but what makes her tick?

Facebook, which I'm addicted to, had this note going around where you name off 25 random things about yourself. This is what I came up with and it was fun.

long awaited 25 random things...

1. I despise being misunderstood
2. Life is about relationships (according to how I fall on the Myers-Briggs personality test). I agree it fits me but that doesn't translate to mean I have to be around people all the time. I like some 'me' time. It does mean if there is a rift in a relationship it eats at me until there is some reconciliation.
3. God is AWESOME and I owe my life to loving him, continually growing deeper in a love relationship with my savior.
4. The only magazine I'm currently subscribed to is Backpacker (my fav Christmas present the last 4 years). I drool over the trip reports and gorgeous pictures. I've backpacked in New Hampshire's white mountains, Franconia Notch, Presidential Range; Vermont's green mountains; Adirondacks (NY), Washington's Olympic Nat'l Park; Montana's Glacier Nat'l Park, on the Appalachian Trail in VA & PA and a few other random places. My "must do" life list grows faster than I actually get out.
5. I love canoeing on rivers (thanks to my position at Hebron sometimes I even get paid to do so!) and enjoy getting underground in caves - such hidden beauty!
6. I take pride in being good at driving & backing a canoe trailer, making use of a cordless drill, using a swagger on the ropes course and driving the tractor.
7. I'm vain about 2 of my physical features... my hair (no I don't ever try to straighten it) and calf muscles
8. I've traveled to China, Thailand, Costa Rica and lived in Hong Kong for 1 year but have never been to Canada.
9. I journal a lot but don't read often. I'd rather be doing things than reading about them.
10. My favorite sport to play & watch is soccer and I play a couple times a week still. This has put a lot of miles on my car.
11. I have over 80 cousins on my dad's side of the family. The oldest one is in his 30's and the youngest one was just born this fall. Yes, all FIRST cousins. No, I can't name them all. The majority of them drive horse & buggy. My mom's side, the 'small'er side, when we all get together, there are over 40 of us with aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
12. I can mimic accents pretty well. Specialties are Pennsylvania duetsch and chinese accented english (chinglish or engrish). Wish that translated in to learning languages like nobody's business...
13. I'm not nearly as competitive as I used to be but I still play to win. I don't like to lose but get over it pretty quickly. Its just more fun to win.
14. I need to laugh more and learn to let go of things. I also really admire people who are humble.
15. I may have a bit of a violent streak... I aim for animals on the road. well, used to. Once I hit a possum and then I never wanted to do it again. Especially because I ran past the carcass for the next 2 weeks. GROSS! I've ninja kicked a few moles, don't appreciate bugs or lil vermin occupying my home and want to put an end to whatever is digging holes in my plants in my office. The trap is set...
16. I'm not a visionary person per say. I'm more of a nuts & bolts/details person. I'm huge on efficiency.
17. I once batted a monkey off my friend and it screamed at me. But it got down. But it got the Oreo's it wanted. We'll call it a draw. Ok... the monkey won.
18. I've only recently started to let myself dream but share these life goals with very few people.
19. I dream at night a lot and remember some vividly. So much so that I keep a dream journal.
20. I enjoy being an American and am thankful for my citizenship but I'm not very patriotic.
21. My eyes are very healthy but my vision is worse than 20/400. That big letter E at the top of the chart? yeah... I can't read it. Without corrective lenses I'd be legally blind. When in Hong Kong I went to a chinese eye doctor and he said, "Waah!... you have eyes like Chinese!" (... aka. BAD!) I had bifocals a few years in elementary school.
22. I was mistaken for a famous person once but couldn't let myself sign autographs. Can you guess who?
23. I have lots of questions & uncertainties about God but my faith is sure in hoping for something greater than what's before us today. I don't know what the future holds but I have confidence that God holds the future (...and everything, including you and me).
24. When I witness something awkward or accidentally painful my initial reaction is to laugh, not comfort. :/ Shock I guess. I also find flatulence quite humorous. Usually. Mark it up to having 2 older brothers and a gaseous father.
25. I'm convinced we as humans are supposed to help, love, support and encourage one another with all we've got. If its not your day to receive today, it will be some time. I love my friends & family!!

and just for good measure 26.) No one has ever thrown me a surprise party.

Hope you're not too weirded out now but I'll understand if I have a few less friends tomorrow. :) haha!