some stuff about me

okay boys and girls, it's time for another entry. this time i have decided to shamelessly steal an entry idea from aussiekate. yes, it's only my third entry or something like that, and i'm already out of things to say. sad, isn't it.

so here's some more stuff about me.

• my entire extended family is Catholic. i went to Catholic schools, and my family goes to church every sunday. i myself have issues with religion. i'm pretty sure i don't believe in God, but there's a part of me that is having trouble letting go of something that has been such a big part of my life.
• i play netball in a saturday competition (or i will as of next weekend, when it starts) with a group of girls who i have come to consider some of my best friends. we suck a lot, but we have the best time. i've played since i was 6, and i absolutely love the bitchiness of netball. anyone who tells you that netball is non-contact has obviously never played.
• i have a cockatiel called Lenny. he's my special boy. he has many talents, including whistling an off-key, never-ending version of 'pop goes the weasel', and asking deep philosophical questions such as 'where's fran?' and 'what's wrong, Lenny?'. we're pals.
• i also have 4 goldfish. they're indestructable. i recently bought a big fishtank to put them in, but i've been too lazy to set it up, so they've been sitting on my kitchen bench for a while. the bowl is splattered with spaghetti sauce from dinner a week ago. oh, and their names are norman, darryl, fritz and clive.
• i played the clarinet from the age of 7 until i was about 18 or 19. i never took it seriously enough to be any good, but i liked it a lot. i really should dig it out and practice once in a while.
• i also play the harmonica, kind of badly. this stemmed from my teenage obsession with alanis morissette, and her tendency to put harmonica solos in her songs.
  
• i have quite a lot of social anxiety, which comes and goes. encountering new situations or big groups of people that i don't know tends to freak me out. usually i respond to this by either withdrawing or making jokes. this year i have made it one of my goals to be braver.
• i like to drink, but only when i'm with my friends. i can't bring myself to get drunk in front of my family. not sure why that is.
• my drink of choice is usually vodka with something, or champagne. i'll drink almost anything though.
  
• i once got drunk on new years eve and drank a bowl of tomato sauce as a dare.
• i really, really, really, really, really like wearing new socks. it's such a satisfying experience.
• i have a crush on a girl with bright red hair. she plays tribal drums and has a tattoo of a fairy on her back. she has absolutely no clue that i like her, and i think i like it that way.
• i'm really, really clumsy. i bump into doorframes, trip up and down stairs, fall over my own feet and just generally make a fool of myself countless times daily.
• i love listening to music. when i'm home, it's a given that i have some sort of music playing. my tastes are sort of eclectic. i have everything from old-school jazz and blues through to the grates. the majority of my collection is probably folky-rock.
• i am a junk food addict. it's a habit i've tried to break, but i think it's a lost cause.
  
• my favourite colour is green. my bedroom is bright green. it makes me feel calm.
• i love to take photos, especially at parties when i'm drinking. i think i'm a better photographer when i've had a few drinks. apparently i also really like to take pictures of myself when i'm drunk. the night after every party i look at my camera and there are usually 20 or so self-portraits, all of them looking straight up my nose.
• speaking of nose, i broke mine when i was a kid. i fell off a retaining wall at my friend's house and landed on a pine log. crunch.
  
• i can spend ridiculous amounts of time doing nothing at all. when this happens, i'm always totally confused as to where the time went.
• i hum, whistle and sing a lot. sometimes i don't even know i'm doing it. it can be embarrassing.
• i dye my hair dark brown about once every 8 weeks. my natural colour is a lighter brown. it was boring.
• there is a little black spider running around on the floor near me. i just thought i'd tell you.
• pretty much half of what i say is sarcastic, but i've been told that my sarcastic voice sounds the same as my serious voice, so sometimes people don't know when i'm joking. here's a hint. i'm pretty much always joking.
• when i'm not at work, my sunglasses are almost always either on my face or on top of my head. if you see me without sunglasses, you can bet that i'm having a bad day.
• red bull is my saviour.
• i can't resist a bargain. even one i don't need.
• i'm really sleepy. i'm going to stop now.

i may or may not continue this at a later date. right now i need some food. and by 'need' i mean don't need at all, but i'm bored so i'll do it anyway. and by 'food' i mean something that has had any traces of goodness processed out of it.

the end...

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