Memes

My friend Becs pointed out the Here’s to Happiness project to me this week and I just had to jump in. You know me. I’m nothing if not a joiner. Heh.

Sonja’s 10 things that make her terribly happy:

1. realizing that other people besides me are total Halloween dorks and they get it when I squeal “I love Halloween!” randomly, and 60 days early
2. Robbie’s photobombs

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I got tagged by Cindy Holby!

The rules:

a) Link to the person who tagged you.

b) Post the rules on your blog.

c) Write six random things about yourself.

d) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.

e) Let each person know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on his/her blog.

f) Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

Random things about me (hopefully ones you didn’t know before– I’m trying to keep you interested here):

Image via Wikipedia1. I’m a certified SkyWarn storm spotter for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Basically that means I took a class on the characteristics of clouds.

2. My favorite class in high school was botany. I was a good student, and relatively smart (for high school), and I took a lot of advanced classes. Botany was patently not advanced, but I loved it because I got to play in the dirt. It was the least class-like class I ever took. (I still kill just about everything I plant, though. Obviously it didn’t really stick.)

3. Since I’m sort of on a class theme, the only class I ever failed was second-level chemistry my freshman year of college. This was the catalyst that made me switch my major from nursing to English and also was the last straw with my attempt at ROTC. I’d chosen the ROTC nursing track, and if I wasn’t going to be on the nursing track, I definitely wanted no part of it.

4. The most recent class I took was on Family Medical Leave Act guidelines and it was for my day job. I almost fell asleep. During the break, I went and got some of the catered coffee, even though I never drink coffee, but by then it was cold, thereby further convincing me that I don’t drink coffee.

5. When you are all grown up, they don’t really call classes “classes” anymore. They’re called seminars or sessions. I’m a seminar/session junkie. At writers’ conferences, I happily spend the entire day in sessions, absorbing. I never remember ever being that enthusiastic about classes in school, but then they weren’t all about writing.

6. My sister is graduating with her library science and information studies master’s degree next weekend. I’m very proud of her. In fact, I’m proud of anyone who has the willingness to go to graduate school. After college, I was pretty much done with the whole school thing. I’m still pretty much done with it, and I have nothing but awe for people who willingly subject themselves to school for however many more years for the purpose of bettering themselves. So, go Joanna and Skye and all you other grad school people. You rock. I, however, will not be joining you.

I am tagging Robert P because he once said that no one ever tags him. (How you like them apples?) Everyone else is off the hook.

No one tagged me, I’m just a loser who likes memes.

Four jobs I’ve had in my life:
1. Shoe salesperson
2. Day camp counselor
3. Resident Advisor
4. Office schmuck

Four movies I’ve watched more than once:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Aladdin
3. My Best Friend’s Wedding
4. Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival version)

Four favorite places I’ve lived:
1. Redlands, CA
2. Durham, NC
3. Chapel Hill, NC
I don’t remember any other places I’ve lived, so this will have to do.

Four favorite places I’ve travelled:
1. South Dakota (really much more interesting than it sounds)
2. Bahamas
3. Washington D.C.
4. Blue Ridge Mountains

Four places I most want to see before I die:
1. Ireland
2. Tahiti
3. Florence
4. Paris

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Popcorn
2. Ice cream (chocolate malted crunch)
3. Pepperoni pizza
4. Pasta alfredo