My 25 Random Things About Me

Everyone else is doing it so why not

1. My biggest fear is being eaten by a shark but I still watch Jaws whenever it is on TV
2. My most favourite movies ever are ‘Rocky III’ and ‘The Slipper and the Rose’
3. The smell and taste of wine and champagne make me want to vomit
4. I spent one year working for the Council Tax office trying to track down people who were trying to avoid old bills
5. I have lived in the south, middle and north of the UK
6. I was once asked out by an Aston Villa player and said yes just because he was famous
7. If I never find love I will be a crazy spinster cat lady and be perfectly happy
8. I went to a police line up after witnessing a mugging and found it inappropriately amusing
9. My favourite song is ‘Beyond the Sea’ by Bobby Darin
10. When I was a kid I hated the nickname She-ra but now love it
11. I have fainted 5 times, in church on Christmas Day, in the Doctors Surgery, at the top of the stairs at home, on the escalators in the Pavillions in Brum and in a pub at my brothers gig
12. The thing I despise the most is Bananas, can’t stand the look, smell, texture or taste of them
13. My Ally McBeal style ‘theme songs’ that make me feel good are ‘Eye of the Tiger’ and ‘What a Feeling’
14. I spent New Years Eve 1999/2000 dressed as Marilyn Monroe
15. After years of working in bars I have met countless celebrities, my favourite is Hunter from Gladiators
16. I just love love love musicals, could spend the whole day watching them
17. Every time my Mom says ‘tek’ instead of ‘take’ my whole body cringes
18. I can play ‘Colours of Day’ on the recorder flawlessly
19. I think Elvis Presley and Neil Diamond have the sexiest voices ever
20. On separate occasions 2 friends have told me that if they could look like anyone in the world they would look like me and I still don’t know what to say to that
21. It took me 7 years to get a tattoo
22. The Priest at my first primary school told my Mom he thought I would become a Nun because I loved Mass so much
23. The only part of my body I like is my green eyes
24. My first memory is the day my brother Mark was born, I was 2 ½
25. I never wanted to travel to Asia to ‘find myself’ but I did