Rules1: Each player starts with 8 random habits/facts about themselves.2: People who are tagged need to write a post on their blog about their eight things and post these rules.3: At the end of the post you need to choose 8 people to get tagged and list their names.
1. i am very strongly opposed to chain letters/emails or anything even remotely resembling said entities. However, i must admit i enjoyed reading suzie's and dana's responses to the "tag", and since there was no mention made of any royalty in foreign countries or me receiving a part of their lost fortune in this little tagging game, i decided to give it a go. oh, and im sorry to friends and family who love chain letters and emails, but i only do the bare minimum when it comes to email responses. i have never, will never respond to or forward chain emails. thats just how i roll.
2. i am not much of a board or card game player (id rather just hang out and chat and laugh. sometimes playing games feels like a chore to me. and yes, i can get a little competative and annoying also) but i must say i LOVE the game of scrabble and yes, am a member of the online scrabble community (scrabulous.com), although i havent been able to play in months. theres nothing like when you first see that bingo just appear amongst your letters, and then when you find the absolute PERFECT spot on the board to play it. yes, nerd central, i know.
3. i really look forward to my 20 minute morning commute in to work every day. partly because of the delicious baggie of frozen fruit (sometimes peaches, mango, pineapple, all kinds of berries. i mix it up. how did i never know about frozen fruit before??!) and almonds i eat every single day while driving and cuz its mostly freeway and i can just look around at the beautiful trees and contemplate my life in vancouver, washington. k mostly its cuz of the fruit.
4. i am continually amazed by the power of music in my life and its effect on me. lately ive been investigating (who says that research stops when you finish grad school? im doing some serious experimenting here) the kinds of songs that overcome fatigue and give me that extra drive to keep peddling, running, lifting, pushing, whatever i am doing at the gym or on the road. (currently, the veronicas, some rob zombie, muse, pearl jam, hot chip and the ting tings are the front runners). however, i am also amazed at the incredible workings and little nuances of the human body and how seemingly minor things can really have a huge effect on performance.
5. i cant resist little notebooks. at this very moment a totally adorable little green notebook with an elastic around it is laying on my desk. so cute. so serene. did i have a purpose for it when i bought it? heck no. but i absolutely could NOT resist it.
6. i learned how to make the most amazing jumbalaya yesterday. it was de-freakin-licious. and i really really want to see if i can make a slightly healthier version, cuz truly, good fuel in makes a difference, but i just dont know if its gonna work out. cuz its rather perfect as is.
7. i am known at work for having a different hairstyle every day. yes i get sick of it and have to constantly change it up. i adore bobby pins. i mean, i LOVE them. i am currently sporting the "assymetrical" haircut. ya when i got back from getting it cut, i saw a coworker, and i said, "i decided to try the assymetrical thing" and she said "oh. thats cool. hey wait, one side is longer than the other!" so ive found since i had this cut that assymetrical is apparantely not a commonly understood term. anywho, today i actually pulled out the ol curling iron and had a grand time with it and a headband. yesterday i had "russian day" when i rat my bangs a little and pull em straight back and pin back the sides and wear big earrings and tight pants and i suck in all day. its awesome. ya. i love hair and id be lying if i said i hadnt seriously considered going to beauty school in my spare time and becoming a hairstylist. and yes, i actually researched the cost to put extensions in, all the way down my back. i was absolutely going to do it. but its 2 grand. so i think ill hold off on that one.
8. i never get sick. almost never. and im grateful for that blessing of good health, but come on! i never get to use my sick days at work cuz i cant bring myself to call in fake sick to work. i have used two sick days in my three years here (i broke like a 6 year non sick streak with that), and they dont continue accruing past 10 days! ya its very crappy. ya i know, by posting this im just asking for it. a big ol nasty virus of some sort. yikes. and this tag has officially taken me 4 different sessions over a week to complete. wow.
and ummm....guess im breaking the rules cuz i dont know enough bloggers to tag them. the few i know are the ones who tagged me. so sorry, guess this thing dies with me.
