10 Things You Don’t Know About Me

Spoiler alert: I’m a shameless Twi-hard fan with a vocal tic and E.T. toes

Adrienne Parkhurst
9 min readMay 7, 2022
Woman kissing a life-sized cut out of Edward Cullen.
Author’s photo from her Twilight Saga: Eclipse opening day movie party. Circa 2010.

I’ve procrastinated an ‘About Me’ post for over a year. When I saw the About Me publication, I thought it was genius.

And then I started a draft and became hypnotized by the blinking cursor. I sang a beat to its rhythm. It sounded a bit like a drone singing, “Tomorrow, tomorrow.”

Tomorrow turned into a week, then a month, and now a year later and that damned cursor mocks me.

Just write something dammit.

So this is the something — a response to the writer’s prompt that Julie Gaeta tagged me in over a month ago. I fell in love with other Cuppa writers ‘10 Things’ posts and the idea for the post seemed less daunting. Thanks to Katie Michaelson, Hudson Rennie, Karen Schwartz, Barb Dalton 🇺🇦 and Adrienne Beaumont for inspiring me with your About Me lists!

Tagging Nicole Brown, Susie Antonia, Marilyn Flower, Ching Ching, Manasi Kudtarkar to see if you guys will do a fun list!

1. I hum when I’m nervous.

It’s more like a mix between a tiny grunt and hum that emerges when my nervous system activates. I can’t hear it, but it I’m pretty sure it happens daily.

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Adrienne Parkhurst
Adrienne Parkhurst

Written by Adrienne Parkhurst

Mom. Wife. Writer. Editor. Healthcare Freelance Writer. Lifetime Learner. Flawed Leader. Sharing my life lessons through personal essays and memoirs.

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I feasted on fish and chips and gagged on Vegemite.

You didn't like vegemite?! LOL What a great about me, Adrienne! Really enjoyed reading about your habits...🙄 😬 - and toes! Great wedding pic btw!

As a small child, I played school in my room for hours. I created a makeshift nun’s habit and modeled Sister’s teaching style.

I can somehow relate to that- I will write a 10 things you didn't know about me article too. You inspired me with this awesome list of yours!

Fantastic! It was so well written and the atmosphere so tense! Love the twist at the end!😍