In Case You Were Wondering…

I saw this on a blog somewhere… I’m not sure where. Anyway, it was seven random things about the author and I found the concept sorta intriguing and since I am lame and have nothing poignant to contribute, I figured what the hell.

1. I’ve never had a cavity in my life. When I was a kid my Mom took my brother and me to a pediatric dentist and he put these sealants put on my teeth that supposedly prevented cavities, and I guess it worked because I’ve never had one. I’m freakishly afraid that I may have one now as an adult and would look incredibly foolish in front of the dentist when I start asking a billion questions. Plus that drill sounds scary.

2. I sleep with six pillows on my bed, and they are all for me. I like to surround myself with them so anyway I turn I can have a pillow to hold on to. When guests come over and need to borrow a pillow it can take me up to ten minutes to decide which one to sacrifice.

3. Tomatoes are foul and I will not eat them. I’ve eaten cow’s liver, but I won’t put a tomato in my mouth. They taste putrid and rancid and I don’t understand how anyone stomachs them.

4. Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I ever did and as happy as I am with my healthier life, I so terribly miss my life as a smoker. I really miss sitting on porches with friends and chain smoking for hours or using the old “got a lite?” line to flirt with guys at bars. That was nice.

5. I’m missing a bone in my pinky toe. It’s not noticeable to the naked eye, but I still feel self-conscious about it. Medically, there’s no outward difference, I can wiggle it and move it like the other toes, it doesn’t look deformed or anything. But still, I think its weird and worry that others will too. Can’t date anyone with X-Ray vision or they’ll know my secret.

6. When I was a kid I had a crush on Danny from the New Kids on the Block. Remember him? The older, uglier one? He had the rat tail? No? Don’t worry, no one else remember him either. But at nine I loved him and would have been his rock star wife. And after his career faded and he was forced to take a job selling insurance I’d start my own music career and be more famous than Debbie Gibson. Excuse me, Deborah Gibson. That was the plan at any rate.

7. I was nationally ranked in the Junior Riffle Tournament in 1993. I earned my expert marksmen achievement in both the prone and kneeling positions. My proclivity for deadly sports continued in college where I shot archery competitively. Lesson here, there’s a good chance I can kill you from across a football field so let’s play nice.