Fact 1) I kind of like clichés. "A cliché has to be true, otherwise it wouldn't be a cliché." "Ah, but that is in itself a cliché." If you don't understand that quote or know where it's from, you need to watch Mike Leigh's Naked, which leads me very nicely onto fact 2.
Fact 2) I like the little things in life. Simple things can keep me entertained for hours, I'm never bored, ass long as I'm in an adapting environment, for example, a car or outside. People tend to get bored far too easily, and they really have no reason to. I think it's the media that did it: we've grown so used to having mobiles and computers in front of us that if they're taken away, we're lost. Even when they're at our fingertips, we often find ourselves with nothing to do, and there's just no need!
Fact 3) I care what people think. Over the years, I've created a sort of shell for myself, with a different me painted on the outside. It takes great trust for me to allow certain people to see what's under the shell, whereas with some people I figuratively rip off the shell, but even when I'm open with people, they don't always look hard enough to see what I'm showing them. People who really know me know what I'm like on the inside. They know my fears, my opinions, I find them really easy to talk to, and I'm grateful to have them as my friends. You know who you are. If you don't, you need lessons on recognising the obvious.
Fact 4) I have odd reactions to and around certain people. I'm a completely different person when I'm around my friends, my parents, grandparents, teachers and complete strangers, but I'm never 100% myself unless I'm alone. Whenever I'm writing (be that fictional, blogs or homework), I prefer to be alone, simply because it's the only time I can completely relax. In myself, I'm generally a very relaxed sort of person, and that's what I was like around most people up until a few years ago, and I started caring what people think, so tried to be a little less strangely laid-back. Plus, y'know, school is like a stress factory. With my friends I can be really hyper, which sometimes I have to admit, isn't entirely genuine. I like having intelligent conversations, along with the utter randomness, but sometimes I think the strange side of things can get out of hand, so I do constantly have to reign myself in when I'm with my friends around people. Some people make me nervous, but I do ultimately want to talk to them, some people I seek approval from (it's a natural thing, not intentional), and some people just get on my nerves for some unknown reason. I'm extremely complex.
Fact 5) I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes. I constantly find myself being irritated by other peoples grammar, spelling and punctuation issues on YouTube comments and Facebook and Twitter and stuff. IT'S NOT THAT HARD!
Fact 6) Sometimes I just don't know when to stop talking. Seriously, I could ramble on for hours about some things. When I have point I want to make, by golly I will (really? Did I really just say golly? Golly gosh, Batman!). I'm also extremely defensive. I. WILL. WIN. EVERY. ARGUMENT! Then I really hate it when there isn't time in a conversation to get my point across. That's just really irritating.
Fact 7) I should really stop typing now in order to not cause severe damage to my hand, but I really don't want to. When I get an idea, I have to write it down or do it straight away, otherwise I'll just end up forgetting about it. This is really bad for my FanFiction.net updating schedule. The best chapters I ever wrote were written in one go, and I stand by the conclusion that the best chapters were written in one go.
Fact 8) I'm stating the obvious here to anyone who knows me in the slightest, but I'm a huge nerd. Books and general knowledge specifically. The tiniest little things excite me and make me giggle, but that's all part of being a nerd, and I'm really very happy to call myself not only a nerd, but a Nerdfighter, fighting for the awesomeness of nerds to defeat worldsuck. If you don't know what a Nerdfighter is, shame on you. Or, y'know, just click the link on the word Nerdfighter. All of them take you to the same place, so... CLICK!
Fact 9) I have a feeling that in year 7, I was one of the first people in my form to get an after-school detention. I forgot my first piece of French homework on the third day of year 7, and received an instant after-school. I received roughly another two or three throughout the year from different teachers, I wasn't counting, and then on the second to last day, my top button had popped open without me noticing and it showed only the tiniest bit, but I got another detention from that teacher straight away. I still have that slip somewhere, because I found it funny that the comment on it was "for inadequate uniform and bad attitude" when I hadn't actually said anything. Needless to say, that wasn't my last detention, and I doubt it will be my last.
Fact 10) I collect rubber ducks! Not in a totally obsessive way, but if I see a cool duck, I buy it. They all sit on a shelf in my bookcase. There's a shop in the Lake District that sells really cool stuff, and there's just a corner full of ducks with different designs on them called BUD Ducks, and it's the only place I've ever seen them, so I buy a couple every time I go in there. So far I have the Zebra Print one, the 'Ouchie' one which is covered with plasters, Space Duck and an Arty Splatter duck. Plus a load of random ducks people bought me for Christmas last year. FYI, still want ducks.
Fact 11) I'm really bad at maths, because there was only supposed to be 10 facts. Anyway, my bedroom is my sanctuary. Its contents are simple; the TV is ancient... okay, that's the only thing that isn't sort of new in my room. My bed is amazing, my wardrobe may be full of stuff I never wear (I choose comfort over style, but I'm frequently given things that I only wear when I have to if it isn't casual), but it looks pretty awesome from the outside. my desk is where magic happens. It's where I'm planning a huge new fanfiction, plus it looks awesome. There's an unfinished dolls-house underneath it that I got for Christmas when I was about 10, but we never finished building. I love my spinny chair, too. Technically it's a computer chair, but considering that there isn't a computer in my bedroom...
Fact 12) Nope, I don't own a laptop, or an iPhone or a Blackberry or anything like that. I don't need them. I'd love to have a laptop and an iPhone, but they aren't necessary, and I get on fine how I am. I do think I need an electric drum kit, though.
Fact 13) My two top hobbies are making people laugh and photography. Those two just slotted together in my mind.
Fact 14) I have everything that represents a piece of my life on cork display boards on my walls. It represents everything about me, from my taste in music, my hobbies, and all of the random things I get up to. Whenever I get a little memento of a day or an event, it goes on one of my boards.
Fact 15) My friends mean everything to me. I'm so grateful to have you all being so epic... words cannot describe. I love you guys. <3
Fact 16) If you've just read all of those facts, I thank you. You must be awesome.
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