I have been remiss with a tag – I have been “it” and I have not been fulfilling my role as the chaser. Veronica of “Toddled Dredge“, whose writing I can only aspire to, tagged me in a seven random things meme. And I am only happy to oblige, since my life is about as random as anyone’s. Here they are!
- At least one weekend a month for the past 28 years, I have, with complete ease, worn a floor-length medieval gown. I have cooked in them, run in them, ridden horses and climbed trees in them, and I currently own at least ten. But I do not own a single modern dress.
- I do not try on clothing in the store. EVER. If it doesn’t fit, or I don’t like it, I will either return it later or give it away. But I won’t try it on. There’s something about combining a full-length mirror with fluorescent blue lighting that guarantees a 25% drop in my own self-image.
- For the life of me, I simply cannot figure out the appeal of Brad Pitt. Many people have tried to explain it to me, but I am still perplexed, so please, do not try.
- I was a bonafide coffee taster for a living. Yep. A real swish-and-spitter. Which sounds like a dream job, except that coffee roasters run 24 hours a day. You try to taste 120 cups of coffee on a 7pm to 7am shift, then go home and sleep in broad daylight. I know that this, along with the waiting line in the DMV, are certified levels of hell.
- I have a typing speed far in the excess of 100wpm. It is almost to the point where I would qualify one of those people who does the subtitles for the deaf, or simultaneous translation. I cannot, however, type 100 wpm in either Spanish or German – the only two other languages I can mangle coherently – so that is another career path closed to me.
- I hate driving. A lot. While I will make exceptions for sexy sports cars (and I love me a sexy sports car), for the most part, I am very content being a passenger or to use public transport. This does not mean that I cannot drive – my father was a rally sweep-driver, and I believe automatic transmissions are for pussies.
- I have absolutely no self-control when it comes to doughnuts. I quit smoking cold-turkey, never formed an addiction (hell, even an attraction) to any of the substances I experimented with in my wild years, and do not gamble. But place a warm dozen in front of me, and all discipline goes right to hell.
That’s it for me. You? C’mon, everyone’s life is random. Blame the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
November 14th, 2008 at 11:02 am
11 Responses to “Randomicity”
Hear hear! Automatic transmissions *are* for pussies.
November 14, 2008 @ 11:50 amyou just mean that I need to actually write something instead of just posting endless photos of my darling baby girl. okay. I’ll bite. but it won’t be until later today.
November 14, 2008 @ 12:09 pmI get automatic transmissions – because I’ve had too many manual transmissions and clutches destroyed by “friends” who were driving my drunk ass home, or other people who “thought” they could drive a stick. – so I settled for a “Manumatic” in my zippy sporty car. (not sports car – sporty) I get half the fun of the manual with less clutch/transmission replacement.
Great blog though, and I’m right there with you on the donuts!
November 14, 2008 @ 1:03 pm[...] of one major article per day. In order to force me back into blog-productivity, Bri over at MyLevelofAwareness just tagged me with the “share seven random things” [...]
November 17, 2008 @ 8:46 amAlrighty then, will start pondering those random thingies.
I don’t particularly feel like working today, anyway. Grin.
November 17, 2008 @ 10:11 amYou mean I must think…hmmm
November 18, 2008 @ 4:14 pm[...] by pinkpelican on November 19, 2008 Robbin tagged me with the “Seven Random Things” Meme. I started making a list of things I might like to [...]
November 19, 2008 @ 1:23 pmDone!
November 19, 2008 @ 1:25 pmand read blogs more too – evidently. OK – next week I’m off and I’ll do 7 random things…
December 19, 2008 @ 2:18 pmAnd Automatic transmissions are a slice of heaven – yea cruise control! I’m waiting for my automatic-do-it-all-for-me-car-I-can-NAP-in (promised in my sci fi novels) thank you very much….
December 19, 2008 @ 2:21 pm[...] been tagged by Bri over on My Level of Awareness with the seven random things meme. You get what you asked [...]
December 30, 2008 @ 4:40 pm