Monday, December 29, 2008

Tag! I'm it.

Like the lovely Sarah, I've never been any good with chain letters. Call me a cynic, a ruiner of good times, but I just can't seem to pass on those things. Even though I do love new recipes, stickers, mail, whatever. I am good with the all-about-me chain letters only because you better believe I am awesome at wasting time when I have other things to do.

The rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Six [random] things about me:
1. I am a very tactile person. I need to touch things. I can not possibly walk through any kind of store and keep my hands to myself. I let fabrics slide through my fingers, rub yarn against my cheek and go absolutely gaga over paper thickness and texture in the stationary store.

2. I am a clutz. If there's a slim possibility that I could hurt myself doing something, I'll probably do so. My winter boots have extreme traction, yet I fall on my ass in the streets. I walk into doors and walls. I constantly have bruises and have no idea where they have come from. I hurt myself so often, that I ignore pain. However, I have never broken a "real" bone (I don't count fingers and toes, those jerks are fragile).

3. I like to smell things. I've been known to fall into my mom's lily garden. I'm on videotape somewhere with a freshly-sharpened pencil crayon to my cute little nose. Fresh cut hay at home is one of my favourite smells ever. I have pretty perfumes, but often forget to put any on.

4. I can not, for the life of me, stay awake in the car. This has extended to airplanes. The noise no longer bothers me, once the engine gets going (and sometimes before), I drift off like it's some kind of Pavlonian response. I've been fighting to stay awake on long car rides for The Boy, so I can keep him company, but even then, I fall asleep for a little bit at a time.

5. I won a public speaking contest, against everyone in my grade and the grade above me, in grade 7. My speech was about technology. I'm far better at writing speeches than I am at saying them, though my confidence in that area has vastly improved over the past couple years. I credit this to being forced to speak at a news conference a couple of years ago, which is totally the opposite of my job.

6. I love to read. This isn't surprising to anyone who knows me, I've read every book in my childhood home (even the Harlequin romances hidden in my mother's dresser, shhh) and have a stack of to-read books that gets longer and longer and longer, even as I tear through books in the pile. I can not read for enjoyment on any kind of screen. I need to feel the paper in my hands, take in the smell of new pages or of older library books, and if it's a newspaper, I need to get some ink on my hands. Real newspapers, I'll read right through to the end. Online newspapers, I'll only skim the highlights. If I was any good at waking up in the morning before I absolutely have to, I would have a newspaper subscription so I could pour over it with a cup of steaming hot coffee.

I'm not tagging anyone, because I'm a jerk like that. But if you are interested in doing this, leave a comment and let me know so that I can read it. Or, leave random comments about yourself in the comments here.

7 comments:

Sarah said...

Well I'm glad I was able to peer pressure someone into doing this thing too. It's actually fun to see what people come up with.
Your #1 could be about me. When I go out for a walk, I often catch myself reaching out to run my hands over tree trunks or touch nearby leaves and flowers.

Leanne said...

I totally do that too. And there's a bull statue on my walk home from work, and every time I pass him I have to stroke his cold, rough bull nose.

Anonymous said...

I LOVE the smell of old library books. I use to love the smell of my school text books too...
Glad I'm not the only one!

Liz Harrell said...

If it makes you feel any better... I always end up kicking my toes against door frames. Matt swears he's going to make me wear steel-toed boots around the house. :) Now THAT is clutzy. :)

Tiffany said...

Hi there! I just came over from Liz's blog. I'm a little envious that you can sleep in cars. I WISH I could do that! No matter how sleepy I am, I just can't. Someday, perhaps. :)

Tiffany said...

I would be happy to invite you to my gift making blog. Just send your email address to songbirdtiff at gmail dot com. Thanks!

BloodRedRoses said...

I too can't stay awake in the car! I sit there and struggle, fighting it, but there is no hope.

Only a lot of drool.

So. Gross.