25 Things You Don’t Know About...

25 Things You Don’t Know About…Kelly Duncan

 

This is an assignment I am giving my 6th graders as a "getting to know you." It's modeled after the column in Us Weekly. Or so I've heard. There is no way I am a celebrity-obsessed person. No, not me. Okay, it's true. I read the magazine. And I love it. So there.

 

1.      I’m a complete night owl which means I am not a morning person—weird for a teacher, I know.

2.      I am obsessed with Flair Pens. And highlighters. Really, I’m just a fan of color-coding.

3.      I’m a workaholic.

4.      I legally changed my name from Kelly Lynn August to Kelly August Duncan when I got married.

5.      My dad wanted to name me June July (reread number 4 if you don’t see why that is funny…or so not funny). All of his brothers suggested the same for their daughters. Luckily, none of them won that fight.

6.      I love to keep score at baseball games.

7.      My son is named after the main character in The Phantom Tollbooth.

8.      Reading is as important as breathing to me. More important that eating.

9.      I’m the oldest of five children.

10.  I eat salmon and run for exercise because it’s good for me. I hate both.

11.  My three cats—Liam, Sasha, and Olive—don’t like each other.

12.  I have visited all twenty-one California Missions. San Juan Capistrano is my favorite.

13.  I am planning a party for the 50^th Anniversary episode of Dr. Who; the tenth Doctor, David Tennant, is my favorite.

14.  The last book I read was Wonder. I’m currently reading 13 Reasons Why and The Fault in our Stars.

15.  I saw the last three Twilight movies at their midnight premieres with a group of like-minded moms. TEAM EDWARD!

16.  My son and I share a love of Steampunk. Victorian sensibility and fashion with steam powered sci-fi, alternate histories, and a dash of dystopia? What’s not to love?!?

17.  Great White sharks are my favorite animal. I have never missed a Shark Week because of this.

18.  My family follows the Paleo diet because I am allergic to wheat, gluten, and dairy. My husband and son are troopers.

19.  I watched Grease 2 EVERY DAY during the summer between fourth and fifth grade.

20.  My husband and I spent our first Valentine’s Day at a live WWE taping. I love that man!

21.  I have six nieces and three nephews.

22.  I used to know every word to every song on The Beastie Boys License to Ill.

23.  I love to sing karaoke.

24.   My birthday is in August on the same date as Michael Jackson’s. That was WAY cooler when I was a kid.

25. Take Me Out to the Ballgame and any Beatles song were lullabies in my house when my son was baby.