Tuesday, January 10, 2006

  • Apparently, I don't believe in short posts.  Or infrequent ones.  I've tried and failed.  Some posts work and get 15 comments.  Some don't and get 1 or 3.  Oh well. 

    First, special thanks to (Bald)Mike for helping to inspire me to start some serious writing and to Jeri for inspiring me to edit and to go to the gym.  Thanks to everybody I subscribe to and everybody who subscribes to me for affecting me in so many ways!  I went to my apartment's basement cardio and weight room and worked up a decent sweat on the elliptical.  Then I took a walk in the cold fresh air outside (with my jacket on).  If anybody wants to buy me rollerblades for the Vernal Equinox, I'd give you a giant hug! 

    I stole this from Allison.  editeditedit... and then decided it was way too long and just wrote down fun facts about me.  Embellish on what interests you in comments or on your own site.

    I have freckles.

    My husband has been kicked out of his house before.

    My biological parents are together. 
    I don't know whether or not I want children.

    I have a job at a school.

    I've never fallen asleep at work or school.

    I've never (yet) been fired.

    I cry more at movies now than I ever did before.

    I've laughed so hard I've cried. (way too often when I was little - and always at the fault of my parents)
    In first grade, I used to glue my hands together, only to pull them apart and peel the glue off.  Hey, it was fun.  I didn't sniff it or eat it or anything!
    I've never had stiches or broken a bone.

    My sister needs to get her tonsils removed.
    Two friends and I were mugged at gunpoint outside a women's clinic in East Cleveland.
    I need to have my wisdom teeth removed.

    I caught chicken pox from my sister when we were babies.

    I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
    I've been to Canada and Mexico.

    I've gone out in public in my pajamas - to college classes.  Only my pajama bottoms - AND A SHIRT!

    At fifteen, my friends and I were babies for Halloween and wore onesies pajamas.

    I've been to a casino (and felt ridiculously dirty).
    My husband has insane life goals:  eat a 72 ounce steak, drink a gallon of milk.
    I've crashed a car - twice.  No wonder Max dumped me

    I've never been skiing.

    I never ever saw the Northern Lights. (Welcome, this is a Farmhouse)
    I've only ridden in a taxi in Europe.

    I saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show once, with live actors, in costume, in college.
    I like sushi!

    I've had crushes on teachers. 
    I've been tipped as a drive-through guru.

    I am usually a very good liar.

    I've run a red light.  (but rarely on purpose - and then only in Cleveland, where it's expected)

    I've never been arrested.

    I'm not afraid of dying.

    I don't mind funerals.
    Someone close to me has attempted suicide.  I'm glad I could be there for hir.

    I own an iPod or MP3 player. (but it was a gift)

    I've never used ebay.

    In general, I like people but fear their opinions of me.
    I'm a feminist.

    I'm sort of liberal, I guess.

    I love to sing, and do so at work, on walks, in the shower, etc..

    I think my mother and I should make a Christmas album - Laura can also do vocals, and Andrew can play guitar.
    This morning some guy tailgated me, and then he honked when I slowed down to make a turn...  "F*ck You!"
    I enjoy football

    I don't like guns but I respect your right to own one.

    I laugh at my own jokes.
    I am really ticklish.
    I don't like white chocolate. 
    I used to bite my nails, but now I pick at my cuticles.

    I'm good at remembering dates.
    I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. 

Comments (12)

  • civildis
    wow... no shirt in class?  and stay away from ebay...it's addictive.  i once bought a xylophone....for what?  i could not tell you.
  • princecharmingthefirst
    You sa the Rocky Horror Show live?

    Do you mean the musical? Richard is a personal friend of mine, you know.
  • rabookie
    That was so funny at points I had to stop reading and just giggle. I did not know that there was such a thing as a 72 ounce steak! I laugh at my own jokes too, sometimes I'm the only one and that makes me laugh more. I like the new eyes picture, a natural beauty. RYC: I teach kids who have failed their freshmen year of English at least once, some sophomore inclusion classes, and a class of seniors who have failed their first semester of British Literature and desperately need the credit to graduate. Doing this allows me the fredom to go a bit off the map, because the traditional methods have proven unsuccessful. I feel for your husband, it is the most frustrating thing to be in a class where the teacher has to adhere to some predetermined set of goals. Students seldom get a chance to explore hidden talents because of it. I had a back handed compliment the other day, my department head said that a freshmen had heard about my classes and wanted to fail so he could have me as a teacher. She told me that I would have to maintain at least one regular non at-risk class in order to keep that from happeneing. I wish all of the teachers were given more freedom to get a little strange because kids really do respond well when they are given the opportunity to be as weird as they want to be. They work harder. But as it is, with high stakes testing, their pretty bound to very specific assessments and timelines. Oh, I do go on. Sorry! And eff that guy who tailgated you! I hate that too.
  • queenoscots
    That was so much fun to read!  Must have taken awhile to come  up with all those factoids. . .
  • bow_to_the_reverend
    I never exercise. I'm sure that will cause problems eventually (unfortunately).
  • jrryr8
    OK, I don't read small print. Can't afford the prescription.

    But... that's the Lockhorns joke? Am I supposed to assume Mr. Lockhorn is a retard who would be more infatuated with a ball of yarn than a steady job, a wife, a bottle of booze?

    I guess this shit is for kids, isn't it?

    I need to stop reading the comics.
  • jrryr8
    Ok, ok, I've read all of the small print. Didn't want to be an asshole.

    But...

    "Over 200 miles in a day" ???

    Proud of you.

    Seriously.

    Proud.

    And now I'm really being an asshole.

    It's just my way.

    In other news, skiing is for tools, eBay rocks balls and white chocolate is better than masturbation. Not better than sex, mind you, but way better than masturbation.
  • douglasg610
    Ha. Another mega-post. Beautiful. What do the colors mean? Anything?
    ^^White Chocolate? Meh.
  • NYCJOYCE

    The WHOLE purpose behind that was showing the "similar items"

    And i LVE short posts too...just gotta learn how to do them
  • Leonidas
    this was a really neat post to read...
  • existential_fellow
    cool facts.  i was kicked out of a casino once...b/c of my mad card counting skills?
  • LONGWALK

    if we subscribed to no one could we be more open and honest to everyone because there is not necessarily a sense of reciprocity in the action itself?

    jm

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