Today in History

1189: Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England
1483: Richard III is crowned King of England
1560: England and Scotland sign Treaty of Edinburgh

50 Facts About Me

I am super tired and can't think of anything interesting to blog about, so here are 50 random facts about me.

1. I am named after Anna, the prophetess in Luke 2:36
2. The origin of my name is Hebrew and it means graceful/merciful
3. I am a born-again Christian
4. My middle name is Rose
5. I am 17 going on 18
6. My birthstone is the Peridot (and I always forget it)
7. My birth-flower is the Gladiolus or Spear-Lily (I know this because I just Googled it)
8. My favourite flowers are the Forget-me-not and the Rose
9. I have a massive obsession with tea (my friend's think it's scary)
10. I have my Queen's Award (through Girls' Brigade)
11. I want to have a book published one day
12. When I find a song I will listen to it repeatedly until I can no longer stand it
13. My favourite historical period is the Regency Period (go Jane Austen)
14. I have always lived in New Zealand and I love it here!
15. My favourite TV show is Doctor Who (DOOO WEEE DOOOO)
16. My favourite Doctor is 10 (HIS HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!)
17. The fandoms I am in are too numerous to mention and merit a list all of their own, but seven of them are: Doctor Who, Sherlock, Pushing Daisies, LOTR, Star Wars, Vikings and Firefly
18. I collect Doctor Who tee-shirts (I only have six so far)
19. My favourite numbers are seven and nine
20. I like it when things come in groups of three
21. I am heinously afraid of spiders (and most other bugs)
22. The most terrifying experience of my life was when I nearly drowned at the beach last summer
23. I play the flute and 'can' play the recorder and guitar
24. I don't play any sports because I am basically a couch potato
25. I like to eat weird food combinations, like beef mince pie with vanilla ice-cream or peanut-butter and salami sandwiches with tomato relish
26. My hair colour is somewhere in-between Medium Ash Brown and Light Golden Brown with a Dark Chocolate Base.
27. I tend to fall for the bad (or slightly sinister) guys in books and movies
28. I am incredibly terrible at singing but I like to sing along to songs when I am home alone
29. I really hate looking in the mirror when I go to the bathroom at night because I have an irrational fear that I'll see someone other than myself looking back
30. I am embarrassingly bad at geography
31.  I get waaaaaaaaaay too emotionally attached to fictional characters
32. I really want to go to Comic Con one day
33. I have a serious Pinterest Addiction
34. I am soooo not a morning person, in fact I am basically a zombie until after 10am (unless I have lots of caffeine)
35. I like to over-analyse movies for metaphors, imagery, foreshadowing and other plot devices
36. I have met two authors and had books signed by them (George R. R. Martin and Christopher Paolini)
37. I cry really easily during movies and TV shows
38. I am a massive geek and proud of it
39. I spend most of my free time reading. I will read pretty much anything
40. I like watching documentaries and reading books about history
41. I love shopping when I'm in the right mood (especially for books and shoes)
42. My favourite animals are cats and wolves
43. One day I want to have a themed tea shop/book shop.
44. I am addicted to buying stationary, half the time I don't even use the stuff I buy, I just hoard it
45. People who don't know me sometimes think I am antisocial and or socially awkward
46. I'm pretty sure I have Trypophobia (a fear of objects with small holes), which is a totally random thing to have a phobia of
47. The library is my happy place
48. I spend 85% of my life in my room
49. My favourite colours are blue, silver and black
50. I think that you are a very patient individual if you've read this whole list