So, only 7?
- I'm an anxious, anxiety ridden individual, plagued by self-doubt and insecurity. Often this expresses itself in certain habits. Such as: drinking too much wine and talking really loudly, allowing my attention to wander so that I'm not paying attention to friends I should be listening to during conversations, saying things I shouldn't and then regretting them later, feeling a sense of competition with, well, pretty much everybody, worrying about my weight, my eating habits, the eating habits of Son, my exercise habits, saying cruel things I don't really mean but then can't take back. Basically, worrying about everything.
- I have these OCD habits like: picking up trash and straightening things up at events where I'm not responsible (wine and cheese get togethers, kids birthday parties, restaurants, friends' houses) but not, I should point out, my own house. (Perhaps I do it because I am nervous and insecure?)
- I love to read mysteries. Once, in my high school AP class we were doing presentations on Greek gods from Edith Hamilton's Mythology and I had an Agatha Christie book stuck inside my mythology book. Then, when it was my turn, I took Agatha out, stood up and did my presentation, sat back down and continued to read Agatha. I mean, I was reading, right?
- I hate fantasy books. I don't mind sci-fi, especially sci-fi that's like our world, but only slightly different. But I hate books with dragons and fairies. Especially fairies! All my friends read those Anne McAffrey novels in junior high, but I couldn't stand them!
- My favorite book in junior high was Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater. I love that he's a commentator on NPR now. He's so legit! If you haven't read it, you should. It's like Vonnegut for the tween set.
- My favorite movie in high school was "Casablanca." I was such a romantic! Now...hard to say. I still love "Annie Hall" and probably always will, but I think "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is riding high, because I wish I could write something that original and inventive. (and I kind of hate that guy because of it, see? competitive!!) But then there are all those other movies I love: Grease, Ladyhawke, Hannah and Her Sisters, Lost in Translation, Notes on a Scandal, etc, etc, etc.
- I'm running a fun race on Thanksgiving at City Creek. I think y'all should run with me. It's fun. If we can find someone to watch Son, MB will run too. Anyone?
I did it! Success!
4 comments:
I think we've turned out "7 Facts about Me" into 7 confessions, of sorts (although yours is less so than mine.) I think I just woke up in a foul mood (which is another fact about me: I often wake up in a foul mood despite my demeanor.) I rather think I'm a grumpy person all the way around. I think my grumpiness comes out more in writing than it does in person, however. My job kind of requires me to be the eternal optimist.
Is it so terrible that I am loving having new blog posts to read?
Well, I love it.
Also, I loved your first fact, because I could say the same about myself, word for word. Competitive worrying self-doubting--all of it. Thank you for articulating it. We can form a club that, actually, could have a membership called legion, if you think about it. And when shall we have that umbrella drink? it could be the first meeting of da club.
Okay I will do it...I love a challenge.
Oh, I so undertand the anxiety thing. I make coffee nervous. (I think I heard that line on Beverly Hills 90210. Do I get credit or demerits for that?) I'm getting better, though. We should have a support group.
Oh, and I posted my 7 things. Thanks for the tag.
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