Yep…everyone’s doing it. I was going to wait until 25 people tagged me, but then just gave it a go. If you want to do this (here or on Facebook), have at it!<\/p>\n
1. I hold a grudge like nobody’s business.<\/p>\n
2. I can be extremely decisive, especially when those around me are wobbling.<\/p>\n
3. I have a very fast wit. Sometimes it is too sharp. I bite my tongue a lot. The older I get, the more I’ve learned to just smile to myself.<\/p>\n
4. I am an only child, and do not enjoy this “sharing” thing. I am generous,though – instead of sharing one, I’ll happily buy two so you can have your own.<\/p>\n
5. I love crime shows, probably because I love puzzles so much. And a fascination with crime helps, too.<\/p>\n
6. I learned to read when I was 3, and I skipped first grade. I was 16 when I graduated from high school; in retrospect, I wish my parents had sent me off to be an exchange student so I could have buckled down a bit more in college.<\/p>\n
7. My father never let me win when we played checkers, authors, cards, any game, at any age. Any victories I had were hard-fought and mine alone. <\/p>\n
8. I am extremely competitive. I did not even recognize this trait until I asked my husband if he thought I was, and his response was to burst out laughing, thinking I was perhaps joking or being sarcastic.<\/p>\n
9. I was in a horrific car accident on I-80 when I was 17. We were hit three times by a semi going 65 mph – once on the driver’s side, once head-on, and a third time on the passenger side, which flipped us into the median. I was the worst hurt, with a bloody nose & banged-up knee. None of us were wearing seat belts. I can still see the faces of the husband and wife who, through sheer force of will and adrenalin, pried open the car door that was half-sunk in the dirt to get us out. At that moment, my faith in humanity was created.<\/p>\n
10. If you ask me to keep a secret, I will. (But if you don’t tell me to? I’ll probably tell someone!)<\/p>\n
11. Watching my father die was one of the most profound, life-changing moments I have ever experienced.<\/p>\n
12. Marrying my husband on a windy day in Jamaica is my favorite life-changing moment.<\/p>\n
13. Two movies that can always make me cry: American Beauty and The Pursuit of Happyness. And usually the song “Fix You”, by Coldplay.<\/p>\n
14. Condescension is one of the fastest ways to piss me off.<\/p>\n
15. I’m loud. I’ve been dinged by bosses for laughing loudly, as that might convey we weren’t “working hard enough”. I’ve had a lot of bad bosses.<\/p>\n
16. I was the foreperson of a civil jury in St. Louis. I took my jury duties extremely seriously. I also became acutely aware that I should never do anything wrong, because a jury of one’s peers does not often contain people I consider my peers. Consider yourself warned.<\/p>\n
17. If I were to commit a bank robbery, I would want to drive the getaway car.<\/p>\n
18. I take ambulances and fire trucks and all other vehicles with lights and sirens extremely seriously. I usually get a lump in my throat, because I know that somewhere, someone is having a life-changing moment, and there but for the grace go I. And I also get really irate at drivers who don’t pull over.<\/p>\n
19. If I were driving a getaway car and encountered an ambulance with sirens on and lights flashing, I’d probably pull over. Or try to find a side street really fast.<\/p>\n
20. I’m going to write a book. Even if it only sits on my computer, I’m going to do it.<\/p>\n
21. I love to entertain people with stories. I feel my life has given me some very unique ones.<\/p>\n
22. My first car was a Ford Escort, until it burst into flames. That was a good story. But not at the time.<\/p>\n
23. I’ve also had some problems with bats. I’m very pro-bat, until they are IN my inside living space, and then I dress up with a hat and use a scoop shovel as a shield. I’m very jumpy about mice as well, though I have dispatched one with a 1×1, because something takes over inside and I revert to a very primal essence: It’s him or me.<\/p>\n
24. I knit almost every day. If I don’t, something’s usually very wrong. When 9-11 happened, I could only wind yarn. By hand.<\/p>\n
25. I think everyone has the potential to do something fantastic and important, even if it only impacts a very small circle. I wonder what mine will be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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