- I am a cooking catastrophe. I have blown up a casserole dish, melted a frying pan and exploded an egg in my microwave.
- I eat cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- I get clammy palms and sweat nervously when I walk into a stationery or book store.
- I am NOT a morning person.
- My birthday is on the 20th July.
- I was born three months early.
- I’m obsessed with strawberries, not only are they the perfect combination of complimentary colours, they are aesthetically pleasing, sultry, sexy, fresh and just plain delicious.
- I’m a school nerd. I love school. My 21st birthday party theme was ‘back to school.’
- I’ve been to 17 countries and counting…
- I have a small tattoo – I love it :)
- I went on an international school exchange to England when I was 16.
- I broke my two front teeth when I was 9. (Piggy back races are not for the faint hearted.)
- I believe red wine and dark chocolate cures everything.
- I have a digital camera, a poloroid camera, a Diana F+ and an action sampler. I love cameras and photography.
- I dislike bad spelling and grammar.
- When I went skiing for the first time, I had to be taken down the mountain in a bright orange body bag. I got over-ambitious and realized too late that I’m not that skilled.
- I’ve ridden an ostrich.
- When I was younger, I had an imaginary friend named Courtney. My gran even set a dinner place for her.
- The Little Mermaid is the first movie I can remember watching on the big screen.
- But I am not very good at remembering movies or movie names.
- If I could have any super human power – it would be ‘Matilda’ powers – you know, move things with my super human mind…
- My University was infamous for ‘dress-up’ parties. I have been to parties dressed as a nun, a princess, trailer-park-trash, a caveman, a pirate, a zebra, a school-girl, a cat, a cowboy, a fisherman, an antelope, Bridget Jones, Alice in Wonderland and a Greek Goddess.
- I’m very scared of the dentist.
- My toes look like they come from an alien species. :)
- If I could be anywhere right now, it would be a beautiful warm beach…
- I love drawing cartoons and doodles.
- I have already decided on my first daughter’s name: Kenton – it’s a beautiful beach in South Africa.
- My favourite kind of shopping is at flea markets and outdoor vintage stalls.
- I spell colour and favourite with a U. It’s the South African way.
- I’m very indecisive… I think…
- I have over one hundred pairs of earrings
- I don’t have any pets
- When I was younger, I wanted to be an actress. I started out studying acting at University as a minor.
- I have a Bachelor of Journalism degree specializing in graphic and communication design.
- I have a scar on my right cheek. I fell off a merry-go, I was dizzy and it came around and sliced me in my face. I had seven stiches. I was 5.
- I have to have hot drinks like coffee and hot chocolate, BOILING hot. It’s something I’ve inherited from my mom.
- I’m a very animated storyteller
- I hate being cold.
- I really like my name :) Thanks mom and dad!
- I love snail mail and beautifully wrapped packages.
- Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day: cereal, bacon, eggs, pancakes, muffins, sausages, coffee.
- I am useless with ANYTHING related to banks, money, finance or taxes.
- If a spoon is required, I always have to find a teaspoon.
- I hate being cold. (Did I say that already? I have a bad memory)
- It is a tradition at my high-school to go skinny dipping at the end of the year…
- I am good at reading maps.
- Sometimes I like a good cry.
- Wild monkeys break into my house in South Africa all the time. They attack the fruit basket and are particularly fond of avocado.
- Coffee completes me.
- I am a gypsey hoarder, I keep and collect everything from journals, pens, papers, stamps, scraps, ribbons, tapes, pictures, brochures and postcards. I just might need it someday
Make a list of quirky things about yourself and leave it on a bus, in a library book or blog about it.