Jananas

Miss Caitlin Jane passed the buck to me, re: Honest Scrap (aka the 10 things you don’t know about me). I’m not going to nominate anyone else as its a little too chain-letter-ish for my general tastes, but I thought that I’d at least fill my end of the bargain by sharing 10 things most people wouldn’t know about me with the world at large. In no particular order, here we go!

1. I bought my house less than a month after I turned 20. I’ve now lived here for 8 1/2 years. I’m a very permanent person and it wouldn’t be a stretch to call me a homebody.
2. I still don’t have my driver’s license. I grew up in Toronto and had easy access to the TTC so there wasn’t really an incentive to learn. Now its just sort of scary. In the past year I’ve taken my boating license and my SmartServe license. Maybe I’ll get around to it this year.
3. The first furniture I ever bought for myself was a set of three bookshelves (from PotteryBarn – I’m a quality sort of person) because I have a lot of books. I have all my textbooks from both degrees and even some from high school. I have books of my grandfather’s, books that we read in elementary school, business books, kids books, young adult fiction, fantasy, you name it. I’m running out of room and my solution is to buy more bookshelves.
4. I didn’t think I was a tattooed person until recently. Sometime last year I realized that I have something like 75+ hours of work. I think that part of the mental shift was getting visible work done. Being tattooed is strange. In the summer its visible and in your face. In the winter when I’m bundled up I’m just like anyone else at first glance.
5. I did so well on my GMAT that my score qualified for MENSA. I am a card carrying member of MENSA. I think that this is hilarious. Represent.
6. When I was in Grade One, my teacher thought that I might have learning disabilities. I just don’t suffer fools gladly and since I already knew how to add and subtract, I refused to do the classwork. Hence the worry. I still don’t suffer fools gladly, but I’m working on being more patient.
7. Falls is actually my middle name. There’s a family tradition to use old family surnames as middle names. Its why my dad’s middle name is Gray and my brother’s is Fraser.
8. I’m officially a United Empire Loyalist. I’m the third full general to be born in Canada and we have roots going back much farther than that (including united empire loyalists coming up out of the States in support of the monarchy and relatives who helped found Belleville, ON). My parents are both into genealogy. My dad’s had his family researched so much that we have everything from when relatives landed in North America. In fact, he’s even had a book written about it. My mom’s currently in the middle of doing the same thing for her side of the family. As part of my dad’s research he was able to prove that we are united empire loyalists, so he got us our official designations. Again, I think that this is pretty funny.
9. I don’t dye my hair. This is mostly because I don’t care enough to make the time (or spend the money) on the upkeep. And I think that bad dye jobs are terrible. And since I’m not willing to keep it up, I just don’t bother. I laugh when people (typically men) ask me if I do dye my hair. Given that I don’t have roots this always strikes me as a silly question… Good powers of observation there boys! Really, I just naturally have dark honey blonde hair and black, black eyebrows.
10. My second and third toes are partially webbed. On both feet. As are my brother’s and both my parents. I think that it makes me a better swimmer. I had all of my badges (up to lifesaving III) by the time I was 10. I eventually got my Bronze Cross and Medallion, but never got my Lifeguard certification. I didn’t want to have to be responsible for saving someone’s life. That’s scary and heavy stuff!

There, 10 things that you may or may not have known about me. Questions? Concerns?

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