101 things about me

I'm bored, so, after reading another blog which did this, I decided to list 101 things about me. Enjoy... or not, as the case may well be.

1. I’m a twin
2. I’m also identical
3. But I’m left-handed and my brother’s right-handed
4. I’m the oldest
5. I have no other siblings except my twin brother
6. I’m English
7. I was born in Southampton
8. I liked school
9. I binge chocolate
10. I worked at a supermarket – good old Morrisons!
11. I did my two-week Year 10 work experience in a primary school in Southampton
12. I’m studying French Studies
13. In Paris
14. At the University of London Institute in Paris
15. Even though French was my worst subject at both GCSE and A-levels
16. I’ve always wanted to live abroad
17. I applied to Oxford
18. But they rejected me
19. As a child, my favourite book was the Dorling Kindersley Encyclopaedia
20. My nicknames include Shmead, Shmead no. 1 and Mr Wikipedia
21. The last is owing to my ability to retain useless information
22. As a child, I had two hamsters, a guinea pig, as well as looking after my brother’s guinea pig and rabbit
23. I was rubbish at looking after them
24. And they died
25. I talk excessively
26. I hate French pop music (who doesn’t)
27. I like rollercoasters and fast rides
28. I’m not particularly afraid of death
29. My favourite novel is To Kill a Mockingbird
30. My favourite French novel is La Symphonie pastorale
31. I used to have a comfort blanket
32. I once fell down the stairs whilst inside it (don’t ask)
33. I was kicked in the mouth by a New Forest pony when I was a child
34. I’m a Christian
35. I was baptised nearly two years ago
36. I hate injections
37. And I generally pass out when I have them
38. But I survived the BCG!
39. But only since I passed out ten minutes after my meningitis C jab
40. I also hate blood, blood transfusions, and so forth
41. But I can’t give blood in France because I lived in the UK during the mad cow disease crisis
42. I play the violin
43. But failed my grade 6 exam
44. Mainly because I didn’t practise for a month before hand (it was my A-levels at a time)
45. I hardly ever revise for exams
46. But have the gift of the gab and generally do well
47. Simple things amuse me
48. If I’m in a bad mood, a cup of tea and digestive biscuits will always cheer me up
49. I laugh incredibly easily
50. But often sound like I’m hyperventilating
51. I like words because of the way they sound (ubiquitous, soliloquy, cacophony, etc.)
52. I did GCSE Spanish in a year, and have since forgotten everything
53. I forget important things like birthdays and where I put things
54. But I’m rarely late for appointments
55. I’m incredibly untidy
56. Certain people (you know who you are) say I’m like an old man, and maybe they’re right
57. I love to sing
58. But have possibly the worst voice you can imagine
59. Sometimes I talk to myself
60. Languages fascinate me
61. I love to travel
62. I’ve been to Australia
63. And went snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef
64. I went to Japan
65. And ate something which was the most disgusting thing I ever tasted (it looked like Branston pickle)
66. The second most disgusting thing I’ve eaten is a type of cheese from Corsica in France
67. Sometimes I don’t know why I’m in France
68. But I love it anyway
69. I have no idea what I’m going to do after uni, well I have some idea – I’m not going to join the Foreign Legion
70. I’ve never voted
71. I’m very legalistic
72. I’ve never smoked
73. I hate sport and hardly ever exercise
74. I have terrible hand-eye coordination
75. I eat lots but don’t put on weight
76. I’m trying to read the entire Bible
77. I hate marmite
78. At the moment I’m a bit of a Heroes addict
79. I am a bit of an internet junkie
80. I have a Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, and WAYN account, as well as this blog
81. I want to write at least one novel in my lifetime
82. And I’ve started to write several, but never get further than a few thousand words
83. I sometimes have a feeling of Weltschmerz (don’t we all?)
84. I’m happy 99% of the time
85. I sound stereotypically British with my received pronunciation accent
86. I like literature and poetry
87. But avoid writing my own poetry, to prevent creating angst-driven prosaic rubbish
88. I wear glasses generally
89. But I can see without them
90. I may have an operation on both my jaws in a few years time
91. I had tracheo-oesophageal fistula
92. And needed an operation in the first twenty-four hours of my life to prevent it
93. My earliest memory of football (soccer) is being hit by a football at the top of the hill with such force that I rolled to the bottom
94. My favourite radio station in the UK is probably Classic FM
95. But I don’t really listen to the radio
96. And I don’t watch the TV since I don’t have one in France
97. I like maths
98. And studying grammar
99. My favourite composer is probably Vivaldi
100. But I also like Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Saint-Saens, Fauré and Ibert
101. I have just listed 100 things about me.

There you go! I hope you enjoyed that.