What Makes Me Different

You could say I'm a little different from your average Jane. Could it be that my DNA has been a scrambled up by secret nuclear testing done on my as a child? Or is it because my life experiences have been so utterly unique? Perhaps I'm just 'special'. Well, to help you see just how different I really am, I will ennumerate for you all the idiosyncrasies about me...Because I know you wanna know.
1. I don't like Oreos, potato chips, Rice Krispy Treats or cheesecake.
2. After playing a few rounds of ANY word game most people get tired of it and want to move on. Me? I'm going One more round! One more round! Same goes for Pictionary and Cranium. Can't get enough of them!
3. On the other hand, games like Risk and Monopoly bore me to death.
4. When I was a child, my head was a target for birds when they pooped.
5. I've never smoked cigarettes or drunk alcohol. But camping with my family years ago we'd light the end of a twig and try to smoke it. Oh wait, I think everybody's done that before.
6. I think it would be cool to have glasses.
7. I WASN'T crazy about the New Kids on the Block.
8. I've never lived in France but I have lived in Japan for 5 years and I'm part Japanese. My French is very good and my Japanese is nearly non-existent.
9. My mom says I used to swing all day on the swingset in preschool and never come back to the classroom. Now when I swing I get terrible motion sickness.
10. I didn't get my driver's license until I was 21 and I had a child.
11. I'm not the kind of person who saves my Halloween candy all the way until next Halloween. I sort it out into different categories and eat my favorites first. And I don't get sick, no matter how much I've eaten.
12. Pumpkin pie is gross to me. And pumpkin seeds? What's so great about them?
13. My daughters want to be rock stars when they grow up. I STILL want to be a rock star. Does that mean I haven't grown up yet?
14. I have a picking fetish. Zits, scabs, hangnails, dry lips. I don't know why-maybe it's like pulling weeds from the garden of my skin??!
15. I love chocolate so much, I once ate half a dozen chocolate devil's food Krispy Kreme donuts and nothing else all day because that was the most appetizing food in the house.
16. I still like jumping on trampolines and running through sprinklers.
17. I hate being late to the point that it's pretty much a phobia. I totalled my car because I took a dangerous short-cut in order to avoid being late. I have recurring nightmares about missing the school bus. Sometimes I'd rather not go at all than be late.
18. When everyone is all gracious saying, "Oh, you go first" or "please take this money. It's the least I can do" I don't fake modesty and play the polite game. I just take them for their word and go first/take the money and run. I'm a very literal person.
19. When I finish a shower I absolutely have to clean out my ears with a Q-tip or I feel so uncomfortable.
20. As a girls, sometimes I wish I were a boy. Boys are allowed to have short hair, take their shirts off, get dirty and they don't have to change anything about themselves to be acceptable. No shaving legs or underarms. No makeup or ear piercings. You know? And they so get away with more stuff. They can be lazy, selfish, childish and cold. But if a girl does that she gets called all kinds of things. Think about it. It really is unfair. I'm on a mission to make life fair-somehow or another-for girls!!
Well, that about sums it up. As you can see, I'm very different from ordinary people. Your job after having read this? Yup, I'm giving you a homework assignment-and you thought your school days were all over! Prove me wrong. Tell me that one of the things I listed applies to you too. If you do, you'll get a gold star.
Some kid is pounding my door down. Better go see. ~Angie