My turn

[firecat]

I know very little about some of the people on my friends' list. Some people I know relatively well. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes spinach."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal, if you feel like it.

Comments

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I met Eric Idle, with Toni (Toni was with me, not Eric), in front of a Haagen Daz in a Columbus, Ohio mall before seeing his Monty Python stage show.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Heh, my nine-year-old likes to say that Eric Idle is his idol.

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

I have a small piece of paper with a heart drawn on it in crayon taped to the front of my monitor. epi_lj gave it to me when we were at a restaurant once with clawfoot and mtffm - it helps to remind me that I am loved.

[firecat]

That's sweet! I used to have a printout of an email that the OH sent to me, until my wallet got stolen.

[kimberly-a.livejournal.com]

I love to ice-skate, even though I'm terrible at it and fall down frequently to bash my head.

[firecat]

How do you feel about roller skating? I used to roller blade at Golden Gate Park on occasion. I was pretty bad at it, but also too cautious to bash my head.

[lcohen]

i first started taking my dad to cleveland indians baseball games when i won a contest where i voted for rocky colavito as my favorite ballplayer. max alvis won, but the runner-up prize was tickets to a game. i was probably eight and i was *very* proud to be able to treat my dad to a game.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

That is a lovely story!

Nest time I'm in Chicago during baseball season, let's go to a Cub game!

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

I took tap dance lessons when I was 8 and 12.

[firecat]

What brought you back to it after ages 9-11?

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

I performed in my first dance show when I was six. I performed the "Ballon Ballet" (yes, ballet with a ballon) and "Razzmatap" (tap). My grandfather took a great photo of me in the ballet piece and my grandparents gave me the framed shot a couple of years ago.

[firecat]

Hmm, I can see a balloon dance at Big Burlesque being very interesting...

[circumspectly.livejournal.com]

i used to write a lot of poetry, secretly, i thought it was pretty good stuff...oops, no secret anymore! i haven't written poetry for a few years, at this point.

[firecat]

Want to see! Want to see!

[sida-al-hurra.livejournal.com]

1. I worked the night shift for years--consequently, I hate crowds. It was so nice being out during the day when everyone else was at work.

2. I have a fairly big scar on my right shoulder from falling down the steps when I was a little kid. I often forget I have it because I can't see it.

2a. I've had stiches three times--once because of surgery, but I've never broken anything (knock on wood).

3. Both my grandfathers were dead long before I came into the world.

4. I am a packrat.

5. I like a nice sip of green olive brine straight outta the jar every once in a while.

6. In addition to starting dance classes when I was three, I also attended drama classes, modeling school and "charm school" before I was 12.

7. Some of the crafty things I can do: sew, knit, crochet, tat, smock, bead, needlepoint, cross stich, embroider, quilt, and make ribbon flowers. The bad thing is, once I learn how to do something I usually move on to the next thing--so I have LOTS of unfinished projects.

8. I perform middle eastern dance for fun and profit.

[firecat]

I'm the same way about crafty things -- although I don't have lots of unfinished projects, since I tend to learn by doing small projects.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

I was one of six children, although one of my sisters died when I was two.

[firecat]

To someone who grew up the only child in the house (my brother has Downs and never lived with us), that sounds like a lot of kids.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

I'm discovering that I need a lot less reassurance from my husband when he's out on a date than vice-versa.

[firecat]

Always a nice bonus...

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Me! I like spinach! And broccoli and cabbage. I need to buy vegetables.

[firecat]

Cook up some nice boiled cabbage for me (somewhere I can't smell it!)

[eck.livejournal.com]

This is the first of these I saw. Seems like a neat idea.

I've got a half-brother and a former step-brother, but basically grew up an only child of a single mom.

I find being tall to be far more handicap than advantage.

[firecat]

Why is being tall a handicap for you?

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

both of my current sweethearts are lutheran pastors kids. (three pastors between the two of them.)

[firecat]

What is it about those pastors' kids?

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

When I was young, my favorite toy was Bengali Tiger, a mechanical tiger of metal with cloth fur over most of its body and a rubber head, which you could make roar and walk with a contol pad attached by wires. I've occasionally searched for one on e-Bay, but the working ones are about $100, and I can't quite bring myself to buy it.

[firecat]

That sounds wonderful. I hope your financial picture allows it to be an affordable expenditure soon!

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Memes always put me into an existential crisis! Well here are two random things, anyway:

I was just trying to figure out how to make a cloak out of this cool black-with-blue-stars velvet blanket I have -- I guess I'll stop by the fabric store for some accessories on Thursday when I'll be in that area of town.

Of all the telekinetic powers in all the towns in all the world, why does mine seem to be limited to making things fall off shelves in grocery and other stores? I mean, what is the point in *that*?!?!?

[firecat]

Post a pic of the cloak!

I've seen things falling off of shelves in stores being very useful for taking out villains in action films.

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

My two local sweeties don't just share the same birthday, but were born on the exact same day. And I met them at the same time, as part of the same social group. And yet, neither of them have ever come with me exploring storm drains!

[firecat]

I once had a lover who was born the same day as me.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I buy beaded necklaces that I see in the store just so that I can take them apart and use the pretty beads for other beadwork.

[firecat]

I've done this too, but only with thrift store necklaces.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

I directed my first stage production at the age of 8.

[firecat]

And the production was?

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Despite the fact that I'm generally confident about my acting ability (hell, I've been doing this since I was nine), there comes a point in every play I'm in where I ask myself why the hell I put myself through this torture. Fortunately, I'm familiar enough with the pattern that I recognize it when it starts happening, and can usually avoid too much emotional flagellation. But, jeez, when it happens, it's ... humbling.

[firecat]

The human capacity for self-doubt is humbling, yeah.

[fattest.livejournal.com]

I have hundreds of little piece of paper in various and sometimes random places with snippets written on them, maybe one verse to a song i want to write, or just one line, or an idea for a story or essay or poem. So many half-baked ideas!

[firecat]

I'm seeing a jar with all these pieces of paper in it.

I'm seeing you pick two or three pieces of paper at a time, and write something using all three.

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

When I'm in the right mood, I like to do scary things because they scare me.

[firecat]

My anxiety disorder used to make every day like that.

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

I have a tendancy to hoard things - I fall in love with the idea of reading a particular book or having knitted a particular thing so I buy them much faster than I can consume them.

[firecat]

Oh yeah, I do that too. Although having managed to completely clutter up a 2000 square foot house, I've decided I'd better slow way down, and I've mostly stuck to that.

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

I am a fan of Gilbert and Sullivan. While I'm not rabid about it, I'm not really up-to-date on my shots either. I have been known to burst into song.

Oh, and I like spinach.

[firecat]

As long as you don't burst into song about spinach, I won't chase after you with an inoculation syringe.

Re: My turn

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

i just rediscovered -- via reading somebody's LJ by way of your friends page :) -- that i once really liked victorian die-cut relief scraps, especially the ones with glitter. i have no idea what happened to my "poesiealbum". now i feel tempted to start a traveling journal of sorts which i'll send to everyone among my friends and friendly acquaintances who wants to participate, and they'll write something in it and embellish the page with art they create themselves or that's particularly meaningful to them.

[snippy]

Oooh, yessss...we likes it, we do.

Send it to me!

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

I have snarls in my hair, which makes me remember my teenage years, when I had perpetual snarls. From the time I was 23 to when I was about 40, I had short hair and no snarls.

[firecat]

I went to "away" summer camp (as opposed to day camp) once. At the time, I had very frizzy long hair. One day I was sitting in my bunk having just braided my hair, and the cabin counselor came in and told me to brush my hair. I told her I had just braided it. She accused me of lying.