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November 05, 2007
I'm it
I've been tagged.
I feel like 7 "facts" will be hard for me to come up with. I could see this reduced to metrics, as in, "I wear a size 7.5 shoe." But then I'd have the endless caveats: except running shoes, when I have to buy a full size up, and when I wear Birkenstocks, because then it's a size 38, etc etc ad nauseum. But I'll be good meme-er and follow Dr. Write's lead:
1. I tend to overthink things (see above). While this can be very useful in analytical writing, it sometimes gets in the way of the everyday workings of a household, and gets even MORE in the way when my whole family gets together and we're trying to make a decision involving the happiness and logistics of many adults and small children. My mom calls me the "baritone" of the family. Those of you who know barbershop will understand that.
2. I am secretly very competitive, and at the same time I disdain competition and assume that much of what is wrong with humanity is a result of opposition, rivalry, and fear of loss.
3. I often disgust myself with my own hypocrisy. At the same time, I strive to be more compassionate for myself and others. It's a bit of a vicious cycle, and sometimes my own awareness of it adds to the frustration.
4. I go to bed every night and think about how lucky I am to have a clean, dry, warm bed. This sounds rather cliche, I know, but it's true. I find it incredibly easy to name things I am grateful for--there are a lot of them.
5. One of my biggest pet peeves is when the cushions are off the couches and chairs in my living room. And, coincidentally, taking the cushions off the couch is one of my kids' favorite things to do. They make caves with them or stack them and bounce off of them, or they use them to lay on the floor in front of the tv.
6. Hard, physical labor makes me feel virtuous. This is why I like running. I am a bit of a masochist, I suppose, in that I equate discomfort with progress.
7. This post is an example, in the coding for my dissertation, of the following categories: MEME, EFFCON, LIST, RFLX.
And I tag:
Runningburro, Luna Boricua, aerobil, Krista, Marcia, J, and my mama.
Posted by mryonker at November 5, 2007 02:05 PM