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amberfocus ([personal profile] amberfocus) wrote2009-01-06 08:52 am
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16 Random Things Meme

Tagged by [livejournal.com profile] lostwolfchats

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 16 people to be tagged.

1. My favorite color changes on a whim. At the moment it's red.

2. My mind does not work like other people's minds, tending to make intuitive and usually correct leaps. In the real world this tends to disconcert people rather strongly, especially the "show how you know" types.

3. I don't have any pets. I have a good relationship with the neighborhood cats though. They wander through my veggie garden and let me pet them. That's good enough for me.

4. I hate housework and prefer yardwork. My husband is the opposite so that works out pretty well most of the time.

5. I want to be a published novelist. Preferrably in the genres of romance and/or science fiction.

6. I have had a subscription to Discover magazine for 20 years.

7. I love science but I pretty much hate any math that has a name other than math, like algebra, geometry, trigonmetry and calculus.

8. I am an excellent swimmer and prefer it to any other form of exercise.

9. I still go rollerskating at the local skating rink.

10. My car is TARDIS blue and has a personalized license plate that reads TARDISY, because it feels like the car is bigger on the inside than the outside.

11. It has been 20 years since I've been in a car accident. That one wasn't my fault.

12. My favorite food is mashed potatoes from scratch with real butter, salt and pepper, but I don't eat it often.

13. I have postprandial hyperinsulinemia, which basically means I don't process carbohydrates effectively and never eat them without protein to balance a reaction.

14. I had a complete hysterectomy when I was 33 to save my life. I don't regret losing those bits at all. There is a lot of freedom in it.

15. Disneyland is my favorite vacation spot. I prefer going there without my children!

16. I try to see the best in people but realize that there are a few that are just plain stinkers, not happy unless they are trying to make you unhappy. I enjoy slathering on the kindness with this sort of person. It drives them absolutely insane.
 

I tag [livejournal.com profile] ageless_aislynn, [livejournal.com profile] angelfireeast, [livejournal.com profile] butterflyborn, [livejournal.com profile] corusca, [livejournal.com profile] doctorsdiva, [livejournal.com profile] dragonmom64, [livejournal.com profile] irishlullaby, [livejournal.com profile] jessalrynn, [livejournal.com profile] othermewriter, [livejournal.com profile] qtrhorserider, [livejournal.com profile] ramblinsuze, [livejournal.com profile] ravenclaw_devil, [livejournal.com profile] rebeccaclark, [livejournal.com profile] rosewarren, [livejournal.com profile] starrynights24, and [livejournal.com profile] themusecalliope.

I tried to tag people who haven't been tagged by someone else, and avoided tagging some folks I usually tag because they are extraordinarily busy at this time. And you'll note they aren't all from the first half of the alphabet this time either. *grins*

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[personal profile] themusecalliope 2009-01-07 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ack! You got me. I guess that means I actually have to post something on my LJ? ;)

[identity profile] catyuy.livejournal.com 2009-01-07 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Disneyland????
But Disney World is so much better.
Plus you could visit me and I could go all fangirl on you in person.

[identity profile] rosewarren.livejournal.com 2009-01-07 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
My car is TARDIS blue and has a personalized license plate that reads TARDISY, because it feels like the car is bigger on the inside than the outside.

hee!

[identity profile] doctorsdiva.livejournal.com 2009-01-07 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for tagging me. It was fun. OK it's posted on my lj page. However, I have no idea how to tag people and also, to my sorrow, I don't know 16 people on lj. Sad isn't it. lol

[identity profile] ramblinsuze.livejournal.com 2009-01-07 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
EGT got me first, but you can pretend I responded to this one, too. ;)

Rollerskating! Yay! I really need to pick that up again. I absolutely loved it when I was a kid.

[identity profile] ravenclaw-devil.livejournal.com 2009-01-07 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
ACK!! You got me, too! Well, its posted (for the sixth time...stupid lj) and now I really have to do my reading...I've class in a little over an hour.

[identity profile] amyo67.livejournal.com 2009-01-07 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Amen to 15. You and I are totally on the same page there. Oh, and 10. My car is TARDISy blue and also seems bigger on the inside. Way cool. Actually it's just a slightly darker shade of blue, but it works.

YAY for rollerskating. I used to love skating.

[identity profile] ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! \o/ I love getting tagged! And yet I never tag people myself... Hm, maybe I'm totally depriving people of the joy I feel when I'm tagged and I never even realized it! *just went deep* ;) Thanks, I'll do this ASAP! :D

Oh, I LOVE your license plate! That's such an awesome idea! :D I hadn't heard of postprandial hyperinsulinemia before now but it sounds like it's a kissing cousin to my Type 2 diabetes, though hopefully it's a lot more manageable! I know on my part that it can suck to have to always be careful of what and how you eat. :S But it could always be worse, I suppose! ;)

16 is so true. There's really no better way to drive that type of person nutty than by being kind to them! ;) *hugs* ♥!