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[constance]

I've been tagged by amelia_eve to tell you all seven random facts about myself, and though I expect that my habit of regularly leaving the most personal bits of my life on your doorstep like a cat who's just caught a baby bird and ONLY WANTS TO SHARE means that it might not be possible to tell you things you've never heard about me before, still, I'll do my best.

1. I am ridiculously, inexcusably in love with Law and Order, especially with anything featuring Jerry Orbach and Christopher Meloni, but it's not just about the crushes. I just love police procedurals, and though I wouldn't actually recommend the series to anyone, I cannot pass up the chance to watch them myself. (Only in syndication, though.) If I had cable television, I would never get anything done.
   
   I am at my parents' house right now, house-sitting for the weekend while they're out of town (it's a trial run to make sure the dogs get along before they go on their 40th anniversary trip in October), and I've been here for three hours and am just through my third episode. It goes without saying that they do have cable. Yeah.



2. I hardly ever think to wear my nose-ring any more. In public, that is; I do wear it religiously every single night. Way to proudly display that long-time-dream-realized, Cam.



3. I could easily be a vegetarian if it weren't for chicken. I love chicken, and I am ashamed of it. One day I hope to wake up with an aversion to it, and then I can move on and forget.
   
   
4. Because I am nine years old, I find the fact that our estimating software uses the file extension .pee endlessly amusing. I delight in it every time I navigate our estimate folders. IT NEVER GETS OLD I TELL YOU.



5. I read an article in a magazine about a landscape architect who, when he ran out of space to landscape on his own office property, annexed his willing neighbor's yard for further showcasing. This is my current dream. To be the neighbor, I mean.



6. I've always wished, through the years, that I had a real world-class talent. Not things that I'm proficient at, or that I have a knack for, just one thing that set me seriously apart, whether the rest of the world knew it or not. (Aside from my clumsiness, though I think laurelwood is setting herself to challenge my claim to World's Clumsiest Person.) And I'm thirty-eight now, and it's not going to happen, but I don't think I'll ever stop wishing for it.



7. I'm a southerner, but I hate summer, hate it. It makes me cranky for months on end. And every year, as autumn approaches, I feel a loosening in my chest. At the first hint of chill in the air, I breathe a little easier. The first time I can sleep with my windows open, I am a happy, happy girl.
   
   We're not there yet -- it's Georgia, after all -- but we're getting close, and I am already feeling better.



Custom dictates that I tag a few people for this one. How about new friends, people I don't know very well yet but want to: _swallow, ainsley, badgermoonhare, issyadore, triskellita. The decision to proceed is yours, but I'd love to hear from you.

Comments

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard any of these before!

Can you imagine the band-aids that would be needed if we ever had a "Let's See Who's Clumsiest" tournament? I could just see the obstacle course now- a sea of trippable chair legs, china figurines on tippy tables, and much, much more!

I DID NOT KNOW YOU HAD A NOSE RING!!! :O So cool! I always wanted an eyebrow thingie but lacked the nerve and the ability to coexist with metals. Also, I've never heard of .pee files. What do the letters stand for? (But does it really matter? Pee! :D )

How are the dogs getting along? And are you cutting their toenails? If so, hats off to you. I'm too chicken to even try it. My first stepmother was so awesome that way- she could clip parrots' wings AND all manner of animal toenails without even thinking twice about it.

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

#4 cracks me up. And...seriously? There is software which uses .pee as an extension? WTF were they THINKING?

[tofty.livejournal.com]

I think that if we ever did have a contest, we'd have to skip the band-aids and go straight to triage nurses on-hand, you know? Man, I can give myself a band-aid wound just chewing on my cuticles; who knows what damage we could do if we were actually trying to outdo each other??

I should say that it's not a ring, just a stud, but yeah, I got it three years ago in a fit of it's-now-or-never-kid, and I still love it, but somehow, I've got in the habit of only wearing it at night. Like all my other freakish little idiosyncracies, it is hidden from view.

Ahh! PEE does, in fact, stand for something: Project Estimating Extended. But you're right. It doesn't really matter, does it! It's funny either way. :D

The dogs, after a two-hour period when Leory ran around the greyhounds like a particularly bouncy satellite, have settled down nicely. They're all sleeping on pillows right now.

And oh, no, I haven't tried to cut dog toenails in a long time. I can clip my cats' nails without any trouble, but the dogs struggle strongly enough that I'm afraid of cutting into the quick (and have, in fact, done so), and so I have the vet clip them, or else bring them to the groomer at Petsmart every now and then.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha, I have no idea! I mean, PEE does stand for something, but you'd think the developers would've taken one look at the file extension, burst out laughing, and found something else to use instead.

I'm kind of glad they didn't, though. :D

[lindyhoppr.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they did, and decided to proceed in spite of (because of?) that. I know a lot of programmers with a great sense of humor.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

I thought of that, too. In fact, I hope they did -- thinking about that just makes me happy.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Forget the clumsiness contest; I want to see you and laurelwood in a Sculpey tournament!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, Laurel would win! I don't have much practice at Sculpey, you know. But that makes me think that maybe we should all have another diorama-making interlude. The last one was so much fun!

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

I am working on it!