21 random facts about me

This post is written in response to a prompt on Friday Reflections on  Write Tribe

I thought I’d choose this topic for Friday reflections and just finish it in a jiffy. After all it is just 21 random facts about yourself right? How hard is that to write? But as I started writing, I realised that while I could find enough facts to pen down, how many did I really want to share with the world? And so I guess that becomes my first fact. And since it does say random, forgive me if I jump from one area of my life to the other and back with no link or connection what so ever.

1. I don’t like to share my innermost feelings or thoughts with any one. There is always that one wall behind which I hide.
2. I have twin daughters. I would have loved to have a couple more but was too mindful of the ever growing population of the world.
3. I talk to all animals, even the spiders and lizards in my house. I even name them!
4. The only animals I kill are mosquitoes.
5. I can spend the whole day in bed with a good book and then wonder how it has suddenly become dark.
6. I love to be alone at home. If I could, I’d never leave the house. And that scares me so much that I force myself to get out.
7. I hate to cook dal chaval. But I love to bake.
8. Old Bollywood songs over modern music any day.
9. A jar of Nutella lasts for one sitting. So I get a separate jar for my daughter and we label our respective jars.
10. I have trained myself to go alone for movies, or for a beer and a meal. And I feel great about it!
11. When I was young, Dad used to take me with him to watch English war movies and action thrillers since mom hated going to the theatre. I still prefer those movies over romance or comedy.
12. I fell in love at the age of 11, with Rishi Kapoor when I went to see Bobby.
13. I still read Enid Blyton books. Though I also read Nora Robert and Jim Butcher. (I love the Dresden Files)
14. My first book, “Who Shall I be today?” was published this year in March. It is a book of poems and got some pretty good reviews.
15. I have a huge pink Teddy bear named Fred whom I bought as a birthday gift for myself on my 50th birthday.
16. I eat ice cream as I walk down the road.
17. I hate wearing formal clothes though I envy the people who can carry them off.
18. I love dancing and I just need to hear the music to get itchy feet.
19. I prefer Prof. Bhaer over Mr. Darcy. But if I had to describe the kind of man I am still waiting for, he would have to be able to dance, feed me awesome food and love to read.
20. The reason I get out of bed nowadays, is my crazy dog, Muffin. She came into my life two years ago, as a puppy who needed to be rescued from the gutter she had fallen in. Today, I can’t imagine a life without her.
21. I am writing my first novel. And I just hope I don’t tire of it half way through!

So , I guess that’s it. What about you? What would you like to share about yourself?