My First Meme
heyfoureyes tagged me for my first ever meme: List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
1) My father taught us to hunt and identify wild mushrooms at an early age, and I continue to do so, and love it. Its like hunting easter eggs, but tastier.
2) I can change clothes while driving; you'd be surprised how often this comes in handy.
3) After 13 years of being a midwife, I changed career; obviously I chose artist, but along the way I seriously considered several others, including minister and psychotherapist.
4) I briefly fantasized about being a stand-up comedian; I'm way too shy though, as it turns out. But for a minute there I wondered if I could overcome my shyness enough. The answer is a resounding NO; I've gotten shyer over the years, not less shy.
5) However, I do occasionally teach country western two step at a gay bar. Fun! And not unlike stand-up comedy!
6) I've considered, as a title to my (nonexistant so far) memoir, Pantiless in the House of God. I think it conveys a certain irreverant lack of preparedness that pretty much says it all about me.
7) My father was atheist, and my mother was agnostic. After my father died (when I was 6) Mom decided that part of our cultural education should be attending some sort of church...for the culture, mind you. So she took us to the Unitarian Church for a couple years. Mostly I remember playing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" on my guitar to the whole congregation, which was excruciating, and Sunday School, where we learned the difference between boys and girls.
So, there you are. And the second half of this meme is to tag seven other people; and so here's an eighth thing about me: I have to say I have mixed feelings about tagging a whopping lot of the folks on my friends list, some of whom I don't know well at all, and others of whom I suspect might be annoyed. I don't want to intrude. So...if I tag you and you're not in the mood, well...shrug it off. Nothing bad will happen to you. And if you DO feel like doing it, I'd love to learn more about you!
So...tagging
cheshire_smile,
grrlpup,
sanguinity,
realtony,
redmelde,
sina_says, and
hotwire7.