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I've been doing alot of thinking lately about how much we all really know about one another. Most of us here say that we are an open book and that we're willing to share just about anything if it's asked, but how many of us actually have the balls to approach someone we don't know and question something that might be deemed as extra personal? I talk to a small handful of people around here, 99% of them through comments, and chances are, there is a great deal they don't know about me. Add in the ones who have been pouring into ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) reel lately, and there are alot of people that I have never spoken to and never approached.
Instead of a normal update, today I am going to share six facts about myself, some of which might be considered overly personal, others that you can find on any website. I'm doing this in hopes that I may have something in common with another here and hopefully, I can gain a new friend from exploring myself as well.
1. I don't have a middle name. For reasons that I don't even know, I never questioned it either because it never seemed weird, when I was born, my parents didn't give me a middle name. It's just straight up Agnes Bruckner. Back in the day before Andy and I started dating, I'd call him Andrew Stephen just to be a bitch, and he was convinced up until the day we married that I had a middle name that I wasn't telling him. He improvised and soon began to call me Agnes Hungruss Bruckner. He did, however, finally accept the fact.
2. I speak three languages, two fluently. Obviously, I do speak English, but I also speak Russian as well as a little bit of Hungarian. My mother was Russian and after my parents divorced, she raised me, so I was brought up speaking Russian just as much as English. My father was Hungarian and although I was not brought up with the language, I did some studying on my own and can speak a few simple phrases here and there.
3. I use to smoke. I know, it's a horrid habit, one that I picked up years ago while filming Murder By Numbers, my first REAL role, in my book. In fact, Ryan Gosling gave me my first cigarette and it was a habit that I held onto until about this time last year. When Andy and I decided to get married, he made me an ultimatum. If I stopped smoking - successfully - for six weeks, we'd go shopping for an engagment ring (the reasons as to why I didn't have one immediately is in the next fact). I struggled, I was bitchy, and I ate a ton of Raisinettes, but I did it.
4. I proposed to Andy. We were in France for the French Open and he took me out for a night on the town, so to speak. We were at the Eiffel Tower and I looked over and before I could stop myself, I was asking him to marry me. He'd been my best friend (strictly platonically) for nine months before we started dating, so I knew him like the back of my hand. After I asked and he stared at me in shock, I tried to be all romantic and say something memorable, but instead, I ended up as a blubbering baby. His response? "Sure, let's make this shit official!" What a man answer, right?
5. I'm something of an exhibitionist. I love sex in public places and the more chance of being caught, the better. Well, maybe I should clarify. My mother is old fashioned and she believed I was a virgin up until the day I got married. It wouldn't be shocking to me if she thought I was a virgin up until the day I told her I was pregnant. Therefore, the more chance of my mother catching us in the act, the better. But really, any public place does it for me. In fact, one year ago, this week, I was being bent over a net at Wimbledon.
6. Although Andy and Austin love them, I'm not much of a video game fan. I can tolerate the occassional watch and even playing with Austin, but for the most part, I don't get it and it frustrates me that I can't figure it out. However, I love Guitar Hero. One, two, Rocks the 80s, Legends of Rock, as well as the Aerosmith and upcoming Motley Crue versions. That is one video game I CAN play. The first time I picked up the guitar was last year, six weeks before he and I got married. We'd decided to abstain from sex for six weeks preceding the ceremony and I had to do something to get rid of my nervous energy. At one point, I was on expert level, but I've since dropped back down to Medium depending on which game it is.
There I am in a nutshell. Tell me, what do I have in commone with you?
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