21 things you never really needed to know about me...

My best friend recently posted in her blog a 21 item list of random facts about herself and then tagged me to keep the fun going.  So, below you will find 21 random things about me that you never wanted or needed to know!

1) I dislike when people say things like "Sending some good vibes your way!"  Please don't send me vibes.. they take too long to wash off.

:)

2) Whenever I'm working hard on something that I'm writing, like short stories, blog posts, or long papers (in the college days), I end up looking for split ends in my hair every 5-10 minutes.  It may look like I'm spacing out, but I actually get a lot of great thinking done during this activity.

3) I love singing alone in my car. If I'm in a really great mood I get especially animated...until a car pulls up beside me and then it gets awkward...

4) Contrary to popular opinions, I actually really enjoy having a desk job/office job.

5) Almost every time I walk into someone's house, apartment or room, I imagine all the different ways I would've decorated it.  Not because they did a bad job, but just because I'm constantly imagining how I would decorate anything/everything..

6) One goal I have for my life is to fly somewhere by myself, because I love the sense of accomplishment I get from doing new things.

7) I've been able to say the alphabet backwards in under 10 seconds since I was 7 because my second grade teacher taught us to, just for fun.

8) Although lighting candles is supposed to relax you, it actually makes me anxious. Not for fear of burning down my apartment but because all I can think while it's burning is "Every second that passes, I'm losing a little bit more of my candle!"

9) A couple months ago I witnessed a car driving down the road with a dog poking out of the sun roof and it made me smile.

10) One of my favorite things to do is change into my pajamas or sweats after working all day.

11) I owned a harlequin great dane, named Zoey, for almost 11 years.

12) I met Busta Rymes with my cousin at customs on the border of Canada back in 2003 on our way into Canada and he gave us autographs and tickets to his show for later that night (part of the rock the mic tour).

(You think it'd be obvious if you saw a celebrity in real life, but I actually was unsure for many minutes. It wasn't until he broke a chair he was sitting in and someone in his group yelled "Busta! Be careful!" that I realized it was, in fact, him.)

13) I have a huge OCD habit that involves my car keys.  I've been locked out so many times before that now-days whenever I get out of my car, even if I watch myself put my keys in my purse before getting out of the car, I literally don't let myself shut the door until I peek in my bag and see them in there again.  It's actually way more detailed than that, but I don't want to expose too much of my crazy...

14) I've had a lifelong fascination with skeleton keys.

15) I went on a cross-country road trip with 3 of my best friends and in 2 weeks' time, we had 3 car accidents, two of which involved hitting mule deer.

16) When I was a kid, my dad took me to a rubber ducky race. It was awesome and anti-climactic all at the same time!

17) I want to get lost in a human maze with actual green shrubbery... but not in a "Shining" kind of way...

18) If I could have any pet I wanted, it would be a baby elephant who never grew any bigger.

19) I spent a full week this last summer looking up YouTube clips about Koko the signing gorilla.  I love her!

20) I never get tired of astronomy-related things.

21) I think every girl has a little bit of Jess Day in them.