I was tagged

I have been included in the tagging circle. Anika tagged me, so now I am doomed and have to fill out this thing.

Here go the rules:

1. You must post the rules.
2. Post 12 fun facts about yourself.
3. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you in their post and then create 12 new questions for the bloggers you plan to tag.
4. Tag people.
5. Let them know you tagged them.

Anywho, here are 12 fun facts about me:

1. I am a fierce feminist who despises any sort of dumbness. I can come accross as a nerd at times, but the truth is, I am extremely loud and silly when I know a person well enough. However, I can be quiet and intense as well.. But still insane.

2. I love good music and make these funny medleys in my head. I'll be singing one song and then move to another. Most songs in my head go like picture yourself in a boat on a butterfly, small and safe, in your cocoon; so, sing us the song you're the Mama, didn't mean to make you roll, rolling in the river. 

3. I'm not really passionate about anything, however, I do have many, many interests. Most of the time, I try something but then forget about it. Like painting. Or singing. But I love baking and cooking and have been baking since I was 9.

4. I enjoy most subjects. I find some harder than others but I like learning in general. But I hate studying. I find memorizing facts and figures repetitive, boring and useless.

5. I am physically fit and I swim. I do not enjoy it. My coach wants me to take it seriously so I have torturous practice sessions at 5.30 am. I used to enjoy swimming until it became a tedious, annoying and tiring activity.

6. I am scared of deep water. *Waits for you to finish gasping*. I know, I know. I am a swimmer so it's completely irrational. I am not scared of drowning or anything, just scared of the fact that my feet can't touch the floor. I am scared of the indefinite.

7. I am a morning person. I hate swimming at 5.30 am because it's cold and you can't see, not because of the timing. I'd rather do something like study in the morning. I love the peace at dawn

8. I am scared of infinity. The boundless. Because it seems like nothing will end. In some ways, I find death a relief. However, I do feel that it is sad when someone doesn't get to live life to the fullest because they die early. Also, I haven't quite grasped the concept of death yet, although I know lots of people who have died.

9. I keep imagining a perfect world but then I think, nothing would be perfect in a perfect world. There would be no bad, so there would be no good. So, I don't want a perfect world.

10. I LOVE good music. In my opinion, most modern, mainstream is not very good. Especially rap. I adore music from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s - Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Queen and Abba, to name a few. Most of the modern music I listen to is not very well-known. Modern artists I love include Mindy Gledhill, Keane, Regina Spektor, Laura Marling and Sea Oleena.

11. My favorite subject is literature. I love the poems and prose and drama and the analysis. There's something about literature that appeals to me. I love to read but I feel most extremely well-known books are slightly over-rated. I read mostly mystery and realistic fiction and other books -if it's fantasy, it has to be really good. I enjoy some non-fiction.

12. I think love has no gender. I support homo- and bisexuals. Also, I don't think it should matter if you're not pretty. Love is about the person, not about what they look like (no, eyes aren't actually a mirror to the soul). I feel you can't really experience love until you are of a certain age. That age is not 12. I hate it when people pretend to be in love for the sake of fitting in. Or do anything they don't believe in to fit in, for that matter.

Phew, that took me two days!

Here go my answers to Anika's questions:

1. Who is your favorite character in any book, movie, poem and so on and why?

I cannot decide. I just cannot. No! I won't. However, if I did decide on one character I love more that all others, it is because that person is really funny and smart or has any special quality that only he/she possesses.

2. Does it even seem rational that Paul Simon is not the one with the blond afro and Art Garfunkel is not the one with the short dark hair?

It does seem rational. I am probably conditioned into thinking that way because I know what they really look like. However, just the name Art Garfunkel makes me think of a dark afro.

3. What are three reasons why you love your favorite book?

Don't have a favorite book but I'll give you 3 reasons I love most of my favorite books -

It has depth and makes me think

It's well written and the plot is interesting

The characters interesting 

4. Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton?

All hail Newt-man!

5. What Hogwarts house are you in?

Hufflepuff. Huzzah Hufflepuff!

6. What do you think would have happened if Tom Riddle had gone to Beauxbatons? Don't imagine him in that blue dress that all the girls wear, please.

Sorry, can't answer this question. I'm too distracted imagining the Dark Lord in a formal blue dress and dainty hat.

7. Are you nice to people you don't like? Because you want to be or because you have to?

I generally ignore people I don't like. I am only mean to them if they insist on being around me or they do anything that directly affects me. Sometimes, I am mean because I have to be. Like when somebody keeps following me. Other times, I find it hard to control my meanness. I have snapped and said very mean things to some people without meaning it. I'm not proud of that.

8. Cats or Dogs?
Dogs! Hands down!
Are you really asking someone who has 3 dogs whether she prefers cats?

9. Are you a vegetarian? Is it by choice or by habit?
No, I am a non-vegetarian.

10. DO YOU WEAR MAKEUP? If you do, I might not like you. Unless you're an adult. But high-schoolers, in my books, shouldn't wear makeup.
Makeup? No! I don't wear make up! 
Do you wear bananas? 


11. What is your opinion of the color pink?
Hot pink? Baby pink? That random in-between shade of purple and pink? Or the kind that looks a bit reddish?
Well, I like most shades of pink. Not fluorescent pink.

12. What is one thing you did that you still feel bad for, even though it wasn't that bad and it was incredibly long ago?
I still feel bad about the time I (almost) sat on a lizard when I was 6. I don't think I hurt it but I must've startled it because it ran away (thank goodness!)