Because Cecily asked, here are five things you don’t know about me:

1. I sleep with my eyes open.
   Really creepy, huh? The first time my husband realized it, we were not even dating yet. A group of us from college went on a road trip, and we all crashed in one friend’s parents’ living room. They let me have the couch, everyone else was arranged on the floor or in chairs.

   In the morning, some of them woke up before me, but they thought I was awake and started talking to me. When I did not respond, they waved their hands in front of my face, and realized I was actually not awake. Just a freak.

   I now warn people if I’m ever sharing a hotel room, or if there is the possibility I may doze off (long car ride).

2. I used to be in a band.
   Two bands, actually. In college, I got a microphone I could tack to my violin, and joined some friends’ rock band. We played out in bars a few times, but disbanded after 1/2 of the band graduated.

   A few years after college, I joined some people I found looking for bandmates in a local paper. I played some keyboards, some violin, and backing vocals. It never really went anywhere — it was a never-ending search to complete the lineup — but it was fun writing/recording songs.

3. People think I’m quiet, until they get to know me.
   Especially in groups, I take a little while to open up. I guess I don’t like to compete if there are lots of people talking. I can be a little shy, but usually it’s more that I need to warm up to new people/situations. Once I start to break down into smaller groups or one-on-one, I won’t shut up. Anybody who thinks I am quiet doesn’t really know me.
4. I am kind of a dork.
   Just this morning, I took out a tape measure so I could draw up a reasonably to-scale floor plan of my new office onto graph paper. That way, I can cut out miniature desks, bookcases and file cabinets and rearrange them. I currently don’t have an officemate, but I will soon, so I want to make sure it’s just right!

   I’m sure there are plenty of other dorky examples, I will add more if I think of any!

5. I am a vegetarian.
   Well, more accurately, a pescetarian, but it’s usually easier to say vegetarian.

   Still, my convictions aren’t really that strong. I stopped eating meat in college because cafeteria meat was gross, and I had a lot of vegetarian friends so it was easy to go along. Now, 13 or so years later, a lot of it is habit. They make lots of yummy fake meat products now, too.

   I still wear leather, but fur is too “dead animal” for me.

There you have it!