I have been off the ball. I’ve been tagged, no less than three times, for the seven-things meme, or something similar. Ally tagged me for eight and Josh tagged me for a seven-things meme last week, and Mek tagged me before the hard drive crash for a ten-things meme that I was working on and didn’t have the heart to go back to.

So, I will attempt ten things that I haven’t shared with people on the blog. Which, as the years roll on become increasingly harder.

1. My favorite holiday is not Christmas, but the Fourth of July. And not because I’m patriotic, but because I love fireworks. If I could get fireworks on my birthday, then my birthday would be my favorite holiday. As it is, my birthday gets second spot.
2. I poke people if I’m bored and want to talk to them but don’t have anything in particular to say. Poke on Facebook, poke over IM, poke over text message. I’ll even poke if they’re sitting next to me on the couch and we’re not doing anything.
3. My secret dream is to live in a library. We’re working slowly on it. The walls in the living room are nearly covered in shelves. But there is still room for more.
4. Each of my friends has a specific genre of Harlequin Presents they love to read. Mine is the British Billionaire. I am such a sucker for that accent. And that cold distance they are so good at. No wonder I find myself attracted to coldly distant guys these days.
5. Matthew McFaden has totally taken Colin Firth’s roll in my heart. As Colin Firth ages, he gets more “father” rolls to girls who are my age, which makes him harder to see as a heartthrob. My other British heartthrob? Jonas Armstrong (Robin on the BBC’s Robin). Hawt. That’s all I can say.
6. I love my dog because she reminds me of me. She’s so depressingly emo, and gives looks that seem to say “piss me off and I’ll just lay here in your way giving you dirty looks. Don’t think I won’t.”
7. I can’t buy an item if at any time I have the thought “I could totally make that.” Granted, I probably won’t make it, but if I think I can, I can no longer buy it. That’s why I can never buy the awesome bags I want at Etsy. Sigh.
8. When I can’t sleep late at night, I compose monologues in my head to people I need to talk to but for some reason can’t. Often directed toward You or whoever I most recently had issues with. These monologues never make it out of my head or into a conversation, but they make me feel better and help me fall asleep.
9. I don’t have a TV in my room. I could have one, I did have one, but when I moved, I decided against it. I nearly never watched it in my room when it was there, and I can watch stuff on my laptop now, so I left that TV at my parents when I moved to Chico.
10. If I could pick the way I’d die, I’d choose death by black hole. For starters, I’d get to go into space, and secondly, I’ve just always wanted to see it. I dunno. Makes me weird. However, if that new atom-smasher is more powerful than they think and makes a black hole on Earth, turns out I may get my wish after all.

So, there’s ten things you probably didn’t know about me. And most likely never wanted to know to begin with. And this isn’t the only time I’ve done this meme:

• Meme: Eight Random Facts
• Video Meme: Five Things
• Well, There’s a Song on the Radio that Says… (Five reasons why you blog)
• Five Things that (maybe) You Don’t Know About Me.

I’ve tagged everyone at least once before, so I’m not tagging anyone at all. But if I could tag anyone I want? I’d pick Jane Austen, Chuck Palahniuk, my dog, and You. It’s been awhile since I’ve got a secret out of him.

 

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