@reanimate invited me to write down some facts about myself. So here it goes:
1. As I said in my "about me" blog post, I believe I was born in the wrong decade. Ever since I was a child I have had a very different taste in music. I have videos of me dancing naked as a 6 year old with Motley Crue's 'Livewire' blasting in the background. To this day, Motley Crue is my all time favourite band. I wish I could be living on the Sunset Strip in Vegas hearing all my favourite bands in their early days.
2. I never want to lose my inner-child. I never want to truly "grow up." My mom hasn't and I know I won't. Yes I can be serious but at the end of the day, I love that I can still laugh at little things and I'm always up to play a game of monopoly or pull out the ol Nintendo. I never want to lose that about myself. I never want to be "too old" to do something that I've always loved to do. To keep my childhood with me every step of my life, I have Pikachu tattooed on my foot.
3. I'm extremely close with my mom. She's my best friend, my rock , my angel, you name it. I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for her. She means everything to me. I love you mom!
4. I'm not one to get super into chickflicks. Occasionally they're funny and I can enjoy them but my heart belongs to old gangster and mafia movies. My favourite movie of all time is Scarface.
5. Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue's bassist) is my favourite celebrity. I met him last year at the concert, he autographed my wrist and I had it tattooed the next morning. There's a really cool story about how that happened but that's for another day. If you haven't read his book "The Heroin Diaries" I recommend that you do. It changed my life and ultimately saved my life.
6. I was bullied my entire life. From elementary to grade 11 and occasionally in grade 12. I was bullied about my weight, my appearance, and who I was as a person. I was made to believe that I wasn't good enough and it wasn't rare that someone would tell me to go kill myself. Little do those bullies know, there was a very dark time where I wanted to and even tried. The only reason the bullying wasn't as frequent in the twelfth grade was because that year, I came back to school almost 50 pounds lighter and very sick looking. Ever since the summer before grade 12, I have been in an uphill battle against my eating disorder or anorexia. I have my ups and downs and probably always will but I'm never giving up this fight.
7. I hate to admit it, but I'm a sucker for trashy reality television. I love the Bachelor and The Real World and everything in between. As silly and frustrating as it can be to watch, its extremely entertaining.
8. My dog is truly my son. I have a two year old German Shepard/Doberman cross named Jake and he is my life. The unconditional love from a dog is different than love from any one else. It's true and real and never-ending. I was at a very low point in my life when my mom and I adopted Jake. He saved me and I saved him. He's the love of my life.
9. I love odd numbers. Aside from my birthday and favourite number- 18, I don't like even numbers. I don't know why, but I need everything to be in odds.
10. I've always been one of the guys. I have a few close girlfriends but other than that, I find most of the females I know quite immature and we just don't get along for very long. Ever since I was a child, I have hung out with guys. I was the girl in elementary who brought her gameboy to school every day to play Pokemon with the boys and when I was 8 years old I was the only girl at my neighbours birthday party and I won the burping contest.
11. I love going for long walks. Especially in the Summer. I love just putting my earphones in and getting lost in the music as I allow thoughts to flow through my mind while I'm walking around town. It's soothing to me and I always come home feeling 100% better than I did before I left.
Well that's a little look into the mind of me! Hope I didn't bore you all too much. :p
PS. notice how there was 11 facts and not an even 10? ;)