The 25 Things Meme
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plumtreeblossom1) When I first became aware of the word "meme" (which was when I started using LJ in 2002), I thought it was pronounced "me-me" because they're usually about the person posting them. It was several years before I heard it pronounced out loud.
2) I was born with hip displasia. But it was caught very early, and I wore a brace for two years which corrected it, so I didn't need surgery.
3) I've been to Death Valley, Loch Ness, and Transylvania. Among other places.
4) If I've been reading a lot of Shakespeare, it influences my conversational speech. That's also true with Mark Twain.
5) I can stylistically imitate any author whose work I'm strongly familiar with. It's like being a comic impersonator, but on paper and not necessarily comical.
6) I've never had a driver's license. I can't see this changing in my lifetime.
7) At some point in the last decade, I developed severe acrophobia. But it only applies to open heights. I can trigger just by thinking about a cliff's edge or looking at arial photos. But I can still enjoy looking out the closed window of a tall building, flying in planes, or fully enclosed rides like the London Eye. Still, I miss loving ferris wheels and other tall open rides.
8) When I get too emotionally invested in a creative pursuit, I sometimes get scared of doing it and clench up or develop deep anxiety about it. This happened with short story writing, and it ended a budding career as a published story writer. It is now happening with acting (except radio theatre where I have a script in hand), so I'm focusing on other aspects of theatre like directing and play writing. But good news, I can write again. This suggests that the acting anxiety will go away too over time.
9) As a teenager, I would occasionally fake being sick so I could stay home if my hair wouldn't come out the way I liked. Once I poked two pin holes in my ankle and said I'd been bitten by a snake so I could go home from school. I'd forgotten my pocket comb, you see.
10) I spent about 95% of my 30s with no dating partner(s). Either I was in unrequited love with some male friend or other, or I was sifting through first-and-last personals ads dates like so many ill-fitting shoes. My 40s have been much, much better.
11) I peel my apples if a knife is available. If not, I nibble the skin off all around the apple first and then eat the apple. (I don't spit the skins out, I eat them, in case you were wondering).
12) I'm a pleasant drunk, but I do tend to overshare.
13) Multiple people trying to talk to me at once is about as bad as getting hit by a car.
14) I prefer long sleeves and long pants whenever its not too hot for them.
15) I'm a kitchen safety nazi. If I see you carrying a pot of boiling spaghetti water to the sink without first checking the floor for spills or anything you might trip over, we're going to have a talk.
16) My inability to do sudoku makes me feel bad about myself.
17) I was once terrified of bats. But a no-kill exterminator made me look at one up close, and its frightened little face melted my heart. So I studied all about bats, and now I like them and am glad they live among us.
18) I don't like meals served in courses. I want everything served at once, so I can rotate bites of things.
19) Skunk is a good smell to me. We have skunks in my neighborhood, and my brain associates the smell with positive things, like being at home and safe and comfortable.
20) In my first year of college, I caught myself telling fibs to gain social acceptance so many times that I thought about seeking help. But it wasn't really available to me, so I trained myself out of the habit by just stopping in mid-sentence if a fish tale was popping out. Later in life I met someone who had experienced this same problem in his younger years and overcome it.
21) I really, really, really want to go overseas this year if I can afford it. George Bush took my world away from me and now I want it back.
22) I an not ashamed to admit that I am sexually attracted to my new President. *squee!*
23) I wish I hadn't wasted so much time worrying about turning 40. I had no idea how good it would be on this side of it.
24) I'll frequently think "People who watch too much TV are losers," and I'll think this while surfing the Internet for 5 hours.
25) The face of a happy dog is all the God I need.
2) I was born with hip displasia. But it was caught very early, and I wore a brace for two years which corrected it, so I didn't need surgery.
3) I've been to Death Valley, Loch Ness, and Transylvania. Among other places.
4) If I've been reading a lot of Shakespeare, it influences my conversational speech. That's also true with Mark Twain.
5) I can stylistically imitate any author whose work I'm strongly familiar with. It's like being a comic impersonator, but on paper and not necessarily comical.
6) I've never had a driver's license. I can't see this changing in my lifetime.
7) At some point in the last decade, I developed severe acrophobia. But it only applies to open heights. I can trigger just by thinking about a cliff's edge or looking at arial photos. But I can still enjoy looking out the closed window of a tall building, flying in planes, or fully enclosed rides like the London Eye. Still, I miss loving ferris wheels and other tall open rides.
8) When I get too emotionally invested in a creative pursuit, I sometimes get scared of doing it and clench up or develop deep anxiety about it. This happened with short story writing, and it ended a budding career as a published story writer. It is now happening with acting (except radio theatre where I have a script in hand), so I'm focusing on other aspects of theatre like directing and play writing. But good news, I can write again. This suggests that the acting anxiety will go away too over time.
9) As a teenager, I would occasionally fake being sick so I could stay home if my hair wouldn't come out the way I liked. Once I poked two pin holes in my ankle and said I'd been bitten by a snake so I could go home from school. I'd forgotten my pocket comb, you see.
10) I spent about 95% of my 30s with no dating partner(s). Either I was in unrequited love with some male friend or other, or I was sifting through first-and-last personals ads dates like so many ill-fitting shoes. My 40s have been much, much better.
11) I peel my apples if a knife is available. If not, I nibble the skin off all around the apple first and then eat the apple. (I don't spit the skins out, I eat them, in case you were wondering).
12) I'm a pleasant drunk, but I do tend to overshare.
13) Multiple people trying to talk to me at once is about as bad as getting hit by a car.
14) I prefer long sleeves and long pants whenever its not too hot for them.
15) I'm a kitchen safety nazi. If I see you carrying a pot of boiling spaghetti water to the sink without first checking the floor for spills or anything you might trip over, we're going to have a talk.
16) My inability to do sudoku makes me feel bad about myself.
17) I was once terrified of bats. But a no-kill exterminator made me look at one up close, and its frightened little face melted my heart. So I studied all about bats, and now I like them and am glad they live among us.
18) I don't like meals served in courses. I want everything served at once, so I can rotate bites of things.
19) Skunk is a good smell to me. We have skunks in my neighborhood, and my brain associates the smell with positive things, like being at home and safe and comfortable.
20) In my first year of college, I caught myself telling fibs to gain social acceptance so many times that I thought about seeking help. But it wasn't really available to me, so I trained myself out of the habit by just stopping in mid-sentence if a fish tale was popping out. Later in life I met someone who had experienced this same problem in his younger years and overcome it.
21) I really, really, really want to go overseas this year if I can afford it. George Bush took my world away from me and now I want it back.
22) I an not ashamed to admit that I am sexually attracted to my new President. *squee!*
23) I wish I hadn't wasted so much time worrying about turning 40. I had no idea how good it would be on this side of it.
24) I'll frequently think "People who watch too much TV are losers," and I'll think this while surfing the Internet for 5 hours.
25) The face of a happy dog is all the God I need.
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Date: 2009-02-06 11:16 pm (UTC)Fantasy about two kids who get locked inside a department store on Christmas Eve, go on a helicopter ride, meet Santa. Pretty fun.
I tried to get a copy a couple years ago but of course that was way before video and the only individual I could locate said there was no copy.
I don't believe it but hey, at least I still have this:
That's me on the bottom -- haha.