50 Things About Me

1. I am in my (very) early thirties.
2. I am an NC girl, born and raised, and I will probably die here.
3. I didn’t get my license until several months after I turned 16 because I was PETRIFIED of driving.
4. I am legally blind without vision correction.
5. That would be -9.5 in the left eye and -9.0 in the right. With astigmatism.
6. I hate most classic rock songs.
7. I have two siblings and they are badass. So are my Mom and Dad.
8. I have one tattoo. Planning on several more.
9. Worms on the sidewalk disgust me.
10. Other than worms, I can stomach almost any sight, smell, or discussion.
11. I am a Christian, but not in that “hellfire and brimstone” way. I believe in the Grace of God and I don’t try to force what I believe on anyone.
12. I live seven miles from the beach and am the palest person I know.
13. I didn’t get drunk for the first time until I was 22.
14. I went through a massive hummus-eating phase, then suddenly stopped eating it altogether.
15. I am incredibly clumsy. I often fall while in the privacy of my own home, due partly to the miscellany of items on my floor, and mostly to my screwed-up coordination. Or lack thereof.
16. I didn’t study at all in college and still maintained an okay GPA.
17. I learned to read before I was 4 years old.
18. I have lived alone for years and it’s the best thing I’ve ever done for myself.
19. …except go from a DDD to a C.
20. Dr. Pepper is like lifeblood for me, except now I only allow myself one a month.
21. So is ranch dressing, but that shit is unlimited.
22. I also reeeeeeeeeeeeeally like ketchup and A1sauce (but not together).
23. I like my steak medium rare.
24. I love, love, love horror movies and will watch just about anything involving ghosts, zombies, slashers, etc.
25. I am fascinated with stories about serial killers.
26. …and forensic science. (Did you know you body cools an average of 1 degree per hour after death, depending on clothing, body fat, and environment?)
27. I once watched my car go up in flames on the side of Interstate 40… during a hurricane evacuation.
28. I work in clinical research. I used to love it.
29. Before that, I coordinated housing and rotations for medical students. I did NOT love it.
30. I plan on spending my next a birthday [before I die] in Dublin, Ireland.
31. I LOVE the show Supernatural.
32. I do almost all my clothes shopping online. For me, it beats the hassle of going to a store. I seldom have to return anything, so it works out well.
33. I am both a cat person AND a dog person.
34. Sometimes I don’t talk to some of my best friends for weeks, due to our schedules (and my sleeping habits), but we always take up where we left off.
35. Unlike most people I know, I absolutely hated the movie “As Good as it Gets.” More like as BAD as it gets.
36. I will watch anything that features Morgan Freeman.
37. The furthest West I’ve ever traveled is Tennessee.
38. The furthest South I’ve ever traveled is Chichen Itza, Mexico.
39. I absolutely LOVE Louis Armstrong.
40. I collect skeleton keys.
41. I use band-aids with pirates, ninjas, and sushi on them.
42. I had a best friend for five years who turned out to be the most toxic person I’ve ever met. Live and learn.
43. I’m a sucker for dudes with tattoos.  As long as they’re not the homemade redneck kind.
44. Once a year, I break out in idiopathic hives and get the flu. Not at the same time, though.
45. I haven’t stepped foot on my skateboard in over a year.
46. My fingernails grow at an unnaturally rapid rate (gross). My toenails, however, keep a pretty slow schedule.
47. I hate tomatoes, but will eat almost anything tomato-based: salsa (only the smooth kind though), ketchup, marinara.
48. I eat semi-weird things like saltines dipped in cocktail sauce, rice with A1 on it, or a lunch of a grilled cheese sandwich, pickles, and chocolate milk to drink. I also enjoy orange juice with pizza.
49. While I am mainly a horror fanatic, I absolutely love the move “Everafter”. I watch it on a regular basis.
50. I took a category X drug (that would be, a drug approved by the FDA where the risks outweigh the benefits in terms of fetal health/formation) in college, and now I track patients who are on it as a main part of my job.