firefly tagged me to do the 8 things you might not know about me meme, and being the obliging soul I am, I will

1) I didn't leave the country until I was 18, and then I went to the other side of the planet
2) I've had an LJ for 7 and a half years, meaning this years UWA freshers would have been 10 when I started using it
3) I was on Channel 10's Kid's Company when I was 12
4) I have an overactive thyroid, and I'm really bad about taking my medication
5) I've been inside the Pentagon, and it wasn't as a tourist
6) I'm on first name terms with the Premier of British Columbia
7) Out of the 150 people on my LJ friends list, I've met 105.
8) I can read French reasonably well, but writing and conversation, not so much