Jeri Smith-Ready

8 Things Ya Dunno

Wow, this is sad. It's been so long since I blogged, I actually had to sign into Blogger just now. My own blog tool didn't recognize me. *sob!*

I finished my rewrite scenes early today, so I'll take a crack at this "Eight Things You Don't Know About Me" meme Rob and Robin have tagged me with. (Since I was twice-tagged, I reserve the right to add up to eight more at a time of my choosing.)

Here we go:


1. Like this year's Miss Michigan, I have maimouphobia*. (Also coulrophobia, but everyone knows that.)

2. Favorite song: "Inside Out" by Eve 6. Singing along to this tune is a better aerobic workout than the Stairmaster, and much easier on the knees.

3. Sometimes when I'm in the self-checkout lane at the supermarket, I pretend I'm auditioning for a job.

4. Favorite classical composer: Franz Schubert

5. I once spent the night at Eugene O'Neill's boyhood home, the setting for his Pulitzer-winning play, Long Day's Journey Into Night. Alas, I neither saw nor heard the famed ghost of his mother, wandering the halls looking for her next morphine fix.

6. Secret Celebrity Crush: Ben Stiller

7. I'm obsessive but not compulsive, mainly because I'm too lazy to follow through on most thoughts. I might be having lunch with you, and 99% of my attention is focused on what you're saying (honestly!), while the remaining 1% is thinking, "The tablecloth is crooked, the salt shaker is at a hostile angle to the sugar bowl, and I'm dying to make an Olympic rings symbol with the condensation on the bottom of my water glass." But don't worry--I won't do anything about it.

8. In my head, the alphabet still looks like this.

Now, Rob and Robin, aren't you sorry you asked?

Because the first good night's sleep in a week is beckoning, I'm going to be a Meme Buzz-kill and not officially tag eight new people. But Kathy, Catie, Cynthia, and Vivi, if you're reading this, you be tagged! Here are Robin's rules, which I'm just now reading for the first time:

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.

3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

I shall return Thursday once this draft is finished and set aside to ferment like a fine summer ale.

Mmmm....

*that's fear of monkeys, for those too lazy to skim the article

Labels: motley memes

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