I'll go first: I use an alarm on my phone to remind myself to take my birth control. I named it WP (whore pill). It made my DH laugh; my main objective was achieved!
Whenever these things come up I feel like I can never think of anything interesting about myself to say, haha.
I went to High School with Ashley Greene, the actress that plays Alice in the Twilight movies. I'm pretty sure we had an English class together. We were in the same grade.
Ugh, that GTKY response wasn't even really about me. Let's try this again.
I used to write stories ALL the time. So bad that my parents took away my computer in High School because I'd rather write than do schoolwork (so I wrote on paper instead). I still have all my old handwritten stories from middle school and high school, along with notebooks full of notes. Also, a ton of computer files from over the years.
At one point I got really into writing fanfiction and had a fairly sizeable following on Fanfiction.net for my Yu-Gi-Oh! stories.
Post by mrsclark731 on Jun 18, 2015 9:59:10 GMT -5
I'm 6 feet tall and was a division 1 athlete. After being athletic and active my entire childhood/adolescence ... I have had no desire whatsoever to break a sweat. I'm 30 years old and still burnt out.
I fix everything in our house. My husband, God bless his soul, has no clue. My dad is a mechanic and did everything himself around the house when I was a kid and my sister and I learned how to get shit done lol. I have replaced our thermostat, sump pump, faucet, and put together every piece of furniture in our house including our son's entire bedroom. I own my own drill and make my husband call it "Missy's drill" so he knows it's mine. Lol.
I fix everything in our house. My husband, God bless his soul, has no clue. My dad is a mechanic and did everything himself around the house when I was a kid and my sister and I learned how to get shit done lol. I have replaced our thermostat, sump pump, faucet, and put together every piece of furniture in our house including our son's entire bedroom. I own my own drill and make my husband call it "Missy's drill" so he knows it's mine. Lol.
This is me as well! My grandfather had his own woodshop and I grew up "making" things. My poor DH didn't have a good role model for things like that because his stepdad is useless unless you need to learn how to play video games or D&D. DH is getting better but he has times that he gets really pissed because I fix things in the house and he can't. His manhood gets threatened regularly.
I fix everything in our house. My husband, God bless his soul, has no clue. My dad is a mechanic and did everything himself around the house when I was a kid and my sister and I learned how to get shit done lol. I have replaced our thermostat, sump pump, faucet, and put together every piece of furniture in our house including our son's entire bedroom. I own my own drill and make my husband call it "Missy's drill" so he knows it's mine. Lol.
This is me as well! My grandfather had his own woodshop and I grew up "making" things. My poor DH didn't have a good role model for things like that because his stepdad is useless unless you need to learn how to play video games or D&D. DH is getting better but he has times that he gets really pissed because I fix things in the house and he can't. His manhood gets threatened regularly.
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We have the opposite. Yes. DH is our fixit guy and if he doesn't know how he will study up on YouTube.
I however have never learned to sew. I can't even see a button back on.
Dh's grandmother used to teach lessons during the summer to girls. Needless to say, if s button comes off -- I go to him to fix it.
Post by crispywheats on Jun 18, 2015 11:18:44 GMT -5
I grew up about a mile from zip code 12345. (It's the General Electric headquarters in Schenectady, NY)
Bonus fun fact: Because lil ones tend to use zip code 12345 when addressing mail, GE gets tons of letters to Santa. They employ 10-15 seasonal employees to respond to all of the letters.
Post by hollydfromtn on Jun 18, 2015 11:49:55 GMT -5
I'm with dacora, I always have such a hard time thinking of something interesting to say.
When I was 12 I was chosen for my volunteer work to be one of 2000 kids from all over the world that got to go to disneyworld for a week as a part of their Millennium Dreamers celebration. Each night they shut down a different park just for us and our families. It was pretty amazing.
dacora nothing like fanfiction fans, amiright? Those comments were so validating as a writer. Do you still write?
I haven't written in a while, unfortunately I just haven't had the motivation. I had a good mix of Mass Effect fanfiction and original work going for a little while. I'm hoping to get back to writing something at some point but I'm trying not to stress out over it much right now.
I've been tempted to write some Dragon Age fanfiction though.
dacora nothing like fanfiction fans, amiright? Those comments were so validating as a writer. Do you still write?
I haven't written in a while, unfortunately I just haven't had the motivation. I had a good mix of Mass Effect fanfiction and original work going for a little while. I'm hoping to get back to writing something at some point but I'm trying not to stress out over it much right now.
I've been tempted to write some Dragon Age fanfiction though.
I figure around September I'll start fishing for interest in National Novel Writing Month. That's November, if you've never done it before.
I used to be afraid to go to bed. I sleep-walked/talked up until senior year of high school. Once in the MOTN on a weekend, I put on my uniform skirt and grabbed my keys and backpack and opened the garage door. My mom heard it and asked what I was doing. I was very insistent that I was late for school. She managed to wake me up and I had no idea what was going on. During college, I started experiencing sleep paralysis (it is fucking horrible). It lasted through college, law school, and after up until just before I got my MFP...hopefully gone for good!
eta: sorry, I guess that's not a "fun fact" but I'm definitely not an interesting person and it's something not many people know about me.
dacora I feel like I never have anything interesting either!
I grew up on a small hobby farm and started showing livestock at local fairs and such when I was 12. Now DH and I live on one of his family farms and we have 800 head of cattle at any point in the feedlot. I still show cattle and have purebred simmentals at my parents farm (a couple miles from where I live now).
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