• I used to be afraid to go down to the basement until at least the age of 12.
• I used to be chubby.
• I used to wear clothes at least one size too big.
• I used to wear Harry Potter-like glasses. (long before Harry Potter did)
• I used to have a constant urge to nick stuff.
• I used to have the ambition of being a teacher of English.
• I used to break everything I touched, now I only break some of them.
• I used to be the geek always left out and picked last at sports, I’d always pray the numbers would be uneven and I wouldn’t have to play.
• I used to try too hard to be a cool person, I never realised I actually was a lot cooler than the others.
• I used to be a fanatic anti-smoker (I still am in many ways)
• I used to be innocent.
• I used to hate beer.
• I used to have a problem telling the time when using an analogue watch (I sometimes still do).
• I used to be afraid to smile because I hated my smile.
• I used to be neat and tidy.
• I used to have a scary stalker.
• I used to lie A LOT!
• I used to hate mushrooms.
• I used to like hidding in closets.
• I used to hate drinking any fizzy drinks, I still rarely do but I can tolerate it.
• I used to go to the gym. (for a month)
• I used to know all the swear words of the Italian language. (thank you exchange students)
• I used to run 45 minutes a day non stop.
• I used to be confident when swimming.
• I used to have hourly sessions of phone conversations with friends.
• I used to climb on anything.

This list will grow as I have flashbacks every now and then about things I did when younger.

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Written by Colin Brooks on 09.10.05 at 4:24 pm.