Eight Things About Me
Andy and Elle both tagged me, and while I can get away with ignoring one tag, two is too much. So here goes:
1. Going with Andy's theme of drama history, I played the Tin Man in my sixth grade production of the Wizard of Oz. Perhaps Jade remembers, since yes, I do have someone from my elementary school who reads my blog. (And guys I used to date... at least two of them.) I can't sing to save my life, but I muddled my way through it. That was the end of my drama career.
2. I went through a period of dating Mormons in high school. This was a good strategy for a sexually inactive non-drinker. Although I have to advise people NOT to date slightly disgruntled Mormon guys who are about to leave on their missions. It's like being the religious equivalent of a WWII victory girl.
3. I own Lou Bega's Mambo Number 5 on CD. I don't remember why this seemed like a good idea at the time.
4. When I was in first and second grade, I was so shy that I would cry if I had to read out loud in class. By fourth grade, when I entered the TAG program in my district (where I met Andy, incidentally), I had made a conscious decision that this needed to stop. I took storytelling, drama, and speech classes. Today, I live by public speaking. Guess it worked.
5. I played varsity golf in high school. I was all-district my senior year. Then I gave it up. I haven't played since the summer after my senior year.
6. I can juggle. I used to be able to ride a unicycle, but not anymore.
7. I was one of my class valedictorians, which is kind of a sham, because I got a B in AP physics my senior year, spring semester. But since those grades weren't calculated by the time graduation was planned, it didn't count. I gave a speech.
8. I always figured I wouldn't have children. I never wanted children until I was a senior in college. I guess for me at least it's true that I needed to meet the man I wanted to have children with for me to really want children.
I'm not sure if they've done this yet, and I've been out of the loop a bit, but I'll tag K-lyn, Julie, and Jade.
1. Going with Andy's theme of drama history, I played the Tin Man in my sixth grade production of the Wizard of Oz. Perhaps Jade remembers, since yes, I do have someone from my elementary school who reads my blog. (And guys I used to date... at least two of them.) I can't sing to save my life, but I muddled my way through it. That was the end of my drama career.
2. I went through a period of dating Mormons in high school. This was a good strategy for a sexually inactive non-drinker. Although I have to advise people NOT to date slightly disgruntled Mormon guys who are about to leave on their missions. It's like being the religious equivalent of a WWII victory girl.
3. I own Lou Bega's Mambo Number 5 on CD. I don't remember why this seemed like a good idea at the time.
4. When I was in first and second grade, I was so shy that I would cry if I had to read out loud in class. By fourth grade, when I entered the TAG program in my district (where I met Andy, incidentally), I had made a conscious decision that this needed to stop. I took storytelling, drama, and speech classes. Today, I live by public speaking. Guess it worked.
5. I played varsity golf in high school. I was all-district my senior year. Then I gave it up. I haven't played since the summer after my senior year.
6. I can juggle. I used to be able to ride a unicycle, but not anymore.
7. I was one of my class valedictorians, which is kind of a sham, because I got a B in AP physics my senior year, spring semester. But since those grades weren't calculated by the time graduation was planned, it didn't count. I gave a speech.
8. I always figured I wouldn't have children. I never wanted children until I was a senior in college. I guess for me at least it's true that I needed to meet the man I wanted to have children with for me to really want children.
I'm not sure if they've done this yet, and I've been out of the loop a bit, but I'll tag K-lyn, Julie, and Jade.
Labels: history writ small, junk
posted by Courtney at 4:38 PM
8 Comments:
1. :) I was in the Lollipop Guild chorus that year, I remember it well. Did you do the Safety Kid plays too?
OK, I'll do it too. It will be nice to blog about something fun :)
Oh yeah and about dating Mormons... "This was a good strategy for a sexually inactive non-drinker" - so was dating a gay guy.
Re: gay guys: Aren't I full of good ideas?
re: Safety Kids. Guilty as charged. And I sang again. Why did they keep giving me singing parts?
Maybe they were hoping to catch your "one hit"--like your pointalism painting ;). You just never know when greatness will appear!
Re: Gay Guys... yeah... I was in the habit of having massive crushes on guys who turned out (either then or later) to be gay. Annoying really.
RE: Safety Kids. I did those plays in 4th, 5th and 6th grade (I even had speaking parts in 5th and 6th grade) which means we shared the stage back then! I wish I had a clearer memory of those plays, but I was clouded by my massive crush on G.J. (one of those annoying, really situations)
Where are the Mormons???
Jade, GF being the pretty pretty blond boy? That figures.
sorry, that should have read GJ, not GF.
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