28 Things About Me

Since today is my birthday, I thought I would celebrate 28 with a list of 28 things about me.

1. I don't drive, and I've never had a driver's license.  It freaks me out, I'm a big chicken.
2. The only piercing I have ever had/will ever have is my nose.  I can't get my ears pierced because of a genetic thing.
3. My mom and I have the same middle name.
4. I have never travelled outside of the United States.  I don't have a passport or a pass card.
5. I get most (probably all) of my news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
6. The first concert I ever went to was NSYNC at the local 4-H fair.
7. The most recent concert I've been to was Mumford & Sons.
8. I've seen Joshua Radin in concert 4 times.
9. I can't handle scary movies or (most) scary TV shows, but I love reading scary books.
10. I frequently have very strange, vivid dreams that I remember in the morning.  One of my most recent involved a narwhal that apparently lived in the river near our house.
11. I frequently watch ghost hunting TV shows even though I know they're incredibly fake. My favorite fake ghost hunters are the Ghost Adventures Crew.  I call them the Ghost Douches.
12. When I was in 5th grade, I learned about the paranormal, and I thought it was the most interesting stuff ever.  I used to look things up in the encyclopedia and other books, and when we finally got internet at our house (when I was in high school), I printed tons and tons of pages about strange things.
13. I was a really weird kid. I'm still kind of an oddball.
14. There is no sport that I don't find completely boring.
15. I do marathons ... On Netflix.  I have recently finished Buffy, Angel, Private Practice, and Dance Academy.  I am currently working on watching One Tree Hill.
16. While marathon watching TV shows, I frequently yell at the characters when they do stupid shit (which happens all the time).  I still find it very interesting.
17. I think my dream job would be owning a stationery store, but it would be a bad idea - I would spend all of my profits on pretty stationery.
18. I have a ridiculous obsession with paper products. 
19. I have very particular preferences for my writing utensils.  My favorite pen is the Pilot P-500.  All the rest are garbage.
20. I have naturally curly hair, and unlike many curly girls, I actually love my curls.  I went through a straightening phase in high school, but it was short-lived.
21. I do terrible impressions - my "best" is the Target lady (Kristin Wiig) from SNL.
22. My favorite movie genre is comedy, and my favorite comedies feature women being hilarious. Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect, and Baby Mama are my top 3.
23. I read the last Harry Potter book in less than 12 hours. 
24. When I was in middle school, I decided I wanted to major in psychology in college, and then I did (and I miss it).
25. If we weren't super poor with thousands of dollars in student loan debt, I would get my Master's degree in counseling.
26. I'm not really a fan of small town living.  I always dreamed of living in a big city like Chicago.
27. Last summer went to my first comic convention, and I actually liked it.
28. Thinking of 28 things about myself was kind of hard (that's what she said).

So there it is, a list of 28 things about me.  This list has made me realize how much of a weirdo I am ... :)