7-10 Things You Don't Already Know About Me:
1. Improper grammar drives me nuts. Though I know I use bad grammar occasionally, I will correct the other people's grammar. When I turn in tests at school, there are usually a few editing marks on the questions where I corrected subject-verb agreement or pronouns. I don't feel like I can concentrate otherwise.
2. I like hats. Weird hats. Santa hats especially—I used to wear them year-round (around the house, at least). I even have a black beanie-like hat with cat ears that one of my friends made. (Really, it's too loose to be a beanie. But it's really cute. Thanks, M!)
3. I talk to myself. I know it looks weird, but I do anyway. No voices in my head—I just converse with myself. It helps me think.
4. I have been a self-proclaimed geek as long as I knew what a geek was. I think that was when my computer was my second hand-me-down computer from my dad—an Apple Quadra. (I think the term Macintosh was in use then, but I don't remember.) I like being geeky.
5. I still sleep with a stuffed animal. It is a dragon puppet named Amis. (Another character from that now-defunct fantasy novel I mentioned in an earlier post.) Okay, so most of my family knows this. But I bet none of you knew how to spell his name!
6. Nonproductivity drives me nuts. That's probably why I stay up so late. And I actually enjoy school to some extent. I get to learn stuff. During the summer, I will be working, reading, learning more German, and teaching myself UNIX. And doing summer assignments. And maybe starting a murder mystery novel that will most likely also find its way into the shiny Trash icon on my Mac's Dock.
7. Speaking of my love of learning (how many teenagers will admit to that?), I enjoy learning to speak with different accents. I can currently fake a moderately-decent British accent, a Southern drawl, and a few squeaky weird voices. I can occasionally do others as well, but those are my favorites.
8. I used to dislike Harry Potter. Around the fourth book, I decided the plot was getting repetitive and boring. I didn't read books five and six until a couple of months ago! I still think the plotlines are repetitive, but at least I enjoy them. And I'm glad I came to my senses before HP7! Now I can go to the midnight release and everything!
Okay, I think I'm done. I started this post before I left for Germany in June, but I knew it needed editing. You can't have all my secrets!
