Recently, I was challenged to post 10 things people might not know about me on facebook. However, I felt some of these things needed some longer explanation than was acceptable in a facebook post, so I decided to write a blog about it, and share that instead.
So here goes. 10 things...
1) I grew up in Newlyn, right in the tip of Cornwall. I was born and raised for the first part of my life there, and very strongly consider myself Cornish, where I count both my parents as pretenders (they're not Cornish at all). I miss Cornwall a lot. A LOT!
2) I spent a large portion of my childhood living on Gwavas estate, situated atop a rather large hill in Newlyn. Gwavas is possibly one of the worst council estates in the county of Cornwall. During my time living there, I was egged personally four times, my mother was egged once, my auntie who lived across the road had her house egged (all of these occurred on separate Halloweens). In addition, I had a concrete hedgehog thrown through bedroom window, a rock thrown through my living room window (which left a rather nasty cut on my leg), I witnessed one stabbing, saw the bush shelter rearranged around 9 times, and witnessed no less than 26 window smahings. I actually loved the place, strange though it seems. However, Gwavas was situated in a very popular touristy fishing village, and was once described as "Hell in heaven" by a national newspaper.
3) I have a total of six brothers and sisters (all half), only two of whom I've ever met so far. I do however, count the two I've met as full family, because that's what they are. In addition, upon leaving Cornwall 5 years ago, I had a known total of 18 cousins, the number of which has undeniably risen in the time I've been away. My father was one of 12 children, having seven brothers and four sisters. I come from a very big family background, and I love it.
4) My grandmother, as I recall, had close to 10 dogs in her household (possibly more), of which a large proportion were unruly German Shepard's (which I am slightly terrified of to this day).
5) My first word was bugger. The first word I ever said to my brother was dickhead (sorry!), and my first ever complete sentence was "my leg is wet!" You can see where I get my continued eloquence from.
6) I am ever so slightly terrified of spiders, of the house and garden and poisonous variety. But for some inexplicable reason, I really like tarantulas; theres just something so beautiful and elegant about them (except in eight legged freaks). I am also a huge fan of snakes and lizards, especially geckos.
7) When I was younger, I wanted to be a palaeontologist (after watching 'Jurassic Park'). I also wanted to be a vet, a politician (I know, I know!), a scientist, a reporter, a photographer, a musician/singer and a teacher. Since then I have also wanted to be a geologist, a model (*scoff!*), a data entry clerk, a game designer, a games tester, a teacher again, a personal assistant and wanted to run my own business. I struggle to make up my mind, and I'm still not completely sure about it.
8) I am a teeny weeny bit baby mad... I used to want a lot of children.... I used to want 12 in fact. Over the years, I calmed down a little, to wanting 6 kids. These days, I'd stretch to about 4 children.
9) Since the age of 10, throughout my romantic life (I know - it's disgraceful!) I've had 17 boyfriends. The longest of these relationships lasting nearly 6 months, the shortest around 24 hours (that's also shameful to admit, and I really loved that guy!) I have also dated one of these guys seven separate times (it's just keeps getting worse). Truth is, I have a habit of trying to fix relationships that are bad for me.
10) I am scared of public toilets. I try to avoid using them if possible. At work, school, pubs, restaurants, anywhere; the more possible users, the worse it gets. It's the same with the toilets in someone elses house. It's not germs or anything like that. I just hate the idea of people possibly being able to hear me pee!
So yeah....
I am fully aware I'm a weirdo :P
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