I’ve been tagged by Jen. Usually I kind of roll my eyes at memes but I’ve been a little uninspired when it comes to posting this week (writing about anything other than my new van just seems so anti-climatic), so the tag comes at the perfect time.
So, buckle your safety belts and brace yourself for “Five Things You Might Not Know About Me”.
1. I cannot touch cotton balls. The feel of a cotton ball makes my skin curl and my eyes water.
2. When I was in high school I didn’t have a job. All I did to generate income was enter every essay contest I could get my teen-aged paws on and although my entries were very cheesy, I knew how to pull on the heartstrings of the judges and tell them what they wanted to hear so the prize money would be mine, all MINE! Manipulation of authority is one of my finer strengths.
3. I can’t stand the flavour of milk. Chocolate milk is fine, ice cream rocks my world, but pure milk makes me gag.
4. I have never made pie pastry. I like to think of myself as a decent baker but I guess that until one can make pastry, she is a disgrace. The thing is, I don’t even really like pie pastry. I prefer a crumble top, you know? Apple crisp is way better than apple pie.
5. I used to have a sixth toe on my left foot. It was next to my pinkie and veered to the west and was three inches long. I painted its nail black to mourn its chance for a normal life. When I was 8 years old my dad cut it off with an exacto knife and fed it to our cat. Wait. None of that is true.
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First of all, what is “meme”? I’ve heard both you and Angella use that term. Never heard it before.
Second, the way you feel about cotton balls is how I feel about scrapping the lint trap clean in the dryer. Ick! It feels so terrible on my finger tips.
The way you feel about cotton balls is how I feel about putting a towel in my mouth and biting down. Just THINKING about it makes my skin crawl! And the thing about the pinky toe was hilarious! :)
You totally had me with the toe. Nice one.
You do not like milk?
How did I not know this?
DC is better anyway ;)
You had me with the toe too. Why is that so believable?
Ewwww even just reading that cotton ball thing gives me cold shivers and makes my skin crawl. Yuck. How do you feel about q-tips? I think they’re as gross as cotton balls.
Now from typing that, I think I’m about to hurl. Gross! My sister feels the same way and is the ONLY other person I know with this affliction. Maybe it’s a BC thing!
I used to work in a pharmacy and the idea of stuffing cotton in the top of a pill bottle made me want to cry. My boss always did that for me and now that I don’t work there anymore, every time I go in for a prescription he makes sure there is NO cotton in my pill bottles. I think there’s a note on my file.
Okay now I need a shower.
Hahaha…You had me going! I cringe at the sound of things scraping the ice on the side of the freezer! Oh, and did you ever run your nails down the side of a school portable? Worse than a chalk board.
Hey, #5 is not funny at all. I knew a girl who had that happen when she was little.
ok, not really.
But I did know a girl who had a very short arm, ending just below her elbow, and she had teeeeny little round fingers and her mom accidentally cut one of her fingers off. She said they buried it in her backyard next to their dog. Thinking about it creeps me out, thanks for jogging THAT memory. I had forgotten about it. lol!
You totally had me going on the toe thing … until I read the part about you painting it black. My 6-year-old’s best friend was born with two thumbs. He had one cut off when he was about 8 months old.
Amanda I can not get past the sixth toe thing. I know you said things more important on this post but the bit about your dad selling your sixth toe really made me forget all the rest. Did you mention something about milk?? I don’t know. All I can think about is toes. ;)
I think crumble top is better too.
I see that we are very different ;)
#5 should be…
“I can tell a whopper of a tale and make you all believe it right until the very end when I deliver my witty punchline.”
You’re awesome.
i almost threw up at the exacto knife bit, real or fake
Very funny about the toe.
How much have you made form essay contests?
Obviously I haven’t made much because I CAN’T SPLELL FROM!
Okay, the SPLELL thing wasn’t even a joke! Can I not re-read what I write before hitting submit?!?
Funny! I’ve never met anyone who hates cotton balls like I do. I absolutely cannot stand cotton balls. It gives me the heebeejeebees to even think about them.
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