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1. Post these rules
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves
3. Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

My Facts:

1. I can't feel the lower half of my face. Well, a bit, but not very well. I got upper and lower jaw surgery two and a half years ago and the feeling never really came back. It's hard for me to smile besides when I laugh. Then I can smile all over the place.

2. I have a 13-year-old fish named Possum. He's an albino Buenos-Aires— you can see his guts through his skin. It's freaky. We called him Possum because he used to play dead, but would always come back to life. He's lasted the longest of all my fish. I'm convinced he's some kind of immortal deity. We'll give him a proper burial when (or if) he dies.

3. I sleep with an electric blanket on in summertime. Yes. Yes I do.

4. I have keratosis pilaris. It's a pretty common skin disorder, with lots of pimply things on your arms and legs and chest that don't ever go away. When I first asked my dermatologist about them, he was like, "Oh, THOSE. Ha, well, sorry kid, I can't help you. Ha ha. No t-shirts for yoooou!" Or at least it seemed like it. There's no cure (dammit) and I've got all these scars from messing with them. 'Tis sad.

5. I have slept with my favorite stuffed animal almost since birth. He's a bunny, who wears a skirt and a bow (I had no concept of gender back then, what can I say...) named Bunny (I was original too, yes?). His ears are mangled and his head is ripping open, but I still love him and squish him.

6. I have eaten a cricket and ten mealworms for extra credit in AP Biology. We all did. We were desperate for points. And, apparently, protein.

7. I'm an only child. I grew up around seasoned grownups and am overly-mature for my age. It hath sucked for quite a while. Kids do not like kids who act like adults. But it definitely pays off in the end. Just not at the beginning... or the middle...

8. I am addicted to Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies. They are responsible for me gaining about 5 pounds this spring. Yaargh, but they're so goood.

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