Thursday, June 05, 2008

Random things you should now about me


  1. I have a nerdy job that I never thought I would have.
  2. My sister is my best friend.
  3. I really enjoy playing jokes on people.
  4. Laughing is one of my favorite things in the world.
  5. I want to be a stay at home mom.
  6. I could eat chocolate or sweets for every meal.
  7. Snowboarding is my favorite sport.
  8. I like not wearing shoes.
  9. Hoodies are my favorite article of clothing.
  10. I love watching the sunset and sunrise. The sunset is my favorite.
  11. I had 5 best friends in high school, I miss them everyday.
  12. I once wrote a paper for class about how much those friends meant to me.
  13. Birthdays are my favorite celebrations.
  14. Christmas time is my most favorite time of the year.
  15. Fire pits in the back yard with good friends are bliss.
  16. If you mess with my friends, you will be sorry. I don't do well with this.
  17. I don't cry a lot, I wish I did but I can't. I used to.
  18. My grandma lived less than a mile from my house for 18 years of my life. She is moving next week.
  19. Boone will always have a big chunk of my heart.
  20. El Rodeo is the best mexican restaurant ever. Period. No questions.
  21. I would love to live in another country for a short period of time.
  22. I am scared to move somewhere far away by myself.
  23. I have never lived outside of North Carolina.
  24. My family is crazy.
  25. My real grandpa died before I was born. I have always wanted to meet him. I was the only grandchild that didn't get to meet him.
  26. My grandma got remarried on my 3rd birthday, he was my grandpa for 20 years. He died in January and I am still not okay with this.
  27. I don't really like indoor pets.
  28. I don't handle conflict very well.
  29. I love singing as loud as I can in the car by myself.
  30. I don't sing in the car in front of people I don't know well.
  31. I actually have the worst singing voice you will ever hear.
  32. My friends once played a joke on me and scheduled a fake interview for me at Starbucks.
  33. I dated my best friend and it didn't work out like a fairy tale.
  34. I love skirts, especially ones that twirl.
  35. I talk to my dad, my sister, my grandma, leslie and elizabeth on the phone almost everyday.
  36. I love making people laugh.
  37. I like buying gifts for people.
  38. I usually wake up 15 minutes before I need to leave for work and then lay in bed for 10 convincing myself to get up. I wish I didn't do this.
  39. I love cheesy love story movies.
  40. I am very competitive, I hate losing.
  41. I get really animated when I talk and don't mean to.
  42. Crazy things always happen to me. I don't always realize they are crazy until I tell other people about them.
  43. I am the only person at my office that has not had to move offices in the last year.
  44. I want to see a bear in real life... in the woods while hiking or climbing.
  45. I don't like when people lie to me.
  46. My mom might be the nicest, coolest, most genuine person I have ever met.
  47. My step-mom is so wise, I love listening to her advice.
  48. My whole life, my family has prayed together every night before going to bed.
  49. I love sitting on my beach chair at the edge of the ocean when the tide is coming in.
  50. Bocce ball on the beach.
  51. I love surprises.
  52. I hate carnival rides, they scare me.
  53. I don't really like taking showers.
  54. I love being lost.
  55. I love the memories I have from the past 23 years. I wouldn't trade them for anything.
  56. I value friends and family. They are the most important things in my life.
  57. I love big necklaces.
  58. My sister thinks I am chubby.
  59. She used to call me Barkey and I called her Sparkey.
  60. I don't like it when people that are not close to me call me Em.
  61. I love being called Alden.
  62. My whole life, when my sister and I spent the night with my grandparents, we would get in bed with them to drink coffee and gossip in the mornings. This still occurs.
  63. I love when my clients put their pictures on their website. I like to know what they look like.
  64. I like mowing the grass.
  65. When I was little I was a tom boy.
  66. Shrews once lived in my house in college. I was terrified and could not sleep at night.
  67. I freak out easily about stupid things.
  68. I hate being the center of attention.
  69. I fall asleep during most movies.
  70. I am not good at being a passenger in the car at night, I fall asleep easily.
  71. I had braces for 4 years.
  72. I love kids.
  73. I will argue with anybody that Appalachian State Football is the best football team. I don't care what you have to say about it.
  74. I once set a swimming record at our swim club when I was little.
  75. Friends is my favorite TV show. I love it!
  76. I once went for a 5 hour walk. It was hot.
  77. I hate being hot.
  78. I have never skipped work for no good reason.
  79. I can't let anybody cry alone, if somebody is talking to me and crying, it makes me cry.
There are lots more things about me but those are some...

3 comments:

Rebecca said...

and those are all things i love about you!! you're the best emily!!

Ginny Alley said...

this was so great! I love these kinds of posts. we have alot of similarities! some of yours really made me laugh :) i think we should hang out soon!

They call me Mrs. Robertson said...

First of all... I don't think that you are chubby... you manipulated my words and cornered me!!! JERK!