Becky picked me!
My buddy Becky over at hamblog tagged me! Yay, I was tagged! I do feel like I am in grade school and Becky’s the captain picking teams for dodge ball. Yes! (pumps fist in the air) she picked me!
Before I go any further I have to give Becky credit for helping me redefine how I refer to Cardiogirl World. I kind of liked that, but felt there was something better out there and then I found it at Becky’s place. She referred to her place as the Hambox Empire and I instantly knew I had to refer to my place, henceforth, as the Cardiogirl Empire. It’s just so perfect and I love it. So from this moment forward I shall refer to the world inside my blog as the Cardiogirl Empire and the comment section will remain the VIP Lounge, as I rather like that.
Okay, this is a meme. I have no clue how to pronounce that, so however you want to say it, consider that good. I like to pronounce it with a faux French accent, like meh-may! with a flourish at the end, kind of like voila!
This feels sort of crazy, but I’m not going to go by the rules! I know, I’m such a bad @ss! If you want to do this at your pad, have at it. If not, cool by me. This is the concept: share five facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
(nervous chuckle) Um, frequently I feel like that’s what this blog is all about, but I’m going to delve deeper because, you know, like a snowflake, I am uniquely individual and full of weird and fantastical information.
1. When I eat M&Ms I always eat the brown ones first because a couple of years ago my husband’s cousin told me her sister will not eat them. Her sister will pull all of the brown M&Ms out, put them in a ziplock bag and store them in the freezer. She offers them to whoever stops by, but no one ever takes them. I found that strangely fascinating and it made an indelible mark on me.
Because of that, I eat all of the brown ones first, then I color code the M&Ms as I eat them. I like to pick two of the same color, so I can chew one on each side of my mouth at the same time. It provides symmetry for me as I chew the candies.
This works out in the beginning, because there are a lot of candies to choose from. When it gets to the point that I can no longer eat two of the same color simultaneously, I keep cool colors together and hot colors together. So orange and yellow go together and blue and green go together. At times I am left with a hot and a cold color, like red and blue. I don’t like that, but what can you do at the end of the package?
Maybe I do have one ritual after all, and I am exhibiting a complete OCD package.
2. I finally had a birthmark from my left thigh removed three years ago. It was a brown freckle, oval shaped about the size of two pencil erasers. It was large enough that people noticed it and commented on it. How rude, right?
I never really thought a whole lot about it, but the dermatologist wanted it off ten years ago. I thought the scar would be more noticeable than the freckle. But I was wrong. You can barely see the scar and now I wish I had done this ten years ago.
3. As a child I remember putting empty plastic Wonderbread bags on my feet, over my socks, when I wore my winter boots. I suppose this was supposed to make my boots waterproof. I seem to recall sliding around on the carpet with the plastic bags on, before I put my boots on.
4. I hate mushrooms. The name says it all mush. Cooked mushrooms are mushy and slimy. Raw mushrooms are gross. Hate them. I did make the mistake of announcing that in front of my nephew when he was about four and for a good long while he hated mushrooms without trying them and his mother was really mad at me.
I still think mushrooms suck.
5. I am really a prima donna when it comes to ice cream. I never buy it because to me the best serving is the first serving that comes out of the container. After that there’s freezer burn no matter how tightly you pack it up. So essentially, if I am to eat a serving of ice cream I have to buy an entire half gallon, of which I will only eat one or two scoops as soon as it is opened. That’s too expensive, in my opinion, and not worth the effort.
Consequently we never have ice cream in our house.
As you know, I could go on and on. But the meme says just five facts, so there you have it. More useless information about Cardiogirl. I hope some of it was mildly interesting.
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