Tag! You're It!

Tagged, I'm it? The Meme?

Ooh, feeling a little on the spot here.
Have heard it said that the least effective way to be entertaining is to talk about yourself.
Maybe I should warm up a bit-been a while since I was asked to stand in the spotlight.
Here goes: "Unique, New York, unique New York, rubber baby buggy bumpers, rubber baby buggy bumpers"


Me, me, me, me! Wait, that's for diction. Rolling my shoulders now, shaking out my keyboarding fingers.
Okay, I'm ready for my close up Mr. De....
Never mind.

Ten Random Facts about Me(me)...

1. The City of Legends Blog was the very first blog I ever read. (I'd seen the word blog last year, and thought it was a typo). I was thrilled to discover that modern poetry was alive and well.

2. I've been called the "sumthin' outta nuthin' girl" because I can whip up a banquet from a bare cupboard, set up a display or decorate for an impromtu surprise party in less than fifteen minutes. It is true. I will rise to a challenge. It is fun to find innovative uses for standard office equiptment. I can shoot a rubber band farther across a room than anyone I know.

3. I am somewhat traditional, but enjoy finding new and exciting twists and turns. I love surprises, but only happy ones. I believe in God. I also believe that God helps those who help themselves. I believe in the basic goodness of humanity. I believe there is a Heaven. I'm not sure about hell. I think we get a little taste of each here on earth.

4. The sexiest part of the male anatomy is his brain. Then his eyes, then his book collection, then that wonderful spot right where his neck meets his collarbone, and the warm spot on his shoulder where my head can rest, and his long legs and voice and quick wit and laugh...oh, that was more than one thing. Oops.

5. I am judgmental, but not in the way most people expect. I am very open minded, but will size up insincerity and malevolance quicker than you can say "Back in Black."

6. I will find the silver lining in the bleakest of grey. It is my specialty.

7. I once ran a laser light show for Pink Floyd's The Wall in a Planetarium. It was cool. The Rolling Stones and U2 still do funny things to my insides, in a good way.

8. I am sweet natured and kind, I forgive honest and repented mistakes gladly. But don't cross me. If you intentionally hurt someone in my family, my friend, someone who can't defend himself or herself, I will sit back, smile and watch you implode. I won't DO anything to you, I will simply do as my grandfather said: "Sweetie, kill them with kindness." I am intensely loyal to the people I love. I cannot stress that enough. I once worked with a really cool old guy that drove a little red convertible. He had this bumper sticker that said
"Mean people suck." I agree. There is no reason for smallness and meaness in this world. I can hardly tolerate it, but I try.

9. I have never, not ever, not even once, had a one night stand. I have never cheated in a relationship. I am extremely picky about men I choose to kiss. I once waited almost seven years to sleep with a man who'd caught my eye. It was worth it.

10.I love to dance. I love pretty shoes. I can change a flat tire. I prefer dresses and skirts to pants. I can beat you at scrabble or in a wet towel snapping contest. I love the scent of lavendar. I love to ride horses and drive fast cars. I love to bake. I love the ocean in the winter. I love to find places where there are NO manmade sounds of any kind in the air-nothing but breathing, branches creaking, and the sound of birds calling and leaves crunching under deer feet.I love the first whiff of crisp fall air, the smell of snowflakes, the way air feels heavy just before a downpour and the smell of earth after a rainshower. I still believe in fairy tales, especially fractured ones with happy endings.

There. Done. That was fun, for me at least. I bent the rules, more than ten things. Sometimes I like bending the rules. Sue me.

#11.D.Billion-I'm a bit wordy. Surprise, surprise.