1) I nearly lost my right eye when I was four and a half. The lesson: When your parents say ,"Stop horsing around, or somebody could lose an eye!" they mean it. I got lucky though, and ended up gashing my temple instead, but I still had to get six stitches and as a result have this cute little scar by my eye.

2). At 22, I still have baby teeth. That's correct, baby teeth. My adult canines never came in, in fact they don't even show up in the X-rays!

3) I'm missing my top incisors. Okay, the "front teeth" I have, but the incisors that flank those are not there. As to what I have there, I'm not entirely sure . . .

4.) I have five wisdom teeth. When people are missing teeth, it's usually their wisdom teeth and that's not a big deal. You really don't need them so whether or not they actually come in isn't a huge issue. However I have five, four in each normal placing and one extra floating like a UFO over my top right wisdom tooth. Go figure.

5.) I share a room . . . with a ghost. We're pretty sure that he's a previous owner of the house, but I can't remember his name. A man, with glasses and a beard. And apparently a penchant for rearranging my dolphin figurines and running his fingers (or whatever) over the keyboard on my computer. True story: One night I was laying in bed, trying to get to sleep when I heard the very distinct sound of someone running their hands over my keyboard. The problem was, it was 11:00 at night and both of my siblings were already in bed so it wasn't them. It would last for about ten seconds and then it would stop for about five before starting up again. Finally, fed up with the racket I mumbled, "Knock it off, I'm trying to sleep!" and it stopped.

6.) I want to get a tattoo. My parents shudder at the idea, and I can't say I'm overly fond of pain. Actually, the pain factor is about the only reason why I haven't done it yet. And that I can't actually decide on a tattoo design. Being indecisive has saved my skin. Perhaps I should stick with henna tattoos.

7.) I'm allergic to cigarette smoke. My one allergy. My eyes start itching and watering whenever I'm around it, so thank God that Washington passed the act to ban all indoor smoking. I can finally go to a bar and not have to suffer if I want to dance and have a couple of drinks.

8.) I started college at age 16. As an active participant of Washington's Running Start program, the state paid my tuition and I was taking college level courses at 16. We're not talking the 90 day semester long Advanced Placement classes, we're talking four days a week for ten weeks. Forty days to cover what most people have 90 to do. I liked the challenge and managed to get my Associates of Arts and Sciences degree at 19, just one year after I graduated from high school.

9.) I didn't get my driver's license until I was almost 19. Didn't really see the reason for it. I rode the bus or bummed rides from friends (think of all the gas I saved!), but eventually it became a requirement and two months before my 19th birthday I got my driver's license.

10.) My parents have been divorced for 17 years. I'm one of those unhappy statistics, but honestly I can understand why my mother walked out on my dad. The man isn't exactly the most truthful, honest, or faithful person on the planet. I say good for my mom.

11.) Of my six siblings, only two are full blooded. I have two older half-siblings from my dad's first marriage and two younger half-siblings from my mom's second marriage. I'm not very close to my two older half-siblings, but I can't imagine life without the younger two.

12.) My favorite sport to watch is figure skating. The grace, the elegance, the balance, the stamina . . . I could never do it, but I wish I could. Actually, I'd be pretty happy if I could design the costumes. In any case I think about things that might have been, and if I had decided not to actually follow through with ballet but figure skating, I could have done it. Of course, then again I'm a total klutz so maybe it's better that I didn't.

13.) I know the son of author Patricia Briggs. Patricia Briggs wrote Moon Called, by the way, a novel about werewolves in a little corner of Eastern Washington called the Tri-Cities. Well, guess what, I live in the Tri-Cities. Incidentally, I met her son at school and he's quite the character. A total screwball, but I love him anyway. He's my favorite fanboy.

14.) I have my own fanboy army. I was known as the "Princess of the CBC game room" because all of the boys who hung out in there knew me, and whatever I wanted, I got. Food, massages, whatever, they got it for me. Once I said that I needed to get home and have lunch, and one of them walked over, handed me a five dollar bill, and told me, "Go buy lunch." I don't know if it was a ploy to get me to hang out longer or what, but I didn't mind. Heck, I didn't even need to pay him back.

15.) I can stick my tongue up my nose. 'Nuff said.

16.) My blood type is A- (negative). I found this out doing a lab for my anatomy and physiology class in high school. In fact I have a scar from one of the many attempts from pricking my finger to draw blood. Okay, it's a really small scar, but it's still there, and it's been six years.

17.) I enjoyed being a teacher's assistant so much, I decided to become a teacher. When I discovered that I could wrangle a room full of freshman, I knew I had found my true calling.

18.) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is my favorite video game. Period. Tales of Symphonia is a close second.

19.) I am half-Cuban. In these parts, we mostly have Mexicans because of the fields and orchards, which leads everyone who sees my last name to automatically assume that I'm a Mexican. A white Mexican, but a Mexican nevertheless. Hate to burst your bubble, folks, but my father was born in Guantanamo (right across the bay from the Naval base) and I'm very proud of my Cuban heritage. Down with Fidel!! Viva la Cuba!!!!!

20.) I am hopelessly addicted to anime, manga, and books. Honestly, I don't think I could survive without them. My manga collection keeps growing, and only by being very choosy to I manage to keep the anime collection down. Paper back books, mostly vampire romance novels, are a constant fixation in my hands, but I'll read pretty much anything so long as it doesn't suck.