101 Random Things About Me

Since Bouchra over at Pink, Purple and Fuchsia did this… and I thought it was awesome, here's my own list!

1. I'm a mother hen according to my main Tae Kwon Do instructor.
2. I'm a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
3. I'm an Eastern Orthodox Christian.
4. I speak Romanian fluently.
5. I was born in Romania.
6. I was born six days before Christmas.
7. I get presents August 15^th for my name day, which basically means that I get celebrated because the Virgin Mary, who I was named after, has a holy day on the calendar. I also get a lot of calls from relatives. -_^
8. I'm ridiculously practical.
9. I'm a stickler for rules. I'll bend them every once in a while, but on my terms only. Seriously, a stickler.
10. I'm a chronic overachiever and planner.
11. I get really nervous before big events.
12. I like Easter more than Christmas.
13. I don't like decorating the Christmas tree at all.
14. I love listening to old music like Buddy Holly, The Beatles, ABBA, etc.
15. Anything with a sweet melody and sweet lyrics will be on my 'favorites' list.
16. I'm teaching myself French by reading Les Trois Mousquetaires.
17. I think 17 is a beautiful number, and not just because I turned 17 in 2011, but because 1 and 7 in combination are just… beautiful.
18. I'm most like my dad's grandmother in a lot of ways. (Awesome fact: she's 97 but looks 80.)
19. I like spring because of the tulips and the temperature.
20. I love tulips, but not the red or yellow ones.
21. From the age of ten to the age of fourteen, I was obsessed with creating genetic strings for made-up animals.
22. After 14, I became a tad more normal.
23. I participated in NaNo'08 at the age of 13, won in 19 days, and then wrote 100k in NaNo'09. Both books sucked. The last two NaNos I have not managed to finish by Nov 30. They sucked too. But less.
24. I've been on an airplane more times than I can count.
25. I love to read.
26. I read War and Peace for fun to procrastinate on studying for the ACT.
27. I got a 35/36 in ACT's reading section.
28. I used to like rabbits, then dogs, then horses. Now I like cats. They're the quietest and the sleepiest.
29. My legs are in an 'O' shape. It's annoying.
30. I drank orange juice almost every morning with a sandwich for years. Then we left America for the trip.
31. I'm really interested in how the mind works, and what people think about things.
32. I can't decide if I want to go to college in America or in Romania.
33. My life plan is going to college to be a doctor (psychiatrist, possibly) or a teacher before getting married to a bilingual and having 3-4 kids and homeschooling them. 
34. I like getting told what's wrong with my writing by people I don't know. It annoys me when people say it's 'perfect' because I know it's not true. Saying it's 'awesome,' though, bolsters my spirits.
35. I used to sulk all the time until my dad promised me the game Rush Hour for not sulking for a week. I haven't sulked since, and I played that game for perhaps a week. I lost one of the pieces at a friend's house.
36. I was a really skinny kid with big teeth and glasses. The days of my bangs were terrible.
37. I used to have hair down to my hips before my great-grandma told me it was too long.
38. Whatever my great-grandma comments on about me usually ends up changing (she told me I needed something red, I ended up buying a red jacket… and then an entire red outfit two years later… I got a haircut.)
39. I once hit 122 wpm. For about one millisecond. Usually, though, I write 50-70wpm. I can hit 80 if necessary.
40. I was homeschooled from kindergarten to second grade, skipped third, took fourth in a public school (as well as part of fifth), was unschooled until 7^th grade, and then was homeschooled from 8^th to 12^th grade. I taught myself for practically the last two-three years.
41. I'm the oldest grandchild of my paternal grandparents, as well as the oldest great-grandchild of my parental family.
42. I have a ridiculous amount of connections in Romania which I know nothing about.
43. I ramble about things I like, things I don't like, and things which annoy me. I barely talk at all about subjects in the middle.
44. I need deadlines.
45. I love romance novels.
46. I'm a hopeless romantic.
47. I love reading classics. 
48. Once I start reading something, it's hell getting me to give up on the book. I only did this three times in my entire collective memory.
49. One of my goals is to beat my dad's score of 350ish (300-400) books in a year. He was 17 when he did it… I'll be eighteen.
50. I lose interest in things pretty quickly.
51. I sold an online adoptable once for $100— I was approached about them and I sold them. I spent maybe $20 ordering the lines… and I've never made that big a profit since. On anything.
52. I'm frugal. Give me a box of chocolates, it'll be there a month later. Give me $100, it won't be spent for a while.
53. I love the library.
54. My laptop was an early sweet 16 gift. I paid for 33% of it without knowing.
55. I wrote 15k in a day once when I was 14, and I haven't beat that record since.
56. I don't actually mind bugs until they're within six inches of my person. Ants and ladybugs don't count.
57. I love groundfighting.
58. I'm a very 'hug' type of person.
59. My love language is 'words of affirmation' and then 'physical touch.' I couldn't care less about 'gift-giving' (books are awesome, though!) or acts of service (I am the one who can do it best!). But I do enjoy quality time, sometimes.
60. I do not understand the allure of video games and don't want to. 
61. I have trouble giving up control.
62. I can be suffocating. I'm not sure if that's changed yet or not.
63. I realized I 'had to be a doctor' when I realized I needed a high-paying job (relatively), and that I could only be a lawyer, doctor, or businesswoman. I couldn't stand being a lawyer (fighting all day!) or a business woman (marketing!), so I realized I had to be a doctor.
64. I love babies. I could live with a sleeping baby on my chest and a book.
65. I love little kids.
66. I'm more comfortable with guys than with girls because of the mean girl cliché.
67. Guys also seem more socially awkward than me, which is always a plus.
68. I don't understand Facebook. I wouldn't even be checking FB every day if it weren't for my writing group and going around the world.
69. I can lose hours surfing things I already know about on the internet.
70. I want to become polyphasic so badly. So I can read and write more.
71. I want to learn to cook, but never could because our kitchen is small.
72. I have a talent for wasting time.
73. I'm ridiculously practical. My favorite gifts are those I can use for years to come.
74. If I could be clean without showering… I'd never do it.
75. The pool isn't very interesting for me.
76. I used to play Petz 5 all the time. Then I grew up. Sometimes I wish I hadn't.
77. I'm extremely loyal.
78. If anyone attacks my family, I get really mean. Not rude… but cutting.
79. I was a nightmare before my birthday for most of my life. The past few years I've holed myself up before, though, to prevent myself from hurting anyone.
80. I don't get sick often. When I do get sick it's the runniest of runny noses and the worst of coughs.
81. I have one sister, 14 (she sings), and one brother, 12 (he… is awesome. He doesn't do much else).
82. My sister and I are absolutely completely total opposites.
83. I don't mind talking about normal life processes at all.
84. I can't stand talking about injuries— I get all empathetic and imaginative and it's… ugh.
85. If something looks like a human body part it's harder for me to eat it.
86. Sometimes I start wondering why I'm putting something into my mouth. Like cheese. Or chocolate.
87. I don't like things too sweet, too salty, too spicy… too anything, really. Chocolate is too sweet. 
88. I love pickles in brine. I hate pickles in vinegar.
89. I used to hate jeans, and then I loved them. Now I like my travel pants and my wrap-around skirt.
90. I could wear a shirt for a week without caring.
91. I love apples, but only certain kinds. And bananas. I used to hate bananas, but now I don't.
92. I stopped drinking milk at the age of five when, no matter how much honey I put into it, it still wasn't good. I still remember the incident and my dad telling me to stop and just drink it.
93. I don't understand the point of dairy any more.
94. I once ate an entire plate of green tomatoes so sour neither of my parents could stomach it. I was two years old.
95. I've never had a cell phone. I don't want one either.
96. I talk a lot when I'm happy. I also bounce and hug people.
97. I get the urge to tell people I love them when I'm happy. Then I have to stop and not say it because you never know if they'll take you seriously or not.
98. I tend to criticize people I know before I think about it.
99. I don't like big changes. I don't like schedule changes. I don't like big changes of plan.
100. I can't wait to get my own house. I've actually started planning it.
101. 101 random things looked much smaller to me from the other end of the list. I don't usually like lists, unless they're to-do lists.

Wow… 1776 words for… random things. AWESOME!