random facts about me

1. i can't parallel park. don't ask how i got my driving license, because i honestly don't know
2. i've got a part-time job as a driver
3. i can't cook the right amount of rice or pasta and always end up with too much
4. i've been a chef for 15 years
5. when i was in my twenties i had motorbikes and i was a member of a bike gang called 'mc villit ratsastajat', that's 'mc wild riders' in english. yeah, wild riders
6. i love driving fast
7. i have never got a speeding ticket in my life
8. i have moved so many times that i've lost count
9. i've never been babysitting in my life and never liked children that much
10. i never wanted to have babies until i met my beloved mr lovable
11. when i was 25 i moved to ireland, galway and lived there for 4 years
12. for the first two weeks in ireland i cried myself to sleep every night, because i struggled to understand anybody
13. i have got an irish accent that is, thank god, slowly disappearing
14. i sing when i drive, always
15. i have a severe dental phobia, the last time i went to the dentist was over ten years ago and they had to put me to sleep so they could get everything done
16. i have seen the matrix almost hundred times
17. i've lost count of how many rubber ducks i have, all i know is that there is way over 200

18. i used to get acupuncture for pain but stopped going because i didn't like the therapist
19. mealtimes were a nightmare when i was little as i hated most foods and ate sweets whenever i could, so i was never hungry
20. as a child i had imaginary horses
21. i danced ballet and did gymnastics when i was little
22. i hated sports in school, apart from gymnastics and ice-skating
23. i hated most things in school
24. when i left school i threw rotten eggs on the school walls and did couple of other silly things that seemed like a great idea at the time. there was, of course, consequences
25. there was a time in my life when i used sunbeds twice a week and had an orange, glow-in-the-dark tan
26. we always have fresh flowers in the house

27. i like to get my own way
28. i am a really fast reader
29. i like to buy my books rather than borrow them from the library
30. i buy books from amazon all the time
31. when i'm at home i always wear pink, furry slippers from m&s
32. when i was little i wanted to be an architect
33. female teachers never liked me much in school
34. i never liked them bitches that much
35. i was a troubled teenager
36. i can spend a whole day indoors in my pyjamas. or two days, not a problem
37. i do a good russian accent
38. i've studied french for two years and can't speak it
39. i've studied german for five years but cannot speak it at all
40. i've studied swedish for SEVEN years and still struggle to speak or understand it
41. procrastinating comes very naturally to me
42. i'm quite lazy
43. i'm never late
44. i hate people who are late
45. mr lovable and me never fight

46. i collect sugar packets and keep them in big glass jars

 

47. i can't really cycle anymore because of endo pain. it sucks
48. lloyds tsb ads freak me out for some reason
49. i don't do drugs
50. i don't even drink that much anymore
51. my chef knives are kept in a pink knife case
52. if i get really angry i swear in finnish and people think it's hilarious
53. old typewriter fonts make me drool
54. i think lada's are cool cars
55. i'm also a bit obsessed with subarus
56. when i get told that i'm crazy i always say: "well, thank you! in my planet that is a compliment"
57. i'm doing a 7 day program called 'beat your dental fear' to get over my phobia
58. i like making stuff, sewing, knitting, papercraft, journals...
59. i always wanted live somewhere else than finland and speak fluent english
60. i love to eat raw vegetables, especially turnip and cauliflower
61. i suffer from ibs but still eat all the wrong things and then walk around looking like i'm 6 months pregnant
62. i attract crazy people on buses
63. i dont like big chunks of red meat like steaks, mince is ok
64. i never drink red wine or beer
65. i've got nine surgery scars
66. i hate being cold more than anything else
67. i'm a really bad liar
68. i smoked for over ten years, now i hate smokers
69. i grew up in the countryside
70. my first 4 years of school were spent in a school that only had 20 pupils in it
71. i like spending time alone
72. sometimes i wish i could live on sweets and cakes

73. i spend too much time at the computer
74. i'm really scared of spiders
75. as a child i had two hand puppets, a green crocodile and a green dragon. i gave them away to someone and still wish that i didn't
76. i always wanted live somewhere else than finland and speak fluent english
77. i have recently bought few my little ponies and i'm not quite sure why
78. i can't type using all ten fingers
79. i'm useless at keeping in touch with people
80. my toenails are almost always painted blue
81. i'd love to do something creative for living
82. whenever i get excited about something i start shouting
83. i say 'wow' a lot
84. i have all cd's from this finnish band called nylon beat, you could say i'm a huge fan
85. i swear quite a lot

now, this was fun to do! you should try it too...