FINALLY getting around to completing the meme that Sphinx Ink included me in. Here's the SIX RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME meme:
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.
My six random things:
1. I have an anxiety disorder. This makes life a thrill-every-minute rollercoaster, only without the fun bits.
2. When I was a preteen I would roller disco through my grandmother's house. Got pretty good at it, too; but to be fair, a 5'5" beanpole probably doesn't need to be rollerskating through narrow labyrinthine hallways.
3. My love of small furry creatures began with a stray kitten that used to wait for me to pet him every morning before nursery school. My mom would scoop me up and rush back inside to wash my hands. While she was unlocking the car, I would, of course, pet the kitten again.
4. Small, benign acts of silliness make me very happy :)
5. My first pet was a goldfish that kept jumping out of its tank. I never figured out why. We treated the water very carefully as instructed by the pet store owner. I have been scarred for life by the experience of trying to catch a wriggly fish and put it back and have not wanted a pet fish since.
6. A few Christmases ago, my Mom and I broke into a spontaneous dance routine during a Muzak rendition of Jingle Bell Rock in the TJ Maxx department store. No one noticed.
I'll have to break the rules here, because everyone I know well enough to tag for this meme has already been tagged. But if you're reading this and feel the urge to continue the meme, let me know when you've done so!
About Me
- ninthmuse (roz m)
- fantasy/science fiction writer scientist
Turtles
3 comments:
I don't believe no one noticed your dance routine. I love the story about the kitten. There's a big cat at Xavier that I pass every day on my way to lunch. I always meow at him and he meows back.
Thank, Roz, and very interesting random things they are, too. First, I'm surprised to find you have an anxiety disorder because you always seem so serene to me. (Either you're a good actress, or I'm terribly unobservant.) On the other hand, I empathize because I too am an anxious person, although I believe I usually hide it well. (On the inside I'm always biting my nails from sheer anxiety.) The roller disco thing is cool--I envy people who can skate well; I never could. It looks like so much fun. As for small furry creatures, well, you know I adore 'em too. We are fellow Cute Overload addicts, aren't we? And random acts of silliness are important in keeping the humor batteries charged...without a sense of humor it's tough to get through life. Re the jumping goldfish, I've had aquariums from time to time, but my fish always stayed in the tank. My problem was keeping the damn water clean. Goldfish are the dirtiest, too--they sh*t a lot. As for you & your mom jingle-bell-rockin' at T.J. Maxx, wish I'd been there to see it!
I can just picture #3—thirty years later, you and your mom are still the same! I can't wait until you get a kitten of your own.
I've never heard of jumping goldfish either. Perhaps it saw a reflection and was either jumping away from its own reflection or toward another bowl????
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