A Thousand Miles From The Place I Was Born

NaBloPoMo #22

So being relatively new to the whole blogging thing, I’m still at the stage where the simplest things get me all giddy. Things like finding a comment on my blog from a blogger that I have respected and admired from a distance (sort of like when I got a personal email from Obama – along with millions of other people), or having someone tell me that they were really touched by something I wrote. These things rock my bloggy world, if you will, and always make me dizzy with joy. Well, hold on to your shorts, folks, because I have just experienced another “first” and I’m doing the happy dance as a result.

I have been tagged for the “7 Things” meme by Dory at Can’t Remember Diddly! I have been reading Dory’s blog for a while, and totally identify with her irreverent style.  She’s way cool, so please stop by and check her out.

So according to this meme, I’m supposed to tell you 7 things about myself that you didn’t know.  Considering that I have about a 50/50 mix of Real-Life Friends and Blogiverse Friends who read this blog, this might be a challenge but here goes:

1.  When I was younger, my sister and I would play “Happy Days” with the grandson of our next-door neighbors.  He was Fonzie, of course, and my sister and I would fight over who would get to be Pinky Tuscadero.

2.  I have a horrible memory and although I recognize people by their faces, I have a hard time remembering their names or how I know them.  As a result, I often act like I don’t see them so I don’t have to deal with the awkwardness of the whole thing.  It makes people think I’m stuck up.

3.  I was a groupie in my younger days.  I have been on Queensryche’s tour bus, backstage at a Def Leppard concert, and refused an offer to have a drink in a hotel bar with members of Yes because I thought they were lame for having ridiculous hairstyles.  All of these things happened in the early 1980s, so yes, I am that old.

4.  I don’t floss.  I tell my dentist that I try to remember to do it occasionally, but he and I both know I’m a big fat liar.

5.  I can type over 90 wpm accurately.  Of course, now that I’ve lost the G-key on my laptop keyboard, it slows things down a little bit because I have to press harder on the G-spot.  Heh.

6.  My secret boyfriend is Michael Keaton.  I know, I know… Batman, Beetlejuice.  Yeah, THAT Michael Keaton.  But I think he’s sexy as hell.  Look at this picture if you don’t believe me:

In case you’re wondering, CCB already knows this and I don’t think he cares.  In fact, he told me that he secretly crushes on Jewel. 

Now THAT one, I don’t understand.  But then again, I have a thing for orthodontistry.  If you ask him, he’d say that the teeth are easily overlooked when there’s a big rack like that.  And that is Typical CCB, let me just tell you.

7.  I am having trouble writing anything else because I keep staring at that picture of Michael Keaton.  I mean, holy freak, people… how can you deny that he’s HOT??  Uhhh.

Okay, because I was stumped, I went to Lauren.  I asked her “What is a secret about Mommy that only you know?”  This is what she said:

7.  “You always lotion me after my baths and you love me so much that no one would even know.”

True.  Every word.

And now it’s my job to tag 7 other bloggers who can continue this meme.  I am picking people whose blogs I LUUUUUVV and who I’d like to learn a little more about.  And truthfully, it doesn’t matter if they continue the meme or not.  The REAL reason I’m picking them is so that I can get the word out about their funny as hell blogs.  So let’s go with Mommy Pie, Noodleroux, Redneck Mommy, Seriously Sheila, Sleepless Nights, Zoo Askew, and finally, Janglestein, because I do not understand that guy one bit, and I’m sure he will entertain the hell out of me with whatever he writes.  Don’t disappoint me, Trollpop.

**Images swiped from this site, and this one.