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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
things you may or may not know about me
That "Five things nobody knows about me" meme is always going around, and I hesitate to participate in it because my life has been pretty much an open book on here in the past, and the few things I haven't already shared about myself or my family or whatever are unshared for a reason. But what the heck: it's one AM and I'm wide awake with nothing else to do (except, of course, the everpresent studying, but I did a LOT of that this evening and I am now Taking A Break). I'll give the thing a try.
- I read a certain few comics online with nearly-religious devotion. If I'm up past midnight, as I am now, I read the next day's strips. Sometimes I'll stay up an extra half-hour if it means being able to find out what my comic-strip people are doing before I go to bed. These comics are, in the order in which I read them: Sally Forth, Baby Blues, Between Friends, Luann (YES OKAY LUANN SHUT UP), Zits, 9 Chickweed Lane, Dilbert, and Pearls Before Swine. For Better or For Worse used to be in the rotation as well, but when she "retired" and went back to the beginning, or whatever it is she's doing, I lost interest.
- I had forgotten what it was like, until this semester, to have a little callus on the last knuckle of my middle finger from writing, but I have worn the letters off half the keys on my beloved ergonomic keyboard, and the popular keys have grooves worn into them by my fingernails.
- I miss my piano. When I drive past the house of the people to whom we gave it, I think of it, and hope they're being nice to it and enjoying it.
- I have never danced at a wedding -- mine or anyone else's. In fact, I haven't danced outside the privacy of my own living room since high school.
- I have owed my Aunt Mary a letter since last spring. I am a bad, bad niece.
See? Now you know.
Comments
My husband was offered the job of colourist for FBOFW. That's right: he could have coloured for a living. He was a FOOL to turn it down!
Posted by: Beck at October 21, 2008 07:02 AM
Where did you find Sally Forth online? I've been looking for it (apparently not hard enough) and haven't been able to find it.
I read Luann too. I'm sticking with FBoFW, but it's just not the same.
Posted by: mary at October 21, 2008 09:38 AM
Mary: the Seattle Times has SF: here.
Beck: So what career did he choose over that one? Lego? Because what else could be preferable? :)
Posted by: Rachel at October 21, 2008 10:11 AM
What ever happened to the garden? I haven't seen any new pics of it for a while either ...
okay, so I can't keep anything alive once the little plastic container hits my patio but still ....I do love looking at yours!
Posted by: Cami at October 21, 2008 05:08 PM
I read many of the same comics. For me it's Luanne, Zits, Betty, The Meaning of Lila, Dilbert, Pearls for Swine, Doonsbury, Rose is Rose, For Better or For Worse and 9 Chickweed Lane.
Posted by: Maria at October 21, 2008 11:38 PM
One of the nice things about reading comics online is that you can see them at a decent size, instead of at the microscopic sizes most newspapers relegate them to so there's more space to put in the horoscope, the advice columns, the chess column no one reads and the recipes for cumquat salad and artichoke surprise.
I have been bold and danced at a few weddings in the past few years, but the hosts requested that in the future I confine my footwork to my own living room. Something about knocking over punch bowls and bridal cakes, stepping on the mother-of-the-bride's feet, scaring small children...
Posted by: Muley at October 31, 2008 02:56 PM
