Hmm... where do I start...?
5. My ethnicity.
People often question my race. I've literally had people walk up to me and ask "What are you?" or "What country do you hail from?", as if I were an immigrant from a distant land. I have been mistaken to be everything from Mexican to Australian aborigine. So yeah... people are surprised when I tell them that I am
mixed race (biracial,
half-caste, etc.); one-half Caucasian, one-half Sri Lankan. Funny thing is, most people are baffled as to what
Sri Lankan even means.
4. The fact that I have no friends.
This one seemed to even fluster my therapist a few years ago. He and many, many others cannot seem to wrap there fingers around the fact that I prefer to be alone.
Introversion is a foreign concept to them. I have had many an argument with my older, tomboyish sister about this, and she nearly tore my face off. One or two friends is the most I'll probably ever get, and that is the limit.
3. The fact that I can go several nights without sleep.
I have mentioned many times that I rarely sleep. I get at least two hours of sleep on average, and I am still able to function at 80%. Despite my saying this at least hundreds of times, I bet most of you think that I might be exaggerating . Whelp, join the club, as most people I know in real life still do not believe me when I tell them this. People are still skeptical even after I've proved it to them. lol
2. The fact that I am multilingual.
I can speak Spanish fluently, intermediate French and Portuguese, and advanced Italian. As these are referred to as the
Romance languages, I am also proficient enough in Latin, the language from which the aforementioned languages derived, hence their common classification. It that is not enough, I can also speak intermediate Japanese.
What baffles people most about this is the fact that I was able to learn them so quickly. I have no established method or anything, just advanced memory capabilities. Hell, the only reason that I am not yet fluent in all of these languages is because of chronic procrastination.
1. Synesthesia.
If you don't what this means, it is a neurological condition in which the senses are jumbled about or confused in a manner that strays from a given sense's original function. For example...
in my case, my sense of taste (and smell) are triggered by various sounds and words. To further exemplify, the smell of "stinky pig's butt" comes to mind when a hear the "n" sound. Strange, I know... but after 21 years of having to experience this sensation, you get used to it.
0. The fact that I have a robotic personality.
Most people, particularly those on the internet, do not believe that I have a persistent deadpan look on my face at all times. Said look complements my personality, or lack thereof. People often appear extremely annoyed by the fact that I do not react in a manner in which a "normal" person would in response to their jokes or personality quirks. It is especially funny when people go out of their way to invoke a reaction from me; this happens a lot at work. People have also called me weird, and told me that I have the personality of a tree stump.
You guys might think of me as a comedian on the internet or whatever, but as animated - or cruel and heartless - as some of my posts and/or "shouts" might seem, there is hardly any real emotion behind them. I dunno... I think I might be autistic or something, but whatever the case may be, keep in mind I have trouble expressing my emotions.
Listed above is just a small list of possibly hundreds of things about me that surprise people. There are some things that I thought about adding, like the fact that I can't seem to fathom the concept behind kissing, and that I half a twin brother who in many ways appears to be my complete, clichéd opposite... but I thought I'd save those facts for another time...
