Island Med Student

Ben has tagged me with a “7 Weird Things About Me” meme. He mentioned that he had difficulty limiting the list to 7 things. I have the same problem. But here are some of the top ones I can think of in no particular order:

1) I never graduated from high school. That’s right folks, I’m a year and a half away from obtaining an MD degree and I never even finished the tenth grade. It’s a very long story, but the gist is that when I was 16, I dropped out of school, ran away from home, and then got my GED. I started attending college, and had my first college degree when I was 18. The rest is pretty much history.

2) I have a fear of free food. It’s difficult to explain, but I don’t like to eat food unless I paid for it. It just feels strange to me. I’m getting better about this, but I still have problems. It’s worse when I’m in a public place, or if there is a buffet involved. Buffets terrify me. For example, if I’m at a convention, and they suddenly announce that a buffet is open, I watch all the people running as quickly as possible, knocking other people over, all to get the first scoop of shrimp salad, and I run the opposite way in horror.

3) My hair has been every color of the rainbow. Actually, at times, it’s been many different combinations of colors, including “human” colors like brown and blonde. I’ve also had many different hairstyles, ranging from a mullet in 3rd grade to a mohawk a year ago.

4) I can’t drink warm fluids and eat warm food at the same time. I can do every other combination, just not warm and warm. Basically, this means that I can’t drink my coffee and eat a breakfast sandwich at the same time. I have to do one before the other (usually coffee first). I have no idea why.

5) In high school, I was unofficially voted the strangest girl in the school. Why is that? Here are just a few of the reasons: I would walk around with a cloth covering my face, wore buckets on my head, walked down the halls backwards, and zipped myself in duffle bags and threw myself down hills. Yeah.

6) I have finished almost (maybe 99%) of all exams that I’ve ever taken, first in my class (including standardized tests). I don’t know if it’s because I read so quickly, or read the question before the stem, or because I never change an answer, but I take exams at the speed of light (and I’ve tested myself on this before, I am more accurate and do better if I don’t slow down).

7) I am a horrible dancer who loves to dance. I consider dance to be a form of artistic expression. I have absolutely no rhythm or training or ability. However, when I dance, I do it from the heart. And oddly enough, many people have said that I am an incredible dancer. Muahahahaha, I have fooled them all!