I was reading a fellow blogger today and feeling a little, well, envious of their talent and somewhat disgruntled with my own recent efforts. I was perfectly relaxed and natural when I thought no one was reading. But now, one subscriber and the pressure is on. My work is self indulgent, overly effusive, and a little forced. And the worst part is, I know it. It is one of those moments when you know everything you are doing is just making it worse but you don't want to give up and you don't know what to try next.
So here is what I am trying next. A list. It's simple. It has the potential to be interesting. And the best part, its implied brevity limits my effusiveness. Following the lead of a blog queen, here are fifty things you might not know about me by just staring at my ugly mug:
1. I am adopted.
2. Whenever I go to a movie, just before it starts, I forget what movie I am there to see. Without fail.
3. I like plain cheeseburgers (nothing but cheese and meat) but I don't order them that way. I like to get them and then wipe off the ketchup and mustard so there is just a hint of it on the bun and then eat it. I know its weird.
4. I can say "I am a flower child" in Japanese.
5. When I was in college, I paid the bills by doing singing telegrams dressed like a clown (or on occassion, a rabbit or a chicken).
6. If you get stuck talking to me in the parking lot after any evening out, I will probably keep you there for hours.
7. I can't guess distances to save my life. I also can't guess how many people are in a room - 15 and 50 look exactly the same to me.
8. I am extremely handy around the house. I can install a garbage disposal, change an outlet, even put on a roof.
9. I love to quilt but I hate to admit it too often because it makes me sound like I'm ninety. Or boring.
10. Sometimes I solve algebra equations when I feel I need order and structure in my life. Math almost always calms me down.
11. I can usually only remember all the words to a song when I am singing with the radio.
12. I love chairs! I really do. They are little pieces of functional, portable architecture and I find them all beautiful.
13. I like to sign up for classes but I rarely enjoy actually taking them. They lose something between the saying and the doing.
14. I am extremely attractive to alcoholics. (I guess you would know this by looking at me if you are an alcoholic)
15. Whenever possible, I prefer to be barefoot.
16. For my 30th birthday, I went rock climbing.
17. For my 31st birthday, I went sky diving.
18. I am a published poet.
19. I can hang up to 5 spoons off my face. Seriously.
20. When I moved to Phoenix, I wasn't working and used my days to take a tour of this city's libraries. I have been to more than 12 libraries in Phoenix alone.
21. I once agressively out bid someone for a bust of Beethoven. I paid $25 for it and it was worth every penny.
22. At Denny's, my favorite meal is two grilled cheese sandwiches (without tomato) and a side of hash browns. And a Diet Coke.
23. I once slept through a house fire but the power going out always wakes me up.
24. I can only snap with my left hand although I am severely right handed.
25. No green plant can ever depend on me for consistent life support. I have only ever kept one plant alive and I think my coworkers water it behind my back.
26. I didn't drink until I was 24 and I can count on my fingers the number of times I have been rip roaring drunk.
27. I once started a fight in a bar when I was drunk.
28. I have not mailed Christmas cards in probably 12 years but I do buy and address them every year.
29. When I started college, I was a theater major even though I actually wanted to learn 8 languages and be an interpreter. I graduated with a degree in Elementary Education although I have never been a teacher.
30. If I could start all over again, I would have really liked to have been an architect and furniture designer.
31. I have always wanted to live in London and am always on the look out for the opportunity to do so.
32. I enjoy moving. Change is refreshing and I find comfort in the fact that my life will fit neatly in boxes.
33. I really want to learn how to skateboard.
34. My friend Jamie was the first boy to make me feel truly beautiful and unfortunately, also one of the last.
35. I haven't spent more than $50 for any non-upholstered piece of furniture I own.
36. Dean Martin will always be great music to cook to in my book!
37. I tested out of college Calculus when I was a senior in high school.
38. The only kind of sushi I like is eel terriyaki.
39. I was the lead singer in a rock band in college (but who wasn't).
40. I never have hand lotion or chapstick when I need them.
41. When I chew gum, I always have to have at least two pieces. I prefer 3 or 4.
42. For the first 12 years of this century, annually there will fall a day that is the same number repeating - for example, 06/06/06. Lots of people celebrated it this year but I have celebrated every year starting with 01/01/01.
43. I played on an intramural basketball team in high school with my fellow students from the Honors class. We called ourselves "The Sound and The Fury" after the book by the same title and we tie dyed our own team shirts. We were awful but we had the most fun of any team on the league. In one game, our score was still in single digits when the other team reached triple digits. They actually started passing us the ball because they were ashamed to win by that much.
44. I have had 12 teeth pulled in my lifetime - 4 baby teeth and 8 permanent teeth.
45. It took me almost 10 years to graduate from college because of one course. I didn't like the only professor who taught it so I had to wait until she went on sebatical to retake it and graduate.
46. I told my parents I graduated from college 4 years before I actually did.
47. I once got an A on a paper I never handed in.
48. For most of my high school years, my favorite hang outs were the music store and the bookstore, both of which were at the mall.
49. I have hiked up a waterfall in Jamaica.
50. I don't like to brag but, I am an amazing kisser.
Finished at last. If you are still with me, and I don't blame you if you aren't, that was a lot more difficult than I hope I made it look. You try it if you don't believe me. Actually, try it even if you do. I had forgotten a lot of fun things about myself and maybe you have too.
(on the original post, Holly made a couple of comments that are just too good to lose. I reposted them here as well)
(on the original post, Holly made a couple of comments that are just too good to lose. I reposted them here as well)
14 cracked me up
26 i was there for a couple of those
Posted by Holly on Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 5:13 PM 26 i was there for a couple of those
51. you only like to make right turns- not left
52. if you were in a pagent and needed a talent it would be packing a trunk- you are really good at that
53. you like to stop for a snack. just a snack, not a meal
54. you like to paint- so much in fact that you once took days off of work to help a teacher paint a classroom so it would be awesome when the students showed up
55. you can always make your friend Holly smile
56. you go on a trip to Mexico every year with the most awesome people on the planet
57. you and your car do not like to wait on security gates
Posted by Holly on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 1:10 PM
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