Book of Nina

I understand that I am a bit of an anomaly. My Nonnie used to say that I march to the beat of my own drummer. I like to think that I am particular. There are some peeps out there that like to have a little fun at my expense and laugh at my neurosis. Well you know what, that is A-OK with me friends. In an effort to get to know me (as I forwent the mandatory introduction blog) here is a brief list of what I think are some of my defining characteristics. The Book of Nina will be very helpful in trying to decipher some of my more, how you say, ah, yes, intricacies.

- I like to count. I have always liked to count. It might be OCD, but if I count something that is an odd number (chews, titles, cracks on the pavement) I get very disgruntled.

- I can spend hours in the shower taking care of my toilette. I love to scrub and lotion with nice products.

- I suffer from Friday Depression. It happens around 5pm every Friday. Don’t try to help me, I need to sleep it off and/or drink heavily.

- If I like an author, band, actor, etc., I will spend countless hours reasearching every facet of their life. I will always downplay what I know because I don’t want people thinking I am weird. I once went to Blockbuster and rented every Vince Vaughn movie, including the one in which he starred with Jennifer Lopez (the rating of that movie would be D -). Eventually these phases pass and are replaced by something new.

- I cannot sleep if my knees are touching or if I am wearing a long sleeve shirt or socks.

- I love my dog Doris more than I have probably ever loved another human. I sometimes tell her that I hope I die before she does.

- If you think I am talking smack about you, I probably am. Even if you don’t think I am talking smack about you, I might be – so wise up Kim, owner of the nail shop on Glenbrook Road and stop giving me that watered down polish!

- My sister always tries to kiss and hug me. I tell her I don’t like it, but I think I secretly do. This has been a very difficult realization.

- When I get tired, I laugh and carry on like a fool. In addition, if you make me laugh heartily I will be your friend for life. There are few people that fit into this category, so I suggest you peeps get funnier if you want to hang out.

- I love popular rap music. Lil’ Wayne is a musical genius. Actually, he’s da bomb, like tick, tick.

- I often make up my own words or throw in Italian sayings to everyday conversation. When in doubt, va cosee. That is certainly not how it is spelled.

- If I am reading a book I am particularly fond of, don’t bother talking to me or asking me to do anything. I will stay up late and wake up early to finish. This started when I was a child and read Goosebumps, “Say Cheese or Die.” Pure literary magic.

- I don’t facebook people. That may be a lie. But I try to limit it to select people.

- I don’t really like babies or children even though I used to tell people that I wanted to be a teacher.


That is all I can think of for now, however, I believe that these are the fundamentals to the Book of Nina. Others may have more to say and I encourage you to make additions, subject to my approval of course.


Happy Thursday fools. I will for sure be writing about the Kings of Leon show in my next post.