A Few Things About Me: Part 2

Some people might think I'm a little bit odd. Or strange or kooky or weird or just a little bit different.  I don't know why, I'm just me after all. I like to think I'm just a little bit interesting.

There is nothing wrong with being interesting, I quite like it.  I'd rather be interesting than dull.  Interesting is fun, dull is boring.  I was probably destined to be interesting from the very beginning.  Here's why....

I was born in Inuvik at the very top of the Northwest Territories (NWT) in Canada. The kind of place that is cold all year round.  The kind of place where in summer there is only daylight.  The kind of place where in winter there is zero daylight. The kind of place where Eskimos live.

I was born in an igloo.  That's interesting.  I once entered a competition to win something fancy, I don't remember what that something fancy is anymore, it was about 11.2 years ago now.  You had to write in 25 words or less what you would do with $10 000.  Thinking about it, that something fancy was probably the $10 000 you had to write about. I wrote something similar to this:

'I was born in an igloo.  I would get a piece of that igloo and bring it back to Australia to keep forever.'

I didn't win $10 000, instead I won a voucher for a free burger.  They must have thought I was a bit odd rather than a bit interesting.

After Inuvik NWT I lived in Burstall Saskatchewan then Medicine Hat Alberta.  All pretty interesting names.

Here's some other reasons why I'm a bit interesting (not odd):

I learnt to scuba dive in a lake that is frozen for ice skating half of the year
I backpacked around New Zealand by myself when I was 17
I moved to Australia when I was 19
I decided to make Australia home when I was 20
I dressed up as a giant golf ball for a job in Melbourne when I was 20
I flipped burgers and cleaned hotel rooms on the Gold Coast when I was 21
I cleaned rooms and waitressed on Hamilton Island when I was 21
I became a scuba diving instructor when I was 23
I worked on Lizard Island as a Diving Instructor when I was 24
I bought my house when I was 25
I decided to start my degree in when I was 26
I love to scuba dive with sharks
I love to jump out of airplanes
I love to ride my motorbike
I love to take risks
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And basically, I'll try most things at least once.

Here's some things I won't try at least once:

I will never ever touch or step on a worm. They scare the shit out of me!