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

[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.