My nails grow very long before I get around to clipping them.
Laughing usually gives me hiccups.
I once had warts burned from my feet with liquid nitrogen.
My feet often fall asleep without my noticing until someone says to me that they have turned purple.
My wrists and the joints of my thumbs snap a lot.
The illest I have ever been was when I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled, and developed strep throat and tonsillitis simultaneously while recovering from the operation.
Mind:
I can easily memorize the spelling of any word (including this, which I have remembered since discovering it in The Guinness Book of World Records when I was about twelve).
I love water—to look at it, be in it, and the sound and taste of it.
Youth:
My sex was unknown before my birth.
If I had been male, my name would have been Cole—which became my younger brother's name.
My parents considered naming me Brooke.
I was the last of my parents' planned babies. Cole was conceived naturally after my father's vasectomy.
My first word was "Da-da."
I ate sand as a child. I liked its gritty feel between my teeth.
I attended kindergarten in the basement of my mother's sister's home.
I was in gymnastics as a child. I was good on the balance beam because my toes naturally point inward.
I created my first website at age twelve.
My first crush and later first "boyfriend" was my then–best friend's brother when I was seven.
My first serious crush came out of the closet in high school.
I failed my road test once, but I successfully parallel-parked on my first try.
Oddness:
I do not floss my teeth.
I prefer to make check marks "backward," with the long line pointing upward to the left.
I frequently dream of being raped.
I find scars erotic.
I am skittish around horses and large dogs.
I feel such guilt when killing an insect that I usually just release them outdoors instead.
I loathe flushing a toilet without first closing the lid.
Sometimes I eat snow, an icicle, or the blossom of a Johnny Jump-Up.
Rarely do I drink to the bottom of a glass if I intend to refill it.
Visibly-broken bones sicken me; thus, I lamentably can no longer watch skaters screw up stunts on RealTV.
When I drive in reverse, I look through the back passenger window on the driver's side.
Abilities & Interests:
I can juggle four things at once.
I have a pretty decent singing voice.
I listen to an eclectic, but elite range of music—that is, I like music from many different genres, but I have to feel that it excels both within and outside of that genre.
I collect photos of eyes.
School:
Among my friends in junior year, I was voted most likely to be gay.
I was voted "Quietest" in my homeroom senior year. (Joey won "Most Accident-Prone.")
I was one of three students upgraded to a 121 English credit course.
I graduated on the honour roll and won a small bursary from a women's organization.
I was invited twice into the Honours English program at University of New Brunswick.
I have a college degree in Internet programming.
Misc:
My cousin Tyler used to have a French radio show.
He looks like Matthew Good.
My oldest brother, Ian, has worked in Argentina, England, France, Grand Falls, Holland, Nackawic, Nova Scotia, and PEI.
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