The Cerebral Mum

I’ve been meme‘d again. This time by Joh. I’m one of the chosen ones she would love to learn more about. How flattering is that?

So here they are, Ten Random Facts About ME…

1. When I was little my Mum had really great jobs. She worked as a live-in cook in a monastery so I used to skite that I had 12 brothers. She owned a general store so I used to steal all the lollies. And she was a Play School presenter (but in New Zealand) so I got to play with Big Ted and Little Ted on set. Could your Mum have a better job than that?
2. I hate ants. I’m not freaked out by snakes or spiders or any other creepy crawlies. Just ants. I once had a dream where I saw a little girl and as I got closer I could see her slowly turn into a doll and there were ants all over her, coming out of her mouth. Yup. I hate ants.
3. I have had platinum blonde hair and pink hair and purple hair and black hair and no hair but never red hair. That would just highlight the freckles which I loathe.
4. I “failed” Year 10 but never repeated it. We moved to Melbourne and my new school let me go on to Year 11. I still think the numbers didn’t add up to failure. They just didn’t like my attitude. Trying to make me repeat the year that was too easy to bother with? Way to challenge a smart kid, people!
5. Okay, now this one is going to sound really, really bad. I’m just warning you. Once, I slept with 3 different guys all on the same day. Now, I’m pretty stingey with my sexual “favours” but I just happened to get 3 random visits from 3 different ex’s, all of whom I still love and adore. The first 2 I can discount as a consequence of residual feeling. The 3rd one was just because I thought it was funny.
6. I like to have painted toenails at all times but hate painted fingernails. They just look tacky.
7. I haven’t travelled much, even though I’ve always wanted to. I’ve only been to New Zealand, Cyprus and Italy. I feel envious when people talk about their travels. This really sucks when my Mum has spent the last 10 years living and working all over the world. She blogged here. Go give her a kick in the pants and tell her to start writing again.
8. I am privately vain.
9. I’ve just applied to get back into university to finish my history degree. This freaks me out. I am horrified by the idea that I might not get in and feel like a teenager whose life will be ruined if she can’t do want she wants. I am so freaked out I think I may have missed some forms I had to fill out. I really need to chase that up. Today.
10. I have never had a job that utilised the best of me.

I won’t tag anyone because I don’t know that many bloggers yet but if anyone would like to be tagged, let me know and I will add your name here.

Thanks for the meme, Joh.

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