5 years is a long time...

 well, today is july 1, 2012. in just a few short weeks, it will be the 5th anniversary of this blog. in the past 5 years, i have written 183 posts. that is about 3 posts per month for the 60 months i've been at this. a few months ago, my brother decided to do some getting to know you type posts. i liked the idea, but let it die at liking it until today. today, with the help of one of my oldest friends channey, i decided to take the plunge. my goal is to get all 30 of these posts in before july 26th, my official blogiversary. what do i get for this feat? probably nothing. what do you get? lots of moments of t.m.i. and 10 times as many posts as my average for this month :)


here are the 30 questions, followed by my 20 random facts :)

1. List 20 random facts about yourself.
2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.
3. Describe your relationship with your parents.
4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.
5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?
6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?
7. What is your dream job, and why?
8. What are 5 passions you have?
9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.
10. Describe your most embarrassing moment.
11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.
12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.
14. Describe 5 strengths you have.
15. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?
17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?
18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?
19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.
21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first?
22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.
24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.
25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?
26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?
27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?
28. What is your love language?
29. What do you think people misunderstand most about you?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for?

ok, 20 random facts:

1. i have a new-found love of trek. a.k.a. hiking in the wilderness with a huge 70+ pound pack, sleeping under the stars and enjoying nature. 
2. i love to blog stalk people. people i know, people i don't, people who have interesting posts, you name it, i love to blog stalk it.
3. i have owned 3 computers in the last 5 years. 
4. i own two cars, neither of which are currently running
5. i have dreams of becoming a linguist. languages come easily to me, i think i just am very able to hear nuances in pronunciations. 
6. i love renew lotion (it's from melaleuca. it is seriously amazing)
7. i never thought of the nickname la2 until i was like 19. even then, other people thought of it for me. 
8. sometimes i like to make up a pattern or just start cutting to sew an item i randomly decide to try. besides my usually crooked sewing (on a machine, go figure) it usually turns out pretty well.
9. once on a handcart/pioneer trek (you know, the kind where they bus you out to martin's cove and set you loose for a week, all the time wearing pioneer clothing and trying to envision our ancestor's struggles) the family i was with fashioned me a harness to go out in front of the handcart and pull. one might say much like you make a harness for an ox to pull your wagon
10. i am a pack rat of sorts. i tend to collect junk until it overwhelms my ocd, then i trash it all. 
11. i love me some orange julius
12. i have allergies that i did not discover until i was like 21. this year they sucked. like really bad. i think all the stupid fires were not helping, either.
13. i feel claustrophobic with socks on while i sleep
14. i tried marmalade for the first time in england and LOVED it!
15. i have traveled to three continents and i plan on seeing all the rest before i die
16. i have a will written out.
17. i once wrote out the funeral i wanted to have, including speakers, topics, songs, etc.
18. my ears have been pierced since i was an infant, and they really do not close, no matter how long i go without earrings
19. i had sinus surgery once, where they stuck enormous picks/rods up my nose. they looked like egyptian brain scramblers. they drilled holes in my sinuses to allow them to drain more easily
20. i am in charge of burning cds for the girls at work. when i got the assignment, i had to look up how to burn cds. it had been years since i burned a cd.