50 Random Facts About Me

(I'll add facts to the list over time)

1. I'm scared to death of spiders under 11.4 centimetres in length.

2. I do believe in ghosts, even though I always assure people I don't.

3. I went through depression at the age of 12.

4. I snowboard, skateboard, surf, play golf, tennis, and volleyball.

5. In 8th grade, I dressed up as Charlie Scene from Hollywood Undead for Halloween.

6. Favourite actors are Jason Isaacs and Johnny Depp.

7. Favourite actresses are Helena Bonham Carter and Angelina Jolie.

8. I can read Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul, and some Kanji.

9. I've never watched a KDrama.

10. One of my other fears (besides spiders under 11.4 centimetres long) is getting my Achilles tendon cut while I'm walking up the stairs.

11. Most of the time you can find me smiling like an idiot, no matter what the situation may be.

12. When example questions were given in a test of sanity, my answers paralleled with Edward Gein's.

13. If I could change my name from 'Sane Restriction', I'd name myself 'Pomegranite' (unless it's taken, in which case I'd call myself 'Paragon', unless that's taken, in which case I'd call myself '1793breach').

14. I eat one spoonful of almond butter a day (it's good for you, I think).

15. My favourite fruit is pineapple.

16. I have a miniature grey poodle mix named Baron Humbert Von Gikkingen (anybody get the reference?), but I wanted a Beauceron (which is not to say I don't love my dog).

17. My favourite tennis player is Rafael Nadal (not because he's ranked No. 1, he's been my favorite since three or four years ago).

18. I have wanted to be many things over the years (as an occupation, that is), including (in this order, with the approximate age in parentheses): chef (5), chocolatier (6), artist (7), author (8-12), fashion designer (12), interior designer (12), film director (12), linguist (12), translator (13), game designer (13), mangaka (13), animator (13), film director (13), screenplay writer (13), psychologist (13), then game designer again (13), and currently I would like to be a graphic artist (13+).

19. I love video games, my favourites so far have been 'The World Ends With You', the 'Professor Layton' series, the 'Final Fantasy' series, and the 'Ace Attorney' series, although TWEWY is probably my all-time favourite.

20. I never wear long-sleeved shirts or sweaters-- I even brave temperatures below freezing in short-sleeves.

21. I have tripped up the stairs. And down the stairs. And across the stairs. And into the stairs. And once, I accidentally skipped seven steps.

22. I've never been hit in the head with a watermelon, but I've been hit in the shoulder.

23. I can solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute.

24. My three favourite cities are Tokyo, Paris, and Los Angeles.

25. I want to learn 26 languages total (although I'll settle for 8) (I'm not too sure I'll succeed, though) (I already speak English and French, and I'm working on Korean and Japanese).

26. My favourite colour is orange.

27. I don't eat cheese.

28. My birthday is October 12th, the day Michael Sandy was born (1977) (and the day before he was murdered (2006)), and the day Matthew Shepard was murdered (1998), both killed because they were homosexual.

29. I failed a Social Studies test in 5th grade.

30. My favorite fashion designer is (hands-down) Alexander McQueen.

31. I could tell you the capital of the Maldives off of the top of my head(it's Male), but I wouldn't be able to tell you the capital of Canada (I know that it's Ottawa, but I'd have to think about it for a few seconds).

32. I can fold my tongue in half and in thirds.

33. I have the email address of the International Affairs branch of the Yonhap News Agency.

34. My favorite clothing brands are Allsaints Spitalfields, Diesel, Alexander McQueen, Rememberclick, and Rock and Republic.

35. I love street culture, including skater, B-boy (and B-girl), and artistic (graffiti, street art, busker, et cetera). I also love people-watching.

36. I enjoy photography (I like to walk around in cities and take pictures of random things and people).

37. My favourite books are The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, and Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino.

38. I have a weakness for people with heterochromia iridum.

39. I have a racial bias towards Asians (particularly Japanese and Korean).

40. I hate soda.

41. One of my life goals is to write a book with multiple relatively apparent Asian characters that will become famous enough to be made into a movie so that I can help introduce Asians into the non-Asian entertainment industry and provide aspiring Asian actors/actresses a chance for fame.

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