YAMeme: Tell me something about you

[damont]

Ganked (in order of occurrence on my friends page, earliest appearance to most recent) from rufinia, liamstliam, fabricdragon, siobhan1214 (who got it from baronessmartha), amykb, elzregina, bronx_baroness, devreux (who cites Siobhan as a source, as well as _subdivisions_ who got it from Liam), et aliae...

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. (Some I know too well. You know who you are.) I read your journals, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you for your interest in my words.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...they listen in rapture to the low-spark-music of high-heeled boy-turnips." I might feel compelled to mock your musical taste in such a case, but I'll certainly remember you.

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. (Yes, this may sound like blatant comment whoring, and in a way it is -- but I honestly like to know silly stuff like this too!) If you like, post this in your own journal and see what gems of knowledge appear.

Comments

[stanharding.livejournal.com]

Okeedoke. I used to draw airplanes obsessively when I was about ten years old. Always the same perspective, always commercial airliners.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I wonder why it was always commercial airliners?

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

I've read comic books fairly regularly since 1973.

[nateprentice.livejournal.com]

A set of bagpipes is a rather clumsy sex toy.

[montuos]

AIEEE!!! ...violated Rule #1... *claws eyes*

[siobhan1214.livejournal.com]

First of all, nateprentice your post has WIN all over it, especially since you broke me immediately. ;)

Second, when I was looking for colleges, I checked out Lehigh. :)

[stefsoap.livejournal.com]

I have never been arrested for skinny dipping, nor for mooning police officers.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Your reply appears to be carefully worded... ;->

[stefsoap.livejournal.com]

Well, when I stood up at the shallow end of the pool and asked the officer if there was a problem, I guess he chose not to arrest me.

The mooning was accidental. Really.

[montuos]

I prefer my chosen name "Alys" to any of the names my parents gave me.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Which explains in part why you reflexively answered your relatives on Saturday night when they called you "Alice"!

[northernwalker]

At the age of five, I wanted to be a pirate and sack the Spanish Main.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Two minor twists of fate prevented me from minoring in Poultry Husbandry in college.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

That sounds intriguing, which probably means that the minor twists of fate were rather mundane by comparison to what the imagination conjures up.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Much more mundane. Twist #1 was that a year or two before I graduated, they changed the name of the degree to "Avian Sciences" instead. Twist #2 was that the Avian Sciences program was too similar in content to my major and they only allowed minors or double-majors if there was less overlap. In fact, the very same coursework that got me my Zoology major could have gotten me an Avian Sciences degree instead, but I decided Zoo looked better on a resume.

[hersir.livejournal.com]

I secretly wanted to be a Musketeer....

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

I was a poet in high school. And I didn't even wash my hands afterward.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I had poems published in my HS literary mag. I still don't know why they got picked.

[jacylrin.livejournal.com]

I miss having pet chickens.

[stoooooooo.livejournal.com]

I am hoping to make my own Carabande materials (with Gorm's help I hope).

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Cooooooool!

[draftwitch.livejournal.com]

The book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" changed my whole way of thinking..

That *nothing* is impossible..

[bronx-baroness.livejournal.com]

Stranger in a Strange Land and the Left Hand of Darkness were probably the most pivotal books I've ever read.

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

I loved them both when I read them years ago.

[weebaby.livejournal.com]

I'm a little obsessive about having my DVDs and CDs alphabetized. I am working to get my library into my own version of the Dewey Decimal system order.

[devreux.livejournal.com]

Before I die (or get too old to enjoy these things) I want to go hang gliding, skydiving, see the aurora borealis, and learn to play blues harmonica.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I like the way you think!

[house-elf.livejournal.com]

I like being flogged...if it's done right.

[pedropadrao.livejournal.com]

I collect little pewter castles.

[caitlindancer.livejournal.com]

I was given detention in the fifth grade because I was reading.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I suspect that having gotten in trouble for reading may be fairly common among the folks here!

[psalite.livejournal.com]

My absolute favorite music is "Sheep may safely graze " by bach

Something Mostly Legal...

[mllw-yllw-cello.livejournal.com]

I collect jars of sand from beaches around the world- if you arrange the jars relative to geographic location, the similarities are fascinating!

[ladycaviar.livejournal.com]

I really can't stand olives. I like olive oil, though.

Nope, don't like being flogged. Not even properly.

I love books of all kinds.

I don't know what "Carabande" means.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Some info about Carabande can be found here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/150 and a review can be found here (http://www.thedicetower.com/reviews/carabande.htm); an English translation of the original rules can be found here (http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/Carabande.html).

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

I really am "of Humberstone" as my SCA name indicates. I was born in Leicester, England. Humberstone is an area of Leicester now rather than being a separate village. We moved to the US when I was 7.

I live with my hubby and 4 cats - 3 torties and a tabby. I work as a public librarian. I collect rubber duckies.

[starmalachite.livejournal.com]

Like many little girls, I wanted to be a ballerina. I still do. To this day, it physically hurts to watch a performance and know that I will never dance like that. (And yes, I know dancing like that leads to physical hurt in spades.)

Of course, my phenotype sabotaged that idea from the moment of conception on. But I still wish I'd t least had lessons.

[janinas-nest.livejournal.com]

I became a feminist in about 1965. I am a dog person with a cat. I wanted to major in theatre, but decided that science paid better.

[elzregina.livejournal.com]

I had a 20 year career in corpoorate banking before leaving in 1999
Became a paramedic in 2001, then a paralegal in early 2007
I now work full time as a paralegal in SECURITIES law (go figure...) and per diem as a paramedic in NJ.

I'm a native Californian, which might explain a lot...LOL!

[psywildfire.livejournal.com]

I am horribly allergic to marijuana, and I know this despite never having smoked it in my life.

-WF