curious4. 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?
December 28 2010, 00:45:53 UTC 6 years ago
1. I don't drink tea or coffee (nothing against them, I just never liked the taste), and despite its deliciousness, I only rarely drink soft drink. This means that, on those rare occasions when my body encounters true caffeine, I have a disconcerting tendency to BOUNCE OFF THE WALLS.
2. I was for many years, and deep down still am, a horse nerd.
3. I have been known to eat whole rotisserie chickens in a single setting, using my hands instead of cutlery, with salt and a bottle of mayonnaise as my only condiments.
4. Whenever I do 'eeney meeney miney mo' to choose between two things, which is surprisingly often, and always using the longest possible playground version, I always choose the opposite thing to the one my finger lands on.
5. I don't drink beer. Which, despite the very long list of alcoholic and regular substances I *do* drink, is frequently viewed by other people, along with my non-consumption of tea and coffee, to mean that I am a deliberate social intransigent, when IN FACT I just don't like bitter drinks.
December 28 2010, 02:43:05 UTC 6 years ago