Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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  • Music: Christian Kane, "The House Rules."

Five things you may or may not know about me.

5. I love country music. Mostly modern country, Christian Kane and Little Big Town and Taylor Swift, but I also love that sappy old dead dogs and pickup trucks country that you find on AM radio at six in the morning. I inherited my love of the genre from my grandmother, who was respectable and stoic and could bellow along with "Fancy" like nobody's business.

4. When I'm having a bad day and want comfort food, I go home and curl up with a big bowl of frozen peas that have been heated in the microwave. All I put on them is a) salt, and b) pepper. This stems from a childhood misinterpretation of what chickpeas were, when the characters in a book I loved ate "fresh hot buttered chickpeas."

3. My family was very, very poor when I was younger. As a consequence, I think that butter tastes horrible, because we always got a brick of government butter in our "please don't starve to death" box. Margarine, on the other hand, is the taste of luxury. I had a bad margarine habit for a while after getting my first job, and bought a tub every time I went to the store.

2. I am very superstitious, and very picky about my superstitions. I count crows, pick up pennies, and occasionally look for auguries in bags of M&Ms. I do not, however, freak out when I see a funeral procession, or insist on touching my collar and asking magpies how their wives are. This helps me strike a good balance. Just never get between me and a street penny.

1. I have a paralyzing phobia of pudding, which extends to all "pudding-type" substances, including custard and overly-warm milkshakes. Suddenly biting into an unexpected cream filling has been known to make me throw up on the spot. Luckily, this does not extend to the unnatural white goo inside Twinkies.

So that's five things you may or may not know about me. What do you think I may or may not know about you?
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triskelmoon

December 27 2010, 17:34:22 UTC 6 years ago

1. I'm the eldest of five children, only one of which has the same father and mother as I do. Oddly, even though I grew up with two of them in the house and seeing another one often, I had to think about it when people asked if I had family. I still have odd moments when I think of myself as an only child.

2. From the time my son was born (1997) until 2008, I had six generations alive on my matrilineal side.

3. Due to being poor as a kid and not being allowed to go to the library for more than 1 hour per week, I need a supply of food and unread books in the house at all times to stave off panic attacks.

4. I love many flavors, but texture issues in foods will get me every time. It can neither be too mushy or too dry. This leads to my refrigerator door being filled with many condiments.

5. The only time I have ever been homesick was returning to the US from Japan. I was only there for 6 weeks and have wanted to go back ever since.

seanan_mcguire

December 28 2010, 15:36:59 UTC 6 years ago

#3: I am pretty much the same way. This is why my TBR pile weighs more than I do, at the moment.