Wedding Blog

I’m truly wowed by all the “secrets” my fellow sister bees have revealed. I’ve literally been racking my brain for days thinking about something interesting about me that I could write about… I apologize in advance if my so-called secrets aren’t as interesting/fun as the others.

1. When I enjoy something, be it a TV show or a certain type of food, I obsess over it. One of my biggest obsessions was with the show “FRIENDS”. I had posters in my room, the soundtrack, sheet music to “I’ll Be There For You” by the Rembrandts, official merchandise like baby-tees, mugs, and buttons I bought from the Warner Bros. Store (those closed down right?), the DVDs, magazines they happened to be on the covers of, my screen saver, my computer wallpaper, my AIM icon…

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The obsession for the show started in junior high and lasted all the way up to college. My bridesmaid, Michelle, loves to tell the story of how during our sophomore year of college, we had just moved in to together as roommates and the season premiere of FRIENDS was on. Ten minutes into the “The One After “I Do”“, the fire alarm went off.

I was pretty much freaking out and screaming, “ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME! WTF.” I’m usually known to be a stickler for rules, but I remembered saying, “Maybe we can just stay in the room and no one will notice.” However, the R.A. came to check and we had to evacuate. And then the freak-out resumed, of course. More, “WHY IS THIS HAPPENING NOW??? DAMN THE PERSON WHO SET OFF THE ALARM!”

In my desperate attempt, I pushed our TV to face the window and turned the volume all the way up in hopes I would still be able to see/hear something from outside. No such luck, the alarm was too loud! So I spent the next couple of minutes running back and forth from the back door (which was closest to our suite) to the front entrance to see when the hell they would let us back in. This memory is still fresh in my mind and I can remember my panic as clear as day. After what seemed like a lifetime, they finally let us back in. Needless to say, I bolted up the stairs, turned the T.V. around and resumed my spot in front of the television, frantically trying to figure out what I missed. The next week, I convinced my friend to drive me to Best Buy so I could buy a VCR (do people even buy these anymore?). From then on, I taped every episode from beginning to end. Oh, and if you ask any of my bridesmaids, they HATED watching TV with me when FRIENDS was on. I wouldn’t let them change the channel during commercials. Yea… that girl… right here…

I pretty much have all the episodes memorized from watching them over and over again. And of course I wanted to buy every trivia game out there associated with the show, but then Mr. Lovebird would say each time, “What’s the point, no one is going to want to play with you if you are going to win every time.” Touche… and I guess the games wouldn’t even be a challenge… oh wells.

2. I was a cruel big sister sometimes. I used to tell my little brother (who’s just one year younger than me) things like, “If you eat the white of the watermelon, you’ll get cancer.” Poor little guy probably ate his watermelon with extreme care, wondering if his next bite might be his last. Once during Halloween (sometime during elementary school), we were playing with the lights off because we didn’t want trick-or-treaters to come by. He was playing on my parents’ bed and somehow got his head stuck between the bed and the radiator, while upside down… how that happened I don’t know… what I do know is that I couldn’t stop laughing and instead of getting help, I just laughed and laughed. Poor guy was upside down, flailing his arms screaming, “Help, help!” It was freakin’ hilarious and I couldn’t get help because I was keeled over in laughter!

3. I am deathly afraid of birds… yes, I admit it, despite my moniker, I am afraid of birds. When we were at the Piazza San Marco during our honeymoon, it was like my worst nightmare was coming true. I was scared one would touch me or fly into me. The pigeons there are crazy man! They aren’t afraid of people like they are here in NY. I saw some perching on some tourists. I was ducking each time one flew by me and walked as closely to Mr. Lovebird as possible the whole time.

Look at the forced smile on my face! I just wanted out of there ASAP!

Seconds after that picture was taken, a pigeon brushed the top of my head… Oh… my… god. I was nearly in tears and wanted to go back to the hotel right then and there so I could take a long, long bath. Augh… I’m getting chills just thinking about it. The only birds I like are of the cooked and Weddingbee variety, thank you very much.

4. I was MVP of the Stuyvesant Tennis Team my senior year. It was a total shock as I was far from the best player on the team. Just goes to show that being a team player is just as important. That also happens to be the only trophy I’ve kept after all these years.

5. I hate wearing heels. If you’ve ever seen me in heels, I probably either just changed into them or we are at a wedding, and you will see Mr. Lovebird massaging my feet at the end of the night. Even though I hate wearing heels, it doesn’t stop me from buying them. They are just pretty to have and look at, okay!

6. The only time I’ve been punched was during the summer between 1st and 2nd grade at Chinese Summer School Camp. The class bully, whom everyone hated, just punched me in the gut… I think for no apparent reason… because of course, I never even talked to the guy. That’s when I found out what it felt like to have the “wind knocked out of you”.

7. During my freshman year of college, every night at around midnight, you’d find me in my room, eating a Beef Flavored Cup Noodles, usually with some sour cream and onion chips. I wasn’t used to eating so early and got hungry in the middle of the night, okay? After going through a couple of cases, I couldn’t eat the stuff for the next couple of years. Now I have it about once or twice a year.

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8. I am a soda fiend! I guess that’s what happens when you grow up with a family in the restaurant business. In college, I made soda runs and if you opened my closet, you’d see stacks and stacks of soda. Each one of my bridesmaids can attest to that. They still make fun of me sometimes. I have to have at least one soda a day. In college I drank much, much more…

9. During my 20th birthday, which I remember very clearly, Britney Spears was on SNL and singing “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman” and I started bawling! I then proceeded to call up Mommy Lovebird and thank her for giving birth to me 20 years earlier while still sobbing. The next day, Daddy Lovebird called me and said, “Um… honey… are you okay? Mommy told me you called her yesterday…” They probably thought I was on drugs or something!

10. When I go to bed, you will always find me in an old oversize long sleeved t-shirt, which I will tuck into my long pants. I’m afraid of my tummy getting cold! I wear thinner shirts and pants in the summer because I hate mosquitoes with a passion. Sometimes I even wear long socks I tuck the pants into, cuz those blood suckers love to attack your feet when the rest of you is covered up. Mr. Lovebird calls it my “Urkel-ware.” (Gosh, if you know me personally and are reading this… let’s never mention this okay? Actually, just forget you ever read this.)

Okay, now it’s your turn to fess up. Let’s hear it!  What has been your biggest TV obsession?  Were you as obsessed as I was?