25 Random Things About Me

[fenchurch]

I've been tagged for this by a zillion different people both here on LJ and over on Facebook, however I'm not planning on tagging anyone... if you want to play, consider yourself tagged!


Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.


1) I have one near-sighted eye and one far-sighted eye.

2) I have one foot that's a size 8 and one that's a size 10.

3) In the last few years, I've been surprised to discover that I actually enjoy doing yardwork.

4) I can't stand the taste of cantaloupe. The stuff will actually make me gag if I try to eat it, and if it shows up in a dish or salad with other ingredients, I won't even try eating it... because even if I avoid the melon, the rest will have cantaloupe cooties.

5) Even though I can't stand the taste, I love the *smell* of cantaloupe and deep down firmly believe that one day I'll like the flavor, too... so I keep trying it. And gagging.

6) I was 21 before I ever had asparagus. It's now my favorite vegetable.

7) From the age of two (when I first met my great grandparents and became intrigued by their hobbies) until I was about 12, I wanted to be a geologist. Geology still has a fond place in my heart and hobbies.

8) The best thing I ever received in my Christmas stocking as a child was the rock pick I got when I was four years old. I still have it.

9) I was born with spinal meningitis.

10) I've lived in our current house three times longer than I have lived anywhere else in my life.

11) I'm allergic to lavender, but it only causes problems if I eat it.

12) I ran a BBS for six years.

13) I don't like wearing shoes and avoid it whenever possible.

14) Even though it's been three years since the car accident, I still have a hard time watching car crashes on TV or in movies.

15) I played my first game of Dungeons & Dragons when I was 10, at a Camp Fire Girls meeting.

16) I bit my nails every day of my life until I was 22, when I just decided to stop.

17) I can't snap.

18) I still hope to fulfill my childhood dream of going into orbit.

19) As a child, I had an invisible friend who was a winged horse. Her name was Bruneau.

20) I collect classic console systems and games.

21) I can make myself stop hiccuping just by thinking about it.

22) Even though I'm ambidextrous, I can really only use a manual can opener with my left hand (despite the fact that it can be VERY awkward with a non-lefthanded can opener).

23) I used to enjoy camping, but now I can't stand to be away from an internet connection that long.

24) I always check my email before I get out of bed in the morning.

25) I can't wait to streak my hair bright, electric purple again.

Comments

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I hate cantaloupe.

I used to see ads for Camp Fire Girls from Buffalo when I was a kid. I guess it's something like Girl Guides?

[gab.livejournal.com]

Ha, these are all awesome. So when are you going to steak your hair? And was the BBS when you met my mom, or what happened with that? I'm afraid I know almost nothing about the past!

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I've got 9 more pounds to lose before I'll let myself streak my hair again... it's my big reward for hitting my next weight-loss goal. I finally settled on hair related rewards when the "buy new clothes" thing turned out to be more of a chore than a fun treat. I had my hair streaked electric purple for several years and absolutely loved it, but after I gained weight I stopped... I think mostly because I didn't want anything that might draw attention (although it wasn't a conscious decision at the time).

And yep! I met your mom on my BBS, Random Lunacy (http://www.randomlunacy.net). I really miss those days.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Yeah, somewhat. I liked Camp Fire because we actually did more outdoor type things and a bit less of the homemaker type stuff (which is what the Girl Scouts seemed to mostly be doing at the time). Although the program has changed to Camp Fire Boys and Girls nowadays (and, apparently, was already moving in that direction when I was doing it in elementary and junior high). I always buy a box or two of candy from the kids in Camp Fire when I run across them... that's how I paid my way to camp every year, so I feel like I should return the favor!

[anirt.livejournal.com]

I can't snap either. Or whistle.

[twilightofmagic.livejournal.com]

How did you get born with spinal meningitis? Very serious disease. You're lucky you survived. What an entrance ;-)

[pmgoose.livejournal.com]

I dislike cantaloupe, too. I'll eat it, but I think I just got sick of eating it for so many years at family gatherings.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

My mom was apparently mildly ill at about the five month mark or so and they chalked it up to a return of morning sickness at the time, but apparently she'd been exposed to meningitis and fought it off... however it got passed on to me. I was born almost two months early and because of that they were able to treat me when it became obvious I was really sick (of course at that time and place, treatment mostly consisted of an IV for fluids and sticking my bassinet under the air conditioner to try to bring my fever down). It ended up causing just a few lasting problems... mostly that my manual dexterity is just a bit below average, and it also caused the core issue that makes one foot larger than the other and my vision so radically different in each eye. Overall, I was really, really lucky.

[twilightofmagic.livejournal.com]

You really were. It's an awful disease and to happen to a tiny little baby. Shows the urgency of life for you to have got through that.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

4) I can't stand the taste of cantaloupe. The stuff will actually make me gag if I try to eat it, and if it shows up in a dish or salad with other ingredients, I won't even try eating it... because even if I avoid the melon, the rest will have cantaloupe cooties.

OMG, me too! Everyone I know thinks I'm nuts about this - it's nice to know I'm not alone. I also hate honeydew. Bleah. However, I love watermelon.

Unlike you, though, I hate the smell of cantaloupe. Double bleah.

[tomte.livejournal.com]

My sister can't whistle, either. She sings, she dances, she speaks French, but performing the Andy Griffith Show theme is the one joy from which she will be forever barred.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

So the hiccup control makes up for the snapping thing ...

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Hm, I have a similar problem with squash, though it's more the texture than the flavor. I kept trying for a long time, particularly with pumpkin pie, but I just can't get it down.

And I suppose you could say I collect classic consoles and games, too, but mostly it's just the ones I want to play, rather than a completist approach. :) I'm a big fan of classic NES and SNES. And I miss my Colecovision.