Famous people and their “25 Random Things”

Oh, the infamous “25 Random Things About Me” note on Facebook. Almost everybody and their hamster have posted such a list by now. Even celebrities. We’ve found five random things lists, from The Office star Rainn Wilson, first lady Michelle Obama, TV personality Ellen DeGeneres, ex-Destiny Child Kelly Rowland and High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens. Let’s see if a celebrity’s list is really more exciting than ours.

Rainn Wilson’s “25 Things About Me”

1. I would make a beautiful woman.
2. My wife is way funnier than I am.
3. I once thought it would be a good idea to be a pipe smoker like Sherlock Holmes or The Hef. I was 19.
4. I am “just not that into” seeing that new dating movie.
5. I know why the caged bird sings. To make female birds think he’s sensitive.
6. I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky. This causes a lot of injuries for me.
7. I’ve got 99 problems and a fish ain’t one of them.
8. Fact: My mother wanted to name me Thucydides.
9. Maize: My people call it corn.
10. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? One, with my ­incredibly acidic saliva.
11. I believe in universal health care for every planet except Earth.
12. Unlike most, I feel John Oates is overrated.
13. I am 6-foot-1 and 5/6 inches.
14. I frigging hate negative people. They suck.
15. I once took a girl on a date and refused to pay for her movie ticket because, as a feminist, I was ideologically opposed to the idea. Never saw her again. I was 19.
16. If I see a fire extinguisher, I have to play with it.
17. When I was a child, I stepped on my pet gerbil, Frederick. My dad gave him a funeral flush.
18. I think Mary Todd Lincoln was a ­stone-cold fox.
19. I always thought the lyrics to “Jet ­Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band went “Big ol’ Chad and the lineup.”
20. I once put my left foot in while ­doing the hokeypokey and was unable to take it out for three days.
21. I’m an expert juggler, chess player and Call of Duty sniper.
22. I dance like a girl when Madonna’s “Into the Groove” comes on.
23. Fact: My two favorite shows are Lost and Sesame Street.
24. My stunt double on The Office is a marionette.
25. I wish there was a Home Surgery Network.

Source: Usmagazine.com.

25 interesting facts about Michelle Obama.

1. She was born January 17, 1964, meaning she will turn 45 three days before she becomes the First Lady of the United States.
2. Her father worked the swing shift in the boiler room at Chicago’s water purification plant; her mother was a stay-at-home mom until her two children were grown.
3. Within the family, her nickname is “Miche” (pronounced “Meesh”).
4. Her husband calls her “My Rock”.
5. She grew up with her older brother, Craig, and parents in a one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment; she and Craig shared the living room, which had been separated by dividers.
6. As a child, she loved her Easy-Bake Oven.
7. Even though they were only allowed one hour of television per night, she committed each episode of The Brady Bunch to memory.
8. As a young girl, she practiced playing the piano so much that she had to be told to stop.
9. She and her brother both skipped second grade.
10. Although a great athlete, she shied away from competitive sports because, her big brother says, she hated to lose.
11. She has always been outspoken; in addition to some of the memorable things she said on the campaign trail, she told her teachers when she got to Princeton that they weren’t teaching French correctly.
12. She was a young lawyer and assigned to be Barack’s mentor when her future husband came to her Chicago firm for a summer job.
13. Her first impression of Barack wasn’t great; she’d seen his photo in the law firm directory and thought he had a big nose.
14. She declined Barack’s initial attempts to ask her out, saying it would be inappropriate.
15. Before seriously agreeing to date Barack, she asked her brother to take on her suitor on the basketball court (her father and brother had always said you could tell a lot about someone’s character on the court).
16. Her father died of complications from Multiple Sclerosis when she was in her 20s.
17. Barack proposed at a fancy Chicago restaurant; the ring came on a tray with the dessert.
18. At their wedding, they danced their first dance to “Unforgettable”.
19. Santita Jackson, Jesse Jackson’s daughter, sang at the wedding.
20. She works out “like a gladiator,” according to friends.
21. She hates panty hose – too “painful.”
22. At the Democratic National Convention in 2004, moments before her husband was about to go on stage to give his speech she decided to break the tension: “Just don’t screw it up, buddy!” she memorably said.
23. She unwinds by watching reruns of The Dick Van Dyke Show.
24. For breakfast, she likes fruit, eggs and bacon. “We’re bacon people” she said on The View.
25. About her husband, she once said, “Barack didn’t pledge riches, only that life would be interesting. On that promise he’s delivered.”

Source: Betty Confidential

Ellen DeGeneres’s partial “25 Things”

1. Randomly I’m a cover girl.
2. I like soup.
3. I live with a one-legged pigeon.
4. I have a short-term memory.
5. I like to dance.

Source: this video.

25 random things you didn’t know about Kelly Rowland

1. Her favorite Whitney Houston song is “I’m your baby tonight”.
2. Her favorite Starbucks is a Chai Tea Latte with Soy.
3. Her first appartment was in Houston.
4. Her first job was a baby-sitter.
5. Her first concert was one of Janet Jackson.
6. When she fell of her bicycle some sort of rock hit her eye and when she woke up she was still on the side of the street with a black eye.µ
7. This year’s most enjoyed holiday was Thanksgiving.
8. Her aunt calls her “Kellwell”.
9. She has no regrets over anything she ever said or should’ve said. She pretty much says what she wants to say.
10. Her favorite Disney character is Bambi.
11. She prefers a shower over a bath.
12. She can swim.
13. She stole a brush once.
14. It’s been a while since she last cried.
15. The last thing that made her laugh was a phone conversation with a friend of hers.
16. She can make a great banana pudding.
17. She keeps storage boxes under her bed.
18. Family Guy is her favorite TV programme.
19. Buying shoes is a bad habit of hers.
20. She can drive pretty well.
21. The saxophone is her favorite musical instrument. It’s so sexy and hot to see a chick play it.
22. Her favorite book is her Bible.
23. If she wasn’t a musician, she would probably be a teacher.
24. She prefers heels over flats.
25. She has broken three of her toes while coming off the stage barefoot for a quick change.

Source: the video at Swide.com.

Paritial “25 Things” list of Vanessa Hudgens.

1. My biggest splurge was a purse from Louis Vuitton. Ashley Tisdale and I each got one in different colors when we were on tour in Mexico. We call it our friendship purse. I don’t want to say how much it cost. I don’t like revisiting that place.
2. I’m an online shopaholic: ShopPlanetBlue.com, Shopbop.com, IntermixOnline.com. I love that you can see everything, rather than fishing through the racks. And the surprise of getting it in the mail is like a present to yourself.
3. My secret to flat abs is pilates.
4. I like sitting in the front row of cycling class. I feel like everybody behind me is looking forward, and that pushes me to do my best. I look at myself in the mirror and get this really ferocious, angry look on my face like I’m about to kill someone. It’s crazy.
5. Sometimes I feel prettier without makeup. You take it off and you’re like, “Oh, there I am!”
6. Red lips make me feel sexy. Put on red lipstick and it brings out the vixen in you.
7. I like looking for funny video clips on YouTube. ‘Charlie bit my finger—again!‘ makes me die every time. And ‘sneezing panda‘ is the most hysterical thing ever.
8. I love snakes. I think they’re sexy. Not in the wild, of course, but pet snakes.
9. I’m a passionate person. If someone makes me mad, they’ll know it. It’s so much better confronting someone than pouting about it. I don’t hold grudges, but I definitely don’t settle until I know it’s done and over with.

Source: Style News and Just Jared Jr. The entire list can be found in the May issue of Self magazine.