The Dork Files
Eag tagged me. Therefore, behold my dorkness.
1. I was a religious freak in my early teens. I blame my mother and her side of the family. The sheer amount of dorkery that I was immersed in was astounding. But I learned two things: lots of knowledge about the Bible, and how to get over my shyness. Yeah, I was one of those that went door-to-door selling sugar-laced brimstone in paper form.
2. I've always been absent minded. Always missing something, always forgetting my stuff everywhere, dreaming away. Now I know it's one of the main symptoms of inattentive ADD, but it was loads of trouble when I was younger. But it also gave me my favourite nickname in school (sure they thought it was derisive but I was pleased as a bunny): The Professor.
3. I wrote my first fanfic as a school assignment. It was a Beatles Gary Stue. I was 10, iirc.
4. I tried to weasel my way out of doing homework by being Teacher's Pet Extraordinaire. This included translating a chapter of Douglas Adams as a "side job". The sad part? I almost always succeeded. The History teacher, for example, was placated by me reading Sinuhe Egyptian during class. Apparently, it was better than whatever she was trying to teach us. My bestest excuse for being late from a Finnish class that passed: "The button from my shirt popped off and I had to sow it back in before I left home."
5. I speak l33+ n3+5p33k. At home. With my husband. And we do it often. Plus we switch from Finnish to English almost without noticing it. Sometimes he cracks a real funny joke and my standard reply is "I'm so blogging that." Of course, I almost never do, because I'm an airhead like that.
Instructions: List 5 reasons why you are a dork. And make them good reasons. Justify them. Explain them. Be loud and proud about how big of a dork you are! Then pick the 5 biggest dorks you know and have them do the same.
But I'm contrarian and refuse to tag! FEAR ME! *ehem* Truthfully, I just can't remember how many of my potential taggese have already done this, but... Rebelling is always good for the soul. Feel free to tag yourself. You get major props from me if you do, because I <3 my dorky friends.
1. I was a religious freak in my early teens. I blame my mother and her side of the family. The sheer amount of dorkery that I was immersed in was astounding. But I learned two things: lots of knowledge about the Bible, and how to get over my shyness. Yeah, I was one of those that went door-to-door selling sugar-laced brimstone in paper form.
2. I've always been absent minded. Always missing something, always forgetting my stuff everywhere, dreaming away. Now I know it's one of the main symptoms of inattentive ADD, but it was loads of trouble when I was younger. But it also gave me my favourite nickname in school (sure they thought it was derisive but I was pleased as a bunny): The Professor.
3. I wrote my first fanfic as a school assignment. It was a Beatles Gary Stue. I was 10, iirc.
4. I tried to weasel my way out of doing homework by being Teacher's Pet Extraordinaire. This included translating a chapter of Douglas Adams as a "side job". The sad part? I almost always succeeded. The History teacher, for example, was placated by me reading Sinuhe Egyptian during class. Apparently, it was better than whatever she was trying to teach us. My bestest excuse for being late from a Finnish class that passed: "The button from my shirt popped off and I had to sow it back in before I left home."
5. I speak l33+ n3+5p33k. At home. With my husband. And we do it often. Plus we switch from Finnish to English almost without noticing it. Sometimes he cracks a real funny joke and my standard reply is "I'm so blogging that." Of course, I almost never do, because I'm an airhead like that.
Instructions: List 5 reasons why you are a dork. And make them good reasons. Justify them. Explain them. Be loud and proud about how big of a dork you are! Then pick the 5 biggest dorks you know and have them do the same.
But I'm contrarian and refuse to tag! FEAR ME! *ehem* Truthfully, I just can't remember how many of my potential taggese have already done this, but... Rebelling is always good for the soul. Feel free to tag yourself. You get major props from me if you do, because I <3 my dorky friends.