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I was tagged by svmaria:
Once tagged by this entry, the assignment is to write a blog entry of some kind with six random facts about yourself. Then, pick six of your friends and tag them; no tag backs. This explanation should be included.
1) My secret passion is interior design. Whenever I go anywhere, I have a running commentary in the back of my mind about what works and what would work better if changed.
2) When I was younger I read about diamond mining, diamond cartels and how the workers are treated. I vowed never to wear diamonds. I have not broken my vow.
3) My parents have been married for 47 years and they are still happy with each other. In fact they act like children together.
4) I love dogs but I am very allergic to cats. Growing up we showed Doberman Pinschers. My dog which I had handraised from a pup died three months after I left for college. I was devastated. I never knew I was allergic to cats until my roommate in college kept a kitten one summer. I started sneezing and rubbing my eyes about three days after the kitten moved in, itching and a low grade rash developed shortly after. I thought I was getting a cold and I was miserable for most of the summer. I was clueless until I complained to a friend weeks later about this continuous summer cold and he suggested that I was displaying allergy symptoms. Voila, I went to a doctor and found out I was. Since then, it has become worse. It doesn't matter if catfolks superclean their places, vacuum, bathe their cats and then send them away, I will be sneezing within an hour of a visit to their place.
5) I dream in colour and I have dreams with completely plotted stories that I remember when I awaken. Unfortunately, I don't have any desire to write them down because then it will be a rerun. I don't like reruns, LOL!!
6) I like driving and I especially love driving long distances. I am the friend who is called when someone needs company to criss-cross the US. I live in the NE and I have travelled the I95 from MA to FL so many times that I know the best rest areas with the cleanest bathrooms. I can identify which state I am in by the town names and routes on the signs. I adore maps and navigation and plotting routes. Though Expedia, Mapquest and Garmin reduce this art to the mundane, I still take my current year's Rand McNally atlas and maps of the individual states I plan to drive through. More than once, unexpected traffic delays crop up and those maps come in handy for detours. Scariest driving moments: a sudden fog that blanketed us in the Adirondacks around midnight and I could not see a thing but there was nowhere to stop, no shoulder, nothing. Also a heavy winterstorm that was a whiteout and dumped a ton of snow in a very short time, also at night, while I was driving on the I295 between Baltimore and Washington DC gave some anxious moments. I was low on gas and again had no choice but to move forward.
I'll pass on tagging anyone since lots of people have already been tagged.
Once tagged by this entry, the assignment is to write a blog entry of some kind with six random facts about yourself. Then, pick six of your friends and tag them; no tag backs. This explanation should be included.
1) My secret passion is interior design. Whenever I go anywhere, I have a running commentary in the back of my mind about what works and what would work better if changed.
2) When I was younger I read about diamond mining, diamond cartels and how the workers are treated. I vowed never to wear diamonds. I have not broken my vow.
3) My parents have been married for 47 years and they are still happy with each other. In fact they act like children together.
4) I love dogs but I am very allergic to cats. Growing up we showed Doberman Pinschers. My dog which I had handraised from a pup died three months after I left for college. I was devastated. I never knew I was allergic to cats until my roommate in college kept a kitten one summer. I started sneezing and rubbing my eyes about three days after the kitten moved in, itching and a low grade rash developed shortly after. I thought I was getting a cold and I was miserable for most of the summer. I was clueless until I complained to a friend weeks later about this continuous summer cold and he suggested that I was displaying allergy symptoms. Voila, I went to a doctor and found out I was. Since then, it has become worse. It doesn't matter if catfolks superclean their places, vacuum, bathe their cats and then send them away, I will be sneezing within an hour of a visit to their place.
5) I dream in colour and I have dreams with completely plotted stories that I remember when I awaken. Unfortunately, I don't have any desire to write them down because then it will be a rerun. I don't like reruns, LOL!!
6) I like driving and I especially love driving long distances. I am the friend who is called when someone needs company to criss-cross the US. I live in the NE and I have travelled the I95 from MA to FL so many times that I know the best rest areas with the cleanest bathrooms. I can identify which state I am in by the town names and routes on the signs. I adore maps and navigation and plotting routes. Though Expedia, Mapquest and Garmin reduce this art to the mundane, I still take my current year's Rand McNally atlas and maps of the individual states I plan to drive through. More than once, unexpected traffic delays crop up and those maps come in handy for detours. Scariest driving moments: a sudden fog that blanketed us in the Adirondacks around midnight and I could not see a thing but there was nowhere to stop, no shoulder, nothing. Also a heavy winterstorm that was a whiteout and dumped a ton of snow in a very short time, also at night, while I was driving on the I295 between Baltimore and Washington DC gave some anxious moments. I was low on gas and again had no choice but to move forward.
I'll pass on tagging anyone since lots of people have already been tagged.