Random facts about Tina
A work in progress, last updated: 06.05.05
1) I'm a hopeless romantic. I get giddy about all the little things in life. And given the right circumstances, I've been known to cry about virtually anything. Downfall of hopeless romanticism: I can fall in love with an IDEA of how things could be, to me everything is rainbows and roses ...whether things are really that way or not... and it takes me YEARS to realize when things AREN'T.
2) I snore. We're not talking some cute lil' chick snore either. I saw logs.
3) I'm NEVER on time. There are already 2000:1 odds that I'll be late for my own funeral
4) If left alone with nothing to do for more than 10 minutes... I fall asleep. I'm starting to believe that I'm borderline narcoleptic.
4b) When it comes to sleep, I'm like a 2 year old. If I don't get enough, you're going to hear about it. I'll get bitchy and again... CRY. (YES! JUST BECAUSE I'M TIRED!!)
4c) I can't stay awake in a moving vehicle unless *I'm* the one driving. More than 10 minutes as a passenger?... Zzzzzzz.
5) Favorite scent: Love Spell by Victoria's Secret.
6) The stupider the commercial, the more I like it.
7) I'm not always going to be a nurse. I don't know what else I want to do, but I know there's more out there that I'm supposed to be doing.
8) I don't get bored, it's IMPOSSIBLE. I enjoy quiet "me" time, I like being alone... besides anything after a few minutes (refer to item #4) I'm asleep and boredom is then known as "naptime."
9) As a child, I used to have a crush on Pee Wee Herman.
10) Poison's Look What the Cat Dragged In and GnR's Appetite for Destruction were the first two albums I ever bought with my own money... and by ALBUMS, I mean cassette tapes.
11) I've lived in Missouri my entire life.
12) Past jobs include: Gym Receptionist (answered phones, tanned for free, collected membership dues, watched big hunky men work out), Delivery Driver for a Greek restaurant, Physician's Office Medical Records Clerk, Nursing Home charge nurse, Staff nurse and then Patient Care Coordinator of a Walk-In/Urgent Care facility.
13) As a child I only had two Barbie's which still remain in their respective boxes in mint condition, still with all of their accessories due to non-use. I was more into Stompers, He Man and Star Wars action figures, and Hotwheels. The Barbie's were too pretty, I was scared to play with them.
14) I drive fast, VERY fast, whenever possible.
15) I used to think that if I ever won the lottery, I'd take in as many foster children as the state would allow. Recently though, I resolved that I'm completely happy with the two children that I have. My new plan should I end up with the winning ticket? WOMAN OF LEISURE. I'll need a houses in St. Louis, L.A., New York, and Florida. I'll get my own tour bus and a nanny, invite some friends, and tour the entire country following other tours.
16) I hate wearing the color pink because people tell me that I remind them of Barbie.
17) I don't like cheese, specifically yellow melted cheeses. It's not the taste really because I've never gotten that close. It's the smell. Nacho cheese, melted American or cheddar cheeses, macaroni and cheese, cheeseburgers, etc... The smell makes me nauseous. But I love pizza and mozzarella sticks (white cheeses). Go figure.
18) I was a cheerleader in high school and college.
19) I once broke a girl's jaw and cracked her cheekbone with a $1 plastic angle broom. It was self defense... I swear.
20) I have 1 tattoo.
21) I have chronic gastritis (inflammation of the lining of my stomach) and a hiatal hernia (a little bit of the top of my stomach actually slides through my diaphragm where only my esophagus is supposed to be). Which means that... if I eat/drink the wrong food/drink, get too nervous, happy, upset, excited, hot, overexerted, etc... I can practically puke on demand. What can I say? I'm a fun date.
22) I *LOVE* to bake and can whip out a homemade cherry pie, including homemade crust with lattice top, with REAL cherry filling (NOT from a can) in about 15 minutes prep time.
23) I have two sons, ages 12 and 13, and one God son, age 4.
24) "Needy" people annoy me greatly.
25) My Biggest Goal in Life: To become an unemployed Millionaire.
26) I loathe "Circus Peanuts." Refer to Random fact #21. They SMELL awful.
27) My father was a firearms instructor. I spent a LOT of Saturdays of my childhood at shooting ranges. Don't piss me off... Give me pretty much ANY random gun and a target, and I'm near dead on.
28) I collect and donate every holiday season to the Christmas for the Elderly program.
29) I'm not a big risk taker, and have even been referred to as a chickenshit on multiple occasions by many different people. (Although... the older I get, the more adventurous I become)
30) Up until 2001, I never really road-tripped or drove long distances, I was ALWAYS the passenger. Road-tripping has since become one of my favorite pass times and I'm now a member of AAA.
31) I LOVE doing laundry, and am addicted to the scent of Downy fabric softener, specifically April Fresh.
32) My "Friend Skills" leave much to be desired. I suck at returning phone calls and keeping up with emails. It's nothing personal, it's a character flaw.
33) I am QUEEN of the procrastinators.
34) I know all the words to the Swahili National Anthem. Doesn't everyone?
35) I'm farsighted, VERY farsighted. Without my contacts or glasses, I can't see ANYTHING within 3 feet of me.
36) I've survived over 3 decades without ONE cavity. I *did* however get my tongue pierced at the age of 26 and subsequently cracked a tooth.
37) I'm on a womens bowling team. I bowl every Monday night and am a card carrying member of the WIBC (Womens International Bowling Congress).
38) I'm somewhat of a redneck. I'll take a 4 wheel drive SUV over a car ANY DAY... the bigger the better.
39) I LOVE TO LAUGH. Favorites: ANY Gallagher special and Eddie Murphy's "Raw."
40) I have two scars on my chin. I busted my face while ice skating in 6th grade, and found it so fun, that I did it again in 8th grade as well.
41) I have a herniated disk in my neck at C5-6 that I'm terrified of having repaired.
42) I'm allergic to morphine.
43) I love the smell of gasoline.
44) I love the smell of Sharpies.
45) I can still name all the presidents of the United States in chronological order because of having to learn them in elementary school.
46) "Cruising the strip" used to be the thing to do in my town on Saturday nights. As a hobby, I used to assault passers by with Tart n' Tinys (a popular candy at the time) ala dartgun a.k.a. through a McDonald's straw (they were the only ones wide enough to shoot them through).
47) I've been known to drain cans of tuna over the sink, grab a fork, and just eat it right out of the can.
48) I was once BARBIE in the city Christmas parade. I wore a Pepto Bismol pink-colored dress with "Barbie" written across one breast in glitter, while wearing with white satin opera gloves and tiara. I rode on the back of a float... waving. The looks on the faces of little girls under the age of 8 were PRICELESS.
49) I have a rare hereditary collagen dysfunction. Collagen is your body's glue. I'm too "stretchy." I can put my legs behind my head at the age of 30. I've sprained my right ankle so many times that I can turn my entire right foot around until it's facing backwards. I can stretch my scalp out like... 3 to 4 inches from my skull. I can pull my thumbs down until they touch my wrists, and can bend most of my fingers back past 90 degrees toward the backs of my hands some up to 45 degrees. I can stand facing one direction and turn the top half of my body to face the opposite direction, 180 degrees, placing both hands on the wall behind me. My knees and elbows go FAR BEYOND straight, ie: 180 degrees. My right hip actually pops out of joint at times. My tailbone and sternum both POP. And, unlike most of you, I can actually lick my elbow.
50) I've been told that I am a descendent of Jesse James.
51) My father is a twin, and I'm scared shitless that I'll end up with a set.
52) I'm addicted to infomercials and will watch them over and over even though I KNOW what they're selling and how it works.
53) At one point in my life RECENTLY, I had mono for over 6 months, which means REST, right???? NO, I HAD to work/support my familty/etc... so it took me over 6 months to get over, at which point I was diagnosed with an enlarged spleen (that's what mono eventually does), so I wasn't allowed to do ANYTHING strenuous (ie: work out, etc... was even cautioned about SEX) for another 6 months for fear of spontaneous splenic rupture because splenic rupture = high probability of bleeding to death.
54) Both of my boys were products of NATURAL childbirth. NO DRUGS.
55) I was born on New Year's Eve.
56) I once got myself and 7 friends kicked out of strip club.
57) I try to participate in those March of Dimes/Breast Cancer Awareness/Walk for Alzheimers walks every chance I get and have determined that I can walk 6 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes.
58) I had braces on my teeth for over 4 years. JACKED I tell ya, JACKED!
59) I have a cat named "Chicken."
