Six Things You Don't Know About Me

Ok, Lee has tagged me for this six things you don't know about me thing. I've hummed and hawed about how much to reveal, but here goes:

1. I can dance flamenco. I haven't been able to take any lessons in a while, but I love it. It's like meditation, because you have to concentrate so hard, it blocks everything else out.

2. I love putting makeup on. It's art to me. Such that I don't often bother at all unless I'm going to do a proper job. I'll spend an hour doing it, just cause it's fun. And I get so pissed when they discontinue my favourite eyeshadow. And blush. And frickin mascara. You know the kind with the teeny tiny wand? Yeah, they don't make that anymore. Bastards.

3. I unfocus my eyes when I'm talking to people sometimes, so that I don't have to look at their faces. I do this when I'm tired, or stressed, or feel threatened. It's an autistic thing - faces hold a lot of information, and it can get to be too much.

4. My complexion bothers me. I know I'm attractive, but just like everybody else, there's that one thing that I've tried everything to fix, and it was getting a lot better this summer since I started something new, but here comes exams, and the stress makes my face break out like crazy. I hate it.

5. I fantasize about pain. Still. This is something I've found comforting since about junior high when life started getting really bad. At the worst I would fantasize about dying, but I still somehow find it comforting sometimes when I'm frustrated. It helps me sleep.

6. I'll put this one down, but sadly it's something that you can never really know: how much I love Nathan.