freak most people out (and it apparently does). I do odd voices and imitations, say random things, do random things, none of which will make any sense whatsoever. It entertains my sister to no end and I have fun making her laugh, often out of the blue. These thoughts are always there inside my brain, but only people I'm really comfortable with get to see it manifested outwardly. I guess I'm just a clown. It's fun, though.

  
  

  5. I'm every marketing person's dream come true. I'm not sure why, but I'm easily swayed by ads and clever (and sometimes not so clever) marketing. In these cases, apparently all my self control just flies out the window. If I see an ad for something and it just strikes me as being interesting or cool or appealing, I'll immediately want it. Not eventually, not next week, not even tomorrow, I want it right now. It gets especially bad when it relates to #2 (food). As you can imagine, all it takes is for me to see a commercial showing some really tasty cleverly dressed food with the right adjectives and I'm out the door to get myself some. When I go food shopping, I always try to make sure I go to the supermarket right after I've eaten something, or it gets rather expensive. I've tried to better myself in this respect by not watching TV. I think it's mostly worked so far.

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