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.

1. I have an amazing sense of direction… we “Seeneys” have named it the “Seeney sense of Direction”. It’s a big embarrassment for me to be driving with my brother and sisters and make a a wrong turn – I feel I’ve tarnished the family name.
2. When I was 12 I could play the entire first level of Super Mario Brothers with my eyes closed.
3. Sometimes Chinese food makes my face swell up but I still eat it occasionally. It kind of adds to the fun.
4. I played the french horn in high school and married a french horn player. (Hot.)
5. Love, love, love todo lists and project planning software. Basecamp, Omniplan, Calendars…. I’m getting misty-eyed just thinking about them.
6. Considering my love of to-do lists, half of them end up not finished and then I beat myself up about it. It’s kind of my thing.
7. I hate digital alarm clocks that have green or blue illuminated numbers. They make me feel bathed in a “Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle” glow and the light gets through my eyelids. Only red digital numbers for this girl.
8. I don’t make a stupid face when I’m reversing in a car. I decided a long time ago when watching my dad’s face as he backed up our car that I wouldn’t.
9. I knew basically nothing about computers until I was 20 and in university. When I saw my first SUM() in MS Excel it sent shivers down my spine. I’ve never looked back.
10. I once I killed a deer in my car. Of the 6 people in my immediate family, there is no one that hasn’t been involved in killing a deer in some way. I have eaten much deer meat.
11. I hate raisins.
12. In grade eight I once recited from memory the entire script of the Lion King movie, just for kicks.
13. When I get nervous and speak in public my voice shakes and it sounds like I’m crying. Not cool… but once it worked in my favour when I narrated a Remembrance Day poem in elementary school.
14. I can’t relax until things are “perfect”… this may or may not have contributed to my Lion King recital and my “eyes closed” Nintendo fixation…
15. I am great at Balderdash. I love spinning deceptive definitions.
16. Once I lip-synced Britney Spears and did a dance in front of my entire high school with Jen Wilms. I block this memory whenever it comes into my head.
17. I want to enjoy reading fiction novels, but I usually don’t. Give me something “real life”, “how to” or a programming language book. (Unless of course it’s Lord of the Rings… that somehow slipped by QA.)
18. I once had my personal MSN conversations with Jesse read by my employer.
19. I hate the photos from my wedding almost 7 years ago. I cheaped out on a photographer and got what I paid for.
20. I still have to make an “L” with my left hand to know which way is right and which is left.
21. I used to have a crush on JTT. (Who didn’t). I saw a “JTT” license plate on a bastardized hyundai excel (80s model) in San Francisco and it made me wonder how JTT is doing these days.
22. I am a night hawk. I work so much better during the night hours.
23. I trained my dog Parker to spoon with me perfectly.
24. Most of these items in the list were told to me by my husband Jesse. I guess he does know me better than I do.
25. As much as everyone else acts like they are only writing this list to appease their friends, that they are too cool for lists like this, or that they are “only doing it because their bored”, I’ve been WAITING to be tagged. Much love to Lindsay Hare on Facebook and Ryan Parman on his blog.

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