25 Random Things

I was tagged by the lovely and incredibly talented Alli of Bird Dog Press. (I'm a lucky duck: she made my wedding invitations!) So here goes:

1. I'm pretty sure that in my immediate past life I was a Led Zeppelin groupie. 2. I grew up in Hong Kong in the 1980s. 3. I really didn't like America when my family moved back in the 1990s and sometimes still don't. 4. I love love love sunshine. Like almost more than anything. 5. Since I am so dang fair, I can never be in the sun without completely covering up. 6. Elephants are my favorite animal (!) and in my next life I would like to work at an elephant orphanage. 7. If it were completely up to me I'd probably be living in Brazil. 8. I am absolutely petrified of being attacked by a mountain lion. 9. I secretly wish that I, or my husband, or really anyone in my family was Spanish. Preferably from Barcelona, but I would take anywhere. 10. When I lived in Paris in high school I would stop at a boulangerie on my way home from school everyday and get a chocolate eclair. 11. I knew that I was done for the first time my husband put his hand on my waist. 12. I am one of those people who needs to sleep 9-12 hours every night. 13. For that reason, I am freaked out about having children but will probably just go for it someday and subsequently turn into a zombie. 14. I have been a runner since I was 13 years old. 15. When I was 7 years old, I was hit by a car while I was riding my bike. 16. I hate biking. 17. I used to speak Chinese and as a child wrote stories in Mandarin that I can no longer read. 18. I will write a book at some point in my life. 19. I love watching movies, and love watching classic movies even more. 20. I also love reading but rarely read a book that was written after 1930. 21. I have a huge crush on Fernando Torres, the Liverpool striker and am really psyched that my little brother got me his jersey for Christmas. 22. I have played the role of every child: I was the youngest for seven years, I am the middle child, and when my older brother and sister went to boarding school I became the oldest child who was still living at home. 24. When I get nervous I talk talk talk and I seem like an extrovert but am a loner through and through. 24. I spend almost all my time alone and I love it. 25. A few summers ago my husband and I were hit by lighting while we were holding hands. Obviously, we survived.