I Have Been Tagged!
Christina tagged me for the Six Weird Things About Me game. The idea behind this is, I tell you all six weird things about me and then tag six others to do the same.
The challenge, of course, will be in choosing only six. Those of you who regularly read this blog know what I mean. Then again, the challenge may be in telling you six weird things I haven't already told you. You know how I tend to ramble...
#1 It is my lifelong ambition to own a robot. I was so happy to hear Bill Gates announce that he was working on robotics. I am thrilled beyond rational thought that one day, R & M will have a robotic little brother named Mr. Chesterton.
#2 My feet are always cold in the daytime and always hot at night. I keep the space heater under my desk on constantly from about October to March. And I never sleep with the blanket over my feet. (Did you really want to know that?)
#3 I didn't learn to swim until I was about 13. I actually had swimming lessons twice before that, but never learned. In fact, I ended up getting such a sore throat from all the chlorine water I swallowed while I was trying not to drown, that I lost my voice both times. I still don't enjoy swimming, but if I fell out of a boat, I'd make it to safety.
#4 I am a sleepwalker. Actually, I come from a long line of sleepwalkers. Both my kids are sleepwalkers, too. I have cooked, written notes, made phone calls, sent emails, and changed the time on all the clocks (including the VCR) in the house while sleepwalking. I have ended up in every room in the house, outside, and (once) in the car. (Luckily, I didn't have the keys.)In college, the girls who lived in the room next door told me I would occasionally knock on their door in the middle of the night and ask them things like "Am I invisible yet?" or sing weird songs like "I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle."
#5 I can bore you rigid if you get me started on literary and cultural archetypes in modern movies. Seriously. You know there are no new ideas, right? Just wait until I start comparing Star Wars to the Ancient Greek Heroic Epic.
#6 Sometimes I just say things to start an argument. It's a character flaw, maybe. But arguments are amusing. I have been known to say the most outrageous thing I can think of, when bored, just to get someone to argue with me. Sometimes I even make up facts and statistics to support my outrageous viewpoint (A 1987 Berkley study of men, ages 18-40, determined that...) and I have been known to end an argument with an equally outrageous statement (Wow. That sounds like something Hitler might say).
Is that too much Patwoman for you?
Now, it's your turn. I'm tagging:
Katie, of course. Even though I think she has given up on her blog. That's okay, hon. You just post your answers here.
Kim, who probably knew all this stuff about me, anyway.
Diosaperdida
Auntie Suzanne
Z
Christie
The challenge, of course, will be in choosing only six. Those of you who regularly read this blog know what I mean. Then again, the challenge may be in telling you six weird things I haven't already told you. You know how I tend to ramble...
#1 It is my lifelong ambition to own a robot. I was so happy to hear Bill Gates announce that he was working on robotics. I am thrilled beyond rational thought that one day, R & M will have a robotic little brother named Mr. Chesterton.
#2 My feet are always cold in the daytime and always hot at night. I keep the space heater under my desk on constantly from about October to March. And I never sleep with the blanket over my feet. (Did you really want to know that?)
#3 I didn't learn to swim until I was about 13. I actually had swimming lessons twice before that, but never learned. In fact, I ended up getting such a sore throat from all the chlorine water I swallowed while I was trying not to drown, that I lost my voice both times. I still don't enjoy swimming, but if I fell out of a boat, I'd make it to safety.
#4 I am a sleepwalker. Actually, I come from a long line of sleepwalkers. Both my kids are sleepwalkers, too. I have cooked, written notes, made phone calls, sent emails, and changed the time on all the clocks (including the VCR) in the house while sleepwalking. I have ended up in every room in the house, outside, and (once) in the car. (Luckily, I didn't have the keys.)In college, the girls who lived in the room next door told me I would occasionally knock on their door in the middle of the night and ask them things like "Am I invisible yet?" or sing weird songs like "I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle."
#5 I can bore you rigid if you get me started on literary and cultural archetypes in modern movies. Seriously. You know there are no new ideas, right? Just wait until I start comparing Star Wars to the Ancient Greek Heroic Epic.
#6 Sometimes I just say things to start an argument. It's a character flaw, maybe. But arguments are amusing. I have been known to say the most outrageous thing I can think of, when bored, just to get someone to argue with me. Sometimes I even make up facts and statistics to support my outrageous viewpoint (A 1987 Berkley study of men, ages 18-40, determined that...) and I have been known to end an argument with an equally outrageous statement (Wow. That sounds like something Hitler might say).
Is that too much Patwoman for you?
Now, it's your turn. I'm tagging:
Katie, of course. Even though I think she has given up on her blog. That's okay, hon. You just post your answers here.
Kim, who probably knew all this stuff about me, anyway.
Diosaperdida
Auntie Suzanne
Z
Christie
posted by Patwoman | 10:46 PM
5 Comments:
That last one is kind of weird....in a funny way.
You wouldn't bore me with movie archtypes...archtypes are an interest of mine.
I too am a sleepwalker...I have even resorted to tying myself to the bed because I was scared I might fall down the stairs.
Hmmm..I should save that for my entry.
Truth be told...I don't really have anyone to tag.
I just found your blog from a craftster posting and the title made me giggle for at least a full minute. Sleepwalkers make me nervous, ever since my little sister peed in the hallway in sleepwalk trance... I was to horrified to stop her.
Challenge accepted. Thanks for the scarf comments :o)
I totally want a robot, perhaps one like Jude Law from AI. hehe I really just want one to do my laundry.
The last one is weird? No it's not. That's something Hitler would say. ;)
I've never fallen down the stairs, or peed in the hall. But I have run into one of my kids while THEY were sleepwalking too and it woke me up.
Christie, I'm with you on the Jude Law-style robot. (Oh, there are so many Energizer jokes to make....)
Clever...try to trick me into posting on my blog, will you???
I'm totally with you on the feet thing. It annoys me to no end when the hotels do that little tucky-tucky thing at the end of the beds.
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