30 Confessions

Thanks to the de-lovely and delightful Jittacatgirl for the tag, it was tops! I present 30 confessions, one for every year of my sweet, sweet life.

Firstly, NKOTB? You can read about my experience at their concert here.

1. My first boyfriend was a kid called Alastair who lived above us in India when I was 2. I think he was about 5 or 6. My brothers tell me that Alastair was a little, er, special. Which probably explains why he found my toddler chatter fascinating. My Dad has home movie footage of us running towards each other and kissing. I found this home movie mortifying when I was around 9. I think if I watched it now I would find it pretty cute.

2. I suspect I may be a little bit OCD. I cannot go to bed without rearranging the quilt before I get iN. I cannot leave towels hung unevenly, or heaven forbid, bunched up. I can’t stand my bathmat being flicked up at the corners.

3. Following on from the OCD theme… if I house sit for someone I will clean their house. A lot.     To the point that I get stressed if I think it is not clean enough before they get back.

4. I once woke up after a particularly big night with a cigarette lighter and a $2 coin in my knickers.

5. I am a compulsive picker. I once tried to squeeze what I thought was a blackhead, but it was a tiny freckle. I ended up with a big scab on my cheek. HOTT.

6. My Grandfather was called Grumpy, before he died he gave me a tiny little Grumpy Care Bear figurine. I even took it to the UK when I moved there and he lived on the shelf above my bed.

7. I met Sting backstage at one of his concerts. I maintain that he has one of the hottest chests in rock. When I watch the Live Aid dvd (that’s Live AID kids, the one in 1985, not Live 8, which was in 2005) I feel a bit funny.

8. When I have too much to alcohol to drink I get really quiet and smile a lot.

9. I am a trivia demon, it’s one of the few things I get really competitive about. My favourite trivia team name is “Fact Defy Know”. Say it fast.

10. Sometimes I think there is nothing more satisfying than a good poo.

11. I like Bloody-Mary’s, cigarettes and red lipstick. Unfortunately cigarettes are bad for you. I will let you know how the hypnotherapy goes.

12. I am very habitual. Every morning I have a skim latte. During the day at work I will drink peppermint tea. At night I have a decaffeinated tea. I can also eat the same meal day in and day out for lunch. Currently I am having a sandwich with ham, cucumber and tomato. Sometimes I might swap the ham for a slice of roast beef, because I am crazy like that.

13. Every now and then when I am not thinking properly I will only put deodorant under one arm in the mornings. This is why I keep deodorant in my desk drawer.

14. I keep a lot of things in my desk drawer which I rarely use, I have them there “in case”. Right now:
5 cans of soup (purchased last July), a packet of “Home Brand” cup’o’ tomato soup (November 2005), 2 pairs of stockings, hands-free mobile phone kit, with comp slips and business cards with our old branding and my old job title on it, paper clips (which I never use), a sewing kit, a box of Oat Flakes (January 2007), London phone box tin tea box, sticky tape (never use), stapler (use about once a week), my “bill” book, about 7 random price lists for my (fabulous) beautician and some packs of instant porridge.

15. I keep track of notes at work by writing in a A4 spiral notebook and then crossing out things I have done with a purple highlighter. Refer to point 3.

16. I only write notes in my A4 spiral notebook with PENCILS. And I only use Post-it notes to write random messages on to wave in front of the person that sits next to me when they are on the phone.
The last one read: “I love you Nunja Manunja”.

17. When I get really angry and frustrated I weep. Other people yell, but I weep. Since I have been in my current role I have cried about 4 times in front of my boss. My theory is that at least I don’t make other people cry.

18. Up until a year ago I slept with a teddy I called Justy-bear. Justy must be about 37 as he was my brothers when he was a baby. Sadly, Justy-bear has to sit on the shelf now as he had so many holes in him that I kept finding his sponge-guts through my bed. I would take him to the Dolls Hospital but I am worried they will make him look brand new and I kinda like him with no fur and half a nose.

19. Schoon and I buy paper napkins from Ikea. They do the best paper napkins in the best colours and they are nice and big. Right now we have tangerine, fuschia and sunshine yellow.

20. Embarrassingly, we also eat our dinner in front of the tele on Stable tables.

21. Perhaps because of points number 19 and 20 my Mum calls us Darby and Joan, though I can reassure you that we are not, nor will we, ever get married.

22. I travelled extensively as a child because of my Dad’s job. Although we were very lucky sometimes I wish I was a bit older as I didn’t really appreciate it. When we went to Vietnam in about 1982 all we cared about was that Dad had a VHS player. Never mind that we only had 2 videos to watch, the Star Wars one with the Ewoks, and the Fox and the Hound. I would always go “grind coffee for Dad” when the sad parts in the Fox and Hound came on.
When we visited Dad in Japan all I ever wanted to do was go to Tokyo Disneyland, not temples and stuff.

23. I can text really, really fast. Sometimes I even get a cramp in one of my fingers.

24. I spent my 24th birthday in London. I was so miserable all day as I was pre-menstrual and NO-ONE rang me and I thought EVERYONE had forgotten and it was FREEZING and I had to go to my stupid temp job which was in the filing room of PWC and all I did was FILE and I had FIFTY-TWO paper cuts on my hands and I didn’t really know ANYONE at PWC so I sat out in the cold and ate a pre-packaged muffin from an off-license for my lunch.
My boss asked me if I had anything nice planned for the break (that was the last day of work before New Years) and I quietly mentioned that it was my birthday. It turned out that my bosses daughter was also a Christmas season baby so she told me to take the rest of the day off but signed my time sheet until 5. When I turned on my phone I had about 8 messages from everyone and then I met Cassy for lunch and then we went out drinking at The Trafalgar. It turned out to be a really good day.

25. If I had to describe myself in 5 words these would be them: Diligent, anal, stressful, loyal and wry.  

26. I am very maternal, I tend to worry about everyone and fuss about people like a mother-hen. People at work tend to come to me if they are upset, apparently I give “Mum” hugs. I also tend to do fussy little things. Yesterday my boss sent me an email with typos in it so I went around to his desk and set up his email so it auto-checks.  

27. I think I am getting old because I can now eat dark chocolate, and not want to vomit.

28. I love eating raw veges and will snack when I am chopping them up for cooking. Favourites include pumpkin, sweet potato, carrot and frozen peas.

29. I am a jewellery junkie, but actually don’t own much expensive jewellery except for what people have given me as a gift. My current favourites include a long string of red “pearls”, a string of 50’s style aqua beads, a short string of green beads, pearl drop earrings and small jade earrings.

30. In my thirtieth year I have comes to terms with the person I am, and I kind of like me. OCD bits and all.

Editing** I forgot to tag someone! I hereby tag any one of the spunky Mums (I tried to write it with an “o” and just can’t!) at MamaDrama. Oh, and spunky in Australia means you are really hott!