Twenty-Five Things Rebooted

Recently, when I was on facebook at 3 am wondering how I had become an internet-facebook-stalking statistic,  I cam across this little ditty I had so eloquently composed a month and a half after I began chemotherapy.  It is a note titled, "25 Things--Because I Know You Guys Are All Nosy About What's Going on in My New Fun-Filled Life".  It was back when everyone was posting notes called "25 things" under the assumption that people wanted to get to read twenty five things about them because apparently we're all so interesting.  I jumped on this bandwagon, clearly, as I still assume I'm super interesting.  I might be a sociopath, I dunno, I'm looking into it.

If you're interested in reading the note, by all means go ahead.   It drips with self-pity and mean-spirited quips.

So I decided today that I would re-do the twenty five things, with a focus on non-cancer things.  Because as much as cancer is a part of me, it is not who I am.  By reading this blog, you get 95% cancer-Jesse and only 5% real Jesse.

Here we go.  It's not too late to stop reading.

1.  I absolutely love serial-killer shows.  Y'know like those documentary shows about murder and DNA and stuff like that?  When I was in middle school my second choice dream job (second to being Kristin Chenoweth) was to be a DNA specialist and work on crimes.  I like to fall asleep to these shows because it makes me feel safe, because I like to tell myself that I'm safe in my bed and not getting murdered by Ed Gein.  I dunno.  Like I said, I might be a sociopath.  But I won't kill anyone, I promise.

2.  This might sound obvious, since I've been writing this blog for almost a year, but I love to write.  I've always had a knack for it, but it got overshadowed by my musical theater goals.  Recently, I took up an English minor, and am really enjoying writing short stories, and short plays.  I'm 85% finished with my first full-length play based on my experiences.  (KEYWORD=BASED, because there are aspects of the story that are NOT AT ALL based on my own experiences).  I'm planning on giving it a go in NY after I graduate in December of 2013, but am also considering grad school for play writing (but not for a long, long time since I'm poor).

3.  I love dogs.  I know everyone says they love dogs, but I also enjoy creating personalities and voices for every dog I meet and they are usually spot on, you can ask my boyfriend.

4.  On that topic, I've been dating my current boyfriend Matt since January 23rd, 2012, and I love him verrrrry much.

5. I have one sister named Jackie who I've written about before.  She's 17, stunning, and multi-talented and she just might have to give me a kidney which she's already agreed to SO YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK JACKIE.

6.  I'm waiting for the comeback of Gigapets.

7.  People always ask me what my favorite musical is, and being in theater school has made me feel like it's a crime to love this musical. But I'm not ashamed.  My favorite musical is The Phantom of the Opera and I'll defend it to the death.  It was the first big musical I saw that I can remember.  I was 10, and knew then and there when those candelabras rose from the stage that I wanted to be a performer.  I was also so devastated by the ending that I took my mom's cassette recordings into my bedroom and played the ending over and over again while I cried for hours and hours.  I still do that sometimes.  I'm very sensitive.

8.  My favorite book is a Tale of Two Cities, and I know it sounds like I'm being pretentious, but if you haven't read it, it's probably a free ebook, so you should get it. Sit down in a quiet area because you will really need to focus--but it will change your life.   Give it a chance.

9.  I LOVE reality TV.  The more ridiculous the better.  My role model is Asia from Dance Moms.

10.  I work at The Limited and I get an employee discount which is extremely difficult in its temptation to just buy everything in sight.

11.  I hate Harry Potter.  That's all I'm gonna say about that.

12.  I liked Twilight before the film industry destroyed it.  It is my personal opinion that Twilight should have just been a single book.  No series.  No movies.  Just the first book.  Because I really enjoyed the first book and I'm not afraid to say it.

13.  Matt has been trying to get me into Doctor Who, but I'm really on the fence so far.

14.  Tabatha's Salon Takeover and Tabatha Takes Over are the greatest shows on television.

15.  I'm also writing an autobiographical collection of short stories called "Shit That Happened to Me Once".  I'm going to be posting one of the stories on here next week!

16.  I don't watch Glee or SMASH (even though Andy Mientus is on SMASH and I love him and I hope he's having lots of fun).  Don't assume that all theater peeps watch them.  We get enough theatrics in our daily lives.  Nothing against them.  I'm sure they're great.

17.  I'm a Hunger Games fan only via the movie.  Never read the books, no intention of reading the books.  But I'm excited for the next movies.

18.  My favorite favorite favorite short story is "The Rememberer" by Aimee Bender.  Google it, you can probably find it online.   It's amazing.

19.  I miss Amy Winehouse every day.  I love her.  I also listen to Marina and the Diamonds and One Republic.

20.  My favorite movie of all time is Heathers.  It's on netflix, go watch it.

21.  After I saw Super Size Me I became disgusted with the fast food industry and decided to be vegan.

22.  Just kidding.  I love McDonalds and I love chicken nuggets and if that's what gave me cancer, so be it.

23.  I have a terribly dark sense of humor if you couldn't tell.

24.  After wearing wigs for a year, I get bored with my hair every 2 months and change it.

25.  I like to think I'm a good time.




So there ya go.  25 things about me.  If you read them all, KUDOS.

I'm not all that interesting...

Which is why I'm asking for some help.  I could write endlessly about everything I think about cancer and about the world and about my post-cancer world.  But I'm curious to know what people think about my blog and what they'd like to have me talk about.  I was trying to figure out a way to get an anonymous/private question box thing going but I gave up because it was too hard.  Which in and of itself is quite ironic.

SO.
I'm asking you.

 Please don't be shy and email me questions, suggestions, etc.  I will keep them private!
jessepardee@gmail.com


---*If anyone wants to sell me a Gigapet, I'm interested.*--

I'll be writing on Mondays again now that it's summer and stuff.  So yeah.  Keep reading, folks, I haven't given up on this thing yet.