25 Things You Never Wanted to Know About Me and Thus Did Not Ask
I did this over at Facebook, because of all the peer pressure, but since it's taken all my energy for the day I thought I'd post it over here too.
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. I'm not tagging anyone, though, because that's how I roll.
1. I wouldn't have done this meme if FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE hadn't tagged me for it. I guess people are really, really, really interested in me, which is either heartwarming or disturbing, I'm not sure which.
2. I eat the same thing almost every morning: oatmeal, an English muffin with hummus, V8 juice, a banana and a big gulpin' cup of tea.
3. I'm kind of utilitarian when it comes to food I prepare for myself. My main criteria are that it is a) relatively healthy and b) easy to make. This week I stretched two nights of cooking into eight meals. Leftovers rule!
4. I don't like to socialize over lunch at a workplace. Sometimes I worry that people will take offense at this, but mostly I don't care. I would rather read my book.
5. I used to read about twice as fast as I do now. On the other hand, I used to read the same books over and over, and probably comprehended only about half of them.
6. I can't write without music, but I can't read with it.
7. I really hate the words "dork," "geek," and "nerd." I know there's a movement to "reclaim" these words, but they still carry a painful emotional charge for me that's wired back to junior high. Just to prove that I'm a hypocrite, I use those words sometimes, although I try not to.
8. There is almost no book or film that I love that I can't pick apart and find something wrong with. I suspect that this makes it seem as though I don't really like anything, but I think it's just hard for me to switch off my inner critic.
9. It's hard for me to switch off my inner anything. I feel like my brain is in overdrive about 90% of the time. Most of this energy is spent in worrying.
10. I have spent so much time trying to learn about so many things that I don't feel like I know enough about any of them.
11. I hate to dress up. For me, "dressing up" encompasses: pants other than jeans, shirts with buttons, and shoes other than Chuck Taylors or sandals.
12. If I had three wishes I would wish I. to be fluent and literate in every language ever known to humanity, II. to be a virtuoso-level player on every musical instrument, and III. to be a master of every martial art. I don't know what kind of work that would qualify me for, but I'd be fun at parties. (I have a fourth wish, but I'm not telling you what it is.)
13. I like to listen to NPR during the day, but I can't stand the voice of the host of the local Midmorning show and I have to turn it off. I had the same problem when Katherine Lanpher was the host.
14. I'd be up for living in a trailer park, and not just because I have a crush on Jaye from Wonderfalls.
15. I am sometimes the living cliché of the moody and temperamental artist, and I find this incredibly annoying.
16. I never experimented with hallucinogenic drugs, and I think perhaps I should.
17. I went to college right after high school only because all my classmates seemed to know what they were going to do with their lives and almost all of them were going to college. If I could do it over I'd take a couple of years off, make some money, and travel.
18. The only thing I ever really wanted was to get a book published, and now that I've done that I'm having trouble figuring out what's next.
19. I once had a genuine but genuinely mundane psychic experience, in which I heard a phone call between two co-workers who were well out of my earshot in my head as it was happening. It was simultaneously one of the most freakish and insignificant experiences of my life.
20. I used to know how to play the guitar, but somehow I can't manage to re-learn it now.
21. Sometimes I think about becoming a voice-over artist. I have no idea how one would go about doing this.
22. I am really, really worried about the economy, and the environment, and lately I think a lot about moving up to my grandparents' old farm (the part we still own) and learning to raise chickens or something. Plant apple trees. Definitely have some dogs.
23. I really like to swear. The feel of swearing is very satisfying in my mouth. Cathartic.
24. I sometimes think about moving to Argentina. My Spanish is pretty basic, though.
25. It took me an hour to write this.
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. I'm not tagging anyone, though, because that's how I roll.
1. I wouldn't have done this meme if FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE hadn't tagged me for it. I guess people are really, really, really interested in me, which is either heartwarming or disturbing, I'm not sure which.
2. I eat the same thing almost every morning: oatmeal, an English muffin with hummus, V8 juice, a banana and a big gulpin' cup of tea.
3. I'm kind of utilitarian when it comes to food I prepare for myself. My main criteria are that it is a) relatively healthy and b) easy to make. This week I stretched two nights of cooking into eight meals. Leftovers rule!
4. I don't like to socialize over lunch at a workplace. Sometimes I worry that people will take offense at this, but mostly I don't care. I would rather read my book.
5. I used to read about twice as fast as I do now. On the other hand, I used to read the same books over and over, and probably comprehended only about half of them.
6. I can't write without music, but I can't read with it.
7. I really hate the words "dork," "geek," and "nerd." I know there's a movement to "reclaim" these words, but they still carry a painful emotional charge for me that's wired back to junior high. Just to prove that I'm a hypocrite, I use those words sometimes, although I try not to.
8. There is almost no book or film that I love that I can't pick apart and find something wrong with. I suspect that this makes it seem as though I don't really like anything, but I think it's just hard for me to switch off my inner critic.
9. It's hard for me to switch off my inner anything. I feel like my brain is in overdrive about 90% of the time. Most of this energy is spent in worrying.
10. I have spent so much time trying to learn about so many things that I don't feel like I know enough about any of them.
11. I hate to dress up. For me, "dressing up" encompasses: pants other than jeans, shirts with buttons, and shoes other than Chuck Taylors or sandals.
12. If I had three wishes I would wish I. to be fluent and literate in every language ever known to humanity, II. to be a virtuoso-level player on every musical instrument, and III. to be a master of every martial art. I don't know what kind of work that would qualify me for, but I'd be fun at parties. (I have a fourth wish, but I'm not telling you what it is.)
13. I like to listen to NPR during the day, but I can't stand the voice of the host of the local Midmorning show and I have to turn it off. I had the same problem when Katherine Lanpher was the host.
14. I'd be up for living in a trailer park, and not just because I have a crush on Jaye from Wonderfalls.
15. I am sometimes the living cliché of the moody and temperamental artist, and I find this incredibly annoying.
16. I never experimented with hallucinogenic drugs, and I think perhaps I should.
17. I went to college right after high school only because all my classmates seemed to know what they were going to do with their lives and almost all of them were going to college. If I could do it over I'd take a couple of years off, make some money, and travel.
18. The only thing I ever really wanted was to get a book published, and now that I've done that I'm having trouble figuring out what's next.
19. I once had a genuine but genuinely mundane psychic experience, in which I heard a phone call between two co-workers who were well out of my earshot in my head as it was happening. It was simultaneously one of the most freakish and insignificant experiences of my life.
20. I used to know how to play the guitar, but somehow I can't manage to re-learn it now.
21. Sometimes I think about becoming a voice-over artist. I have no idea how one would go about doing this.
22. I am really, really worried about the economy, and the environment, and lately I think a lot about moving up to my grandparents' old farm (the part we still own) and learning to raise chickens or something. Plant apple trees. Definitely have some dogs.
23. I really like to swear. The feel of swearing is very satisfying in my mouth. Cathartic.
24. I sometimes think about moving to Argentina. My Spanish is pretty basic, though.
25. It took me an hour to write this.