25 Random Things About Me

I completed this meme on Facebook after Christine tagged me last night (that rapscallion!); but since some of you don't Facebook, I'm taking the opportunity to post here too.



1. I am unable to write anything in cursive except my signature.



2. Online shopping is the only hobby I have kept up with since having kids. Shopping is probably the number one reason for my meager savings account. I have no credit card debt but Suze Orman would still not approve.



3. Although I haven't eaten seafood since I was a child, I dislike any and all of it, including foods, drinks, condiments, etc. that are remotely fishy or ocean-like (seaweed...ew). It all tastes like cat food to me.



4. I'm a sucker for accents. Any accent.



5. I don't like to share a drink with anyone. Yuck.



6. I intend to read a book before bedtime but usually opt to watching bad cable TV instead. I secretly wish I had the guts to cancel the cable and have a "no TV" house but my family would probably pack up and leave. I watch marathon blocks of Family Guy with the enthusiasm of a 20 year old frat boy. Sometimes we ask Devon to say Cool Whip and then become hysterical when he says it just like Stewie (which incidentally is the correct way to pronounce the /w/).



7. After being "in the news" for several weeks I was shocked to discover that newspapers and television news report only about 50% of what really happened...the rest is all made up. Sometimes even more. FICTION! Yet I still tune in to WSB action news and subscribe to the Atlanta Journal newspaper daily. I don't know why.



8. I am a celebrity fanatic and spend way to much time perusing tabloid TV and gossip websites .



9. I love music videos and would watch them 24/7. Sometimes I wish I really could.



10. I love to bake but hate to cook. Someday I will hire a chef. But only after I hire a house cleaner. Maybe if my husband gets transferred to Mexico, where we will be able to afford both.



11. I'm a published poet. Just one poem but it's in a book you can buy at Barnes and Noble.



12. I traveled when I was younger, with plans to see the world someday. Now the mere thought of leaving the United States for any length of time overwhelms me. Except for Mexico, which seems like an extension of Texas to me.



13. Despite working in a profession that required me to interact with people the entire time, my perfect day has always involved being completely alone.



14. I have two tattoos and consistently vacillate between wishing they didn't exist and planning to get five more. Even though I live way way way out in the country suburbs, we have a local tattoo shop and coming soon, an adult "novelty" store. Local church officials claim they will stand outside the doors and videotape any patron of the establishment, then post to YouTube. Welcome to Georgia.



15. My household shuts down at 4pm so I can watch Oprah.



16. I gave birth to a 10lb baby naturally. Enough said.



17. I talk about buying a new car constantly but probably won't do it until my 10 year old vehicle gives out or costs too much to repair. I fear minivans and have promised myself never to buy one, even though I drove a rental minivan when we moved here and enjoyed every minute of it.



18. I am ridiculously guarded with my personal information yet 9 out of 10 people will confess their deep dark secrets, dreams, and desires within moments of meeting me. I tend to attract difficult people although I'm not sure if that is relative.



19. I have a longstanding unrelenting crush on Brad Pitt and probably always will. My husband doesn't approve.



20. I love rap music. I get lost in the rhythm of the language just like I do with Jane Austen or Shakespeare.



21. I am a terrible speller and make numerous mistakes when spellcheck is not an option. I'm sure this has something to do with the fact I was in a different school every year, sometimes twice a year, until tenth grade. I secretly believe it might also be genetic, especially since I'm left handed too.



22. Rollerskating is the only sport I excel at. In the early 80's I wrote letters to members of the band Duran Duran (I was in middle school) and pretended I was older and about to move to NYC. Where I would roller skate on the weekends in Central Park. Because that's what I thought cool girls did in NYC. I led a sheltered life. Until I got to high school.



23. I have a lot of embarrassingly cheesy music on my iPOD. 70% of it was downloaded from somewhere besides ITUNES which means I didn't pay for it.



24. Writing anything is an almost painful process for me and I get completely rude (in my head) when I meet someone who claims to get joy and happiness from the writing process. I struggle to be succinct (that was really a hard one to spell).



25. I dance like Elaine from Seinfield. No, worse. Luckily my husband doesn't like to dance.