Mandy, one of the most random people I know, and boy I do know a lot of random people. Mandy however, tops everyone in this category, as sometimes she wishes for the most random things. On the other hand she does possess some normal characteristics. Her random desires include wanting to become a guy and a hobo. One normal characteristic is that Mandy perhaps has an unrivalled desire for chocolate which sometimes even beats Susan’s or mine.
For starters, Mandy’s desire to become a guy can be seen as random. I have never met a girl who has shown such a desire to become a guy or as I like to put it grow a pair of balls) (even Alexis, although one can argue she already has a pair). Mandy as her part in Susan’s family is the only son. No thoughts required as to why she chose this role. The only reason that I can think of Mandy wanting to become a guy is to escape the pains of PMS when that time of month comes around. Although I haven’t seen the adverse affects of PMS on Mandy, she says that she’d rather be a dude than go through all that for the next 30-40 yrs of her life. According to her comment on Susan’s blog during PMS she suffers from: irritability, nervous tension, anxiety, mood swings, lower coping ability, depression, aggression, difficulty concentrating, feeling unloved, wanting to be alone, reduced interest in work and social life – and that’s just the emotional stuff. Mandy’s physical symptoms include: bloating around the abdomen, headaches, tiredness, laziness, insomnia, food cravings, aches and pains, poor coordination, short intense energy boosts. After reading all this, I can kind of see why Mandy so drastically wants to become a guy. If she were given the chance would she really, and what would it mean for Matt (not that I care about him)? Mandy, would you really go under the knife, just to get a pair of balls. You might want to try attaching a hot dog and a pair of ping pong balls to that region for a test drive first.
Next, Mandy wants to become a hobo. She is currently living an alright life. While it may not be like those born with a silver spoon in their mouths, from all observations she is satisfied with her current situation. If Mandy did become a hobo, what would she look like, and what would she be pushing around in her trolley full of bags of random stuff. Just a thought, I haven’t seen any female hobos around – not even when I walk around the city where the place is crawling with hobos. Another thought Mandy: how would you satisfy your food cravings if you were a hobo? Think about all the food you would be missing Mandy: chocolate, sugar, cookies, cake etc. Out of all of Mandy’s random thoughts, this is perhaps the one which is most random of all.
Like all normal people Mandy has an extreme craving for food most of them time. However these cravings are only limited to foods with high sugar content, although her appetite for bread was only discovered yesterday by me during our food tech lesson. Some people may see these extreme cravings as a weakness for Mandy. Like I often like to point out, all you need to do if you wrong Mandy is to wave a block of chocolate in her face although she argues that she won’t always succumb to this. I’ve witnessed this when I offered her chocolate the other day to walk down closer to watch the teachers vs year 12 game, and she said: “i’ve already had too much chocolate.” I was shocked at this comment for two reasons. First, you can never have too much chocolate and second it was Mandy saying this. One bizarre incident I saw during food tech was when she was so out of it and extremely tired, when the fruity boat slice popped out of the oven, the scent of sugar, instantly brought her back. So basically to get back on Mandy’s good side all you need to do is wave something high in sugar in front of her.
One last thing, while this isn’t Mandy specific, I find it extremely amusing when short people try and give me the death stare. Sometimes I may crack a joke targeting Mandy, and she gives me this stare, which just cracks me up, especially if we are both standing up, although that has never happened. There was this one incident where William was trying to give me the death stare, and I just cracked up.
So Mandy, perhaps the most random person I know. Just to finish off with a quote from Mandy which demonstrates her randomness: “I want a sex change.”
