Seven Random Things

Brenda tagged me for my very first meme! 

Each person tagged gives 7 random facts about themselves. Those tagged need to write in their blogs 7 facts, as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag seven others and list their names on your blog. You have to leave those you plan on tagging a note in their comments so they know that they have been tagged and need to read your blog.

The seven random facts:

1. I've figured out that my engagement ring makes my fingers tingle if I knit for a long time with it on.  Now when I knit, I move it over to my right hand and don't have any problems.  Because of this, I'm equally comfortable now wearing my ring on my left and right hands.

2. With the exception of juiced iced tea, I avoid caffeine as much as possible.  A Coke at lunch will sometimes keep me up at night. I don't need coffee in the morning, and even a half-caf will make me feel jumpy and weird.

3. I broke my neck when I was 17 in a freak accident on a moonwalk (inflatable bouncy thing). It was the same vertebrae that Christopher Reeve broke.  I try not to think about this too much because it really freaks me out how differently my life could have been

4. My first memory was on my second birthday (although I don't remember that it was my birthday-- my parents told me that).  I was eating ice cream and I asked my dad for more, which he found funny.  Alfred Adler thought you could learn a lot from someone by knowing their earliest memory. It makes me smile when I wonder what he would think of mine.

5. You know that Friends episode where Monica finds out that her dog didn't actually go live on a farm?  When I was a kid, my family did have a dog that went to live on a farm.  No, I'm serious.  I asked my parents very soberly about this a few years ago, and they reminded me that we even went to visit Sparky once in her new home.  Sometimes, it's the truth.

6. I was the nerdy really smart kid in school. The one who always ruined the grading curve and didn't know how to fix her her hair.  I'm so glad that as an adult these things are true: a) being smart is cool b) most people respect you for who you are c) I now know how to style my hair.

7. I learned how to play the piano when I was six, and I took serious lessons until I was 16.  I was really good.  My brother was even better than me, and he's now getting his PhD in Piano Performance. I haven't really played in 12 years, and I don't really miss it. I'm much more of a visual person than and audio one.

As for tagging-- I'm calling out Ariel, Tanya, Nova, Jessica, Tiennie, Christine and Sacha. Whew, that was a lot of links!

Seven things about my trip to San Francisco so far:

1. Our flight arrived 35 minutes early.

2. I started a Lombard Street Sock in honor of my weekend locale.  The yarn color?  Green of course.

3. I got to use one of these today. I would not object to having this opportunity again.

4. David's mother makes an awesome blackberry pie.

5.  She also knits.  It was nice to have someone else knitting while we were all sitting and talking.

6. I was planning to start the Lombard socks on the plane, but I forgot to print out the pattern at work. I managed to get my old laptop up and running to print it out at home (Vista and my printer don't play nice), but it seems that the only working color left on my printer was yellow.  And then that color ran out halfway through the pattern.

7. I love this city.  We're planning to live here someday.

Comments

[Sacha]

That's a pretty sock pattern *adds to neverending list*.

I've never been to San Francisco, but Jake tells me that it is fantastic and he would love to live there too. Happy to hear you are havinga nice trip!

I'll think up of interesting things while I'm at work today; it'll give me something to do. ;)

[pamela wynne]

How fascinating and talented you are!! And lucky re: neck injury (shudder)!

Enjoy SF -- the LS Sock is looking very pretty. :)

[Kim]

Blackberry pie & squirting toilets! Plus 7 random and very interesting facts. A fun post all around!

[tiennie]

Like your lombards so far. Thanks but I've already done this meme. No tagbacks! :)

[Brenda]

Thanks for doing the meme! My math teacher in high school nicknamed me Answer Key, and if anyone got a perfect exam grade, then he didn't curve. I wasn't liked in math class.

Glad you are enjoying San Francisco! Perfect climate for wearing handknits year round.

Blackberry pie sounds delicious! And the Lombard sock looks great!

[Jean]

That's one of the best seven random things I've ever read. The neck injury thing is crazy. I'm so glad you're okay! I try to limit my caffeine intake, because I have a pretty strong reaction to it, too. The problem is, I love that feeling. Caffeine is my drug of choice. I'm like an addict when I feel it him my blood stream. Friends of mine can't understand that I don't drink coffee because I love it TOO much.
Sounds like you're having a wonderful time in SF! It's wonderful you can bond with your future MiL over knitting. The socks look great.

[Faith]

I love your meme, it's one of the most thoughtful and interesting ones I've read! I bet a lot of us knit-bloggers were the nerdy kids in school!

[Elinor]

Blackberry pie, SF and sock knitting. Mmmm....

[stacey]

what a neat list! I love finding out all these little tidbits and factoids about everyone!

sounds like you are having fun in san fran!!!

[Jessica]

I'm not sure what shocked me more about this post, the fact that you broke your neck and lived to tell the tail, or that the plane landed 35 min. early?!?!?!

[Ariel]

I didn't think it was possible to love Wikipedia even more, but "During defecation it is important to keep balanced"? Truly, wise words to live by.

[Nora]

Love the yarn colour you've chosen for the Lombards. Very understated - perfect for that heavily textured pattern.