I’m still alive! I swear! Quit sending me emails saying "Where did you go??"

I’m just…not doing anything interesting, people. Really. I have nothing to blog about. Honest. Same ol’ same ol.

And because I’ve been tagged on Facebook a million billion times, here’s 25 things about me.

1. When I am nervous, I have a fear of pauses in conversation. Usually this results in me babbling incoherently a mile a minute, and saying anything that crosses my mind. This usually ends up frightening the other person.

2. I also have a nervous smile. When I am nervous or uncomfortable, I smile a lot. This usually results in weirdos hitting on me (because they think I’m digging them) and getting into worse trouble when I mess up because I look like I’m smirking.

3. I still get carded for beer.

4. My favorite book from my childhood was WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls. I have read it 100x and sobbed my heart out every time.

5. Shamefully, I am a Brangelina fangirl.

6. I favor one of my cats over the other, which is probably cruel.

7. I have a terrible fear of getting lost. Nothing can get me in a panic attack faster than missing an exit while driving and not knowing where I’m going.

8. I once won 2nd Place in a Magic:The Gathering tournament (NEEEEEEEEERRRRRRD)

9. I also cheated in the tournament (played one too many cards), but I didn’t realize it until after the fact. The opponent I beat was eight years old. Proud moment.

10. I really regret never finishing college, but to this day, I don’t know what I would have majored in.

11. I can hold a massive grudge. I can’t recall what I did last night or what I was talking about five minutes ago, but if there is perceived insult? I’ll remember forever.

12. I’m really easy to talk out of things, alas. For some reason I always trust other people’s judgment more than my own, and all it takes is a few good words about something to make me do a total flip of opinion.

13. I hate talking on the phone.

14. At 5 I was diagnosed with scoliosis (which does not set in until adolescence, usually) and I wore a Boston brace from age 5 until I had back surgery at the age of 15.

15. I can calculate the taxes on a paycheck down to a dime but I cannot balance my own checkbook.

16. My favorite song of the moment is the Veronicas “Untouched” and I listen to it on repeat over and over again. 30x yesterday.

17. I rub my lower lip while I’m driving. No idea why.

18. It’s really hard to come up with 25 things.

19. No kids. Don’t want any, don’t plan on having any.

20. I am terribly geeky in regards to the Eighteenth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt and can probably tell you entirely too much about any of the rulers or their families.

21. Writing-wise, I am obsessed with Norse mythology and valkyries. So far I’ve written two novels about Norse myth, and come up with a new concept/spin every week.

22. I recently came to the realization that I am a super-hard critique partner. I tend to tear something apart at the seams, and this is not necessarily the best approach.

23. I have multiple novels that no one has seen but me. One of them is my favorite book ever written. I should fix it someday.

24. I hate 90% of what I read, so I normally end up re-reading old favorites over and over again. I am just super picky.

25. I thought I’d never move from paper books to e-books but Jane talked me into trying the Sony Reader and OMG ILU SONY E-READER. MY PRECIOUSSSSSS….