katina choovanski

katina choovanski
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May 24
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City-dwelling, country-raised, joyfully car-free, liberal plant nerd who would rather be in school for the rest of eternity. I'm not a writer by any means so I feel a bit small here on OS. I have no dreams of being published or changing the world with my writing but I do enjoy it.

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JANUARY 4, 2009 4:12PM

My 25 things - better late than never?

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1.  As evidenced by the lateness of this post, I am a horrible procrastinator.

 

2.  I have Lyme Disease.

 

3.  We have been trying for a year and a half to get pregnant.  

 

4.  If I happen upon a crooked frame hanging on the wall, I HAVE TO fix it.  Even if I close my eyes, I am taunted by a crooked frame.

 

5.  If I am ever in your house and you have the toilet paper hung the wrong way, I will switch it.  I'm not kidding, I did this in the house of a very famous movie director.  (PS - the right way is with the paper coming over the top.  The only possible excuse to hang it the other way is the presence of a frisky feline)

 

6.  My father is an alcoholic.  So is my uncle and so was my grandma.  I, thankfully, am not.

 

7.   I never even graduated from community college.

 

8.  I almost joined the army once.  I am eternally gratefully for the one voice of common sense at the MEPS center who told me the army probably wasn't for me.  

 

9.  I've been to Sturgis on a Harley.

 

10.  If I could, I'd spend every day in my huge (imaginary) garden growing every fruit and vegetable possible.  

 

11.   I ride a folding bike.

 

12.  I lost a bunch of weight and gained it all back.  Ugh!

 

13.  I used to work right next to CBGB.

 

14.  I drove from Seattle to NYC in a U-Haul that overheated in Billings, MT and then the starter died 1 1/2 miles from Manhattan.   

 

15.  I have a 17-year-old cat who was diagnosed with kidney failure a year ago and thanks to some miracle drugs is still with us.  

 

16.  I started a fight with an army guy in a bar.  

 

17.  I threw a different guy out of a bar once.  Last thing the drunk idiot saw was a chick throwing his ass out.

 

18.   My greatest Scrabble turn resulted in 110 points.

 

19.  I lived in a commune for the first 2 months of my life.

 

20.  I love bugs.

 

21.  I make the best damn pie crust ever.  

 

22.  My first husband killed himself.

 

23.  I have 6 tattoos.

 

24.  I took the 1000 point purity test and scored a 47 % pure.  

 

25.  I sometimes think I have freaky empathic powers. 

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wow, this is just about dull as fuck.
No, it's not! Did you finish that bar fight you started?
We tried for three years until we got Daughter so keep trying. Have they done a hysterosalpingogram on you? It's a diagnostic exam but sometimes it can blow your tubes out. I do have a story cooking about that which I should work on.
Best of luck!
4. If I happen upon a crooked frame hanging on the wall, I HAVE TO fix it. Even if I close my eyes, I am taunted by a crooked frame.

Me too! This haunts me. Anything crooked. A bit of OCD on my part.

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Great to see your list!
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If by "finished" you mean "protested as my friends dragged me off", then yes. Way to usher in my 25th year!

They have not done the hysterosalpingogram. I'm sure I am only dipping my toes in the water thus far. That's kind of why I wanted to write from the voice of inexperience so I can look back on it later.

Look forward to hearing your story.