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Random, possibly useless but entertaining facts about me

1) I am a middle child
2) Because my sperm donor doesn't believe in contraception, I have many siblings but I am closest to my two older brothers.
3) I don't drink coffee....never have
4) Can't stand chocolate
5) I'm a speed reader....quick learner....and have very rarely studied
6) Aside from English, I speak 4 other languages
7) I've not ever seen a Star Wars film....but I hate them anyway :) 
8) I'm petrified of spiders
9) If my career in emergency medicine didn't tip you off, I am an adrenaline junkie.....roller coasters, sky diving, bungee jumping.....all the usual suspects
10) I'm addicted to Yankee Candles
11) Though I cook it often, I wont eat Italian food (pastas, pizzas, etc = yucky)
12) I prefer to read real books than my E-Reader
13) Growing up, I hated the fact that my brothers got blue eyes and mine were green
14) Addition to #13, I wore color changing contacts throughout high school
15) I've not come across a video game that I felt compelled to play
16) Though I was the one who tolerated this parasite for 9 months and suffered through labor and delivery....my 4yr old son looks nothing like me....the kid is an exact replica of his daddy
17) I go nowhere without my phone & eye liner
18) My first pet was a dachshund my mother bought me when I was 3.....he lived until I was 19
19) Addition to #18, I now have 4 of the little wiener dogs running around and my son calls them his 'brothers & sisters' :)
20) I'm fascinated by history.....early colonial American is a favorite
21) I watch very little TV unless it's CNN
22) I've not ever seen an episode of "Sex In the City"
23) I believe Kim Kardashian is a sociopath 
24) I love to travel
25) Yes, I cover my eyes when the music in a horror film indicated impending doom 
26) I have a fan on in my bedroom year round....and often a window cracked open too
27) Addition to #26, doing this in Alaska in January *really* pissed my husband off :)
28) I was married in Alaska.....on Denali
29) Addition to #28, I love hiking & mountain climbing 
30) I love the smell of Gain laundry detergent
31) I swam competitively in high school and college...until tearing my meniscus landed me in knee surgery
32) I believe conspiracy theorists have far too much time on their hands....FYI conspiracy theorists: Yes we landed on the moon, Oswald shot JFK & No 9/11 was not an inside job....Now please get a damn life
33) I used to love MTV....until they began sensationalizing 14yr olds having babies
34) I've played classical piano since I was 4
35) I shaved my head when I lost a bet in 6th grade :)
36) Addition to #35, If I considered doing this now, I'd be in BIG trouble
37) I sleep with an insane amount of pillows....like a lil cocoon....surrounded by wiener dogs :) 
38) I'm addicted to designer handbags....meeting Professor has been a rehab of sorts :) 
39) I have a ridiculous amount of beanie babies....they sit in rubbermaid totes in my basement and have for years
40) Addition to #39, Reading The Velveteen Rabbit as a child convinced me that stuffed animals have feelings.....so I wont get rid of them
41) I'm a die-hard New England Patriots fan....and I'm from the midwest.....FYI, the Bears suck 
42) I'm not an emotional girl but the Humane Society commercials make me cry
43) I think people who hurt animals should be shot
44) Addition to #43, I'd happily do the shooting & I promise I wouldn't miss
45) I wont even go fishing because I feel sorry for the worms
46) I have always wondered why the slowest dead lock traffic of the day is called 'Rush Hour'
47) Similarly, I'm confused as to why we sterilize a needle for a lethal injection 
48) I absolutely love Christmas time.....the lights, shopping, music, etc.....love it all
49) I wont take medication unless I am dying.....if I accept a Tylenol, I should probably be on a morphine drip 
50) I collect rare coins 

There you go Blogger.....50 random things you didn't know and probably didn't care to know.....but I warned you people early on, I am an over-sharer  :)