Since dragged me into a new challenge (it's his new hobby I guess), I made a post on Wednesday with 10 truths and 1 lie about me and asked you to find out the lie.I had fun reading your reactions, guesses and arguments but I did not tell the truth, not even give a hint. I was supposed to give you the truth yesterday, but real life took over.
Well, revelation time is here now! Follow me...
My journey into poetry started with some vulgar rhymes back in primary school.
This is... TRUE!
In my last year of primary school I started violating famous songs of the time by changing the lyrics with "bad" words we children were not allowed to say. As I grew up, I kept writing funny songs and poems for my friends, but I "evolved" into a more decent-language poet and writer. (As a kid she must have hit her head many times)
I had my first kiss at the age of 20.
This is... TRUE!
A shy, overweight teenager who would have very little self-confidence had to go to university before getting a boyfriend. (Are you sure it was your weight and you didn't just read your poems to men around you?)
I used to hide myself under a layer of 20 extra kilos until the age of 22.
This is... TRUE!
I was a fat kid, a fat teenager and I didn't lose those extra pounds until I turned 22. Actually, I started losing weight when I was 20 and stabilized my weight 2 years after that. (It's never too late)
And here is a picture of me with one of my friends from university. The guy is now a professional dancer and dance teacher (He was lucky I didn't crush him while taking this photo).
I love boxes, back home I have at least 50 of them in various colors and sizes.
This is... TRUE!
I don't know why, but I love boxes and containers of all kind of stuff. I do have a tendency to put things away in their "right" place and whenever I find a storing box I like, I find it hard to resist and not buy it. (Houston, we have a problem)
I want my coffee with a spoon in the cup.
This is... TRUE!
I like to have a spoon in my cup of coffee so I can hold it with my finger whenever I try to take a sip. Of course I can drink my coffee without a spoon, it's just that when I don't have it, I feel like something's missing. (This girl is getting weirder one line after the other)
I terrorized my sister anyway I could when we were children.
This is... TRUE!
I hated my sister when we were children. She came six years after me. For six whole years I was the only child in the family and I never had to share my parents or grandparents with anyone. And then, one day she came around and took my mum away, because for some reason my mum couldn't just leave her in the hospital right after birth. She had to stay there for a few days with the annoying baby and bring her back home. So whenever I had the chance I would scare this creature that came to stay and demand a share of our parents fortune (yes, little children at the age of six can think of how their parents' fortune will be shared). (Ok, the OCD lady starts getting a bit creepy now)
I am a shoe addict, I have at least 50 pairs in my closet.
This is... TRUE!
If I could, I would probably fill my whole house with shoe boxes. I tried to count how many pairs of shoes I got, heels, flats, trainers, boots, ankle boots, sandals, platforms, slippers and flip flops... let's say that had I been a centipede I'd still have a dozen or more of pairs left unworn. (Carrie Bradshaw, is that you?)
I used to have the nickname "Porky".
This is... TRUE!
A friend from university started calling me Porky after I had lost most of my extra kilos. So for years I'd be Porky for my friends. (I keep picturing her as Petunia Pig with a hundred of shoe boxes around her, terrorising her sister with inappropriate rhymes)
My favorite musical instrument is the piano.
This is... TRUE!
I find such peace and satisfaction upon listening to the sound of a melancholic or dark piano melody. Don't you ever feel it with music? I don't like cheerful melodies as much though, they sound lame to me. I even tried to learn how to play, but I did not have the discipline to continue. (Thank God, 'cause now you'd be forcing us to listen to your music just like you do with your stories)
I don't talk to anyone when I wake up for at least ten minutes.
This is... TRUE!
I cannot talk right after waking up. I mean, I can but my throat refuses to co-operate and produces merely moaning sounds as a response to human talk. (This girl has issues... like lots of them)
My favorite food is green beans.
This is... a LIE!
I mean, it could be partially true, as there was a time I'd ask my mum to cook green beans every week (it was three summers ago, I think). After having green beans every week for three whole summer months I ended up feeling disgusted just by smelling them. So now I hate them! If I had to choose between green beans and death from starvation I would go for the beans of course, but as long as there are other choices I'll be keeping my distances. (Well, lots of people hate green beans and vegetables in general. I guess she's not that weird after all)
Congratulations to those of you who guessed right!!
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! You'll be getting a symbolic "prize" soon :)
Thank you for the nomination
... and for putting up with me!