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But we knew that, didn’t we?
The deal: There is this “thing” that bloggers do which I believe — don’t quote me on this — ends up propagating more traffic to our individual blogs, wherein a blogger creates what is known as an Intenet meme, AKA as a royal pain in the gluteus maximus. (read all about it).
The latest meme making the rounds: Ten Oddball Things About Me.
And I have been tagged to make this list about myself by not one, but two of my good friends (at least I think) and blogger-compatriots…
Slip of a Girl (pssst…here’s a secret I’m telling just you and only you: Slip of a Girl is about to become the first FEMALE Zen Savant) and Richard of Down on my Knees and many other cool places.
Ready? Let’s get this bit of silliness over with.
The Rules: Once you’ve been tagged you can’t be retagged, you have to write a blog with 10 random things, facts or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose 10 more people to torture (er…tag…Louise said tag) and post a note telling them they’re tagged and make them come along and read your blog.
- I wear socks, usually white, in lieu of slippers around the house. Since I work from home, this means I buy lotsa socks. (Hint: Always a good present.)
- I do believe I may be addicted to brushing my teeth. I just groove on the entire process and use three (sometimes four) different items when doing my super routine (which occurs simultaneously with my super bath).
- I sleep with my bedroom window wide open and the heat down. In the morning I close the bedroom window and turn up the heat. One of the benefits of not being married is that nobody bitches at me for this.
- I have at least one pair of scissors in every room of my home. The kitchen and bathrooms have more than one pair. Plus their is a pair in both my sewing basket and purse.
- My bath towels are white. So are the hand towels. So are the wash cloths. So are the bathroom rugs. No exceptions.
- When I was in third grade a teacher accused me of copying a story I’d written for an assignment. She did this in front of the entire class. I was humiliated. To this day I hate her. I fantasize about finding her and grabbing her collar and spitting in her face, then telling her: “My name is Angie and I am all grown up now. And you know what, bitch? I wrote the fucking story. I wrote it all by myself.”
- As dominant and twisted and kinky as I am when I do calls…I am rather shy and conservative when it comes to sex in my personal life. That is until I get to know and trust you. Then watch out.
- I enjoy lesbian erotica and even masturbate to it. Yet, I am not attracted to women in my every day life. Hmmm….
- I really don’t like porn. Which surprises a lot of people, since I deal in dirty fantasies on a daily basis. I guess that is because a lot of stuff is fun to think about and looks real pretty (can get me hot) when I imagine it, but seems pretty ugly as a reality.
- I am a dog person. But I have a cat. A cross-dressing cat. Maybe I’m punishing him for not being a dog?
Part 2: Ten More Victims
Bloggers:
Mistress Sky (‘cuz she’s cool)
Luscious Lyndee
Mistress V
Isabella Valentine
Kylie (a new friend)
Madame Dearest
Kat, the Courtesan (cuz I miss her)
Porno Person
Resident Savants (via comment section):
Vanilla Savant
Pervert Savant
I’ve been the good girl, done the right thing, been a team player and all that jazz. I am SOOOO outta here.
Oh…and another thing? The next person who drags me into something like this? I will secretly sign you up for an Amway Distributorship. It won’t be pretty.
Ah, white socks. I’ll see you forevermore that way …
No, porn here either. I try it every few years but blah …
Thanks, your pal.
I wear socks, usually white, in lieu of slippers around the house. Since I work from home, this means I buy lotsa socks. (Hint: Always a good present.)
ME TOO! My pedicure gal always fusses at me about it too. Says that’s why she has to work so hard on my feet. I think she’s just fishin’ for a bigger tip. 😉
Tagged! Hmmmm. Ten oddball things about someone who has already been tagged as being “vanilla?” Quite a challenge!
1. I wear socks, usually white, in lieu of slippers …. hmmm? Oh, that one was taken already? OK. ….
1a. I once danced with Princess Anne of England.
2. I have met four Presidents.
3. I am a political conservative who was convinced by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, much to the relief of Angie and of my children.
4. As a young officer in the U.S. Navy, I was once arrested by mistake in Malta and locked in a real dungeon, with water dripping down its hewn rock walls.
5. I have always loved the theater. The first Broadway actor I met was Cyril Ritchard, who played Captain Hook to Mary Martin’s Peter Pan.
6. My physical attribute which causes Angie to swoon is … my nose! Who woulda thunk it?
7. I so enjoy the company of our literate den mother that sex is only one of our topics of conversation when I call.
8. I am happiest lately when visiting a vacation home I’m building. Angie convinced me to buy the piece of property when I was hesitating and I will be forever grateful to her.
9. My mother worked on Madison Avenue, briefcase, grey flannel suit, commute and all, while my father stayed at home and put us on the school bus. Then he wrote over 30 published novels and hundreds of magazine short stories. I’ve published nothing and am a bit jealous of PQS’s poetic ease in particular.
10. My favorite flavor of ice cream is …. vanilla.
I’d add a number 11: that I think Angela is the most fascinating and sizzling hot woman on the web. But there isn’t anything oddball about thinking that, is there?
Thanks, chica!!!!
Ummm, I will put my first one here….
NEVER do this to me again, or else I will talk to the good man (which I do often) upstairs, and you will have 6 months of non-stop snow!!!
DAMN you Angela!! I JUST posted on my blog tonight to avoid my usual procrastination about logging on late tomorrow…..and now that I’ve read your blog and the instructions since I’ve been tagged? I’m going to have to post again tomorrow. SO. My guys will be HAPPY with you cause you MADE me blog again! Lol…. BUT. They’ll be ANGRY with you cause me blogging tomorrow means I’ll be logging on at least an hour late! (Like I ever need an excuse to log on late…) LOL!
Either way~I love the mention~and I’ll do as I’m instructed, Mistress. *wink* Love ya, chica 🙂
xoxo, Kylie
Glad to see everybody is playing along. Now where is PQS???
I am intrigued by your response to #8…
Isabella, you’re so cute.
Hmmm…I think I remember PQS telling me he was going on a trip. He may be late responding to this assignment.
Angela, Angela, Angela. I keep telling you that this is a match made in heaven. From the socks to the sleeping in the cold to the lukewarm interest in porn, I share each of your “oddball” characteristics. (My alleged plagiarism incident was in second grade, not third, though.) The only thing keeping us apart is that I am not a dog person. Can’t we compromise on that?
Thanks for a fun column, even if you thought it was a chore.
Well, well. I go away for a day or two and I’m ambushed by a List Ten Oddball Things Thingie.
OK, then. Brace yourselves. Here goes:
1. Few people know that, although a Catholic boy through and through, I was actually circumcised by a Jewish rabbi. Anyway, that’s the story my mother told me. My memories on the event are hazy. Apparently he was doing a lot of the Jewish babies on the ward shortly after my birth and my mom told him, while he was at it, to go ahead and do me. Oy Vay!
2. I’ve always had the hots for the Iranian-English CNN newsie Christiane Amanpour. She isn’t beautiful in the conventional sense, but she’s cool, cerebral, and imagine her in black leather! Woo Hoo!
3. I once won $30,000 as a 2-day winner on Jeopardy. This was a relief to me as they made me pay my own way out to LA for the taping and the prize for the third place winner was a case of Drano and an assortment of Lee’s Press-On Nails. Contrary to popular belief, Alex Trebek, in real life, is a pompous jerk. Really! Trust me on this.
4. When I was 4 years old, my Croatian grandfather told me, in broken English, “Never vote for a Republican. They won’t do a damned thing for you.” I subsequently took his words to heart. They have vastly, and successfully, simplified politics for me.
5. I agree with everyone else that white socks are fine to knock around in (provided there’s lots of elastic in them — I hate droopy socks). Oversized hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants with drawstrings are OK too. Make sure your sweatpants have pockets.
6. All of my heroes are all basically eccentric loners. Sir Richard Francis Burton (no, not Liz Taylor’s ex, someone else); T. E. Lawrence; Sven Hedin; Heinrich Barth; Rene Caillie; Alexander von Humbolt; Champollion; Voltaire; Spinoza
7. The older I get, the less patient I am with greedy people. I’m not big on free market capitalism.
8. The most valuable thing I own is my public library card. It has brought me a lifetime of non-sexual pleasure.
9. The most exasperating thing I find about Ms. St. Lawrence –well, when she isn’t frustrating me in other ways — is her total ignorance of sports. A woman who does not understand the difference between basketball and soccer is probably beyond redemption. Sport is one topic we do NOT discuss.
10. One of the best things about Ms. St. Lawrence (well, one of the best things that I thought worth mentioning here) is her membership in the ACLU.
So there are 10 quickies. Don’t ever do this to me again, Angie.
ok I’m about to fill mine out and post it in my blog…
Relieved as I am that I am not on the show and tell list, I thank those who have responded…starting, of course, with Angela. Perhaps I am a little jealous too? Re: socks. I have decided to throw away or at least not replace, all of mine and buy 15 pairs of identical white socks and black socks. Losing a black one simply becomes a waiting game for losing a second…… Maybe that is a little too OCD and sharing such trivia is, no doubt, why Angela did not include me on her list. I still love you Mistress.
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