Oddities

1.)    I naturally have very blonde hair and blue eyes, my parents are both very dark with brown and green eyes. I know what you’re thinking, but no, I am not adopted, just unique!

 

2.)    I have an unnatural phobia of pigeons. If I see one flying towards me in the street I will dodge it by any means necessary, even if this means diving onto the floor. I normally scream too. Not surprisingly I often get funny looks. I sometimes get them landing on my balcony, so I have hung a wind chime, a CD (I read somewhere that they don’t like the glare), and a fake cat to try and deter them. From the outside it looks like the home of a mad old lady.

 

3.)    I am training to be a fashion buyer, but ironically I hate shopping. It makes me stressed. I’d much rather stroll around a market than brave Oxford Street.

 

4.)    I am really fussy about lighting, the most offensive of all being strip lighting. I once went to a restaurant and asked them to dim the lights, much to the amusement of the people I was with.

 

5.)    I am very flexible and can do the splits on both legs. I also used to be able to bend over backwards and hold my ankles. Ouch…..I haven’t tried it recently but I’m pretty sure I can’t any more.

 

6.)     When I have toast I have two slices, one has to have marmite on it and the other peanut butter (crunchy). Every time.

 

7.)    Like Nextfish I am very fussy about my coffee. I have an espresso machine in my kitchen and only I know how to make it perfectly (for my taste I mean). I am constantly disappointed by prêt. And don’t even get me started on instant…….it’s just NOT COFFEE!

 

I’m sure there are many many more that I could add to this list, it’s actually quite hard to think of them when you’re really trying. It probably would have been better to ask C and MF, I’m sure they would have been able to write an entire book on what makes me odd.