Saturday, September 24, 2005
20 things
My friend Filkferengi on LiveJournal tagged me with this meme-thingie where you come up with 20 facts about yourself. I tried to make it interesting, at least. Feel free to skip it if you want, though.
1. A camel at the Denver zoo once chewed my hand.
2. I have killed a rattlesnake with a hammer. Also with an ax, but the hammer incident was scarier. To me. Don't know how the snake felt about it.
3. I raised fancy rats and sold them to pet shops to make money in high school.
4. I lived in 49 different places by the time I was 25, but I have lived in the house we are in now for 21 years and change.
5. I once bought a colt for $10 at an auction and named him Cheap Thrill. He grew up to be a beautiful horse but died at age 5 from an ulcer.
6. I have had an ulcer, and I break out in hives from major stress.
7. I'm better at destressing than I used to be. Had to learn. Otherwise too itchy.
8. I have four kids, two home-made and two store-bought.
9. I used to consider myself a whiz at Ms. Pac-man because I could get up to the banana level.
10. My first media character crush was Pop-eye, followed closely by Zorro. I was around 4.
11. When I was nine, I was in a 'parody' beauty pageant for little girls (before they were held for real!) and I was Little Miss Thornton, and 2nd runner up for Little Miss Colorado.
12. Because it WAS an unusual event, a Life magazine photographer covered it and took a bunch of pics of me. Still have the album my mom made around here somewhere. Something newsy happened and bumped us all out of the publication line-up, though.
13. I have touched a Bald Eagle. Got yelled at by the Wildlife guy. Didn't care, I still had the magic on my fingertips.
14. I got accidentally floated way off the beach and stung by a jellyfish in Florida, but luckily I am very bouyant and managed to swim back to shore.
15. I like the ocean in small quantities, but prefer hot tubs.
16. I have not yet won the lotto, which is why I do not yet have a hot tub.
17. I am running out of facts. (Just checking to see if anyone is still reading this.)
18. I have a tattoo of the logo of the United States Tae Kwon Do Federation on my head, near my left temple. Yes, under the hair.
19. I used to shave it clean for special events like tournaments.
20. I am 51 years old and barring the sudden loss of the improbable and not especially deserved good luck that has carried me along this far, I consider I am probably just a smidge over half-through with my life.
1. A camel at the Denver zoo once chewed my hand.
2. I have killed a rattlesnake with a hammer. Also with an ax, but the hammer incident was scarier. To me. Don't know how the snake felt about it.
3. I raised fancy rats and sold them to pet shops to make money in high school.
4. I lived in 49 different places by the time I was 25, but I have lived in the house we are in now for 21 years and change.
5. I once bought a colt for $10 at an auction and named him Cheap Thrill. He grew up to be a beautiful horse but died at age 5 from an ulcer.
6. I have had an ulcer, and I break out in hives from major stress.
7. I'm better at destressing than I used to be. Had to learn. Otherwise too itchy.
8. I have four kids, two home-made and two store-bought.
9. I used to consider myself a whiz at Ms. Pac-man because I could get up to the banana level.
10. My first media character crush was Pop-eye, followed closely by Zorro. I was around 4.
11. When I was nine, I was in a 'parody' beauty pageant for little girls (before they were held for real!) and I was Little Miss Thornton, and 2nd runner up for Little Miss Colorado.
12. Because it WAS an unusual event, a Life magazine photographer covered it and took a bunch of pics of me. Still have the album my mom made around here somewhere. Something newsy happened and bumped us all out of the publication line-up, though.
13. I have touched a Bald Eagle. Got yelled at by the Wildlife guy. Didn't care, I still had the magic on my fingertips.
14. I got accidentally floated way off the beach and stung by a jellyfish in Florida, but luckily I am very bouyant and managed to swim back to shore.
15. I like the ocean in small quantities, but prefer hot tubs.
16. I have not yet won the lotto, which is why I do not yet have a hot tub.
17. I am running out of facts. (Just checking to see if anyone is still reading this.)
18. I have a tattoo of the logo of the United States Tae Kwon Do Federation on my head, near my left temple. Yes, under the hair.
19. I used to shave it clean for special events like tournaments.
20. I am 51 years old and barring the sudden loss of the improbable and not especially deserved good luck that has carried me along this far, I consider I am probably just a smidge over half-through with my life.
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