a list of things that i've learned about myself or just random facts. (:

• i never get to bed before 10pm.
• i REAAALLY like anything to do with Britain. :D
• i'm gonna live in England at some point in my life. and that's a fact.
• McFly is my favorite band everrr. <3
• i always feel like i need to do something productive.
• i like to be tidy, neat, and organized. (in certain situations.)
• i enjoy finding new catchy songs.
• i'm very open to new music.
• i also love getting new cds.
• i save any graphic that i like to my computer.
• i used to print anything & EVERYTHING when i was little, so i really like to print stuff out. (i just wish the printer wasn't so noisy..)
• i believe that i've started a new hobby to collect McFlytems. this collection includes cds, singles, dvds, songs, pictures & such. (McFlytems = McFly & items combined.)
• i need to LIVE life. i don't feel as though i've accomplished what i want to. and i might just upset myself in the long run.
• i take things too seriously.
• i think i must have some very mild case of bipolar-ness.
• i have few friends.
• i forget that people have called me.
• i never have time during the week to hang out with anyone. i'm free on most weekends!
• i need to work on my social skills because what i say doesn't make sense. i mumble and jumble words together.
• i'm a terrible conversationalist.
• i'm seem quiet and awkward when you don't know me.
• i'm cooler online than irl.
• i'm a pretty friendly person.
• i laugh A LOT.
• i laugh at the simple stuff.
• pretty much anything amuses me.
• if someone has a problem or needs to vent, i'll listen.
• i really like to make lists.
• i record anything that i can, so i can look back at it in the future and be amazed.
• i like to tumble and go on the computer. (obviously.)
• i constantly check other people's grammar. the "your/you're, their/there/they're, and to/too/two" bug me like no other.
• i have a severe case of procrastination.
• i'm really not shy, i'm quiet.
• although i'm neither of the two whenever i'm around my friends.
• i can crack my fingers, toes, neck, & one of my wrists. (haha, i bet you're going 'eww'.)
• i'm only fourteen and i really like coffee.
• my favorite number is 3. (it's my birthday, of course!)
• i hate the fact that i'm competitive in some ways.
• i don't care to watch tv.
• when i wonder if i'm looking awkward, i start feeling awkward. (lol, it sounds so funny.)
• i'm VERY sarcastic.
• i don't like the color purple, although if it's something that i REALLY like with purple, i'll give in.
• i get distracted easily.
• i open bottles with my left hand, but i write with my right hand.
• just like the one above, except i do left cartwheels. (though i do know many people the same way.)
• i have brown eyes and brown hair with blonde highlights.
• i'm pretty open-minded to anything.
• i am a true night owl.
• i have VERY expensive taste.
• i can sometimes be impatient.
• i'm picky/meticulous (?) with people touching my possessions.
• i honestly cannot wake up to music from my ihome anymore. only an alarm wakes me up. :/
• i dislike talking on the phone.
• i laugh at my own jokes.
• i like to think that i can speak with a Bolton accent.
• i'm extremely indecisive.
• i cannot listen to my iPod when there are other people around. i feel as though i'm disconnected from them. i prefer to listen to my iPod whenever i'm alone.
• i get upset over things easily.
• i usually don't understand something the first time i read it, so i must re-read it.
• i worry a lot.
• i kinda fear the future.
• with the said above, i wish i could stay young and carefree longer. (the adult life just looks way too demanding. what can i say? i'm a lazy person.)
• i don't like being wrong.
• i refuse to use "u" for "you", "ur" for "your", or "r" for "are". (although i might use them if i'm in a hurry. but that's once in a great while.)
• i like to type/write out whole words.
• there are times when i feel completely self-conscious about myself.
• i would consider myself as a bit of a pack-rat.
• i dislike nail files and fake nails.
• i don't necessarily like to try on clothes.
• i eat pretty fast. (especially pizza.)
• i get this really weird burning taste in my mouth when i'm thirsty and filling up a glass of water. :/
• i absolutely dislike it when people turn up music on their iPod ALL THE WAY. i mean seriously, are you TRYING to make yourself deaf?! (especially when i've got one earphone in my ear!)
• i walk fast. (i believe that i've learned this from trying to keep up with my mom who walks fast.)
• i dislike slow walkers. (i mean srsly, i don't know about you, but i've gotta get somewhere! i'm on a mission.)
• i usually don't like warm veggies. i prefer raw over cooked. (like broccoli or carrots, for example.)
• i always try to get Breyers' YoCrunch yogurt in vanilla with oreo pieces whenever at Jewel.
• my ears NOTICEABLY raise up when i smile. (many people have said that everyone's does that, but NOT TRUE.)
• i've kept most of the notes people have given me since 6th grade.
• i've had my green iPod Nano since i was twelve on May 2nd, 2007.
• my ribs stick out.
• i always call tails whenever a coin is tossed.
• i got my first cell phone right before 7th grade.
• i know how to code HTML. and i've learned bits of CSS.
• i prefer to sing along to songs whenever i'm alone.
• i take VERY long showers. (the warm water just feels so good that i don't wanna get out!)
• i can wear size 8.5, 9, 9.5, & 10 shoes. yes it's a vast range.
• i'm nearly 5ft 4in.
• i have long eyelashes. so that whenever i wear goggles, my eyelashes touch.
• i've never had a cavity. -knock on wood- (and it's not including this non-noticeable clear mini filling thing.)
• i ALWAYS have the hiccups more than once in a day.
• i've had my own domain name at the age of eleven.
• i wear flipflops all the time in the summer.
• i use smiley faces a lot. (:
• my room is greeeen.
• cereal first, then milk.
• i fall asleep best on my stomach.
• i adjust the volume so that it's on a multiple of 5.
• i say that i'm not gonna listen to a band cos i don't like them, but it really doesn't matter. i end up listening to them anyway and possibly even liking them. (happened in two instances.)
• eating food keeps me awake.
• my initials spell CAR. (:
• i've lost many friends since high school.
• when i'm having a bad day i usually eat a lot.
• my mom can ALWAYS cheer me up when i'm having a bad day.
• as soon as i get home from school, i change into comfy sweatpants.
• i always have to have a tanktop underneath a shirt.
• i try to stop the microwave at :01, before it beeps.
• i take all the mini bottles of shampoo and conditioner, pads of paper, and even pens from hotel rooms.
• Listography is almost like my little memory keeper. i make lists of things that i don't want to forget.
• i draw the left side of hearts first.
• i sometimes hold my breath when someone walks by because most of the time, they smell bad.
• it drives me crazy when after i tell a great story, all i get as a reply or comment is "nice" or "cool". ujreuwthf!
• although i say it too, but i really try not to. i usually do when i'm already preoccupied or when i honestly don't care.
• i cry easily.
• i really have no problem standing in front of people & casually talking. but i get kinda nervous and freaked out whenever i have to present or talk about something. i get worried that i'm going to forget what to say or -cringe- completely blanking out.
• i remember how the last half of my 6th grade year consisted of HSM. (02/21/09)
• i wore two polos practically every day in 6th grade.
• i remember the 8th grade mall in December 2007 and how i made candy cane reindeer.
• i eat a lot over the weekend, but then i don't eat very much at all during the week.
• i'm really lazy on the weekends.
• if i were to ever do anything, it would have to be planned in advance.
• i always knock on wood whenever there's something "bad" i want to avoid.
• when i'm in the car alone i lock the doors.
• i chew the inside of my cheeks.
• i have really bad posture.
• my birthday is the third of May.
• therefore, i am a Taurus.
• i can do the moonwalk. ;D
• i have only one trophy. it was from soccer in 4th grade.
• i have my ears pierced once and my cartilage pierced once.
• judging by the guys that i think are "good looking", i've realized that my husband is going to have blue/green eyes, brown hair, straight teeth, a meltable smile, a deep voice, be a musician, and British! (:
• it bugs me when people say the store, Meijer with an "s" at the end. i honestly don't see an "s" anywhere!
• it irritates me when i'm in a museum and someone rubs up against me as i'm trying to read something.
• i tweet A LOT. Twitter is so addicting.
• my tweets are also long and are normally near the 140 character limit. i just have a lot to say.
• i have terrible eye contact with other people. i'm okay when i don't think about it, but when i do, i look away.
• a majority of the time i spend on the computer is listening to and looking for new music. (:
• i say "i don't know" WAAAY too much. i have to stop saying it.
• my one elbow cracks whenever i straighten it after it's been bent for a bit.
• i dislike complainers. srsly, just deal with it.
• i used to complain all the time, but that immediately changed once i got told off for complaining too much one day in 7th grade.
• i'm uncomfortable when my hands aren't busy.
• i swear i started the Tamagotchi craze in 4th/5th grade.
• i got quieter as i got older.
• i'm just a girl who's always striving to be better than she can. but procrastination just gets in the way.
• i prefer to work on homework and stuff at night.
• when i admit to myself that i like a guy who i haven't spoken to much, it ALWAYS results in me being deathly afraid of talking to them. idk why! D:
• whereas, when i've talked to them before & realize that i like them, i can continue talking to them normally.
• i always find myself thinking of possible conversations with other people.
• then i tell myself that i will have that conversation with them, but i never do.
• my "no emotion" face makes me appear as if i'm sad or upset. i don't mean it!
• when we take a vote in class, i usually don't raise my hand for either choice. i normally don't care either way, so i'm neutral.
• i laugh at the things people say that shouldn't be funny at all.
• i'm really chatty on Mondays.
• my friend taylor & i are like the troublemakers at lunch & in biology.
• i have no interest in cars.
• according to my myspace as of 04/09/09: heeey, i'm clarissa! (: -shakes hand- i'm the one that's laughing at everything. life's too short to not have a good time. i have the most childish humor. i spend every waking moment listening to music. (okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration.) it's a great way to just escape reality for a bit. most people think i'm a very shy person. i'd say i'm more reserved & quiet towards people i don't know too well. and i've been told that i'm very sarcastic; it runs in the family. i love to tumble & do those wacky flips. yo soy muy atrevida! i believe everything happens for a reason & that there's some lesson behind every unfortunate thing. and just a warning: i use too many smileys.
• heeey, i'm clarissa! (: -shakes hand- i'm the one that's laughing at everything. i have the most childish humor. i spend every waking moment listening to music. (okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration.) it's just a great way to escape reality for a bit. most people think i'm very shy, but i'd say i'm more reserved & quiet towards people i don't know too well. and i've also been told that i'm very sarcastic; it runs in the family. i love to tumble & do those wacky flips. it's basically the only sport i can do. i believe everything happens for a reason & that there's some lesson behind every unfortunate event. and i love to text, so feel free to ask for the digits.
• i'm not the least bit religious, but i'll go to church with my friends if they ask me to.
• i always skip stairs in my house.
• i constantly run my fingers through my hair.
• i can keep secrets.
• i'm thinking that i don't like to talk on the phone cos i usually can't focus on the conversation, i get sidetracked easily.
• i used to play Midtown Madness and Need For speed with the steering wheel and pedals on the computer ALL THE TIME.
• sometimes i appear like i'm listening to people when i'm really thinking about something else. (this kinda contradicts my "if you talk, i'll listen" in a way.)
• i can MAKE myself like someone if i really tried.
• i can't dance. i just look so awkward.
• i try not to put two 'and/&'s in one sentence.
• every Van Halen song reminds me of riding in the truck in the summer.
• i'm deathly afraid of crossing busy roads & tend to scream at the top of my lungs when doing so.
• i'm also afraid of walking along busy roads.
• i'm majorly self-conscious.
• if it's too early, i won't eat.
• All Time Low is my second favorite band. <3
• i love how people think i'm listening to them.
• i've contradicted my "i don't care to watch tv statement". but there's really only one show i'm dedicated to. see below.
• i am obsessed with the tv show, Glee! :p
• i'm a terrible driver and i panic easily.
• welcome to the many thoughts of Clarissa. so accents, Glee, guitars, laughter, McFly, music, photos, sarcasm, The Saturdays, and tumbling rocks my world. :) xx
• i'm a hopeless romantic like Sanne.
• "I love reading lists that strangers make, because I love looking at people's quirks." — from Erin.
• Hello there, I'm Clarissa. McFly is my all-time favorite band..plus they're British. How much better can it get! I'm a proud Gleek, constantly driving my family and friends crazy. I absolutely love tumbling and doing wacky flips. Saturday morning classes ftw. What can I say, I'm a true Tumblr. See what I did there? Just as a warning, I reblog too much for my own good. That'll do.
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