Random facts about you

[Shawn]

Okay.... I'll rock the boat with my first one.

- I absolutely LOATHE the color orange; in fact, I think it should be outlawed :LOL:
- I have seven tattoos, all of flowers, faeries or dragons
- One of my tattoos means "to be different" and one of them has my daughter's and son's initials hidden in it
- I am an avid reader and own hundreds of books
- I am also a published author
- I am almost 39 years old and will (finally!) finish my bachelors degree in just a few months

[gymdog]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawn I absolutely LOATHE the color orange; in fact, I think it should be outlawed

I don't believe it.

More random facts:
-don't have weird issues with cheerleading (and that can be controversial in gymnastics circles lol)

-my best memory in gymnastics is winning bars at L8 states and sticking my double back the day after I basically had a breakdown because I kept falling on my second bar part after I'd been doing so well on bars all year. I remember that a lot because everything also went downhill pretty soon after that with my training group and favorite coaches. So that was a nice day and my other teammate won AA after she dealt with a lot of fear issues prior to states and had to work really hard to get her routines back.

-I like this smiley:

-My favorite books are The Sorrow of War and The Giving Tree

[Shawn]

Believe it, Gymdog. I'm actually thinking about petitioning Harley Davidson to get them to change their colors. hehehehehe

[I-Heart-Beam]

- I love to sing- the current party piece is The Pointer Sister's "I'm So Excited"
- Have broken five bones.
- Hope to be a doctor.
- My mum's family is Italian and my dad's are Irish but I have one of the strongest west of Scotland accents you'll probably ever hear
- Love to cook
- Am trying to get my mum to let me get blue highlights.
- Never read things properly
- I usually say the most ridiculous and out of place things but I never usually mean them.

[NYgymfan]

-I'm learning to play guitar
-I had stitches on my hand from a bike accident when i was a lil kid
-I enjoy outdoorsey stuff like hiking and camping (camping in a tent, not an RV)
-I'm on student council at school
-I run track and I want to polevault next year.
-I used to be a competative swimmer
-I want to learn how to speak multiple languages
-I'm going to start reading the Harry Potter series for the first time sometime soon
-I just started tumbling....and I love it!

[MoonKid]

- My favourite colour is light purple
- My computer's spellchecker doesn't like how I spell favourite and colour (apparently my computer is American)
- I'm a Harry Potter addict!!!!
- As a kid I played both the piano and the clarinet for 3 years each, although never at the same time
- I was in school choirs for a total of 7 years (would have been longer if I had been allowed to join earlier and my high school teacher hadn't been so difficult to get along with)
- In my 14 years in gymnastics I've had 16 different long term coaches (ie not random subs)
- I've managed to escape injury in gymnastics (the worst was a sprained toe)

[TDiver]

-I've been involved in seven different sports, six of them competively.
-My dad was my track coach.
-I've had 3 surgeries, and one on my tounge... all from gymnastics.
-I've played the piano since I was seven.
-I've been to 5 different countries and most of the carribean.
-I traveled to Australia for 3 weeks as a People to People Student Ambassador.
-I'm really shy at school, but tend to meet people from all around the world at meets.
-I love doing things outdoors and i'm definently not a girly girl.
-I've had over 200 stitches.

[gracefulone]

-I have never sworn before. Most people use this as an excuse to try to get me to in any way possible, especially my guy friends.
-Yellow is my favorite color.
-My favorite movie is Dead Poet's Society.
-I like writing poems, but I get nervous sharing them face-to- face.
-I haven't had a soda in 5 years.
-The first movie I ever saw in theaters was The Lion King.
-I speak French...one of my friends and I very rarely speak English to each other.
-I play violin.
-In my opinion, one of the best books ever written is The Journey of Socrates, by Dan Millman.
-One of the girls I coached (level three) took 4thin AA at Y nationals and placed in every event. I'm so proud of her!
-I'm an ex-cheerleader.

[gracefulone]

-And I pole vault!

[gracefulone]

This is a really interesting thread to read, by the way!