this was actually kinda hard:
Here's how you play: Once you've been 'tagged', you have to write a blog of 10 weird/random habits/goals/facts about yourself. At the end choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their names and WHY you chose them. Don't forget to leave them a comment and tell them to read your blog. You can't tag the person who tagged you, since you can't tag me back - let me know when you've posted your blog so I can see your answers.

1. I hate HATE the smell of the candle wick when you blow it out. You know how it smokes a little? It makes me gag, so I always blow on it until the ember is out or put a lid on it. That’s a weird fact—I just HATE that smell. I bet I look pretty awesome blowing on that thing till it stops smoking though :)

2. I love school. I don’t think that’s weird, only I used to talk about the class we had that day in the bar and projects—and don’t even get me STARTED on my thesis topic. You will be bombarded with info! That’s why I’m so excited to go to grad school—I start finding out from schools in a couple weeks! YAY!

3. I am not a morning person. I feel like everyone probably knows that already. I prefer to wake up naturally, around 9 or 10 am. I used to sleep in a lot later but I feel like I waste the day if I do (unless I’m up past 2 am, and then I will sleep in as late as I can to recoup sleep). I don’t drink coffee often, so in the morning just wait till I’m awake if you expect some coherent conversation. That said, I hate naps. I always wake up feeling so groggy and like the apocalypse has happened and everyone is gone but me. Weird feeling…

4. I hate cell phone companies. They really screw everyone in America into paying exorbitant amounts for services that we don’t need or don’t work. You know that in almost every contract, it states that if you have no service where you live, you still can’t get out of the cell contract? So when I had cingular (now at&t I think?) and moved to Austin where there was no cingular tower, they said I’d have to pay $150 to get out of my contract. Luckily, a nice lady at customer service took pity on me and let me out of my contract for free. YAY! And now I have sprint.

5. I am a VERy picky movie person. There are some things I just don’t want in my brain, you know? No horror, no suspense, no thrillers, I hate murder mysteries of any kind (this goes for books too), no intense period pieces that are jane austen-esque (Atonement, I’m talking to you), no stupid slapstick, etc. etc. I don’t think its too much of a problem, as movies are quite expensive these days. I just don’t want to pay $10 for something that I would want to erase from my brain (walk hard: the dewey cox story, I’m talking to you)

6. I used to hate tv. In high school, I said often that “tv is the devil” and never watched it. When I was younger, we occasionally had cable so I would watch things like Hey Dude, Salute your Shorts and Get Smart (one of my fav shows at the time) but I guess I thought it was cool to hate tv in high school. I never watched Melrose place, 90210 or anything like that (I’m not into soaps, really. Why are they called soaps, btw?) in college I was also apathetic, but living with Katie showed me the light. She insisted on having tv b/c of football, and we had many good times watching What not to Wear, Most Extreme, and Family Guy (plus a lot more that I was prob. Too stoned to remember). Now, tv is my best friend. :) travel channel, food network, bravo, logo, etc. I love you all. If I get into grad school I am going to have to get a dvr to record my shows. Is that expensive?

7. I hate loading the dishwasher. Its so gross! I do it a lot anyway, but I think touching food-nasty plates and things is GROSS. I also hate dirty old sponges—do you know how many bacteria, etc. is in your kitchen sponge! Change that at least once a month.

8. I love writing things in my planner. Most of you know that I am anally organized, but it’s the only way I’ll remember anything. I also hate surprises. There is so much pressure to react a certain way! I mean, a wedding proposal is generally a good surprise, but make sure the person will most likely say yes! And don’t surprise visit me or whatever. I love you, but I need to plan our visit or else I will FREAK out. I am crazy anal, I know.

9. I hate juice. Unless there’s vodka involved. But I don’t like it in most any other context.

10. I like how most of these started either with “I love” or “I hate.” To change it up, I would say: I get very scared very easily. I think people are standing in my hallway in the middle of the night ready to kill me, I get scared walking to my car at night anywhere, I get scared being alone, im afraid of a lot of things (spiders, death, not getting into grad school). In short, I am a scaredy cat.

tagging people-- labes, ellen, wb, fleabag, trapes, lauren, kristen, angel, and anyone else who would possibly do this amazingness.