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"Nicole Richie, 29, (whose second novel, Priceless, comes out Sept. 28. She also guest stars on NBC&amp;apos;s Chuck Oct. 4.) shares the 25 things you don&amp;apos;t know about her with UsMagazine.com.\r\n1. I&amp;apos;m never late. I like to be 15 minutes early.\r\n2. I have been in five music videos.\r\n3. I figure-skated growing up. I trained eight hours a day and competed nationally.\r\n\r\n4. I speak Russian. My best friend Masha&amp;apos;s family taught me when I was 17.\r\n5. I love rain.\r\n6. I naturally have very curly hair. It&amp;apos;s been a lifelong insecurity of mine, so I now have a Brazilian blow-dry.\r\n7. I wake up between 5:30 and 6 A.M. It&amp;apos;s important to have quiet time, so I get up and putz around.\r\n8. I love anything and everything Disney.\r\n\r\n9. My dad [Lionel] wrote the song &amp;quot;Ballerina Girl&amp;quot; for me.\r\n10. I like going out to eat alone.\r\n11. I&amp;apos;m adopted and met my parents while I played tambourine on stage with Prince at age 2.\r\n12. I either do something 110 percent or not at all. I have a strong work ethic instilled by my parents.\r\n\r\n13. Every season, I do a thorough cleaning of my closet and donate everything I take out to charity.\r\n14. I don&amp;apos;t know how to do my makeup. I don&amp;apos;t even own any.\r\n15. I&amp;apos;m obsessed with making lists.\r\n16. I have a healthy household. I&amp;apos;m very conscious about what goes into mine and my family&amp;apos;s bodies.\r\n17. I&amp;apos;m a die-hard Britney Spears fan.\r\n\r\n18. I&amp;apos;ve played piano since I was 3.\r\n19. My parents call me Nikki; I hate it.\r\n20. I wish I was a hip-hop dancer.\r\n21. I&amp;apos;m not a good bike rider. The term &amp;quot;just like riding a bike&amp;quot; doesn&amp;apos;t apply.\r\n22. I have never cursed in front of my parents. They&amp;apos;re Southern.\r\n23. I swallowed a ring to get out of a seventh grade class.\r\n\r\n24. [Fiance] Joel [Madden] and I created the Richie Madden Children&amp;apos;s Foundation to teach our kids about giving back.\r\n25. I can&amp;apos;t resist Taco Bell."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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