Ten Facts...

[DodosAreDead]

1. I love threads like these.
2. I'm gonna struggle to come up with 10 interesting facts.
3. I was once chased by a water buffalo down a mountain.
4. I haven't cried in front of anyone except my parents since 4th grade.
5. I have been asked out by exactly three people: all over the age of 20. (I'm 16, to put it in context.)
6. I really want a teeny tiny tattoo when I'm older. 
7. I'm a huge fan of the DJ Avicii and still can't get over his death.
8. I love hiking/mountaineering but haven't done any serious hikes in over an year.
9. For a few days every month I blame my dad's Y chromosome for not coming to me.
10. I have a super important psychology exam tomorrow and am supposed to be studying for it right now.

[Whateverist]

5- When I was younger I only read fiction under duress.  Now I'm vacuuming up all the great novels I can get to.

Any favorites?

Lots.  One that jumps out is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by British author David Mitchell.  It is about early contact between east and west when each knew only a little about the other.  Less swashbucklingly stupid than Shogun.  From 2010.

One that would really fit Valky's persona here is The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumbass.  

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Oh okay, Dumas then.

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 If you've ever dreamed of possessing the power to right all wrongs, especially those committed upon yourself, this book is for you.  The Count's super power is the same as Iron Man's, though his technology is weak.  1844, translated from french.

Oh and of course Middlesex by by Jeffrey Eugenides!  Fascinating look into the world of a person born XY but without expressed male characteristics.  Raised a girl this rare bird would have been called a hermaphrodite in another time.  It goes back three generations and is wonderfully written.  2007

Alright, last one, I promise.  My Brilliant Friend and its two sequels written by an italian (we think)  woman (we think) who writes under a nom de plume.  I loved it because it gave me a sense of what it might be like growing up a woman, but that isn't what its about.  It's really about women's relationships with each other.  (I confess, I like women.)  2012 and I think the two sequels came out one after the other in consecutive years.  OMG, it is set to air as a mini series this month!  Ack, and we just got rid of HBO!  S'cues me I got a call to make.

[The Valkyrie]

1. I love threads like these.
2. I'm gonna struggle to come up with 10 interesting facts.
3. I was once chased by a water buffalo down a mountain.
4. I haven't cried in front of anyone except my parents since 4th grade.
5. I have been asked out by exactly three people: all over the age of 20. (I'm 16, to put it in context.)
6. I really want a teeny tiny tattoo when I'm older. 
7. I'm a huge fan of the DJ Avicii and still can't get over his death.
8. I love hiking/mountaineering but haven't done any serious hikes in over an year.
9. For a few days every month I blame my dad's Y chromosome for not coming to me.
10. I have a super important psychology exam tomorrow and am supposed to be studying for it right now.

I keep forgetting you're so young.

I should start age rating my posts...

Assume 90% of my posts are rated 18 or older...

[DodosAreDead]

Assume 90% of my posts are rated 18 or older...

Aren't 90% of all posts here rated 18 or older? 

[The Valkyrie]

Assume 90% of my posts are rated 18 or older...

Aren't 90% of all posts here rated 18 or older? 

Okay, 99% for my posts.

[Cod]

4. I once saved someone from freezing to death

This sounds like a story I would like to hear.

A lady at work got herself locked in a walk in freezer. I heard a very faint thudding coming from the kitchen area and went in to investigate.
She hadn't worked there long and thought that she had to twist the door release rather than banging it, she had been in there for a fair length of time when I found her...She was getting blue, I think another half an hour and she would have been in big trouble.
I soon warmed her up

[ignoramus]

^ Did she give you the cold shoulder?

[Cod]

^ Did she give you the cold shoulder?

She looked very pleased to see me...

[ignoramus]

I hope you weren't staring at her nipples!

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

4.  One of my brothers once tried to murder me with a pair of garden shears.

5.  I once vomited on a cop.  Deliberately.

6.  I've been arrested 7 times.

9.  I once held an appointed political office for three weeks.

Boru

4,5,6; Care to elaborate?
9; Why only 3 weeks?

 4. He thought I was hitting on his girl (I wasn’t) and chased me round the chicken run til two of my other brothers tackled him.

5.  During one of my arrests, the cop told me that if I was sick in her car, she’d make things tough for me. So I got sick all down her front.

6.  Two for public intoxication, three for brawling, once for trying to strangle a priest, and once for suspicion of associating with paramilitaries.

9.  It was a temporary post. Local government decided to appoint a parades commission to try and ease tensions during the Orange marches in July (didn’t work).

Boru