I got tagged twice in the last week for the same bloggity-blog thingy... the seven random facts one. Does that mean I need to write FOURTEEN random facts and tag fourteen people?? Hmmm... let me see what I can come up with that you don't already know about me:
1. I attempt to do the New York Times crossword puzzle every Sunday. In pen. If I can do it, I take it as an omen that the week ahead will be a good one. (By the way, why is it that there is an ad for calling in to a 1-900 number to get any three answers to the crossword at $1.49 per minute, when the entire puzzle's solution is posted a few pages earlier in the newspaper??? I think it is a stupidity tax).
2. I once worked shining boots at a country and western bar in Boston. EASY money. Men love their boots and love having girls shine them.
3. I hate cooked red peppers -- the bell kind, not the hot kind. I cannot stand even the thought of them, and if they are in a food I will not eat it (which is bad because virtually every Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers frozen meal adds them)
4. Hugh Jackman. Need I say more??
5. Paper, not plastic.
6. I automatically spell-check every written item I view. I have been known to whip out a pen and make changes to a restaurant menu or sign. Obviously an illness.
7. I don't really like talking on the phone. I much prefer e-mail.
Okay... now, I tag:
1. Roxann, the cute girl I met in the elevator in Portland
2. Kara, who makes the coolio scarves
3. Kristie, my knittin' friend
4. Elizabeth, whom I will be rooming with again in Mesa next month -- yippee! I see some good Mexican food in our future!
5. Tamara, whom I'm trying to convince to move to NorCal
6. Angie, who lives on a ranch and is a pharmacist and a mom and a scrapbooker and a business owner and and and and....
7. Etta, whom I've been neglecting lately but whom I talk to in my brain all the time. :)
Lain, Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the CKC Portland class I took from you. My "Playful Pages" are the ones I like the best from all the classes I took. Hope to see you back next year, or maybe in Bellevue if I am lucky!!
Posted by: Carla Prock | March 04, 2008 at 02:04 AM
What the heck is that about putting red peppers in diet food. seriously? I HATE them too! I pick them out. I don't get it. lol How was PDX? Hey, where in Ncali do you live? I'm over in McKinleyville/Eureka.
Posted by: lacey | March 04, 2008 at 02:49 AM
I'm actually allergic to peppers. It makes it next to impossible to purchase packaged foods, or even to dine out. It's probably better for me healthwise though, right?
Also, I admire you for #1 (I'm a crossword chicken), join you for #s 5-7 and thank you sincerely for the HJ photo :)
Posted by: Nicole (canadacole) | March 04, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Wow, I am a "Paper" not plastic gal!! Cool!
Posted by: Angie S | March 04, 2008 at 09:31 AM
If only I could perfect my mental telepathy skills... :)
You know, I stunk at tag in elementary school. I always got caught because I would have an asthma attack halfway through the chase...then I never could catch anyone because, ya know, I couldn't breathe. This kind of tag is much more my style. Hey, there's my first random thing!
Posted by: Etta | March 04, 2008 at 10:40 AM
I love the boot shining fact. So random!
Posted by: sue Treiber | March 04, 2008 at 01:15 PM
I feel the same way about green peppers, but I'm fine with red. I'll trade ya.
~T.
Posted by: bcre8uv | March 04, 2008 at 01:29 PM
Lain, your blog is really fun to visit. BTW, I was tagged today by one of your taggees. LOL. I'm thinking very hard on seven people who will actually follow through after being tagged. That's the hard part.
Kent
Posted by: kentalvin | March 04, 2008 at 02:33 PM
ohhhhhh. hugh. jackman. how dare you post a picture of my next husband without asking first. ;-P
Posted by: homedotmade | March 04, 2008 at 04:58 PM
1. I attempt to do the New York Times crossword puzzle every Sunday. In pen.
My husband insists on doing that puzzle in pen. :)
I see some good Mexican food in our future!
We do indeed have awesome Mexican food out here in Mesa. If you like spicy, I highly recommend Los Dos Molinos. Or for milder stuff, there’s Mangos. Both are fairly close to where the convention will be.
Posted by: Angela | March 04, 2008 at 07:20 PM