It’s the Saturday after Thanksgiving and everyone is gone. I am bored. Just spent 45 minutes re-reading an old US Weekly, hence the inspiration for this exercise. It’s especially challenging because I’m shamelessly open and most people know almost everything about me. Here goes:
- I attended 9 schools between preschool and senior year of high school. It became increasingly difficult to make friends with each passing school.
- I’ve never seen the Wizard of Oz or The Matrix.
- I grew up in a 100+-year-old farmhouse until age 8. The basement was filled with rats and black snakes and my dad would threaten to lock us in there if we didn’t finish our dinners.
- I had my first kiss when I was 16. It was in a car.
- I’m good at making decisions, and good at procrastinating.
- If I had to choose a last meal, it would be grilled cheese and root beer.
- I don’t like buying or receiving presents.
- I’ve watched the entirety of Parks and Recreation at least a dozen times, no exaggeration.
- The happiest day of my life was being published in the New York Times. It was especially meaningful because it had nothing to do with anyone else.
- I cried when I saw the movie Bridesmaids because I was a maid of honor at the time and I related way too much to Kristen Wiig’s character.
- I used to be a pathological liar when I was a kid, and even told several kids on a playground that both my parents had died. Surprised karma didn’t come for me on that one.
- I can’t watch scary movies because if I do, I have to sleep with the lights on for days.
- I believe in ghosts and past lives.
- I wasn’t brought up with any religion but have experimented with Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity. I took parts of all those religions and that’s what I follow.
- Kids used to taunt me when I was younger by calling me “Tara-rist.” This was before 9-11, but it still sucked.
- I hate to admit it, but I am addicted to my phone and it is gross.
- I think the Great Gatsby and Atonement are the two most perfect novels written.
- I don’t think I would ever get plastic surgery but if I did, I would get liposuction.
- One of my favorite things to do is eat in bed.
- If I could travel to one place, it would be Southeast Asia.
- Liz Lemon is my #goals.
- My favorite word is loquacious. My least favorite word is moist.
- I sleep ~10 hours most nights. It’s… problematic.
- My grandma, Nijoon, is one of my favorite people in the world. But lately I’ve had to come to terms with some of her shortcomings. It’s been tough.
- I’m perpetually trying to lose 20 pounds.
