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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janetmiles

December 28 2010, 14:55:11 UTC 6 years ago

1. I have weird medication reactions. My first experience with nitrous oxide made me cry, and then when it was all over and I was allowed to stand up, I said, "I feel very tall." When I was taking Zoloft, I couldn't eat anything sweet (not just processed sugar, either; the reaction included honey and fruit); it would turn into huge amounts of gas and make my abdomen swell up like a very painful balloon. When I was taking Prozac, my hands and feet, which normally run cold, were so hot that for three years I slept with an ice pack on my feet.

2. I like some country music, but I'm more partial to the styles called bluegrass and Americana.

3. I like jazz, but I prefer the more structured forms like Dixieland; I'm less fond of Free Jazz, although I will listen to it on occasion.

4. I have owned at least one gun since my early 20s. However, I rarely go target shooting, because I keep injuring my right wrist and arm (in non-shooting accidents, let me assure you!). I once used a gun to defend myself, although displaying it was sufficient and I did not have to actually pull the trigger. At the time, I was sure I would have shot if the person threatening me hadn't backed down; in retrospect, I don't know if I could have or not.

5. I really like getting my nails done, except for the filing. That part turns my stomach, and I have to grit my teeth to get through it. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long.

seanan_mcguire

December 29 2010, 20:45:04 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome!