All You Ever Wanted to Know About Me--And More

March 19, 2012

I enjoyed this post by Crazy Aunt Purl (Laurie Perry) from several years ago, and since she did tag “everyone on the planet,” here goes:

TEN random things you might not know about me:
  1. I taught myself to eat with my left hand when I was a teenager and still find myself doing so sometimes.
  2. I never met a scone I didn’t like.
  3. I know how to give intramuscular injections to a horse.
  4. I no longer have a gall bladder. (Too much information?)
  5. I was very into acting in high school and was the president of the Thespian Club. (One of my specialties was imitating Lily Tomlin’s character, Edith Ann.)
  6. I learned to drive in my mom’s electric blue Camaro (much to the envy of my son, who learned to drive in a Honda Accord).
  7. I write poetry.
  8. I love flea markets and antique stores.
  9. I’m hopelessly un-athletic.
  10. But I try anyway. Sometimes. If I feel like it. 
NINE places I’ve visited:
  1. New Orleans
  2. France
  3. Greece
  4. Yellowstone National Park
  5. Israel
  6. England
  7. Italy
  8. Alaska
  9. Washington, D.C.
 EIGHT ways to win my heart:
  1. Be kind.
  2. Feed me chocolate.
  3. Make me laugh.
  4. Be Hugh Jackman.
  5. Cook for me.
  6. Even better, clean for me!
  7. Talk to me, listen to me—connect with me.
  8. Did I mention chocolate?
 SEVEN things I want to do before I die:
  1. Visit Prince Edward Island.
  2. Read all the books on my to-be-read list. (I’d better live forever.)
  3. Learn another language.
  4. Write a book.
  5. Live for a few months in several different cities.
  6. Love my body.
  7. Find out where the moths in my pantry are coming from!
 SIX things I’m afraid of:
  1. Lightning.
  2. Losing the people I love.
  3. Wasting my opportunities.
  4. Contracting a debilitating disease.
  5. Pennsylvania sports fans.
  6. That the Hokey-Pokey is what it’s all about.
 FIVE things I don’t like:
  1. Uncomfortable shoes
  2. Bloviators (it’s a very descriptive word!)
  3. Talk radio (see “Bloviators”)
  4. White chocolate (come on, people, it’s not even chocolate!)
  5. Humidity
 FOUR ways to turn me off:
  1. Be cruel to a person or to an animal.
  2. Try to convince me that your opinion is right and mine is wrong.
  3. Try to manipulate me or make me feel guilty.
  4. Fail to understand my absolute and uncontrollable need to browse in every used book store I see.
 THREE things I do every day:
  1. Read.
  2. Laugh.
  3. Brush my teeth.
 TWO things that make me happy (only two?!):
  1. Solitude.
  2. Cuddling with my dog.
 ONE thing on my mind right now:
  1. Tablets vs. Netbooks vs. “Ultrabooks”—and do I really need any more technology!
Tag—you’re it! How are we the same? How are we different? What’s on your mind right now?

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8 comments

  1. Laure FerlitaMarch 19, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    How fun! i've learned several things about you I did not know!

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  2. Kathy A. JohnsonMarch 19, 2012 at 7:27 PM

    I'm a woman of many dimensions. :)

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  3. Claire MMarch 19, 2012 at 11:34 PM

    Fascinating to learn even more about you. Still, I'm wishing for more time in person - coffee, wine, or chocolate tasting. Interesting list headings that I may think some more about... Thanks for sharing yours.

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  4. Cheryl GebhartMarch 20, 2012 at 1:59 PM

    I always enjoy learning more about people I like. I don't eat left handed, but I sew left footed. The first time I broke my right ankle, it was the only way I could sew and I've done it that way ever since. I also like scones - and chocolate. I agree with you about white chocolate too! I've never been to Greece although it's on my bucket list. But then so is France (especially Paris).

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  5. Oregon Gifts of Comfort and JoyMarch 20, 2012 at 6:02 PM

    That was neat! It was fun to learn all of that stuff about you, Kathy.

    Kathy M.

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  6. Kathy A. JohnsonMarch 21, 2012 at 9:05 AM

    Claire--I would love more in-person time with you, too. Hopefully we'll get the chance to have that wine/chocolate/coffee date one of these days.

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  7. Kathy A. JohnsonMarch 21, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Cheryl--Well, that's interesting! I never thought about sewing having a "foot"--but I sew right-footed. Funny how habits can stick with us.

    Hope you get to visit Greece and France--they are worth the trip.

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  8. Kathy A. JohnsonMarch 21, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Thanks, Kathy! Now it's your turn...

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