I think we all have stuff that even some of our good friends on here wouldn't necesarilly suspect (appearances aren't everything!).

For instance, it probably doesn't seem like it from my posting, but I sometimes am shy in real life (moreso in talking to one or two people than a bunch!).

Another thing is, for someone who likes (no, loves) the 80's as much as me, I actually don't have that many clothing/fashion styles specifically from then. :lol:

Let's hear some of your "surprises"!

Hmm, I don't know, this could be a thinker...

lets see, I'm a student of Advanced Sciences, and am planning on going into advanced biology.

I like a few songs off the new Backstreet Boys cd "Never Gone" (In my defense they don't sound anything like they usd to, they sound the exact opposite!)

Hmm, good topic!

I' not sure there's anything left to learn about me on here - you people know pretty much everything about me!

Okay - how about this?

I used to have the job of catching and/or chasing shoplifters. It was a real life-changing role. I had to learn to be observant, cunning and above all, fast!

Some came quietly, some liked a fight! Anyone who's seen my photo will know I'm not a big person so I always thought it was quite comical that grown men would see this 19 year old,small female running down the street after them and they'd actually start to run away! I mean, come on! What was I gonna do if they decided to stand there and say "Yeah? Why don't you make us come back with you?!". The big men usually came quietly. It was the teenaged girls who I used to have to watch - maybe because we were the same age & size they thought it would be okay to try and kill me!!! LOL! One nearly twisted my arm off oh and I had to help pin down a druggie once! Lovely!

My best chase ever was like something out of Lethal Weapon and was just classic! I watched a guy (through my special secret watching place) and he cleared a whole shelf worth of razor blades into his bag. He then started to casually leave the store. Unfortunately he spotted my friend from another shop waiting around the corner to help me catch him and he ran straight down the shopping centre. I gave chase, like a whippet at the race track (I may not be a big, strong man but I can run!) Whilst running I radioed ahead to other units in the centre and as the man reached a T-junction in the shopping mall, one of my guys jumped out and tried to grab him but the guy ducked and turned a sharp right into another store where my collegue Craig was actually hiding & waiting! As the guy ran under an escalator, Craig jumped over the steps and landed bang on top of the guy! It was brilliant! We hauled him to the holding room where he sat like a grumpy child and he said "I could have got away if I'd wanted to!" and all of us in the next room had a really good laugh at that one because at that very moment we were all watching the CCTV footage of Craig flying over & round these steps of the escalator and completely squashing the guy! Laugh? We nearly cried it was so funny!

I have to say, I'm glad it's no longer my job although I do miss the thrill of the chase and all the excitement. However I feel like I've had enough "exitement" now and it's somebody else's turn!!

I still now how to do the police statements verbatim and can still find my way to the crime unit in Nottingham - so any shoplifters better watch out if they end up in a shop the same day as me! ;) I still do the odd bit of 'work' when the need arises but my last one was nearly a year ago now. :)

I once unicycled 42 miles

^ cool.

And well done everyone else, especially Kath!! I knew you used to chase shoplifters, but the way you told it then was soooo exciting!!
I've never shoplifted in my life, so hopefully I won't have you running after me. But would you let me go if you reckonized me? ;)

hmmm, surprising things about Shandman . . . . . hmmmm . . . .

I'm gay.

lol, what else . . .

ok, I'm not gay. But it is surprising isn't it?

ok, a fair dinkum one this time-

I only started using the internet after high school. So Shandy's only been online for 4 years.
I did use it every now and then before then, but was bored out of my mind. Back then I liked outside stuff way better. I guess I'm getting old, lol.

Really?!

Well that's certainly unusual! :)

Nope. :)

Thankyou! (And the answer's still no! ) :lol:

I sent my first email in 1993! Can anyone beat that?

As well as the unicycle thing, I also appeared as a background circus performer on a charity TV show at BBC North featuring Boy George, Anna Friel, and Jimmy Cricket! Unfortunately, I didn't know who Anna Friel was at the time, otherwise I would have tried to abduct her.

:)

That's exactly how I am too. I am shy around other people even if I know them fairly well. It takes a long time for me to be able to talk to somebody one on one.

Huh. Anyhting else? Uh...I go to a private school. Only 12 other people in my class. Which is fun, cause we all know each other real well. And my whole school, which is Kindrgarten to 12th grade only has about 180 people. At the most.

I have a sister. Wow. Big surprise.

I guess that's all. That I can think of now, anyway.

Oh. I've never seen the Sound of Music. Which always seems to surprise people when they found out. So now I'm purposly never going to watch it. Yeah.

I guess that's it. Cool thread!

I've operated an *actual* Muppet

:)

I'm full of surprises!

I don't think I've ever sent an email. Ooh. I take that back. I have. Once. To Strong Bad. :D

You've only sent 1 email!?!?!?! Holy Crap!!

Thats crazzyyy...

I Have many many "Cher" cds.... she's good.

Yeah. Only one. And you sound like Strong Bad.

I have one of those bracelets on my right arm, you know, like the livestrong ones, only not, that's white and says respect.

BIG SURPRISE :P

I can sing very well.

I can't swim

I can't either.

If I got a job.

If I finished a novel that I started... (my Bttf novel was started before I even met Kath!)

I've never seen Donnie Darko

I once tried to beat Rand Miller's record for playing Myst in 2 hours and after 52 minutes of hardcore gaming I ended up blowing up my computer

I like washing up! (gives me time to think) *Avoids stares*

And you still haven't finished it?? That was 2002! Woah! :blink:

And I like washing up too... and vacuuming! But, err... not much else in the housework department! :rolleyes:

I can swim.

I have no upper canine teeth!

im a vegiterian!

^ Me too!

^ me three.

Well . . . I do like vegetables. mmmm Broccoli.

But meatpies are the main part of my diet.

My girlfriend is a vegiterian. :)

I'm not a vegitarian... actually I'm the opposite, I loath veg of any kind!

A few more factoids some that you'll laugh at me for forgetting lol.

I'm one of the few people that are born with Polydactyly (which only occurs in 2 out of a thousand babies) which basically means I was born with an extra finger than I should have lol. I still got a pic somewhere where I have 6 perfectly formed digits on each hand. Shame really, if it'd had an inch more of bone, it would have been fully connected and workable, but since it didn't I had both removed when I was born...

I used to be uncomfortable mentioning that I have Asperger's Syndrome but its been mentioned so much lately that I don't think its really a taboo really? I have it on the high functioning side of the Autistic spectrum so its not really that noticable.

For what I lack in eye contact and social interaction I still believe that it is not really a bad thing, just an amusing trade off that I have the intelligence to do everything but properly express myself lmao. :lol:

Still I don't care because its given me eidetic (photographic) memory, intuitive understanding of certain ideas and concepts, I can learn rapidly, I have tonal sense that I can "feel" the music I hear, a slight oversensitivity in some senses and reflexes (I have extremely good hearing), I can understand how people think and unlike other Autistics I've learnt how mimic the behaviour that everyone else takes for granted. I also have a tendency to go on way too much... *blushes*

But to sum up; I don't suffer, I enjoy every minute of it... ;) B)

^ Thank you for sharing that with us, deloreancrazy. That really did surprise me - I didn't know. :)
There are a lot of people on bttf.com (and possibly a lot here too, I don't know - I forget who has it here and who doesn't) diagnosed with Aspergers so you are definitely not alone :)

^No problem, I'm glad I succeeded in surprising everyone as well lol. But yes, thanks for being so kind and understanding Kath *hugs* :)

wow just found oyr yesterday there some awsome games on this site i was up all night playing them haha :huey:

Many people do not know but I can do a pretty mean hokey pokey.

I also love creating picture scrapbook type things. Now I have been starting to get paid making some for other people. Woo-hoo!

I also am going to make a parody of "Viva La Bam" with my crazy friends beacuse they do stuff as or more crazy as they do.

I want to grow up to be a Jedi.

Many people also do not know I like a movie called Back To The Future. I mean it's an okay movie. :lol:

Yes i agree meat pies RULE haha but i love my veg aswell :P

I'm extremely shy. Which is why most people on these boards don't know much about me. Sometimes I'll type up a message to respond to a post and then click the little X to close it without posting it. It's why I haven't participated in threads like "What do we all look like." Li'l White Dove's the only one in these parts who's seen my pic, and only because she asked me in one of the few AIMs I've participated in.

I'm a perfectionist because I don't want anyone to have a reason to think poorly of me. I'm always looking up words in dictionary.com (for instance I originally typed "I'm deftly shy" at the beginning of this post, only to discover that deftly is not the correct word).

I review a post ten times over before I post it. I hate to make mistakes. That little "f" in my "For All Time" thread aggravates me to no end.

I don't post a lot in the off-topic forums because I don't think people are interested in me. Of course, they can't be interested if I don't post about myself ... which is kind of why I'm replying to this thread right now.

I don't feel comfortable in social situations at all. If I don't know someone really well (like my family), I don't trust them and I can't open up. I'm very aware of how people perceive me.


Okay, enough of that. I'm in a self-healing mood right now, so don't mind my blunt honesty. Hope I didn't bore anyone. :P

Well, as a "creative" person myself, I know what shyness is like. I can be on both extreme sides of the fence too. For instance, going to a social gathering (heck, even at school -- I hated my "first day" all the time!) there have been times where I'll be quite reserved. Not knowing quite what to say or how to integrate myself into the conversation (especially if I don't perceive others as having an interest in me, that makes it about ten times harder! LOL).

On the other hand, if I'm "comfortable" with people, I can pretty much be like the Leno of the room. I've been in plays and other performances. I've done public speaking and felt flawless. Yet I'll sometimes be shy at the idea of talking to one person. Strange world, isn't it!? ;)

AARGH! You're not the only one! Apparently, this board automatically capitalizes every letter of a new word in a topic title (I've tried getting around it, to no avail). It probably thinks the " is the first part of the word.

Then you should definitely know that the second I saw you had replied to this thread, I came straight over to see what you had written. I was very interested to read more about you, as I have known 'of you' for quite some time now but don't know a lot about you and it's lovely to read your posts. :)

I understand what it's like to be painfully shy. I used to be very shy until only about 5 years ago (I don't know what happened that changed me, exactly) but please let me assure you that people are interested in you and I know I'd love it if you decided to join in more off topic stuff :)

PS My own personal foible is that I use the edit button at least three times on every post! :lol: I can't help it! I like to tweak!

I'm so totally insane shy! I even get jittery when I post something like this and worry about what the responses will be. I was totally dreading coming over here and clicking on this topic! Blind Spot and Kath's responses have eased my fears, though. I really appreciate the kind responses, more than you know! I wanna try to use this as a stepping stone to overcoming my fear of "being me" in front of people who don't know me.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only crazy-obsessive one when it comes to this.

I'm a total clam in social situations. It has to do with trying to act on my feet. I'm just not good when put on the spot. If I'm reading a speech, though, or talking about something I know really well (like bttf ;) ) I'm not nearly as uncomfortable.

And here I thought I had goofed up the topic title the whole time!

Thanks, Kath! I feel like I know you and a lot of the other posters pretty well from reading your own posts, but I've always felt not included - but that's my fault, since I hold back a lot about myself. I obviously don't have Shandy's problem of not having enough room in my PM box. :P

Thank you, Kath! I know I should already feel that people will be interested in me and shouldn't worry if they're not, but your encouragement is incredibly helpful to me. I hope to show more of myself here and hope that it will help quell my fears of being myself (and talking about myself) around those who don't know me intimately. Thank you for the support!!!

i love my veg i must admit but you carnt beat abit of meat a nice chicken or a steak on a sunday meal :rolleyes:

I'm incredibly spoiled and proud of it! I'm 20 and I still get a $40 allowance each week, yet I have a job. lol. :unsure:

Thats cool, well if you get money given to you you might aswell take it :blink: :martyjr: :docs2:

Naw, I'm kidding, I'm not proud of it. :(

^ Nah you shouldn't worry! If I got given it I'd take it too! Just ease your conscience by stashing a chunk of it away for your future... that's what I'd do! :)

Thankyou for your posts! :) I look forward to enjoying some banter with you in the off-topic forums very soon! :D

Ah, I remember when I practically brought this topic to a grinding halt with my blunt admission of shyness (well, that's how it felt anyway :lol: )!

It reminds me why Kath is so awesome, too! Even before she knew me very well she was cheering me up and being super nice! I hope you feel you've gotten to know me better now (almost one year later! LOL! How sad!). I wouldn't be posting in the off-topic forums of this board right now if it wasn't for Kath. I need at least one person around me that I trust so I can feel comfortable being my goofy self without being judged (not that I don't trust everyone else, just that I don't know anyone else very well one-on-one). Thanks, Kath! You're the best!!!

despite the fact that im very tall and could beat some one up if i wanted to i am a complete wimp~ and yea now the guys at school are starting to scare me~~~~~ if they start a fight over me i will totaly lose it!

Aw. XD

I'm like that with my friends too. Even though I've know most of them since kindergarten, I sometimes feel worried that if I'm myself around them, they'll think I'm strange or something and not want to be around me.

Over the last couple years, though, I've become more comfortable and outgoing than I used to be. It really does help if you've got a friend with you who you know won't judge you.