Sweet 16

Mary Neubs sent me this forward where you share 16 facts about yourself with 16 people so I thought I'd put my responses up here for future reference/amusement:

1. I thought I wanted to go to college to be an elementary school teacher, until I worked in a preschool during HS and realized I just liked playing with kids and didn't actually want to teach them anything. I then seriously contemplated everything from being a dietician/personal trainer/gym owner until I realized that involved alot of science classes, artist/art teacher, child psychologist, etc. but my experiences with my crazy loves in Golding Hall and working for Orientation sold me on Student Affairs

2. As a child I had an overwhelming fear of death and absolutely could not talk about it. One time my sister told me Mark Paul Gosselear (aka Zack Morris) died, and I got so upset I threw a fit and refused to go to school haha.

3. I used to be pretty ghetto fabulous, for example, in 4th grade the password to gain entry into my bedroom was Snoop Doggy Dog (mind you this was while he was on trial for murder), and as a teenager my walls were plastered with posters of Eminem, Puff Daddy, BSB, & NSYNC (I stayed true to my ghetto despite my inner teeny bopper! haha)

4. I dreamed of being a professional dancer/singer growing up and would spend hours wandering around my yard singing and dancing to famous songs

5. I was an undefeated spelling bee champion in elementary school

6. I was an unbearably finnicky eater as a child. The one thing I was always sure to eat was white rice with soy sauce and eggs, or pasta loaded with butter and salt.

7. I played Barbies until I was 13 and am damn proud of it haha.

8. I got caught shoplifting a pair of jeans in Junior High the day before my father's birthday, and the only reason why I was caught is because I had a guilty conscience and went back to the store to return them and was approached by security while doing so

9. I was terribly afraid of the dark as a child, so much so that my dad had to take the door off of my closet so I could see if there were any monsters or killers inside it trying to hide haha

10. I was teased and bullied tremendously up until 9th grade when I suddenly became "cool"

11. I tried to legally change my name to Crissy in 2nd grade

12. I really hate birds and most things that fly. I grew up surrounded by woods and was always divebombed by bats, etc. at night. Plus, my second-cousins had birds growing up they let fly loose around the house. This scared the dickens out of me and I would hide in their room.

13. I cliffnoted my way through the majority of high school English in protest of my dislike of most of the mandatory readings, and now wish I had actually read many of the classics

14. I got into my first car accident when I was about 8 years old and I was behind the wheel. It's a good story haha

15. To this day whenever I drive past the exit where my friend Billy died I have to hold back tears and am overcome with memories and goosebumps. RIP

16. most of you know this but it's always a good one... to break my fear of heights/flying I went skydiving... so my first time on a plane involved leaping out of it.