10 Interesting Things About You!

[chandelotic]

1. I'm adopted from China! I was 15 months old when my parents adopted me-it took 7 years of my mom's convincing, 2 years of paperwork, and an extra year of waiting (because of US/China tensions). But after all that, here I am!! =D

 

2. My family and I own 4 dogs

 

3. I've been playing the piano since I was 3

 

4. I volunteer at my veterinarian's clinic

 

5. I've lived in 3 different states (Colorado, Washington, and now Texas) and even out of country (obviously!!)

 

6. I'm an artist! It's nothing serious anymore, just a hobby and a past-time at this point

 

7. I LOVE CORGIS! I want a heard of them when I'm older, with names rhyming with Noodle.

 

8. I play Pokemon! I have a huge collection of cards. My favorite 'Mons are Chandelure and Milotic!

 

9. I love reading! I like a lot of book genres, I got into Agatha Christie last year, but before that I really loved Bruce Cameron's books (A Dog's Purpose/Emory's Gift)

 

10. I *have* to sleep with something over my eyes. Usually it's just my rag--I mean, security blanket--but I've even done a warm towel before. I just have to make life as dark as possible when sleeping, haha.

[sara4cows]

1. I'm a dog person, and like to adopt dogs that are often not covered by homeowners insurance.  Mine covers them and I feel like I have an opportunity to give them a chance.
2. I loved the Simpsons when I was growing up because they had the only family I had ever seen that made mine look somewhat normal.

3. My husband and I were married in a dairy barn, with a dozen more cows than human guests.

4. I took an education for ministry course and loved it, but am not sure how I want to apply it.

5. I am picking the flute up again after not playing for 22 years.

6. I feel that the purpose of life is to learn.  When you stop learning you stop living.

7. I took flying lessons but quit when my instructor was killed in a crash.

8. In 7th grade I had more detentions than I did days of school.

9. I love music, but have little appreciation for anything on today's radio.

10. I belong to a book group and try to read a variety of genres as often as I can.

[Siliskor]

1) I'm a cat lover. Two years ago I had no choice but to rehome my 4 feline family members, & I still hate myself for it.

2) I'm an ex-Marine.

3) I'm also a former Corrections Specialist.

4) After my now ex-husband walked out, I raised my 2 kids alone.

5) After being used by the last man I dated, I decided staying single was the better option. 20 years & counting!

6) My job history consists of deli counter service, gardening, kennel cleaning, electrostatic powder coating, electrostatic spray painting, the aforementioned military career, & now I build tractors for John Deere.

7) Since last August, my cars have been broken into a total of 5 times.

8) If I had access to a grill, I'd grill a mean marinated chicken.

9) I can shoot a comeback as fast as you can insult me.

10) I'm a video gameaholic. When I'm not at work, I'm on my PS4. I also started my kids on gaming, not the other way around.

[Queen Firebreath]

1. I'm a full time college student getting ready to graduate in December

2. I have 2 horses, 4 dogs, 10 chickens, and a whole bunch of fish.

3. I am the youngest of 5 children. I have 3 older brothers and one older sister. I get along with all of them for the most part.

4. I've been studying Latin (classical, medieval, etc) for 6 years.

5. I helped translate a section of the Historia Scholastica, the oldest book in my state, by transcribing it from Medieval Latin to Classical Latin and then translating it into English.

6. I love gardening with flowers, herbs, and all kinds of vegetables. We're famous for my cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini. One year I got 181 pumpkins from my garden besides all of the other produce!

7. My favorite fantastical creatures are dragons and unicorns.

8. I want to be an author and I have already started writing a book, plus several short stories.

9. I have completed a short story and submitted it to the literary journal Ploughshares. I was rejected on Christmas Eve of 2016.

10. I love playing video games! My favorites include The Elder Scrolls series, World of Warcraft, and the Halo series.

[bews989]

1. I'm a huge Sci fi nut and my favourite author is Isaac Asimov Definitely not because we have the same birthday.

 

2. My collection of Sci fi novels is 100 strong

 

3. I'm a sergeant in the ACF

 

4. I recently completed my silver DoE yey

 

5. I'm allergic to dish soap

 

6. @Emmerz24 I believe that the perfect book may be Dune by Frank Herbert, but don't quote me.

 

7. I failed almost all my nat 5 subjects.

 

8. I'm running out of interesting stuff

 

9. I'm inconsistent with full stops at the end of my ten facts.

 

10. My dream job is a Marine Biologist, yet my relative stupidity may hinder in my progress towards this.

[Predat0rs]

10 Facts You May or May Not Wanted To Know About Predator:

I. I have an IQ of 153, although I haven't been tested in 4 years.

II. I graduated High School while simultaneously taking care of my son.

III. My American arse somehow managed to make an English lad fall in love with me, so now he's moving here and we're getting married.

IV. I love to video game. I am an Xbox fangirl, although I play PlayStation occasionally. My favorite games right now are TES V: Skyrim, and the Call of Duty franchise.

V. I love Metal and Rock music. Hence the "Metal" part in my new username.

VI. And I also love Monster Energy, hence the "Monster" part of my username.

VII. I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in September of 2014, and I am now in remission. My family doesn't even know about the diagnosis. I hate worrying people.

VIII. I have a plethora of mental disorders (all professionally diagnosed): Autism / Schizo-Affective / Borderline Personality Disorder / Bipolar Disorder / Severe Depression / Body Dysmorphia / Social Anxiety, Social Phobia, Agoraphobia / Separation Anxiety / Obsessive Compulsive Disorder / Oppositional Defiant Disorder / Post Traumatic Stress Disorder / Paranoia / Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

VIII. I am Pansexual and Polyamorous. No one is safe! *giggles*

IX. I am left-handed.

X. I have lost 59 lbs (so far) in an effort to change my health around.

[andromedae]

1. I have always been extroverted, but I never realized it since I used to be cripplingly shy and socially anxious. After feeling repressed for so many years, I gradually learned to express myself better and better out of sheer force of will. Out of paranoia that I'll fall into my fear of speaking out once more, I have developed the tendency to be excessively outspoken at times. I am fearful of speaking, so I speak out to dissipate that negative emotion.

 

2. I have always had a burning desire to stand out, yet for many years I've done nothing to distinguish myself within the crowd. I'm slowly starting to put myself out in the spotlight, and it sure has helped me strengthen my confidence.

 

3. I am slowly honing my abilities to adapt. Formerly, resistance to change caused me great stress and eventually tossed me into a deep depression because I had so much trouble accepting it.

 

4. I am self-conscious, though not in a way that allows me to develop insecurity. What I mean to say is that I am aware of what I do and how my behavior affects other people. I know if what I am doing is producing negative or positive reactions, though even if I know I'm making a mess of myself, there will be times where won't stop because I am both stubborn and impulsive.

 

5. I analyze myself plenty. My thought patterns and emotions, I ask myself why I think the way I do and what is the true root of my feelings whenever I experience them. This often leads to more questions than answers, and yet it has allowed me to know myself better and has allowed me to become more comfortable in my own skin.

 

6. I'm studying International Accounting.

 

7. I eat the same breakfast every morning: oatmeal.

 

8. I remember what I dream of most of the time. I remember what I feel within these dreams as well as their mood or atmosphere. Sometimes I want to stay within the worlds I visit in my dreams or be able to travel to them at will. They feel like home, in the most magical way possible. I feel like I'm visiting parts of me that are difficult to grasp in real life, through my dreams I am able to understand myself better.

 

9. I've been told I've got a way with words in both English and Spanish by teachers and friends alike. My English is exceedingly rusty, however. Regardless, I'd love to write a book someday, if could ever think of a good enough topic.

 

10. I finish all my homework assignments early. Usually, I start or finish them on the very day they've been assigned.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2017 by 888888

[TheTrueMilkyBeast]

1. I can imitate sounds of many animals: a dolphin, a seagull, a frog and a tod, a cat, a dog, a songbird and more! I also can make the noises of an old door opening and closing.

2. I have three native languages. One is Ukrainian, the national language of my country, the second is Russian and the third is English. I speak them all fluently.

3. I only dream of what I want to.

4. I used to be left-handed but was taught to be a right-handed.

5. I used to be asexual until I fell in love with a girl. She's moving to Slovakia in a year, so I don't think it's going anywhere. Still, I'm not lesbian, so bisexual I guess? Still have to sort out all the terminology...

6. My favourite band is Green Day. I dreamt to see their concert someday for three years, maybe more, and this Jhne, two days after my B-Day, my dream came true!

7. While being tested at how fast I can read, I was given two pages of text and told to read (not aloud) for a minute. After a timer stopped, they would ask me questions about what the text was to make sure I really read it. Well, I finished the text before the minute and answered all the questions with ease.

8. I have many illnesses: astigmatism, myopia, troubles with my spine and feet, lack of some muscles - I think? - in the knees (I can move them in any direction freely) and some sort of mental illness.

9. I'm allergic to salami.

10. I often feel physical pain when experiencing shame.

[Pixelated_Prophecies]

1. I experience something called grapheme color synesthesia. Basically, I associate numbers and letters with colors. Like, saying 1 is the color red feels almost as factual to me as saying the sky is blue.

2. My pointer fingers on both hands are crooked at the joint closest to my hand.

3. I keep a mouse skull in my room.

4. I don't think I could decide between blue or green as my favorite color. Or maybe orange? I'm honestly not sure anymore.

5. I would probably eat candy corn all year if it wasn't only sold during autumn.

6. At the moment, I'm planning on getting a career in cyber-security.

7. I seem to kill almost every plant I touch, but I'm trying to improve.

8. I'm currently in high school.

9. I draw cats a lot.

10. I don't have an appendix anymore. Got it removed.

[DoodleMax]

1.) I have a thing where my thoughts feel like they take up 3D space in and around the front/sides of my head, complete with textures and the idea of colors (I think it might be some kind of synesthesia but I haven't found any documentation to suggest as such- if you have ideas, shoot me a message, I'd love to hear it!)
2.) I can look at someone and my brain almost immediately forms an aesthetic that makes up my mental image of them (my girlfriend is a giant stone bear covered in thick/soft moss with green glowing runes, for example)
3.) I can lick my elbow, but not my nose or chin
4.) I had to spend years training myself to be able to raise my eyebrows independently

5.) I used to be able to lay on my stomach and stretch my legs back so far my toes touched my chin
6.) I find thunder calming
7.) I hoard basically anything I can get my hands on that isn't perishable, though I especially hoard shiny bits of metal, sticks, rocks, and pillows
8.) I hate wearing shoes with laces
9.) I have a habit of tugging on/playing with my (or my family's) earlobes when I'm tired, stressed, or bored
10.) I communicate mainly in sounds, expressions and gestures, instead of verbal words

[LadyFromEast]

1. I'm a busybody, and if I don't have at least a few things to do at one moment I feel lost and bored

2. Having many things in my scheldue helps me organize my time a whole lot better

3. I'm a rat lover and a rat momma

4. I'm a graduate architect, although I'm still prior to making my own designer's license

5. I draw, paint and design a lot

6. I get attached to things, people, animals and places very easily, and it's always hard for me to let go

7. I've started my PHD thesis on architecture, but I'm doing it outside of an university and I write it in my free time

8. I collect various types of tea

9. I'm allergic to nuts

10. I love taking steaming hot baths

[Earth Gurl]

1. I'm currently helping manage the growth of 250,000 poinsettia plants.

2. Ringo Starr told me he loved me once.

3. I have (technically) 3 piercings- none of which are in my ears, as well as 3 tattoos.

4. I'm currently a senior in college majoring in Agribusiness and minoring in Horticulture.

5. I'm heavily addicted to flaming hot cheetos xxtra hot.

6. The Beatles is my favorite band of all time. 

7. I'm currently dating the love of my life and we celebrated our 1 year last month. <3 

8. Stealing from Odeen, the first roller coaster I ever rode was Goliath at Six Flags over Georgia

9. I won state swimming competitions regularly growing up, but I've since quit the sport.

10. Donovan the 60s musician once paid to fly me to Vegas to hang out with his PA and explore the city. Very nice guy.

 

[Keyboard_Cat]

1: I love coffee.

2: I've always wanted a pet fox.

3: I'm bisexual.

4: I love dubstep

5: I play the piano.

6: I have a huge fear of being alone at night.

7: I'm ambidextrous.

8: I draw cats almost every time I'm drawing.

9: I'm planning on moving to LA.

10: I'm highly introverted.

[TwilitProphet]

1. Thanks to my anxiety medication, I seem to have lost almost all fear of spiders and house centipedes. My family members yell at me to deal with any that show up.

 

2. I have made an OC of almost every single game or cartoon I have ever really liked, because I like to create people who live in the setting of those things.

 

3. I am a gamer because my grandparents loved playing RPGs when I was growing up.

 

4. While I have a driver's license, I can't really drive comfortably due to my anxiety issues.

 

5. I love simulation, open world, and role playing games!

 

6. Cats are my favorite pet! <3

 

7. My favorite colors are green, dark blue, and reddish purples!

 

8. My favorite month is October and my favorite Holiday is Halloween!

 

9. I love sushi!

 

10. My favorite pokemon is Sneasel.

[HeatherMarie]

I'm bored. Let's do a third interesting-things post!

 

1. I've watched the soap opera Young and Restless on and off since I was seven (I'm 30)

2. Related to the above, when I was a kid I was sort of unhealthily obsessed with soap operas

3. Related to *that*, I had a lot of interests when I was a kid that turned into unhealthy obsessions

4. Related to that, at one point I seriously considered running away and becoming a murderer (wtf, self?) to be like my favorite character in a book

5. In reality I am waaaaaay too shy/anxious/meek to ever do anything like that

6. I haven't been in a relationship since 2008, in part because it took me over three years to get over her, and in part because I was mentally unstable for many years

7. My mom and I already have our (fake) Christmas tree up, though not yet decorated

8. My grandfather died on Easter years ago, so Easter is always a really hard time for me and my mom

9. I'm currently in the process of downloading many, many old songs to burn onto cds... So far I have a folder with 117 songs to be burned eventually

10. December will be my 10-year anniversary at my job, and while it's something that has given me a lot of anxiety throughout the years, I know that it's seriously the best job I could ever have.

[The Dragoness]

I don't know if I've posted here yet, so here we go...

 

1. When I was in elementary school, my teacher was pretty adamant that I should skip second grade. I didn't due to a lack of well-developed social skills. 

2. Related to the above, I was an honors and AP class kid from sixth grade onward, somehow maintaining mostly A's. Yet I have never studied for a single test in my life.

3. I can only raise my left eyebrow.

4. My middle fingers are slightly crooked. No one has ever noticed except me though.

5. I have an unhealthy obsession with crime shows (I'm looking at you, Law and Order: SVU).

6. I'll listen to just about any kind of music. I'm not super picky unless it's incredibly awful.

7. I'm working on getting a degree in nursing, just like my mom before me and her mom before her.

8. Both of my pets (dog and cat) have middle names because they're basically my babies.

9. Nothing makes me happier than organizing my room or putting together a spreadsheet. I'm a bit of a neat freak

10. I love makeup. Not because I have anything to hide, but because I can use colors to make statements about my moods and thoughts. Wearing bold looks has slowly contributed to my confidence and self esteem over time. I don't care as much now about what people think of me.

[Nyxity]

Interesting? Ha!

 

01. Look to my signature for six (possibly seven) things about me already.

02. I started showing signs of Tennis Elbow when I was around fourth to fifth grade due to drawing and writing. Not knowing that is what it was, I continued on and by the time I reached around the age 20 my writing hand is now so messed up it is beyond repair. Drawing is no longer possible and I write via pen or pencil rarely as possible.

03. I didn’t speak until I was three and then spent seven years in speech therapy… or basically my entire elementary school career.

04. I will never have a driver’s license my entire life if I can help it. Drivers bloody scare me enough in a passenger’s seat.

05. I hate conflict. It scares me and spikes my adrenaline so even just very mild confrontation directed towards me can near send me into a panic attack for an hour or so. (Some of this may be nature, a lot is from nurture.)

06. My childhood screwed me up enough that I cannot survive in “the real world”. I’m so sensitive to stress just volunteering at a library for a month led me to… very dark places and desires. So, I’ll never be able to hold a job…

07. I love learning, but I hate the US school system with a passion.

08. My passion in life is likely the happiness of animals… especially cats.

09. I love music. It became a huge crutch for me in my adolescent years… but I can’t listen to it for sheer enjoyment anymore. It, along with any electrical wave frequencies from radios, speakers, televisions, brings me headaches now. I miss listening to music. I can at least get songs stuck in my head, sing and hum them…

10. I love reading, but I cannot read novels or even novellas anymore. Due to my aphantasia, I always had to read books front to back in order to keep all the information fresh. There were no breaks in between, because it could lead to me forgetting things I had read that would be important to remember later. I can no longer handle the strain of focusing on a book anymore. I miss reading. Up until I had to give in, I was a voracious reader…

 

I'm such a ray of sunshine.

Edited December 8, 2017 by Nyxity

[Flamekitty48]

1. been on 5 cruises

2. been to Europe 

3. Have a leopard gecko 

4. a gamer geek

5. very hooked of watching Twitch streamers 

6. Love sushi!

7. my favorite animal is the cheetah 

8. A bookworm 

9. Never been in a relationship that lasted more than a year 

10. going to graduate next may for Early childhood education degree to be a teacher. 

[LadyLyzar]

1.  I have perfect pitch.  If I hear a musical note, I can tell you what it is.   Hubs wrote a program to test my accuracy and I'm usually within 10 cents.

2.  I've played piano since I was 5 years old.  Although I can read music, I prefer to play by ear.

3.  I also play the saxophone and briefly taught lessons.  Since I play by ear, I can write out sheet music for tunes my students are interested in.

4.  I've always loved to draw.  According to my mom, I produced my first recognizable drawing at age 2.  It was a playground slide.

5.  By the time I was 5, I'd lived in four states.  I also graduated from high school overseas.

6.  Although I studied meteorology in college, I never went storm chasing.  Storms chase me instead.

7.  I have a black belt in American Karate and was an assistant instructor before we moved.

8.  I joined DC when my oldest was a baby.  He's now almost 10.  (Also as a bonus, the person who introduced me to DC still plays.  Hi, @PrincessLucy!)

9.  I homeschool both my kids because my oldest is autistic.  I hadn't initially planned on homeschooling his younger brother, but it worked out that way.

10.  I cannot stand the taste of coffee.  It doesn't matter what you do to it - cream, sugar, caramel, chocolate, whatever.  It's disgusting.

[Yubelchen]

1. I can, and will given the chance, sleep a whole day and even longer (not in one go, because toilet breaks are needed).

2. I can tolorate much pain, i went working for two months with an infected and dying big toe not minding it because it didnt hurt at all until i got forced to go to one and it needed to be operated or i would have lost it (thats incredible i think, but i learned)

3. I never have been outside of germany (not counting that one trip to netherland to buy coffee with my parents)

4. I love sushi, fish and seafood of almost all kinds! I only hate tuna, it looks like catfood to me.

5. My favorite pokemon is Charmeleon! Its cute as charmander, cool as charizard, seems cuddly and looks like a badass rebel!

6. I was dead once, clinical dead to be exact (drowned in the year 2000 at the age of seven). Thats why i had the nickname 'Zombie' in school.

7. I dont want a relationship, i tried dating a guy and i was simply to lazy to message him often, it seems stuff like that just drains me too much. Maybe i´m just asexual or an introvert, who knows, doesnt matter much to me since i´m just being me.

8. I ahve crushes on many fictional characters, my first 'love' is and was Lyndis of the Lorca tribe in Fire Emblem 7: Blazing Sword <3

9. I´m also a furry, i dont own a suit yet but hey, they are expensive! My fursona (a creature representing myself) is a anthropromorphic grey wolf with a skullface and a long tail, her name (and my perfered nickname) is Yuubi.

10. I`m a lore-wh*re, i want and need to find out everything storywise about a game/book/series to learn how its world is build, how characters act in certain situations and what symbolic means are behind things.

 

BONUS

11. As my very first tattoo i want my zodiarc, the capricorn, as a skeleton. Fish tail and skeleton goat body, representing life/death, my love towards skeletons/lore and the simply fact that i like creepy stuff. Maybe it will be a bloody skeleton, hehe!

[Husky51]

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Let's hear some interesting things about You!

 

Just make a short list of ten interesting things about you.

 

1.  As a city boy, I learned to ride horseback on my own and was even hired by the Stable mgr to ride one day...

2.  Raised Rabbits as a 12 yr old, walked the neighborhood selling rabbits dead or alive.  I'd kill, dress, and sell'm...

3.  Drove School Busses for a number of years...

4.  My wife had been one of my passengers.  No, hahaha, not that young, she was 17 when we met, married a year later.

5.  Worked for the Calif Hwy Patrol for 9 yrs, not as a cop, but a truck and bus terminal inspector and accident inspections        on big vehicles...

6.  Spent over 4 yrs in the US Navy as a Canadian Citizen...  

7.  Got my American Citizenship after I got out of the Navy...  We were led in the Oath of Allegience by a Medal of Honor          Awardee.

8.  I've caught and eaten a number of Rattlesnakes by myself.

9.  I shot Police Pistol Competition for 4 yrs as a Master and took 3rd place in an LAPD match.

10. My daughter and two sons have given me 20 grandkids, including step and half brothers and sisters.  I love'm all...

[AzureJustice]

1. I am able to manipulate my dreams before I actually fall asleep, as in create my own dream in however way I want it UNTIL I regain consciousness.

2. I can manipulate what time I wake up in the morning, as long as I give a range of when to wake up.

3. I don't "sketch" when I draw, I just freehand and it actually doesn't look too bad.

4. In MMOs and other online games, I am usually very quiet and shy.

5. Whenever I'm cold, my knees shiver more than my body.

6. I actually learned how to animate when I was around 5 years old, but I had a very long break from then and now, which is why I'm "reteaching" myself how to animate.

7. I draw male characters better than females, even though I am female.

8. I prefer learning modern and video game music on the piano over the classical songs.

9. My voice is deeper than most of my friends' voices, which the majority are girls.

10. I still remember a dream that I dreamt about when I was about 4 years old.

[Ether-Equinox]

1. I am a Type-A personality

2. I am very adaptable

3. I am very smart

4. I run very fast

5. Sadly, I am an introvert

6. I remember vividly certain events from my past

7. I am creative

8. I am nature-loving

9. I'm nice to nice people, a demon to bad people

10. ???

[relaks]

1. I love cats. That is currently the most important thing you need to know about me.

2. I have a cat tattooed on my skin, on my ribs. See above point.

3. I find the human body fascinating. That's why I started studying medicine (that and it breaks my heart to think about people dying or suffering for things we can cure). I continued because I'm apparently a masochist, lol.

4. While I'm bilingual (French mom, Spanish dad), I can only recite the alphabet without thinking in French. It costs me effort in Spanish. Similarly, some counting, additions and subtractions are made in Spanish in my head, but more complicated operations (multiplying, dividing) are obligatory French. 

5. I'm easily ignited and lose my temper way too fast, but I'm incapable of holding a grudge. I guess I'm kind of "Express your anger now so you don't carry it with you" kind of person. 

6. I've always been self-conscious about my body image. Going to the gym regularly has done wonders for that, though. Not only because it changed my silhouette (denying it would be a lie) but because I feel more energetic, stronger, and I'm impressed with what my body is capable of doing. Studying medicine has also given me a new appreciation about my health. 

7. I'm very opinionated.  Like, a lot. Sometimes too much, and it's something I'm trying to change. It's okay to have your opinion, but that doesn't mean other people are inherently wrong (except antivaxxers and flat-earth believers, those are definitely wrong, lol). Despite that, I actually love to debate with other people and hear other points of view. It's hard, but you might be able to change my mind sometimes

8. I have a hard time projecting myself in a stable romantic relationship. I see myself with at least 3 cats in the future, though!  See point number 1. 

9. I bought some clothes this summer during sales, and I realized 3/4 of the things I bought had stripes on them. Oh, well... what can you do *shrugs* 🙈

10. I like shiny things. I might have been a magpie in another life. ✨

 

[hedy]

1. I was born on the day I was expected due, 11/11

2. I have studied 7 different languages

3. I'm allergic to birch pollen, which is ironic since our home farm is named after the birch forests growing there

4. I've only dated one person in my life

5. I'm a very quick reader and learner

6. I cry very easily, whether it's because of sadness, happiness, anger or just seeing a super cute animal

7. I used to love going to the dentist as a kid and described getting my blood work done at age 6 as "super cool"

8. I'm very interested in house design, construction and decorating, and I hope I could work with that in my future career

9. I'm currently writing my master's thesis on the topic "Connection between computer use and socioeconomic status in older adults"

10. Christmas and Midsummer's Eve are my favorite holidays, mostly because I always spend them with my favorite relatives