Week 32: Five Things

At Karen's request, or, in bloggish, at her tag I am going to list five things that few people know about me.

1. I found a site on which you can upload your photo and it finds your celebrity look alike. The site said that my 90% match is Stephen Chow. So, that's one thing that few people know about me. I look just like an Asian man.

2. For years I was confused by the signs that read "No Littering. $50 fine." I thought it meant that you could not litter, but you were allowed to leave money. I could not understand why anyone would want to litter with money.

3. When my sister Jessica and I were around 10 or 11 we were flashed by a boy about our age. We were playing at the Widner University baseball field near our house. A boy yelled out to us, "Hey, look over here!" And pulled his pants down and up quickly, but not quickly enough for us to miss something we had not seen before. We ran screaming all the way home.

4. I performed on television when I was fourteen years old. I was with a performing arts group and got to perform my choreography to He by Jars of Clay as well as a number of group dances.

5. When you are the oldest of four you get the privilege of "babysitting" at an early age. Babysitting your siblings simply means that you do what you normally do, except you can get away with anything. My parents were exceptionally strict about television--we weren't allowed to watch Full House or Saved by the Bell. However, when Jes and I were babysitting we took in all we could of Uncle Jesse and the Kelly and Zach saga. We posted 4-year-old Darin at the front door to watch for our parents' return, set up 2-year-old Rebecca with a mound of toys and settled in an arm's length from the television (to turn it off at a moment's notice). I recently told my brother about that and he said he always wondered why we sat so close to the TV when our parents were not home. Yes, I was quite a rebellious little 9-year-old.