100 Things You Didn't (Or Maybe You Did) Know Or Didn't Need To Know About Kyla

On a blog I frequently visit, I found that they had a list entitled "100 Things About Me" that listed 100 things about who he was and so on and so forth. I decided to make a list like that of my own.

So sit back, relax, and be prepared to get to know a little bit too much about everyone's favourite Kyla.

1) I got my first part time job (at a grocery store in Ontario) because I was depressed. I had found out that very day that after 3 call-backs I had not made the school play and that nobody wanted to work with me on a film project in communications class (because I was the new girl in town.) I informed my mother that "nobody likes me" and that "I am going to get a job to take my mind off things and give me something to do." At that point I stomped upstairs, brushed my teeth, and took the one-minute walk to the grocery store in front of my house. They were having a job fair that day; I basically went in, sat down, answered a few simple questions, and got the job. Things looked up for me from there: I was making well above minimum wage and moved up quickly from cashier to customer service clerk to photo lab technician to supervisor to part time bookkeeper...all this before I was 16. Oh, and as for film class, I received the highest mark in the class, won awards for my work, and am now a full-fledged film student. I guess the old saying about lemons is a good one to live by.

(On a side note, I think I need to shorten my stories as that was only #1 and I have 99 still to go.)

2) I am a chocolate fiend, but when given a choice between vanilla and chocolate ice cream, I choose vanilla - it's creamier, has a smoother taste, and it's a blank canvas for toppings. If given a choice of any ice cream in the world, I choose chocolate chip cookie dough (preferably Ben & Jerry's - those guys need to be knighted for the good they have done for humanity.)

3) I write right-handed, but I golf, hold a guitar, and play hockey left handed.

4) Despite all these good things I have done for my left-hand, it continues to spite me. I have carpol tunnel in the wrist, and a ganglion on the muscle that leads up to my ring finger and pinkie. I also accidentally burned deep holes into my thumb and index fingers when I ran them down the front of a glass fireplace that had been on for a couple of hours. My right hand remains unscathed.

5) The only sport I played in school was volleyball. I played in the 'power' position. I never quite knew exactly what that meant. I tell people (now) that I stood in front of the net and growled ferociously at the opposing team. In reality, I would spike the ball or block it from coming over the net. I would also pound the crap out of it when it was my turn to serve. That was the best part.

6) I was ill with roseola infantum before I turned two. This is the same disease that made Marlee Matlin go deaf.

7) Until I went to college, I had never watched a full episode of The Simpsons. That being said, now that I have, I honestly don't know what the hype was.

8) If I met a genie who gave me three wishes that I could use selfishly (I say that so I don't get flak from people for not wishing for world peace), I would wish for: a) the ability to sing, dance, and act very well, b) some to back (both in a financial and emotion manner) the movies I want to make, and c) to subsequently win an Academy Award (or two or three or...) for my efforts. I wish for those over money and material things, because with these skills and support, I can become rich and buy whatever I want or need. Oh, I'll be famous too.

9) Harrison Ford is old enough to be my Grandfather, but I still want him (I mean, I would prefer he looked like he did when he was Han Solo, but the man is STILL fine!)

10) If I'm angry or stressed or generally need to calm down, feed me caramel - caramel is my #1 food group...nothing in life is more perfect.

11) I am a compulsive shopper. I'm not as extreme as those crazy ladies you see on Dr. Phil, but I shop when I feel down, and then when I get home I look at what I buy and start questioning why I bought what I did.

12) When I was young I think my parents were trying to find out what I was good at by sticking me in a bit of everything. I played soccer, did rhythmic and normal gynmastics, sang in choir, ice skated, and swam. I hate soccer, have the grace of an elephant, can't carry a tune in a bucket, don't know how to skate, and don't swim very often. Luckily I figured out what I was good at on my own.

13) I want to say something truly profound one day. Profound enough to be quoted in essays, speeches, etc.

14) I am terrified of puppets. Mostly the ventriloquist dummies, but I hate all other puppets too. It's the eyes I tell you...

15) I swore I'd never kiss a guy in front of my parents until the day I got married. Mr. Smith ruined that by making me kiss Ryan Hodge in front of my entire family (and as far as I was concerned) the world when we did Much Ado About Nothing when I was in Grade 12.

16) I own every single issue of CosmoGIRL! magazine since their inception in 1999 (the first issue came out the week I turned 13.)

17) I hate using the phone. This is going to suck when I become a producer, I can tell. I don't know what it is, but something about the phone makes me stutter and forget everything I have to say. I actually need to make notes before I pick up the receiver.

18) I don't care how many people tell me I won't, I truly believe that I will be a household name one day (hey...a little bit of confidence never hurt anyone!)

19) I have the biggest crush on Steve Buscemi. No, he is not funny looking. No, this is not weird. Leave me, my keychain, my signed photographs, my action figure, and my movies alone.

20) I like handcuffs...nothing weird or freaky...I just like them.

21) If I could do coffee with anyone alive or dead, I would choose Jesus. He'd have some pretty cool stories I can imagine.

22) I am allergic to seafood. Actually to be honest, I don't know that for sure...all I know is that anytime I am around anything that originated in the water, my throat feels like it is closing up and I start gagging and have negative reactions to it. After all this, there is no way am I putting it in my mouth.

23) Khaki is my favourite word. It is just so much fun to say.

24) If I had a child I would name her (no offense to all you men out there, but I don't want a boy) either Justice, Chastity (although most people snicker when I say that, I think it is a beautiful name), or Mercedes.

25) Yet, right now, I don't want to have children. I would feel very guilty bringing a perfectly innocent creature into a world that appears to be falling apart.

26) When I was thirteen I wanted to marry Zachary Hanson. Actually, to be honest, I kinda still want to marry him. And Jonathan Taylor Thomas too.

27) I want to get a tattoo of a film reel across my back. I hope to later this year.

28) I will (knock on wood) never wax my legs again by myself. I will get a professional to do it or stick to shaving...right girls?

29) I have never seen a James Bond movie. I really don't want to either.

30) As a kid, my mom made sure my sister and I kept up with every fad that was thrown our way. I had marbles, pogs, and a Tamagotchi. My sister even had a Furby.

31) I believe Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. If you ignore the pigeons and the constant second-hand smoke inhilation, there is really nothing quite like it.

32) I will never admit to my father that I now love the music that he ceaselessly tried to force me to listen to as a child (when all I wanted to do was listen to boy bands and other teeny-boppers.)

33) If I was dying, and was to be granted one last wish, I would wish to be in a Pepsi commercial. More specifically, I would wish to be the person who gets to take that big gulp of Pepsi and look completely satisfied when it leaves my lips.

34) I consider thinking to be one of my hobbies, and I believe I do it quite well.

35) Ever since visiting a turtle farm in the Cayman Islands, I am obsessed with turtles.

36) I am also totally obsessed with stars. They beat squares, circles, and even parallelograms for being the best geometrical shape of all time. Oh, and the sky at night is very pretty too.

37) I will admit to sometimes changing my appearance to gather attention.

38) I really don't think that Mike Myers is that funny.

39) I, however, do think that Will Ferrell is one of the funniest men in the world.

40) The first concert I ever went to was Elton John in Edmonton. I went with my mom, my dad, and my sister, and it was amazing. The most recent concert that I've been to has been Blue Rodeo. I went with Kelley, Andrew, Bryan, Kyle, Ricky, and Jocelyn, and it was also amazing.

41) I think that the Matrix movies are totally overrated, and people should watch real movies more often and stop talking about pieces of garbage.

42) I also think that Tom Cruise is totally overrated. And although I was never a fan of hers to start with, I absolutely hate having to see what he is doing to poor Katie Holmes.

43) After watching The Breakfast Club for the first time ever (last week!) I have such a crush on Judd Nelson (but only the Judd Nelson that plays John Bender). I don't feel bad though, because Bryan told me that lots of girls have a crush on him after seeing that movie.

44) My favourite musical is Tommy. I could sing you every word from it by heart.

45) When my sister was born, she "brought" me an Alf doll. I still have it. I just want to know where she got the money while in the womb...

46) I want to own my very own Princess Leia slave-girl metal bikini one day.

47) When I was, oh I don't know, maybe 12 years old, I got to be one of the three wise men in a church play...the one who brought baby Jesus the myrrh (which everyone made fun of.) And you read right...I was a was man. Actually, two out of the three wise men were girls...not much of a surprise if you think about it. I mean, where are you supposed to actually find wise men?

48) I was once in a play called Amelia, Once More. I played the title role of Amelia, who was a bit of a schizophrenic, with a really bad side. I played it so well that the grade 7's would run away from me in the hallway for the rest of the year screaming "It's Amelia!"

49) I won't wear gold jewelry. It just doesn't suit my colouring.

50) It may sound odd, but I kind of like to go to the movies by myself. If I go on a not so busy day, the theatre is usually quiet, if not totally empty, and then it's just me and the movie, which is such an amazing experience.

51) I could watch fish swim around in an aquarium for hours and never get tired. The same goes for fire (not swimming in an aquarium, though.)

52) All my close friends have eaten food off me (once again, nothing freaky...but it's a long story, and just mentioning this will make them laugh.)

53) I think Kevin Smith is a filmmaking genius. More for dialogue than his visual style, but he's getting there and I really admire him.

54) I complain a lot about reality television, but the truth is, I don't know what I would do with America's Next Top Model or American Idol.

55) I am so against movie and music piracy. People who do it anger me.

56) Sometimes I wish I could runaway and never look back.

57) I could eat a Ceasar salad every day and never get tired of it. After caramel, it is the most perfect food option in the world.

58) I have a theory that I will be IDed until I'm 40.

59) I know that nowadays it is old fashioned, but I legitimately want a reason to wear white on my wedding day.

60) I don't know if I want to get married until I'm 30. If I don't get married until I'm 30, I'll be stuck marrying Ricky, my safety. We should have made it 35, Ricky.

61) I have never seen a single Lord Of The Rings movie.

62) My sister and I bonded by watching Family Guy together while our parents were getting a divorce.

63) If I could, I would live on a cruise ship for the rest of my life. And no, I would never get tired of it. How can you get tired of living in paradise, and being pampered while you're there?

64) I am not afraid of dying. I am, however, afraid of eternity. Not where I'm going, but more the idea of how long eternity is. Have you ever thought about that? Eternity is a long time...

65) I used to collect piggybanks. I think at one point I had my collection up to 40 different ones...I don't know why I ever stopped.

66) I have been known to change outfits 3 or 4 times in one day, not because I need to, but because I can.

67) I despise Ben Stiller. I only watch movies with him in it if there is another actor or actress in the movie that is worth watching.

68) I believe that I am mildly obsessive compulsive. All my CD's and DVD's have to be square up in the case when I put them away or I feel jumpy. I organize my clothes by colour, and by season that I wear it in.

69) Every time someone forwards me an urban legend through e-mail, I want to jump through the screen and wring their scrawny necks!

70) I am so afraid of heights...I really don't know why, but I quiver when I get up too high. Actually people tell me I'm more afraid of falling and hurting myself than the height itself, but I figure it's got to start somewhere.

71) Sometimes I worry that my life is a television show (like The Truman Show) or that random guys can hear what I'm thinking (What Women Want.)

72) I can talk for length about any subject in the world. Once somebody asked me to talk about tar and I think I rambled on for about 5 minutes before someone begged me to stop.

73) I have a security blankie (like Linus from peanuts) that I have had since the day I was born. Sometimes I look at it and wonder if I should get rid of it, and then reality kicks in and I realize that I couldn't live without it. It's very beat up, full of holes, and falling apart, but I love it.

74) Every since Casper came out in 1995, people have told me I look like (and sometimes even sound like) Christina Ricci.

75) I have lived in Canada all my life, and every year I dread the first snowfall. I despise the snow more than any other winter condition known to man.

76) For 14 years of my life I had lived in major cities (Edmonton and Toronto) with major hockey teams, but I had never been to a hockey game until I moved to Saint John and saw their little farm team play. I just hate hockey.

77) I, however, love watching baseball and football.

78) I am only funny when I'm not trying to be. When I try, nobody laughs. It's kind of sad.

79) When I read the newspaper, I skip all the important news items and read the entertainment section and the comics.

80) I am a pack rat...I keep stuff randomly in the rare event that I will one day actually find a use for it. I have hair wraps that I had in my hair when I was 9 because I figure I will find a use for it one day.

81) Once I find my favourite dish at a restaurant, it is the only thing I will order each and every time I go in.

82) When I start giggling (and I giggle like a little kid) quite a bit, I hyperventilate and my friends have to remind me to breathe.

83) I failed my written drivers test the first time I went in. I however, passed the driving component on the first try. I thought I had failed, but I wasn't ready to argue with the examiner.

84) I have two odd birthmarks. I have a huge round one on my forehead that becomes very prominent when I either hold my breath, get really angry, or get cold. I have an odd, almost rectangular one on my back, that is completely identical to one my father has in the exact same spot.

85) I will not watch any other Batman movie other than Batman: The Movie, because I believe that Adam West is not only the best, but the ONLY Batman in the world.

86) I have lived ocean to ocean. I was born in British Columbia, was raised in Alberta, made a stop in Ontario, and now reside (well, my heart remains in) New Brunswick.

87) The sound of people talking after inhaling helium makes me cry. I hate it so much. I think it's because I'm afraid that their lungs are going to implode or something if they do it wrong. It just scares me so badly.

88) I went to camp every summer from grade 4 to grade 9, for a total of 6 summers. These were truly some of the best summers of my life.

89) I never legitimately went camping (I'm talking with a tent and no proper running water, and bathroom facilities) until I went to Mexico this summer. Needless to say, I was not prepared to experience my first camping trip in Mexico.

90) Rock climbing is one of the most catharic things a person can do. It is so amazing to become one with the mountain, and push yourself to your physical limits to conquer that mountain. I really miss climbing.

91) If I could, I would burn (as in, with fire) every single audio recording related to hip-hop or rap.

92) I tried to make a top 10 movie list, but I couldn't simply because I've seen too many movies that are amazing for their own reasons. I have my favourites, but no specific numbers can be put into place.

93) The first time I did karaoke was for my 9th birthday party. I didn't sing karaoke by myself again until 10 years later (just a few months ago), when I sang 'Stuck In The Middle With You' during a rez event.

94) I have an odd tendency to break watches. I currently have three broken watches that I have sitting around because I believe that one day I will get them fixed and be able to wear them again. For more info on this, please see #80.

95) I used to be in a bell choir in grade school. We had about 50 different bells to represent 50 different notes, and we played all over the city. It was pretty awesome (not only because we played all over the city, but because I got to play the biggest bells in the choir...not those wimpy little teacup-like bells...I got the mother-lovin' milk jug bells.)

96) Yes, I am a legitimate Canadian, but I'd rather drink Starbucks over Tim Hortons anyday.

97) I don't think I could live without denim. I own a few denim jackets, denim belts, denim pants, denim shirts, a denim watch (that I haven't broken yet), and denim coloured eyeshadow.

98) Lindsay has ruined cherry blasters for me for the rest of my life. Or she made them better...I'm not sure.

99) I have something like a $10000 smile. After multiple mouth surgeries (three I think), 5 years of braces (three of those with headgear), and a permanent retainer, I have a perfect (albeit expensive) smile.

And finally, last but not least.

100) When I die I want to be cremated and I want my loved ones to take my insurance money, go on a fancy schmancy cruise, and throw my ashes overboard like confetti while having a really big party in honour of my life. The idea of rotting in the group gives me the heeby-jeebies, and I don't want to force my ashes upon anyone.

Anyway, those are 100 of the quirkier things about me. Now I am going to nurse my poor, throbbing wrists from typing up that entire thing.

To my friends with blogs, I dare you to make a list of your own. Just be warned that it is going to take like 3 hours of your life to put together.

Enjoy!