interlude: tag, i'm it

hmmmmm. over on her blog, Beccy has challenged me (and six others) to come up with seven things you didn't know about me.

hers are good, and a couple of them inspired me. so here goes.

1) i used to run long-distance. i hated it. but i did it. i was working full-time, going to school full-time in the evenings, and running in the middle of the night. it was pretty much the world's unhealthiest excercise routine; i'd come home from night school at about 9:30 p.m., fall asleep on the couch, wake up at 11 p.m., and go run. i lost a lot of weight (and in those days i didn't have much to lose) and i became anemic. finally the doctor told me to quit running, and go eat a hamburger. i have never looked back.

2) when i sing, the dogs leave the room.

3) freeways terrify me, no matter who is driving.

4) i still bug my little brothers. but not on purpose!


5) when i was a teenager, i had mad crushes on rod laver, michael tilson thomas and david brinkley.

6)years ago one of my older sisters had a paper dress, back in that brief time when they were popular. it was silver. i wondered how it was possible to make a dress out of paper, and i wondered how much effort it would take to rip it. so i sneaked into her closet and tried to tear it. i really worked at it, but it was very tough and wouldn't rip. i can still feel the press of her other clothes around me, the closeness of the closet, as i hid in the dark trying to destroy that silver dress.

7)i love red shoes. i have three pairs.

i think the rules say that i am supposed to tag seven more people to do this. but i think i shall tag only three: Pam, you're it. and Amy, you're it. Babaloo, you're it. i'd tag ann, but she hasn't been blogging much lately.