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Meme tag from the lovely wordsthatfail  ! Pooh - so many things I wanted to put down and then realized...I think I have already written about them. LOL!

Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 random things, facts, goals, or habits about yourself. At the end, choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them. Don’t forget to leave them a comment (you’re it!) and to read your blog for instructions. You can’t tag a person who has tagged you. Since you can’t re-tag me, let me know when you’ve posted your blog so I can read the answers!

1) Okay, let's start with the not-so-fun stuff. I made a co-worker cry last week. It was totally unintentional and she was having a bad day, but I still felt like a slug. I am usually very good at reading people, especially if they are at the breaking point. I wanted to crawl into a hole after that, but later on that day, we made up. So, yeah. Everyone who thinks I am nice? I've probably made more people cry than you would guess. *nods*

2) I have the most irrational desire for the entire menu of Pat & Oscar's Restaurant. There was one close to my work and one close to my apartment when I lived in Cali and OMG! I became addicted to their lemon chicken salad and bread sticks. Sadly, the damn company won't branch out this way so I must content myself with eating there every few years. *sad face* I wonder if it is so delicious because I can never have it? *ponder*

3) My current goals include continuing my NaNoWriMo story (a four-month break is long enough, I think) and figuring out what I want to do, career-wise. Like, seriously this time. For really reals - I need a new direction.

4) I love, love, love trash TV. E! Network, reality shows, the whole shebang. Ask me about the latest Hollywood gossip, please! LOL...I can feel the most beloved verses of Shakespeare spontaneously combusting in my brain while a chorus of poets from Elizabeth Bishop to Anne Sexton wail and bemoan the loss of my soul. Mmmm, I wonder what is going on at ohnotheydidnt  ? ^_~

5) I nearly drowned 10 years ago (maybe I have already mentioned this?). I was in Cancun, playing in the waves. I grew up on the beach, I am a strong swimmer, but I got pulled in and pushed into a small trench where the water kept breaking. Scared. Shitless. I managed to make it to shore on my own, coughing and hacking, but still in one piece. Once again, Mother Nature reaches out and smacks the idiot human on the head. : (

6) I have an abnormal addiction to the phrase "sweet potato" whenever describing someone cute or adorable. As in, "Joshua Jackson is such a sweet potato!" I say this a lot. I got it off an old movie, so it's not even an original saying. But dammit, I'm gonna bring it back!

7) I find it very easy to tune things out. I think it comes from being part of a big family and growing up in a small house. Especially when you are trying to read and the TV is blaring and siblings are arguing and Dad is yelling and NOISE NOISE NOISE!! It drives JP crazy, because I can block anything out and I often do.

8) I had to fight to take Honors classes in middle school. Like, bring my parents in and argue kind of fight. We had just come back from the Philippines, where I had been in all Honors classes, but obviously that did not impress the counselor. What had made an impression on him was my two older siblings who had actually attended middle school there some 5-6 years earlier. They had both been hellions, bad students, and just plain trouble. He remembered and could not fathom how I would be much different. This was my first (but not my last!) negative experience in the Texas school system. Assholes!

9) At this point in my "young" life, my hair is actually about 30% gray. I color the Hell out of it, though. The one time I didn't, I looked like a skunk. It is depressing at times - I have been going gray since my mid-twenties. The weight of the world, my dears. *grin*

10) I love to cook. Like, I'm not actually good at it and I tend to alter the recipes from what's on the page to what's in my pantry. But it's so comforting. It reminds me of coming home from school and helping my mom with dinner or watching my dad make tortillas and cakes and pies. ^___^

I didn't tag anyone because I'm lame - but please take this if you like it. I love reading about your habits and funny quirks! Makes me feel a little more normal. Well, kinda.

Next time, remind me to tell you about my sexy Gerald Butler dream and how American Idol is alternately pissing me off and putting me to sleep.