I’m back. I mean, we’re back. The house is rotting, the garden is dying DEAD, but I’m re-charged. Sort of. I’ve missed you all. The week-break from the Olympics was good, but now we’re back with a vengence, eyeballs totally glued to the TV. C’mon, just every four years, ok? I swear, I never watch TV otherwise.
While I was gone, my friend Lisa tagged me for a quirky meme. She tagged me over at my other blog, the one about our miscellaneous unschooling life, which was started mostly as a “report” for my family, so they can see what the girls have been up to (living a decadent life). So, erm, mostly my family reads it, and I think a handful of friends curious about our moronic life, and I want to tag basically all of you, so I am pasting my reply to the meme here:
Mention six quirky, yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself. Tag six other bloggers by linking to them. Go to each person’s blog and leave a comment that lets them know they’ve been tagged. If you participate, let the person know who tagged you you’ve posted your quirks!
My quirks:
- I cannot stand low-fat, or non-fat anything. If Julia Child is alive, we will be great pals, I think. Maybe we’ll irritate the hell out of everyone with our battle cry of “Butter!!” I am picky about my fats though- have to be a good full fat, not just some junky stuff. Hey, if you gotta eat it, might as well have the real stuff. And quality matters.
- I have to sleep with a bolster between my knees. I sleep on my side, mostly. Growing up I’ve always had a bolster, custom-made for me, increasing in size as I grew. When I came to the States, I went to buy a bolster, and they are decorative elements. Huh?
- I don’t have ice-cubes in my freezer and I do not drink cold drinks, except on occasion. It’s some Chinese quirky belief, cold is not good for the system, esp the feminine system.
- I don’t like to wear shoes that cover my feet completely. They always make my toes hurt, no matter what they promise. But I don’t like flip-flops either. They make my heels hurt. I wear sandals. I know, you are starting to roll your eyes and shake your head…
- I still plan my schedules with good ol’ pen and paper. Quaint, eh?
- I roll my eyes and snort a lot. Really. And I’m not even a cynical sort of person.
- And also… … I have more, really, but they said to stop at six. So I stop.
This blog is mostly read by my family, so I’m going to tag some of my “virtual” friends: Tash, C., CLC, Julia, Bon, Kate, Niobe, Ya Chun, Loribeth, Rosepetal… heck, if you have a quirk about exposing your quirks, pray do participate!
Did you see AMS had her husband answer hers? I might get brave and have my husband do mine, too. But I need to wait for him to get back from his biz trip.
fascinating! I can’t wait to read yours… come back quick Mr ABF!!
I’m with you on the first one. (except I do drink 1% or skim milk).
Thanks Janis – very interesting. I don’t eat low-fat anything – although during my first pregnancy I gained a lot of weight and switched to semi-skimmed milk (don’t know what that’s called in the US), and that has stuck.
I did this tag a while back and it was so boring (my own entry) that I deleted it! Hey ho, there’s just nothing interesting about me!
I finally got around to doing this!!
Yay, loribeth!
Rosepetal, I think I can come up with 100 quirks if I think hard enough, but I’m not sure that makes me “interesting”! 🙂