1. I'm a first year Linguistics and Phonetics student, which basically means I study language.
2. I'm also studying elective modules in Hebrew and Icelandic. Yes, I am a little bit mad for that.
3. Stand-up comedy is one of my favourite things and I even have a friend (hey, CT!) with whom I travel around Yorkshire to comedy shows with.
4. I'm technically a published author (in the book sense and everything).
5. When I was a toddler, a member of the girl band All Saints rollerbladed me over in Bridlington.
6. My favourite noise is the little squeak a happy/hungry/excited guinea pig does.
7. I have a 'thing' for collecting notepads, quirky pens, cute stationery etc... and especially stickers.
8. I've been trying to teach myself Swedish for years. Hopefully it will be a bit easier after a year studying Icelandic.
9. I'm finally seeing the incredible Josh Groban live in June and I've never been more excited for anything in my whole life.
10. I studied Spanish for five and a half years, but I've never been to Spain.
11. I went to Croatia in 2010 and it was the most beautiful place and experience I've ever been lucky enough to have.
11. I have an obsession with painting my nails/nail art.
12. My bed is a mess right now - I have four unopened series of My Family, my iPad, two bags, a purse, a make-up bag and a ton of clothes on there. Maybe I should be tidying (I should always be tidying...)
13. I can't stand melted cheese.
14. I have a bunny called Dusty and a guinea pig called Peanut.
15. I'm frequently overwhelmed by the niceness of my university friends.
16. I loved school but I absolutely hated college.
17. I'm not a fan of the new look Outlook.
18. There's so much snow here in the north that I've only left the house once since Wednesday. I didn't mind until last night.
19. When I have the time, I make my own jewellery.
20. I'm currently addicted to Pinterest.
21. I'm still getting over the cancellation of Pushing Daisies, which last aired in 2009.
22. I also like to think that somewhere, someone with all of Ned's qualities (minus the whole 'finger bringing people back from the dead but also killing them again' thing) does exist... because Ned would make the perfect human really.
23. I was in my college choir and as a result of misprinted lyrics, I still can't listen to Run by Snow Patrol without hearing ''I know we'll make it anywhere'' as ''I know we'll make it anywahere". My CT will probably say the same. :)
24. I've only ever been to three 'proper' gigs, two of which being for a folk singer.
25. I'm terrible at putting on accents other than my own, although I'm not bad at a West Country kind of accent.
26. When I was little, my two cousins and I created our own radio show and used to record it every week in our Grandma's little bedroom on a tape recorder. I still have it under my bed and it still makes me cry with laughter.
27. Similarly, my best friend (also called Rachel) and I once recorded our own 'TV show' at a sleepover. I'll probably be embarrassed by my outfit in that forever.
28. I'm a Diana Award holder and proud of it.
29. I seem to have a very forgettable name. When I first met my high school head of year I was wearing a name badge, he still called me Ruth instead, barely any of my college teachers actually called me by my name and for most of semester one, I was known as Rebecca in Icelandic.
30. I'm a huge Eurovision fan and very much looking forward to living with another as of September.
31. I'm not overly crafty, but I go through phases where I make random stuff... right now would be classed as 'one of those phases'.
32. I never buy magazines unless they have a 'free' gift that I actually want. Ironically, three of my skincare staples at the moment came from magazines as freebies.
33. I could live off pizza and pasta.
34. I'm really developing an obsession with Daughtry.
35. I'm also developing an obsession with Keane. I'm blaming this on college choir.
36. I really hate wearing socks and only do it if it's absolutely necessary. Living in the UK doesn't help this issue.
37. More than anywhere, I would love to visit Sweden, closely followed by Australia.
38. I have a bit of a 'thing' about names - I love to know the meanings and origins of names.
39. I still cry every time I watch Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin.
40. I also still cry at Tim Minchin's White Wine in the Sun.
41. I passed my driving theory and practical the first time.
42. If I could justify it, I would still buy every cute cuddly toy I see.
43. I think I've replaced cuddly toys with phone cases. It's a major weakness.
44. I seem to have inherited my parents' love of crime dramas because I generally get hooked on any that I watch.
45. I'm definitely not a shoe girl, which is probably a good thing given that my feet are very obviously different sizes.
46. I named my blog after So She Dances, one of my absolute favourite Josh Groban songs. I also made some word art with lyrics from it last night.
47. I very rarely drink alcohol, which is considered mad amongst my age group. Whatever.
48. I miss the music of my childhood. 'Pop' music is definitely much worse now.
49. I am yet to break or even fracture/sprain a bone (*touches wood*) however I did once have to have stitches in my knee. The man did it wrong and now I have stuff moving around in there. Eurgh.
50. I'm always most awake in the middle of the night, which makes early mornings quite interesting.
So there you go! I hope you enjoyed :) If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below in the comments section because, as always, I love talking to you guys :)
Thanks for reading,
Rachel x
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