25 Random Things…
I’m not sure if I can do this but I’ll try.
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.
1. I love my husband sooooooooo much but there isn’t another human being who can annoy the crap out of me like him.
2. I secretly want to learn to play the drums.
3. I get uncomfortable with people gushing about me yet oddly pleased.
4. I have an immune disorder called myasthenia gravis that sometimes sets me back more than I’d like to admit.
5. I LOVE horses.
6. I have Morton’s toe which means my second toe is longer than my big toe.
7. I hate when people use the word ‘less’ when it should be ‘fewer.’ Thanks a lot Miller Brewing Company. It’s NOT less calories. It’s fewer. When you can count them you use the word fewer.
8. Basketball is hands down the best sport in the world. (Followed closely by hockey.) Because things can change in an instant just like in life.
9. Oh yeah, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels are definitely the best college basketball team of all time. (Maybe not but they are pretty awesome.)
10. I work out with Magic Johnson about once a week or so.
11. I’m an AMAZING mother to my two young children who are 4 and 2 but very big for their ages and surprisingly in high school.
12. I read http://www.tmz.com everyday.
13. (I’m running out of things….) I really love writing.
14. My favorite goddess is Lakshmi. She’s all about not worrying (which I do too much) and accepting everything will be taken care of.
15. My 4 year old (okay…18) is coming home soon and I’m so proud of him and his ability to draw. Tomorrow I’m meeting my ex-boyfriend who now writes for King of the Hill and hoping he’ll hook my kid up with an internship.
16. (Seriously…25 is a LOT of things to write).
17. I wear a size 9 shoe though I can fit in an 8 1/2. Shoes rule.
18. My wardrobe sizes range from 2 to 8.
19. I have the BEST VA on the planet. And NO she cannot work for you.
20. My cat loves me to death but she’s really not very friendly to ANYONE ELSE. Funny thing is I prefer my dog. Shhh.
21. (Is this still going on???) I’m madly in love with Heath Ledger and Daniel Day Lewis. Don’t see much of a future with Heath though.
22. I’m really a strawberry blonde.
23. My favorite food is Mexican.
24. My favorite color is red. DUH
25. (Thank GOD this is the last one!!!) I have a Claddagh ring as a wedding ring which stands for love, loyalty and friendship. It’s a beautiful sentiment (even if you reread #1)
January 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
If Lorrie can come up with 25 things, then so can I. I’ve always been competitive with the pretty girls. Weird, huh?
1. I love my wife. She is able to annoy the crap out of me; but she is also my best friend and I trust her judgement.
2. I also secretly want to learn to play the drums.
3. I believe in karma. When someone is gushing over you, you should graciously accept it and then pass it along to someone else as soon as possible. If you refuse it or brush it aside, you break the flow of positive energy.
4. I started losing my hair at the age of 26.
5. I started out to be an actor. I was accepted into the Theatre program at NYU, but moved to California in 1979. I discovered surfing and changed my life direction.
6. I also have Morton’s toe (which means my second toe is longer than my big toe) - I just didn’t know it was a condition with a name.
7. I hate when people use the word ‘seen’ when it should be ‘saw.’ Like “I seen this guy coming down the street.” People say that a lot in Michigan.
8. I played football in the US Armed Forces in Europe League and was, for a short time, the starting quarterback for the Torrejon Raiders. I was replaced when I threw 6 interceptions in one game. My football career ended a few weeks later when I was hit in a 3-way tackle in practice and ended up in a coma for a few days.
9. I lived in Spain for two years while in the US Air Force.
10. I once fought a young bull in a makeshift bullring in the Spanish village of Paraquellos during their fiesta. The locals cheered when the bull chased “El Rubio” through a hole in the fence.
11. I once rode a bicycle 100 miles in one day, then rode 100 miles back the next day.
12. I played soccer in college for one season. My favorite team is Manchester United.
13. I love to watch curling on Canadian television.
14. I once took a month to drive from Michigan to San Diego. It was an adventure. As William Least Heat Moon, the author of Blue Highways once said, “Life doesn’t happen along the interstates. It’s against the law.”
15. I lived in a luxury condominium with one of the top call girls in Vegas for nine months when I was 19 because she liked my poetry.
16. I intervened one night when a guy was about to get beat up in the parking lot of Caesar’s Palace only to discover that the guy I had saved was a professional hit man named Rick and the guys who were about to beat him were mobsters. Rick still owes me one.
17. My grandfather was one of the organizers of the Sitdown Strike that led to the formation of the United Auto Workers. He was also a former bare knuckle boxing champ and taught me how to read when I was 4, even though he never finished the fourth grade himself.
18. My first stage role was as the damsel in distress in a Cub Scout play. I was 7.
19. I once got sucker punched after a performance of “Blues for Mr. Charlie” by a young black man who thought I really was the character Lyle Britten. I ended up buying him a drink.
20. I wear a size 10 shoe though I can fit in a 9 1/2 if it is wide.
21. I used to be skinny and one of the fastest sprinters in my high school. I started gaining weight at age 30 when I had my knees operated on and couldn’t run anymore. I gained 35lbs in one year and haven’t been able to shed it.
22. My favorite foods are Mexican and Thai.
23. I married my wife, Robin, in an authentic Hopi medicine wheel ceremony near Snowy Owl, New Mexico. A raven flew in from the north, circled over us three times, squawked and then flew off back to the north. The shaman who was presiding over the ceremony was totally geeked by the incident.
24. I talked to a ghost that lived in our house when I was 4. He was an old man who wore a blue suit and sat in a chair on the sun porch. My mother couldn’t see him and told me never to tell anybody about it.
25. I have a file cabinet full of half-finished writing projects.
February 9th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I really like these “25 Things…” things. I’ve been tagged 4 or 5 times on Facebook and really need to sit down and think really hard to come up with 25 things about me.
I used to subscribe to Lorrie Red Hot Copy newsletter, but somehow lost track, changed emails or whatever. I recently reconnected on Twitter and realized I’ve been missing that red head gal writing in my Inbox.
And yeah! You have a blog - I gotta go catch up on my reading to find out what I’ve been missing.
BTW - I love watching basketball too. I have fond memories…My first husband and I used to make out after watching the Portland Trailblazers. I’ve never watched hockey tho - something I should think about doing soon.
March 5th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
#1 - Agree 100%
#8 - Hockey!
#9 - I once interviewed Dean Smith in Alaska!
#17 - 8
#23 - I love and cook great Mexican food!
November 21st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I love horses too! You are a delightful writer!
Blessings
MarVeena