I've been tagged for this meme by one of my oldest blogging buddies, Lene at Counting Petals. Well actually she's not old, she's younger than I am, but you know what I'm saying! :)
When I started thinking of things that would be remotely unique or interesting about myself, I had a sneaking suspicion: "Hey, haven't I done this before?" Sure enough, back in August, I did the Eight Random Facts meme, and even listed two extra things. This made it more difficult; I was careful to not duplicate anything.
So here goes:
1. Like Barefoot Gardener, I often have very epic, vivid dreams with the most outrageous characters and storylines. Sometimes I even compose complex prose and poetry in the dreams. If I don't wake up too quickly, sometimes I'm consciously aware of what I'm dreaming. It's way more entertaining than TV!
2. When I was little, I wanted to have a Jeep or a van and drive around the country, especially the Rocky Mountains, camping and singing John Denver-like songs. I heard "Rocky Mountain High" on the radio yesterday and I had major flashbacks to that dream of my youth.
3. I don't "get" a lot of poetry or visual art. I "get" some classical music, but it helps if I've played it. Like Beethoven's First Symphony, Mahler's First (last movement), and Schubert's "Unfinished".
4. I used to absolutely love water skiing. I haven't done it for about twenty years. I was also into wind surfing for a while. I still have the sailboard at my dad's garage. I would like to try it again someday.
5. I absolutely hate making phone calls, especially at work. If I can get work business done by email, I will.
6. I just Googled some key words from my Master's thesis, and to my knowledge it has been referenced in just one publication in 14 years. I'm glad I'm not a scientific posterity junkie. I'm just glad I passed.
7. I haven't even started doing Christmas cards yet. Sigh.
I am now headed out to the cook shed to make some gourmet Swedish meatballs for my office potluck Christmas party, and for our dinner tomorrow. I figured, we have lots of ground beef in the freezer, might as well make something with it.
9 comments:
Be true to the dreams of your youth!
I've always felt slightly inferior since I don't "get" most classsical music. Or Opera.
I made up my x-mas letters, they haven't been sent yet. I think, since I have never once actually SENT them (one year I found them WITH STAMPS ON in July) I will probably just skip it again this year. I am such a scrooge ;)
I have the John Denver Greatest Hits collection--he was the best! Hold on to that dream for retirement, Deb.
P.S. No Christmas cards done here yet either.
MojoMan- It would be a cool thing to do once the kids are old enough. Heck, maybe they are.
Rurality- Even though I am a somewhat classically trained musician, I still don't "get" opera. I guess I never will.
BG- We all have such good intentions! I think I wrote up a Christmas letter a couple years ago, then just scrapped the whole thing. I don't have enough people I'm close to to make the effort.
RuthieJ- Wasn't he awesome! I just recently copied a "greatest hits" album of his from the library. When I learned guitar at age 9, I got a John Denver guitar book and learned a lot of his songs.
My national tour will be in celebration of my 50th birthday. :)
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who has yet to send out cards.
Oh by the way:
You know he'd be a poorer man, if he never saw an eagle fly...
What fun, Deb. :) Thanks for playing along. When I read your jot on music/art and "getting it," I thought about this book I've just started reading called This is Your Brain on Music. I know the last thing you probably have time for is reading right now, but if you do take a break, it might be worth your time. I also thought your statement about epic dreams and writing in your sleep was curious but not surprising. Happy Holidays! I'm so glad to know you.
I hate phone calls too ... or more accurately, I hate chatting on the phone.
Love email for that reason.
Lene- It looks like an interesting read. Although, like you say, I have not had much time for reading. I have had a Bernd Heinrich book on ravens out for almost six weeks now, and have not got around to it.
FC- I have this theory that us scientific types just do not do live phone conversations well. Email has been a lifesaver for me in my career.
The Hermit laughs at me when I chat on the phone with my dad. We're two non phone chatting people, my dad and me, so conversations are very limited.
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