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I done been tagged by Fraulein N, so I have to write 10 interesting, true things about myself. I haven’t even started yet and I already think this is hard, because, well, I’m not sure that I’m actually that interesting. But I’ll try. Here goes:

1. I am sort of jealous of people who have brothers and sisters, at least those who have good relationships with their brothers and sisters. And if you have a sibling or more (that you don’t hate) I’m sure I can’t really explain to you what this means, really. When I was under 10, being an only child was pretty awesome, what with the getting all of everyone’s attention all the time and everything, but now I wish I had siblings.

2. I spent a good five minutes yesterday laughing at this photo:

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Because seriously. Just look at it for a few minutes. It’ll make you laugh too. And if it doesn’t then you obviously have no sense of humor about really bad old-timey trick photography. Um, so I guess the thing about me to learn here is that I have a sense of humor about really bad old-timey trick photography. That’s interesting, right?

3. To try to make myself feel better about the nearly lethal amounts of caffeine I consume daily, I drink about a gallon of water every day. This means two things: first, I nearly always have a beverage at hand, and second, I have to pee a lot.

4. I like to try new things and it’s not like I live on the two foods I’m about to mention next, but here’s the thing: I sometimes think my tastes haven’t truly evolved beyond where they were when I was, say, five years old. Because my favorites are things like macaroni & cheese and graham crackers (not at the same time). In fact, I’m eating graham crackers right now and it’s making my day better. You know what I don’t like, though? S’mores. There, I said it. Not really a fan. I’ve pretended for a long time, but deep down? Don’t like them.

5. I can remember random stuff that happened forever in the past but often forget what someone said to me five minutes ago. It’s because I’m getting senile in my old age. I joke about how forgetful I am, but sometimes I wonder how awful I’ll be when I’m actually senile. To anyone who has to be around me when I’m old — I’m sorry.

6. While on the subject of getting old, I think about it sometimes and feel like, you know, I’d just rather not do it, except the problem is that the only other option is to die. It’s always something.

7. I know a lot of stuff and can do a lot of stuff, but I still feel generally useless most of the time.

8. I got picked on a lot when I was a kid. This is how I learned that words are weapons, and how I learned to fight with them.

9. Some people fear having ugly kids, but I fear having stupid kids. And I don’t mean disabled, I mean willfully dumb. Like people who could be smart but instead choose to be stupid. I know people like that, and to be quite frank, they make me angry. So if my kids were stupid, I’m afraid I wouldn’t like them as people. Not that I really have to worry about this at all at present, considering how far away I am from being in a place in life where having children is something I would even think of as an option. But still.

10. I get told I look like other people a lot, namely celebrities. I think it’s weird, and I don’t think I look like any of these people, not one bit, other than the fact that I am also a brunette. For example, I have been told that I look just like some of the following people: Maria Callas, Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. I’ve gotten the Catherine Zeta-Jones one a few times, actually, and while you know, thanks, I really don’t look like Catherine Zeta-Jones. Because we all know that the celebrity I most look like is Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands:

Totally.