20 Really Interesting or Just Plain Strange Things You Didn't Know About Me

1. I conjugate French verbs while I drive to work
2. and listen to NPR on the way back
3. I don't get along very well with people my age, but I get along fabulously with older folks
4. I abhor television but can't stop watching it
5. I speak to my dog in 5 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Incomprehensible Gibberish
6. I studied Environmental Science at an Agricultural high school, but graduated college with a Bachelor's in English
7. A notable literary figure once hit on me (shh! my lips are sealed)
8. I am a bonafide mama's girl, if there is such a thing
9. I am militantly against smoking and at the tender age of 5 convinced my dad to quit
10. I gave up refined sugar cold turkey for my hypoglycemia
11. I have a very large collection of Louisa May Alcott books, but haven't read most of them
12. The film Strangers on a Train (1951) creeped me out so much, that I started hyperventilating half way through and had to stop. (I watched the rest of the film a few days later)
13. I have a collection of soil from around the world that I keep in little jars. So far I've only got England and Canada.
14. If I could chose a alternate dream job not necessarily based in reality I would be a costume designer for movies.
15. I dream of getting a PhD and being called Dr. Raquelle
16. I impulsively visit the trivia section of IMDB after watching any and every movie
17. I've never watched Star Wars or Indiana Jones (ducking)
18. I have a physical aversion to Coca-Cola
19. I have watched 22 out of the 29 films that Marilyn Monroe was in, and my goal is to watch them all.
20. I'm happily single but secretly wish I was married