I’m It

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8 Interesting/Random things about yourselfâ€¦

Random is easy. Interesting? We’ll have to see.

1. I love to bake. Especially cookies and brownies. But I don’t like cake, unless it’s carrot cake, molten lava cake, or soaked in alcohol cake.

2. I acknowledge my geekiness and revel in it. Random quotes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Firefly? Got it. Love of computers and geeky toys? Yup. Love watching science fiction and comic book movies? Yup. Ability to wax enthusiastic for hours about movies I love? Sure thing. T-shirts with strange and esoteric sayings? Got ‘em. But you know what? It’s a lot of fun to be a geek, once you get out of high school.

3. I have almost 2000 books in my house–primarily paperbacks. And I have several hundred dollars in credit from the used book store, from books I’ve “sold” back. But I dislike reading science fiction.

4. I like to do laundry. I find it satisfying to turn a pile of dirty clothes into a neat folded pile of clean clothes. But no, I won’t do your laundry. It’s not the same.

5. I hate to be tickled. Really hate it. You may get punched if you try to tickle me. And I’m a pacifist.

6. I am terrible at simple math and spelling and can’t do either in my head. In fact, trying to make me do either will possibly cause me to burst into tears.

7. Years ago I was at a Tom Petty concert with my friend Mary, when a very drunk/stoned/high man started talking to us, and then suddenly looked at me and asked, “Who’s been beating you?” He had noticed a scar on my lower lip that I’d gotten as a child (jumping on the bed if you must know) that no one else had ever noticed or commented on before. Why he thought I was the type to take abuse, I’ll never know.

8. My heritage is half Eastern-European (Lithuanian and Polish), one quarter Canadian, and one quarter mutt. I am third generation American on the Eastern European side, second generation American (USA) for the Canadian part, and who knows about the mutt portion. Perhaps because of this, I strongly believe in the American dream, and the responsibility of citizenship.

(via Jedi Jawa)

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2 Responses to “I’m It”

jedijawa Says:
November 22nd, 2007 at 12:08 am
Yay! You did it! I knew you’d dig the “random” part. It’s part of why I thought of you for who to pass it along to (I don’t usually pass things along BTW).
becky Says:
November 22nd, 2007 at 4:52 pm
1. I learned to fly before I learned to drive. getting a ride to the airport for lessons was fun.

2. I hooked my dog up to naturally speaking software one time, and she said, “I know. I know all.” then it all made sense.

3. once while staying at a tree-house hostel in georgia, complete strangers offered to play scrabble and cribbage - two of my favorite games.

4. square dancing and the parachute were my favorite parts of grade-school gym class. running into the hard-plastic jump rope while it was moving was my personal nightmare.

5. I rolled a 1972 oldsmobile delta 88 end to end four times in high school without major injury.

6. I edit constantly, just can’t turn it off.

7. I’m the only person I know who flosses daily. really.

8. and I enjoy stumbling upon blogs and checking back every now and again, connecting with people I’ve never met.