HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOOP!

Today is the 32nd birthday of everyone's favorite blogger, Ms. Becky Boop. Ms. Boop has spent countless hours writing informative posts that give us insight into her political stance, pop culture knowledge, struggles with marriage/babies/family and the like, etc. Lets face it, we know quite a bit about her (and possibly more than we should). That said, I decided to take this opportunity to give you a list of 32 things you actually MAY NOT know about Boop.

1. Boop has a thing for the number 8. You would too if you were born on 8/8/78 and weighed in at 8 lbs 8 oz.
2. Other than going to college, Boop has never lived outside of the Chicagoland area and likely never will. Any questions on the great city of Chicago and you can count on her for an answer.
3. She once had a bent (not broken, but actually bent) bone in her arm because a too-heavy neighborhood pre-teen fell on her arm while playing outside.
4. Boop was kissing boys behind the piano in Kindergarten. So glad that trait seems to have skipped a generation. To my knowledge, KK has kissed no one.
5. In 8th grade, Ms. Boop had an unfortunate run-in with sewer water in the grade school gymnasium. Perhaps this is the root of her ….
6. Having an obsession to have everything neat and tidy. You will NEVER see a pile of ANYTHING just laying around on a table at Boop's house. BUT:
7. She is a digital pack rat. If you have ever written Boop a scathing email or disclosed anything immensely personal in a document or email, she most certainly still has it AND the ability to use it against you.
8. Boop absolutely cannot wait to start eating once she arrives at a party. If the food is not readily available when she walks in the door, you will immediately be asked about it and reminded of how she is "starving and didn't eat all day because she figured there would be food" when she got there. Which leads me to my next item
9. She is very impatient
10. Boop loves the color green and hates the color pink
11. She is a recovering salt-aholic
12. Ms. Boop rocks the karaoke mic. My personal favorite rendition is her "I Love Rock and Roll"
13. If she had it her way she would always wear jeans and a t shirt. Or better yet, sweat pants and a Cubs hat. She's uber casual
14. Though she is clearly extremely intelligent and amazing with words, she sucks at Scrabble
15. Do not give Boop a birthday gift unless you are at her house. If the gift is given at a restaurant/bar/club it WILL get left in the cab on the way home
16. Boop has previously worn the uniform of Wendy's, Fazolis, and Bob Evans. I don't recall ever getting any free food from her though. Damn.
17. She also once worked at an…eh hem…."adult" entertainment store. EEP!
18. Boop had a poster of Patrick Swayze in her bedroom as a pre-teen.
19. She hates eggs
20. Boop still has a pair of boots that she got in high school. Wowzers!
21. Boop's favorite holiday is Halloween
22. She was unlike any other older sister I knew because she never cared that I tagged along with her and her friends. I am still friends with some of "her" friends to this day
23. Boop used to be fearless at a theme park or carnival. Now the sight of a merry-go-round makes her dizzy and vomit.
24. I'm pretty sure Boop can spell anything. I would like petition for there to be an adult division at the Scripp's spelling bee so I can watch her own the competition on national television
25. Boop had a crush on JC Chasez long before he was a member of N'SYNC. We're talking way back in the New Mickey Mouse Club days. He's still hot, BTW.
26. Boop once attended some sort of cocktail party that Alicia Keys was also at before she "made it big"
27. She seldom has more fun than when she is making fun of someone's clothes/hair/makeup. You do it too and you know it!
28. Boop will be the first to tell you she is severely lacking in artistic talent. Ask her to draw you a stick person and your likely response will be "What is that, a boat?"
29. On a humid day, she will immediately make an excuse for her hair being extra curly even though whomever she is speaking too wishes they had locks like that.
30. Boop ALWAYS has a mani, a pedi, and perfectly groomed eyebrows
31. She loves Nutella to the point where, if it were possible to wed a food product, she would.
32. Ms. Boop will one day be a best selling author.

Okay, so that last one is more of a premonition on my part, but the rest of it is all true. Happy birthday to my favorite (only) sister, Becky Boop!