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10 Somewhat Interesting Things You Might Not Know About Me

Michele Maize
7 min readMar 26, 2022

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Clearly hungover with my boy “Wax Snoop” by Author

I had some fun today thinking of odd things to write about myself. I hope you’ll share your story with me if you decide to conjure up your 10 things.

I am the flyest white girl. I grew up with all the best gangsta rap. If you put on a song from one of the greats, I’ll bust out all the words. Big shout out to 2PAC, Biggie, Snoop, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Easy-E, and Eminem.

We named our friend group in high school after the song from Ice Cube, ghetto birds. So ridiculous, right? I’m sure you know what he’s referring to, not a bunch of white girls but the police. We would put on our favorite hip hop song of the moment, stick our hands out of the sunroof of my 1988 Honda Prelude, and make the ghetto bird noise. Sometimes I write things, and think… I can’t believe I’ll hit publish after this. I’m having one of those moments right now.

My prelude by Author

I have a really strong aversion to some foods. My mom used to force-feed me things as a child. I would have to sit around at the table until my whole plate was licked clean. So, I would shove these foods down my throat and try not to throw up. Sometimes I was successful at stuffing as much in my mouth as…

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Michele Maize
Michele Maize

Written by Michele Maize

Sober Traveler | Wannabe Vegan | Yoga Addict. Dog-loving extrovert turned introvert. Owner of "The Maze". Editor at Black Bear and Globetrotters.

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