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 12:17 am (UTC)With the pound hitting long-time lows against the dollar, London is suddenly an affordable vacation spot. ;)
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Date: 2009-02-06 02:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-06 04:40 am (UTC)Regarding 22: You, me, and probably more than half of Massachusetts. Isn't it great?
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Date: 2009-02-06 04:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-06 01:39 pm (UTC)You've got me beat! Then again, I've never been outside the continental US.
I'm a pleasant drunk, but I do tend to overshare.
My experience is that you share just enough to be delightful.
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Date: 2009-02-06 04:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-06 07:06 pm (UTC)Twenty-five things about me meme
1. I grew up a lonely only but in 1973, I traveled to Boston to meet my seven half-siblings for the first time. It was an amazing experience, to say the least.
2. From third to sixth grade and then 10th and 11th grade, I attended a private girls’ boarding school in Philadelphia. The school is no longer in existence. It closed down a few years after they started letting boys in.
3. I can bend the little toe on my right foot to a 90-degree angle sideways.
4. A guy once drove from Oregon to Tennessee to meet me.
5. Although I am not Catholic, I wear two medals on the same chain with my cross: one is St. Therese, the little flower whom I love because of her “Little Way” philosophy of life and the other is St. Bernadette whom I wear because my Dad had a religious experience when he visited Lourdes, France.
6. When I was a little kid, I used to freak myself out by sitting quietly alone and repeat silently, “Am I really here or is this a dream?” The resulting otherworldly psyche-out was quite unnerving at times.
7. I’ve been writing poetry since age 8, have had a number of poems published and have even won several poetry awards.
8. Having locked my keys in my car more times than I can count, one of the first things I do when I purchase a new vehicle is spend a good deal of time trying to figure out where best to stick the hide-a-key.
9. I’m so sensitive to caffeine that even too much chocolate can keep me awake at night. Decaf for me, please.
10. Speaking of sleeping: I am completely neurotic about my sleep needs – I must have absolute darkness, a window open even in winter, my feet must be warm and I prefer to have some type of white noise going.
11. If a commercial comes on TV showing a red, bleeding steak, I have to look away. Gross!
12. I’ve sung on TV twice and starred in a made-for-TV special as a child.
13. I must have dark chocolate every day or I get very bitchy.
14. I refuse to eat oysters, clams or calamari – hey call it what you want, a squid by any fancy name is still a squid!
15. I still have clothes I wore decades ago—not that they fit, mind you, but I still have them.
16. Yes, I am a total pack rat. I’ve got journals that are probably older than you are!
17. I once lived in New York City for six weeks.
18. I’ve been as far west as Minnesota (lived there for a month in the 70s), as far north as Canada and as far south as Key West. To the east of where I live is nothing but ocean so….
19. My idea of the absolute perfect pastime is my recliner with one or two cats on my lap, the chair’s massage motor on, a cup of hot chamomile tea and some cookies and either a good DVD or a good book.
20. I miss the snow but wouldn’t move back North for anything.
21. Having said that, I must admit I despise summer in Florida. It’s just Too. Damn. Hot.
22. Having said that, I’ll say I would rather be too cold than too hot: you can always put on more clothes but there’s a limit to how much you can take off…in public, at least.
23. I never wear shoes in the house.
24. I prefer to shower at night rather than in the morning. I can’t stand having all that water falling on me first thing after I get up.
25. I absolutely adore the ocean. It feeds the deepest recesses of my soul but oh, do I ever miss my Smokies…especially in the fall when the leaves are turning.
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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.
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Date: 2009-02-06 11:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-07 02:12 am (UTC)Good for anyone earning dollars! When I was trying to live in London off of my US Dollar account, the pound was worth two dollars. Now that I earn pounds, the bottom has fallen out of the pound. A bit of an inconvenience, really. But if it means I can expect to see more of my US friends, I won't complain too much. ;)
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Date: 2009-02-10 12:21 am (UTC)