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Okay, so I’m being com­pletely lazy here. But since I posted this on my Face­book page, I might as well do this here too.

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I’m not too big on these things, but I would like to know more about my friends so if you have time, fill this out and at least tag me so I can learn more about you.

25 Ran­dom Things to Share

Rules:
Once you’ve been tagged, you are sup­posed to write a note with 25 ran­dom things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 peo­ple (yeah, right!!) to be tagged. You have to tag the per­son who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

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Alrighty then … here goes:

1. I’m a big pro­cras­ti­na­tor. As I recently com­mented on a friend’s Face­book sta­tus, I put the “crass” in pro­cras­ti­nate.
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2. I could sleep ten hours a day if given the oppor­tu­nity. It’s not for want­ing to, or for being lazy … I just con­stantly feel like I never get that “good night’s sleep.“
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3. I never thought I’d marry a per­son from the same cul­ture that I grew up in. But yet I did … and I hold that over my Mom when­ever she brings up what a “hor­ri­ble kid I was.” My response always is … “well, at least I mar­ried a Fil­ipino!“
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4. Speak­ing of Hubby … he was my first date ever. We went to the Home­com­ing Dance at each other’s high school when I was six­teen. But we didn’t start dat­ing until after I grad­u­ated from high school.
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5. Hubby is my absolute best friend in the entire world. Peo­ple may think it’s strange that I want to spend every moment of my life with him, but it’s the hon­est to God’s truth.
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6. I always thought I wouldn’t marry until I was in my late 20’s and have my first child before I was 30. Instead, I got mar­ried at 24 and, to this date, still don’t have any chil­dren. But trust me … it’s not for lack of try­ing.
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7. I used to think that if you set your mind to a spe­cific goal and worked hard at it, you’d always achieve that goal. But now I’m smart enough to know that’s not always true. Going through infer­til­ity treat­ments has taught me that.
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8. And because of #7, infer­til­ity has knocked down my self-​​confidence and self-​​esteem. While they’re not com­pletely gone from my life, they’re cer­tainly not as promi­nent as they were in col­lege or those first two post-​​college years. Okay, enough sad things …
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9. In high school, I was voted “Class New Waver.” Yes, I grew up in the 80’s. And lis­tened to a lot of Depeche Mode. And New Order. And Smiths. And the list can go on and on. But I still think New Wave and Goth music can put some of these Emo bands to shame …
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10. Being who I was “labeled” in high school … it’s actu­ally quite funny that I’ve always had this secret wish to be either a cheer­leader or on the dance team. (Yes, I can hear y’all groan­ing now.) But I think it’s more because I wanted to break out of the Asian “nose-​​always-​​in-​​books” mold and be more “Amer­i­can.“
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11. Speak­ing of my “Asian”-ness … I’ve pretty much got­ten mis­taken for every Asian nation­al­ity out there … includ­ing Indian, Pak­istani, and Sri Lankan. I’ve also got­ten mis­taken for Amer­i­can Indian and Guatemalen. Oh, and once some­one mis­took me for an Eskimo.
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12. I’ve always wanted to be a writer or a jour­nal­ist. Except the Fil­ipino side of me keeps telling me that I could never make a liv­ing out of it. (Grrr … I wish my par­ents’ voice would stop infil­trat­ing my brain!)
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13. Which is why I like to keep a blog: http://apronstringsemily.com/​
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14. And why I like to keep adver­tis­ing it. (Tee hee … there’s two things “wasted!)
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15. In my imme­di­ate fam­ily, I’m the one that’s the sports nut. You’d think it would be my older brother … but I’m the one who watches the most hockey and bas­ket­ball and foot­ball.
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16. I’d blame my hus­band for my love of sports, but it truly started in grade school after catch­ing my first Red Wings game at a school out­ing.
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17. I met my old­est friend (although we hardly keep in con­tact any­more) in kinder­garten. I still have a pic­ture of us dressed up with paper bunny ears and a painted bunny nose for Easter.
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18. My clos­est friends are those that I don’t even see that often … Thank God for Face­book and the inter­net.
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19. And speak­ing of Face­book … I’ve man­aged to keep in touch with lots of my cousins this way. And I’ve man­aged to get in con­tact with quite a few high school and even grade school friends!
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20. So … my hope is to con­tinue to keep these friend­ships going. After all … it seems like the older I get, the harder it is to make new friends.
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    (Seri­ously? I’ve gotta come up with five more?! Okay … I’ll scrounge.)
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21. I was a Brownie and a Girl Scout up until 6^th grade. And I can’t believe that GS cookes now cost four bucks a box. Sheesh … they sold for under a dol­lar when I sold them.
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22. When I was lit­tle, I wished that I could have a more “com­mon” name like “Jenny” or “Eliz­a­beth” because all my friends were named that. Now I wish my name wasn’t the most pop­u­lar name out there.
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23. I’m pre­dom­i­nantly right-​​handed … but there are cer­tain things I do with my left hand. Like brush my teeth. And knit.
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24. Yes, that’s right. I knit. I’ve only done bags, scarves and hats and baby stuff. Maybe even a sweater or two. But it’s some­thing that I find rather com­fort­ing.
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25. I suck at multi-​​tasking. Which is prob­a­bly why I’m really good at procrastinating.

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Whew … that’s the list. If you’ve stuck around to read all of this, I applaud you.

And no … I’m not tag­ging any­one. I just thought this would be a fun thing to share with everyone …