All about me

Yesterday, I was tagged in a facebook note written by a friend. It was basically one of those getting to know you dealies but you could write about anything. Today I wrote one about me. I actually had a good time writing it but I was ultra-cautious about overloading it with TV-references. I also had a good time reading my friends' notes. So today's favourite thing is finding out new, interesting and random stuff about other people and thinking of interesting things to tell them about myself. Once I wrote the items down, I had to tag 25 people in my note and I am curious who will do it and who won't. I figured I would post mine here, so that you can learn a bit more about me. Some of the things I have written about previously, but some are new.

1. I generally enjoy doing things like this but I have to guard myself with this one because if I am not careful, 96% of them will be about TV. I will try to limit myself to four.

2. I am currently unemployed and living in Ottawa. At this point, I just want a job and am trying not to be too picky.

3. I am thinking of going back to school but I still have to figure out what I want to do with my life.

4. I am not a huge fan of cooking if it's really involved. I do, however, like throwing stuff in the slow cooker and cooking it like that. I do like to bake though.

5. When I was 18, I got it into my head that I wouldn't live past 26. I am currently 26 and am glad to have been wrong. So far.

6. On my 26th birthday, I started a thing-a-day blog. Everyday, I write about one of my favourite things, events, etc. So far so good, but occasionally I write about silly things if nothing really awesome happens that day. You can check it out at http://wanda26.blogspot.com.

7. TV has wreaked havoc on my vocabulary. I say "awesome" and "dude" way too much and every tenth thing I say is some sort of TV quote. The guilty parties - Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and pretty much any Joss Whedon show.

8. Until last March, I had never really seen any show made by Joss Whedon. By the end of July, I had seen all 7 seasons of Buffy, all 5 seasons of Angel, Firefly, Serenity, and the awesomeness that is Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.

9. I miss my niece, Bella, a lot. She's almost five and is very smart and insightful.

10. When I have trouble choosing between a number of different options, I tend to choose the one with the most interesting name. That is how I came to rent the movie "The Delicate Art of Parking" and why I once ordered a beer called "Dirty Bastard". The name was the best thing about both of them.

11. When I worked at the convenience store, I gave nicknames to my regular customers based on what they always bought. There was Mr. Copenhagen (Copenhagen chewing tobacco), Crossword lady, and Keno man. It took about 5 months for me to realize that Mr. Copenhagen was actually a well-known (not to me) player for the Roughriders.

12. At the last two jobs I had, I felt like I catered to people's vices. At the convenience store, I sold lottery tickets, smokes/ chew, and junk food. At the Casino,....well that's pretty obvious.

13. I can wake up on time for something if it starts at 8am but sleep in for something that starts at 11.

14. I enjoy things that play with language and language based humour.

15. I only really enjoy watching sports if I am there or if it is high tension. I love the Winter Olympics, not as much a fan of the Summer games.

16. When I go to the library, I tend to get way too many books out. I end up barely reading any of them. My current record is 0 for 13.

17. I figured out the hard way that the Regina Public Library only lets you put 20 books on hold at a time.

18. After going to school in Boston (and being around certain people), part of me wants to giggle every time I say or hear Regina.

19. I like to dance. I started taking bellydance classes in 2003 and flamenco classes in 2005. I am still taking classes.

20. I have lived in 4 different provinces (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario) and one state (Massachusetts). Although, I only lived in B.C and Alberta for 10 weeks each.

21. The only province I haven't been to is Newfoundland. I've been to about 10 states. I haven't been to any of the territories and I've never left North America.

22. Spelling errors on signs drive me crazy.

23. I think I am a "glass half full" sort of person. The thing is, the liquid inside the glass changes from pleasant to toxic depending on my mood.

24. I am taking a really basic French class to work on my pronounciation. I find that my phonetics classes are really helping with that.

25. When I was in university, I took 2 French classes, 2 Spanish classes, 2 German classes, a Cree class and an Old English class. I don't really remember much of any of them.