Brandy, a fellow photographer and friend from Fresh Sugar Photography, recently posted 25 things about herself and encouraged people to do the same. Although I am decidedly less exciting of a person I thought it would be a fun idea to do the same. So here it is – the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
#1 – I have an irrational fear of bees. I don’t mind spiders, snakes, naked mole rats etc. but bees… no.
#2 – I will eat just about anything once (and typically enjoy it enough to have more). This includes bugs, alligator and puffin to name a few.
#3 – Depending on how you define ‘siblings’ I have been the youngest, the middle, the oldest, the only, the whole and the half at some point.
#4 – I am actually very shy. I didn’t speak until I was 3 and would hide behind my mom’s legs whenever going through the grocery check out. The checkout lady still knows me as the shy girl.
#5 – When I was born my name was Esther Laona. However, according to one parent I didn’t ‘look’ like an Esther Laona and with 10 minutes before leaving the hospital was renamed Brittany Esther. Looking at pictures I think Jabba the Hutt may have been more fitting.
#6 -The only thing of great significance my family can claim is selectively breeding a pepper, aptly named the Staddon Pepper.
#7 – I collect old toy cameras.
#8 – I deeply despise shopping; all types except grocery, school supply, and antique shopping.
#9 – When I was one and a half years old I ate a light bulb off the Christmas tree and swallowed it. Yes, the electricity was on. That was the second time that week my parents had to call poison control because of me
#10 – English isn’t my forte. Friends say I am fluent in ‘Brit-ish’ and my second language is English.
#11 – I love traveling almost more than life itself. I have visited 28 countries and have been on around 250-300 flights.
#12 – My nickname when I was younger was Rip. This derives from the tale of Rip Van Winkle and my ability to sleep anywhere, at any time, for however long.
#13 – I was nicknamed Brittany Brillo Head. That’s pretty self-explanatory.
#14 – On my mother’s side I have 37 cousins.
#15 - I am 8” taller than my mother. She is vertically challenged.
#16 – I road-tripped-it to Alaska with my father and sister when I was 8. I learnt all about camping in the back of a truck and that sometimes the roadside was a better option than a junction washroom.
#17 – Anytime I use a vacuum I break it. It’s a sign.
#18 – I really hate socks. I would go barefoot everywhere if it was socially acceptable.
#19 –I always put a single chip in my burgers
#20 – My newt committed suicide by escapement. My cactus was killed by love (ie. over watering). My fish ate each other. My dog has epilepsy. I am a crumby pet owner.
There we are. Twenty completely useless facts about yours truly! If you write your own please feel free to leave a comment with a link to your site :)
by Brittany
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