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dahlia_moon ([personal profile] dahlia_moon) wrote2007-01-04 04:31 pm
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Five Things You Probably Don't Know About Me

I feel like sharing, so this is a list of five surprising (or maybe not-so surprising) things you might not know about me.

1. I don't know how to do mental math. It's actually pretty embarrassing because I have to use my fingers or a calculator. And that's just time consuming.

2.
I had a collage of mine hang in the public museum of art for a week when they were doing their exhibition on American History in the eighth grade. Well, every other eight grader had theirs hang in the museum as well, but I feel proud. ^_^

3.
So far I have only met two authors: Peggy Moss (author of Say Something) and Mitali Perkins (author of Monsoon Summer and The Not-So Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen). They aren't too famous, but they are two of the nicest people I have had the pleasure of meeting.

4
. I'm surprisingly anglophilic and a Japan lover as well. I might not show it though, since I am very shy.

5.
I actually hated the first Harry Potter book. (Well, maybe 'hated' is a bit strong, more like 'disliked'.) It's actually a funny story. You see, one summer day in 2001, (or it might have been 2002, I don't really remember) I twisted my ankle running around, so I had nothing to do and stole my brother's book to read while my ankle healed and I stayed sedentary. I remember finishing it pretty quickly and thinking that it wasn't all that. Now, imagine my surprise when I read the second book and learn of J.K. Rowling's fame a couple years later. I think what it is is that as Harry grew, the books got more interesting. Well, for me at least.

This is actually a meme, so if anyone wants to share as well, consider yourself tagged. :D

[identity profile] v0calist.livejournal.com 2007-01-05 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
I had to learn how to do mental math, we had tests on it and everything. And I couldn't really fake it because our math teacher would put us on the spot and well, it's just really embarrassing if you don't get it.

[identity profile] amethysth.livejournal.com 2007-01-06 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
I know what you mean about Harry Potter! It was the same way for me. Only for some reason, now, aproaching the 7th book, I'm just getting tired. Not of the book or anything. It's just... with the obsessive popularizing of Harry Potter, I've found myself losing interest... A bit, anyway.