Archive for February, 2009

25 Things You Didn’t Want to Know About Me

If you have been on Facebook in the last week, there is no possible way you could have not seen the “random facts about me” thing that’s been going around.  According to Time.com, an estimated 5 million of these notes have appeared on the website within the past week.  At first I resisted, but I finally caved.

So for those of you not a part of “the #1 productivity killer” (facebook), now I bring you 25 random facts about Jayna:

1. I can write upside down and backwards.

2. I am fairly convinced that bacon will only enhance any food except maybe pie.

3. I have never broken a bone. In fact, I believe my worst self-sustained injury was when I sprained my ankle in Ultimate Frisbee. And we weren’t even playing yet.

4. Despite the fact that I am ½ Chinese, I do not speak the language. My dad doesn’t either and I’m not even convinced my grandma does.

5. I despise comic sans. And papyrus. They make me cringe.

6. I started dating Shane when I was 19. I think he was kind of embarrassed to be dating a teenager.

7. I have a hard time watching professional sports because I feel so bad for the losing team.

8. For the first time in my life, I now weigh enough to legally give blood.

9. I’m trying really hard not to hold it against people who do not know the difference between there, their or they’re.

10. I can’t have anything with caffeine after about 2 pm or I will be too wiggly to go to sleep and will get kicked out and have to sleep in the guest room.

11. I secretly like shoveling snow. Just a little bit, though. I’m not sure when the novelty will wear off.

12. I would rather eat beef jerky than chocolate.

13. I just got a texting plan last month. Don’t text me, though. It takes me about 20 minutes just to send one.

14. Shane and I retired two summers ago. We quit our jobs, put our stuff in a 10’x10’ storage unit and traveled in Europe for the summer before moving to Utah and finding new jobs. It was one of the best experiences of our lives.

15. I was voted best legs in shorts in the 7th grade. It was obviously a joke. If you can imagine a 4’8” big bird in a skirt, that was pretty much me.

16. I never went to a school dance. There’s a reason I’m an awful dancer: severe lack of practice opportunities.

17. My friends think I am an endless fount of knowledge, but really I am just a really good googler.

18. My Indian Princess name is “Spotted Fawn.” Indian Princesses were kind of like girl scouts except it was for fathers and daughters and it was a lot less involved. I remember playing rack-o while our dads made our pine wood derby cars in someone’s shop. Mine always won the “most creative” award.

19. I am in a constant state of hunger. I need to have snacks (fruit leather, etc.) with me at all times. Shane can attest. Snacks are imperative for his and my survival.

20. I cannot leave the house without: 1. Chapstick. 2. Lotion. 3. Hair tie. I will turn back no matter how far away I am if I forgot one of these items.

21. I looked like E.T. when I was a baby, and it was apparently difficult to find something to compliment me about. One of the compliments I received as a baby was that “I have a nice shaped head.” Really.

22. I coached youth tennis, despite my complete lack of athletic ability.

23. I often try to calculate how much more time I spend writing the last name S-W-E-N-S-O-N as opposed to L-E-E. The number was pretty high. Something to think about before you get married.

24. The first CD I ever bought was Mariah Carey’s Music Box, and I listened to it on loop on my discman for days.

25. I am a sucker for great packaging. And I think it’s completely acceptable to judge a book by its cover. If the book is good but has an awful cover, they should fire their designer. And hire me!