Tagged and Tagging: Six Things

Thanks to Georgia for the tag! Let me see if I can come up with six things that you probably didn't know about me.

Number One: Parallel Parking
I failed to learn how to parallel park until I moved to Illinois. In small town West Tennessee, it just didn’t matter; I can only recall one place in a 30 mile radius of my home where the skill might have been useful.

I still remember the day, as I was fighting to line my car up against the curb on Main Street in downtown Wheaton, when a friend pointed out to me that I should not go in head first. What a tremendous, life-changing piece of advice (and not just in relation to cars)! From age 16 to age 27, I parallel parked like this Norwegian girl:



Number Two: Tomewhyit
My sister and I once made up our own language, called “Tomewhyit.” Yes, the name of the language is just an amalgam of four short, rather inconspicuous English words. And it’s a bit of an exaggeration to call it a language; it was more of a code that served to camouflage names when we wanted to talk about other people publicly. Darling, huh? Since most English first names are only one or two syllables in length, we could have just called it “Tome.” My name was Mitochelme Leeto Bentonetme.

Not terribly imaginative or helpful. In fact, Mitochelme noto longtoerme thinksto thisto isto funto atto allto.


Number Three:Pencil Problems
I hold my pencil incorrectly when I write. I honestly thought that I was the only person who did it like this. But if the Internet has taught us anything, it has taught us that we aren’t alone in any of our oddities. Reference the “Don’t Do This” section of the diagram at left for a visual aid. I enjoyed reading about how the author has carpal tonal at 35 as a result of holding her pencil this way. Guess I've got five more good years...

Number Four: Muffin the Tiger
I’ve had only one recurring dream in my lifetime. In this terrifying dream (which haunted me most during daytime hours)our family cat, Muffin, had a split personality. One minute she was our demure little kitty; the next she was a tiger. Problem is that you never knew when she’d…er…split. I would sit at our sliding glass door and gaze wistfully at her for hours.


Number Five: Instant Oatmeal
I think that Peaches & Cream Instant Oatmeal is the ultimate comfort food. If you know someone who works for Quaker foods, tell them that I’ll offer an endorsement anytime. They can use my real name and my picture and interview my family (I'm sure they wouldn't mind). I’d only require a lifetime supply of oatmeal.

Number Six: Rice Krispy Treats
I have ruined Rice Krispy Treats before. I don’t want to talk about it. Neither Erika nor Kellye want to talk about it either.

I tag Kellye, Andrea, Barbie, Katie, Jen, and Joni.
Yes, I tagged only women. Somehow, I think that the dynamic of the meme would change if we brought men along.