Random Facts About Yours Truly, Part 2

This week's batch of random facts cover one of my greatest (if not irrational) fears, a few of my greatest likes, and some of my weirdest ticks and talents.  ENJOY!  :)

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Random Fact #6: When I was a small child, I was traumatized by the film Return to Oz. The one character, Mombi the Witch, could remove her head and replace it with heads stolen from young girls. At one point in the movie, Dorothy had to sneak the "Elixir of Life," which was hidden in the cupboard where Mombi kept her real head. To get there, Dorothy had to walk slowly up a hallway lined with the heads of young girls stored in cupboards. As if that was not freaky enough, when she opened Mombi's main cupboard, she knocked something over and woke up Mombi's real head. As she awoke to see Dorothy standing before her, she uttered a guttural and terrifying, "Dorothy Gail!" This woke up all of the other heads, who, in turn, started wailing. This caused her beheaded body to wake up in the room down the hall. Her headless body proceeded to shake itself out of bed, walk up the hall, arms outstretched, gurgling from its open throat hole, towards Dorothy. This was a kids' movie (just thought I'd remind you of that). After this, I had recurring nightmares for about five years... no lie. The other year, I "YouTubed" the scene to see if it was as scary as I remembered... yep, it was! To this day, I have a phobia of headless mannequins/statues/etc. (Posted 04/13/2010)

Here is that scene.  Decide for yourself.  You've been warned...


I seriously had a mini anxiety attack when I was looking for this scene to post.
Even the thumbnail freaked me out.
Why am I putting this on my blog where I have to see it ALL THE TIME?!

Random Fact #7: I like to eat my fruit snacks in the order of the rainbow (ROY.G.BIV) with the exception of the special opaque fruit snacks, which I like to save for last. I have done this for as long as I can remember. On rare occasions, though, I just eat them in whatever order I feel like, or I start with the yucky tasting ones first and end with the yummiest. I am not neurotic! (Posted 04/14/2010)

Taste the OCD rainbow...

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Random Fact #8: I have desperately wanted to get a pet hedgehog and name him Sonic for a few years now, but they are illegal in the state I live in! :( (Posted 04/15/2010)

I actually signed a petition for my state to re-legalize hedgehog ownership.

Not. even. kidding.

Look at that face! Wouldn't you?

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Random Fact #9: My favorite actor of all-time is Jimmy Stewart, and my favorite movie ever is It's a Wonderful Life. This man and this movie have forever changed my life. I am also a huge fan of the movies Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Harvey (both of which also star the amazing Jimmy). (Posted 04/16/2010)

A regular dreamboat...

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Random Fact #10: I have the genetic capability to loop my tongue into both a single loop, as well as a triple loop that resembles a shamrock. I can also tie a cherry stem with my tongue, and even unwrapped a Starburst once. If you know me well enough to know how much I never stop talking, you're probably not surprised by these feats of strength. In fact, you might actually be surprised that I cannot break stones with my jaw muscles... I'm still working on that. (Posted 04/17/2010)

That's probably about how it looks when I do it, too...

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For the story behind these random facts, check out the original blog post here.

What are some random facts about yourself that others may or may not know?  Feel free to share some in the comments below!  :)  C'mon!  Don't let me feel like the only weirdo in the room...

But, seriously... that headless woman, though... *shudders*

Random Facts About Yours Truly

Hello!  Me again. A LOT has happened since my last post, the biggest event being the birth of my daughter.  I will post more about that at another time.

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Anyway...

I provided a very brief summary of my blogging history in this post here and also expressed a desire to slowly move posts from these past ventures to this present blog.  This is more out of a desire to have all of my favorite blog posts/writings in one spot and less about lazy blogging, but hey, if it makes for an easy post on a busy work night for a woman who is just desperately trying to make writing a bigger part of her daily/weekly life, then, it's a win-win, right?

Well, the day I started to write this post was not so much a busy work night as it was a lazy snow day in 2015, but hey, who's keeping track?  Yeah, it was the first "official" day of spring, and we got several inches of snow after  several weeks of thinking that winter was slowly trickling away like the melting ice.  This is just further proof that God has a sense of humor.  I know God has a sense of humor (He has to).

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One time, years ago, I silently said a prayer to God while sitting in a rocking chair in my parents' kitchen.  It must have been a particularly trying day because I was asking God what the source was of all of my problems and why I was having such a hard time with everything in life.  I got the sudden urge to look to my right, and on the stand beside me was a glass canning jar labeled "Wide Mouth."  God must have been trying to tell me that my big mouth was the source of most of my troubles.  I laughed out loud and said, "Very funny."  I knew for absolutely certain in that moment that God does, in fact, have a sense of humor, and if we truly believe that the best parts of us are made in His image, then, that is just further proof that He must have a sense of humor because I feel humor and laughter are sometimes the only things to keep us from losing our minds.

Surprising snow days and my big mouth aside... Clearly, it has taken me months upon months to finish this post and finally get it posted because we are now awaiting spring 2016.  *sigh*  Such is life...

One of my favorite old blog posts was just a long, drawn out list of random facts about myself.  Starting April 8th, 2010 (at 9:35 p.m., apparently), I posted a new fact each day for the length of the post (which ended up being 52 facts; hey, 52 days of posting is pretty good for me).

This was my own original description of the "blog post" at the top of the note:

Out of sheer boredom, and the inability to sleep due to a horrendous migraine, I decided to post a note, which will, in turn, become a daily blog, containing random facts about myself. Each day, I will post a new random fact about myself at the top of the note. I am such a random person that this blog could potentially go on indefinitely. The better you know me, the less random the facts might seem, but I will try to post a few that even those of you that know me the best might be surprised to discover! :)

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Since these facts were usually digested in daily or semi-daily installments, I think posting all 52 facts at once would be a bit of a daunting read.  So, instead, I will be re-posting these facts in chunks of 5-10 facts per post (some of them are pretty long and detailed).  After all of the original facts are posted (with necessary updates and edits), I may continue with posting random facts about myself if it seems like people care enough to read them, or just for posterity's sake (so that, someday, my grandchildren can see how truly neurotic I was).

So, here you go, 5 random facts about yours truly... ENJOY!  :)

Originally posted on Facebook as "Random Facts:  A Daily Blog."

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Random Fact #1: I can simultaneously turn both of my feet approximately 3/4 of the way around backwards and walk! I can also turn each individual foot around entirely backwards and walk. If teaching doesn't pan out, I might just have circus/carnie potential! (Posted 04/08/2010)*

*Side Note:  I'm not sure that I can still do this, and I'm not sure that I want to try to find out if I can...

Random Fact #2: I tend to eat things in even numbers whenever possible. For example, I will usually eat 6 Oreo cookies instead of 5 or 7; however, I am not so compulsive that I would go buy a new box of cookies if there were only 5 left. I do have healthy limits to my OCD, you know. (Posted 04/09/2010)

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Random Fact #3: My favorite flowers are orange roses and poppies. I like orange flowers better than any other color. I also like tiger lilies and snapdragons. (Posted 04/10/2010)

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Random Fact #4: When I was a young child, I used to tell my family that, someday, I wanted to name my first child Pinochle. I no longer have this desire. (Posted 04/11/2010)**

**And very lucky for my son that I did not...

Random Fact #5: Every year (for as long as I can remember), when my mom asks what kind of cake I want for my birthday, I ask her to make me homemade strawberry shortcake. It's pretty much the best birthday cake EVER! I plan on keeping this tradition for the rest of my life. I love you, Mom! (Posted 04/12/2010)

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What are some random facts about you?  Feel free to share in the comments below!  :)  And stay tuned for future installments of Random Facts About Yours Truly!  :)

*Note:  This is going to be a Friday-themed post, but I was little to slow on the trigger this time.  Ah, well... something to aspire to for next time.