There is an episode of Sex and the City in which Carrie writes about the little things we secretly do behind closed doors. When you’re single and living alone, or even with a roommate, you have certain behaviors that are private. A lot of these activities are strange but I think they make the “you” that people actually get to see, that much more interesting. You always have a small part of yourself that is private. I know that if you get married eventually those things will become common knowledge because your four year old will bust in when you’re waxing your lip, or your mother-in-law will shame you for reading gossip mags (I bet she reads them too) or your husband will take control of the remote so you can’t watch Maury Povitch (I'm 150% sure I am NOT the father). I get it, as we invite new people into our lives we lose a bit of our privacy and hopefully the benefits of opening up are worth what you are giving up. You should be able to still retain something for yourself so in an attempt at full disclosure, or at least partial, I will let you in on some of my idiosyncrasies.
I love watching Extreme Couponing on TLC, in fact I hope one day, I have my own place so that I can extreme coupon. I want to get 400 bottles of ketchup for free, that would be a high like heroin to me. But don’t worry, I don’t plan on keeping them all in a room with my 17 birds and various other crazy old lady items, I plan on donating them to shelters
I “woof” when I’m in my apartment, sometimes at my roommate sometimes just because I feel like it. I am dog crazy and my whole family sings songs to and about our dog
I buy raspberry jam but I almost never buy bread. This is on purpose. I like to take a spoonful of the jam and eat it as is. So so good
I've kept a journal for 10 years it has same fairly embarrassing teen angst in it..that took place in my 20's
I would say on a daily basis I imagine what I would do if I won the lottery. I never play the lottery but I still like to think about what I would buy if I did. I’m sure lots of people do this, but I am like 2 steps away from and Excel spreadsheet, for someone who never buys a ticket, I’m really sure I’m going to win
For the record, Id give away 50%, pay off my debt, start some philanthropic ventures and buy a sick boat and apartment in beacon hill that has a library.
I talk to my mother every day, sometimes more than once a day
Every Sunday, when I take the train home to my parent's, I buy terrible gossip magazines. I especially love the ones with the “worst beach bodies” issues. I know it’s horrible and I feel bad for them but I also don’t care and it makes me happy
My roommate knows this but, I use a face mask twice a week and they come in varied, horrifying shades and sometimes I’m not sure they even do anything but I still use them
When I’m alone, I like to turn on 90’s Jams on cable in the living room and bust a move. I cannot dance in public unless drunk but when I’m alone I dance like a fiend…I did watch a fair amount of Darren’s Dance Grooves when I was younger with my friend Aflo who is getting married this week SHOUT OUT!
I purposely get my room messy once in a while, so I can clean it up…
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