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5 Things You May Want to Know About Me
Amicia wrote: "Not including the fact that I'm a bibliophile (as I feel that it is obvious):1. Love cheese
2. Don't like people in general
3. Can't fall asleep if I'm not listening to music
4. Slight phobia of ..."
#3 used to apply to me. I even had a specific album that I had to listen to while falling asleep. I've since moved on to a sound machine, but I still have to have some sort of noise in the background.
Rmae wrote: "1. I love James Bond 007 so much!!!2.I want to travel around the world.
3. I want to be a humanitarian agent of UN in africa or afghanistan.
4. i am ambitious.
5. Don't have much friends because o..."
#2 - Me too! It's one of my lifelong dreams. #3 sounds amazing, too.
Mary wrote: "Rmae wrote: "1. I love James Bond 007 so much!!!2.I want to travel around the world.
3. I want to be a humanitarian agent of UN in africa or afghanistan.
4. i am ambitious.
5. Don't have much frie..."
thanks! i hope that we could make my #2 possible.
Amicia wrote: "Not including the fact that I'm a bibliophile (as I feel that it is obvious):1. Love cheese
2. Don't like people in general
3. Can't fall asleep if I'm not listening to music
4. Slight phobia of ..."
#1.I also love cheese.
#3. I also have a fear of clowns.
Rmae wrote: "1. I love James Bond 007 so much!!!2.I want to travel around the world.
3. I want to be a humanitarian agent of UN in africa or afghanistan.
4. i am ambitious.
5. Don't have much friends because o..."
#2. I also want to be able to travel around the world. It would be awesome.
1. I'm afraid of the dark and sleep with a nightlight.
2. I'm obsessed with the lolita style of clothing.
3. Harry Potter is my life.
4. I have three cats.
5. I hate jeans. They're super uncomfortable.
2. I'm obsessed with the lolita style of clothing.
3. Harry Potter is my life.
4. I have three cats.
5. I hate jeans. They're super uncomfortable.
1. My favorite evenings consist of a good book, a cup of green tea and my dog.2. I got the "love to read" gene from both parents.
3. I rode a bicycle 500 miles from Twin Cities, MN to Chicago, IL
4. I volunteer at a LGBQT youth group.
5. I want to do a pub crawl in Ireland for my 50th BD.
TheButterflyEffect wrote: "1. I'm afraid of the dark and sleep with a nightlight.2. I'm obsessed with the lolita style of clothing.
3. Harry Potter is my life.
4. I have three cats.
5. I hate jeans. They're super uncomfor..."
#5 - I agree! I wear what my friends would probably call "mom jeans," because they aren't skinny jeans or uber-tight or ridiculously low. I'm okay with that.
Dee wrote: "1. My favorite evenings consist of a good book, a cup of green tea and my dog.2. I got the "love to read" gene from both parents.
3. I rode a bicycle 500 miles from Twin Cities, MN to Chicago, IL
..."
#2 - Ditto. Both of my parents are bookworms.
#3 - Wow, that sounds amazing!
Natasha wrote: "1. I am learning Latin.2. I want to be a rare book librarian.
3. I want to start a bearded dragon rescue.
4. I will eventually get my PhD in English, with a focus on medieval literature.
5. I seem..."
#1 - I wish I'd taken Latin in high school.
#4 - You're not the only one. ;-)
So many neat things, I don't know what to comment on! The pub crawl sounds fun! I also hate jeans, and I would love to be any type of librarian, but a rare book librarian sounds like fun.
#1 - My current passion (besides reading) is teaching adults how to play the piano for fun.#2 - I have seasonal depression, and moved to south Texas to escape the Midwest winters.
#3 - After having been a cat owner my whole life, I recently got my first dog. This led me to the realization that all this time I was actually a dog person and didn't know it. Now I have two dogs, and call them my fur-babies. (still like cats, but dogs are amazing!)
#4 - I'm addicted to Pinterest.
#5 - I'm terrified of grasshoppers.
Valerie,I was addicted to Pinterest for a few months. It's a great website, but SO time consuming.
Valerie-#2- I was born and raised in Texas. I love it and would never move away.
#4- I am also addicted to Pinterest.
Laura wrote: "Valerie-#2- I was born and raised in Texas. I love it and would never move away.
#4- I am also addicted to Pinterest."
Laura - God willing, I don't plan on ever leaving Texas now that I'm here!
I have a book-themed Pinterest board: http://pinterest.com/pianomom33/me-th...
Hey... I'm new so... Yeahhhh... 1) I have discovered my new fondness in reading recently and am always on a quest to find another good book.
2) I am a music freak of nature and I play various instruments (viola, piano, guitar, etc....) and I sing. I plan on being a music major and work as a street musician over the summer.
3) I have an "itch under my foot" per se and I want to see the world! I live in California, but I have the desire to live in Virginia and actually see seasons happen, not just have perpetual summer with a few months of winter on the side. That's another thing.... I love seasons. I love seeing them. The colors are so beautiful and how in a strange way, they all fit together... And they all seem to work to create a piece of art before my eyes, except its tangible and it smells, and it is beautiful...
4) I love white chocolate. Don't ask me why. It's a long story. I also love making stupid puns....
5) I have a strange life of nerdiness for which I take no shame for and I also have many unusual pets (chickens, turkeys, koi fish, tortoises, and many other animals, including the occasional visit for Perv the bear. Again, don't ask how that name came to be. Long story)
Well, that's me.... For the most part
Valerie wrote: "Laura wrote: "Valerie-#2- I was born and raised in Texas. I love it and would never move away.
#4- I am also addicted to Pinterest."
Laura - God willing, I don't plan on ever leaving Texas now t..."
I will check out your board!
@ Alice#1- Welcome to the book club!
#2-Its neat that you play so many instruments
#3-I hate winter. That's why I live in Texas, we don't have much of one down here near Houston, but at least someone enjoys the winter weather.
Hi,1. I'm doing a PhD in medical sciences but I think I'll retrain as a paramedic when I finish
2. I love reading and I would read all day for weeks if I could!
3. I play piano and clarinet (and sort of the sax) but I don't get much chance to play them at the moment
4. I love going to new places and doing new things but the best part for me is returning home to my family at the end of it (same goes for uni really, I don't mind being so far away as long as I get to go home regularly :) )
5. I successfully managed to surprise my Mum by going home a day earlier than she expected for Christmas. Still not sure how I didn't let my plans slip but it worked!
What a neat surprise for your mom, Claire. Welcome to NBRC! I enjoyed your list.
Seems I haven't been getting notifications for this thread. There are new people! @ Valerie
3 - I've always considered myself a cat person, having grown up with cats and loved them, but my boyfriend's incredibly allergic. I'm trying to become a dog person now.
@ AliceI think you and I are close to the same person... Except for the pets part. :)
2- I sing and play the piano (although I play it by ear, so probably not as well as you) and used to write music before health issues got in the way.
3- My lifelong dream is to travel the world. My boyfriend asked me where I would want to go on our honeymoon and I said EVERYWHERE. He said, okay, great, but where? I basically told him anywhere I haven't been before. In Alabama we have autumn for about two weeks. The trees are beautiful until a big storm comes through and blows all the leaves off of them. And then it's winter, where it can go from 70 degrees to 20 degrees back to 70 degrees in one week, because it's Alabama.
4- I am also in love with white chocolate. Have you had those Lindor white chocolate truffle balls? Heaven in a bite.
@ Claire3 - Ooh, clarinet! I play piano, and I played flute in high school. When I was little, I wanted to play clarinet. It looked so easy to play, so fun, and my mom had played it growing up. I had one lesson and switched to flute.
5 - That's so sweet of you! Bet she loved that.
@Mary, @Claire, @AliceCool that there are so many piano players! As a piano teacher, I'm blessed to get paid to do something I love! Now, if only I could get paid to read...
Valerie wrote: "@Mary, @Claire, @AliceCool that there are so many piano players! As a piano teacher, I'm blessed to get paid to do something I love! Now, if only I could get paid to read..."
I wish I had more chance to play but at the moment I don't have room or time to - hopefully that will change soon :)
Laura wrote: "What a neat surprise for your mom, Claire. Welcome to NBRC! I enjoyed your list."Thanks!
Here are 5 things you might want to know bout me:
1) I am adopted and I love my family.
2) I want to move back to Florida. I miss it so much.
3) I like shopping at the thrift stores alone or with my mom.
4) I love Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.
5) I love Walt Disney World. It was basically my backyard when I lived in Florida. I was an hour or so(depending on the traffic) from it.
1) I am adopted and I love my family.
2) I want to move back to Florida. I miss it so much.
3) I like shopping at the thrift stores alone or with my mom.
4) I love Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.
5) I love Walt Disney World. It was basically my backyard when I lived in Florida. I was an hour or so(depending on the traffic) from it.
Welcome, Nancy! I love love love thrift stores!
@Nancy - I'm a huge Tim Burton fan too! And Johnny Depp is pretty amazing with his million and one roles that he plays.
Jex wrote: "@Nancy - I'm a huge Tim Burton fan too! And Johnny Depp is pretty amazing with his million and one roles that he plays."
Johnny Depp is sure that.
Johnny Depp is sure that.
1. I live in Sydney, Australia, but I was born and raised in Ontario, Canada.2. Despite that, I have seen more of the United States than I have of either Canada or Australia.
3. I'm currently studying Social Work (to get a job) and Linguistics (because I love it!) even though I only speak 2 languages (English and French).
4. Up until November, I only read 3 novels in 2012. I've read four times that in the weeks since. So I'm not really a new reader, (I did read a lot when I was a kid) but I've only recently fallen in love with turning off the phone, computer and tablet and curling up with a good book.
5. I'm a proud brony/pegasister.
I have always wanted to visit Australia. I enjoyed reading your list, welcome to the group!What is a brony/pegasister?
1. I am new to this group, I just joined yesterday actually. I'm really excited to get started on some reading challenges.2. I am very active. I play soccer and basketball, and I run 2 miles twice a week.
3. I will be getting a Bachelors degree in Nursing soon. I hope to work in an Emergency Room or Trauma Center.
4. I'm fascinated by the Civil Rights Movement and African American Culture in general. I plan on taking some courses at a community college in Afro American Studies, just to fulfill my fascination.
5. I dream of travelling. I especially want to visit Africa, ( Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe) India, and Venezuela to do some charity work.
1. The person I am on the outside is not the person I am on the inside. Outwarly I am calm,nice,logical and straightforward. Inwardly I am spastic, twisted, mean, scatterbrained and cryptic. ^.^2. I wish I had at least one magical power!! Seriously
3. I love to decorate,but I am horrible at it.
4. Im kind of a yoyo dieter. I get on a health kick and lose weight, quiet and gain it back.. Then lose and the cycle continues. Been that way for 4 years.
5. I write storys but get several chapters into writeing and become too critical and never finish it.
1. I am new to Goodreads and reading challenges, though it seems I've become addicted already. Is that possible in just a week?2. I have a wonderful little dachshund puppy - hence my avatar.
3. I love to read and will read just about anything, though romance (of any kind) and historical fiction are my favorites.
4. I have a very bad sweet tooth, and am always eating candy or some such, or looking for something sweet to eat.
5. I just bought a Kindle and love it.
Welcome, Krystal and Jingles! @ Krystal
I feel you with the dieting.
@ Jingles
Aren't Dachshunds awesome! I have a four year old named Dexter.
1. I love to cook and bake for others.2. My husband, Tony and I have been married for 20years and have 2 teenagers.
3. I'm very into genealogy. (my family just doesn't understand my obsession with dead relatives)and I'm a taphophile.
4. I would love to travel anywhere.
5. I love to read, one of the reasons I work in a library.
Denice, I google taphophile. Interesting, and I learned a new word.
Heres a question that may seem silly: ”is there any special knowledge or classes that are meedes to work at a library?” When my youngest goes to kindergarten(in a fews years) I will go back to work, it would be a dream to work at our lical library.
Yes, Laura! They have such wonderful personalities. Very stubborn though, or at least mine is. Lol.
We just did a group read of
- otherwise I wouldn't have know what a taphophile is...though I have a good friend who is one.
Another book to add to my to-read list Lisa Kay! Lol
Yeah, I keep tossing them on there, too, Krystal! ☺
It is definitely worth the read Krystal.
I am looking foeward to useing my to-read list as reference thw next time I got to thw book store, library or down load onto kindle or my Nook. If it look even a little interesting I add it. I expect my to-read list with far out stretch my already ready list lol.
Oh, yes. I refer to my TBR pile every time I go to B&N and the library. I like that the GRs app is available, but I think it has a few kinks in it. Not the easiest to maneuver.
Krystal wrote: "Denice, I google taphophile. Interesting, and I learned a new word.
Heres a question that may seem silly: ”is there any special knowledge or classes that are meedes to work at a library?” When my..."
For a librarian yes... however I'm a sub. information assistant, so no special schooling. I had a customer service background.
Than you Denice. At least now I know to look into classes before my Litte one starts school so ill be ready
1: I've been playing the bagpipes for about 2 & half years now. I took part in my first competition with my band after only 10 months, an achievement I'm very proud of it.2: I pick up other accents very easily - especially the Scottish accent which I randomly lapse into for no reason.
3: I'm not a morning person, I'm definately a night owl.
4: The only cars I've driven are Corsas.
5: There's a lot of sides to me, and I don't think anyone knows all my sides...
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2.I want to travel around the world.
3. I want to be a humanitarian agent of UN in africa or afghanistan.
4. i am ambitious.
5. Don't have much friends because of my meanness.