An Exclamation of Larks

Meme time. I’ve been tagged by Amy J., a fellow Central Texas blogger and mother to the uber-cute Logan. I can’t resist a tagging.

The rules:

1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Check.
2. Share seven random or weird facts about yourself.
3. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
4. Let each person know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Okay here goes:

Quirky fact #1: I have to take a deep breath and really think before I say the word “seminar,” otherwise it comes out “senimars.” This developed sometime during high school, when I would talk fast (and often without thinking) and would frequently switch the “m” and the “n” and never know the difference.

Quirky fact #2: I’m an organization junkie. I’m not very organized, but I love anything related to it. I could browse The Container Store for hours. (Ditto for office supply stores).

Quirky fact #3: I get attached to specific types of pens and go through phases were I will only buy that kind of pen. In college and grad school, it was the Papermate stick pens, but for the last few years I’ve ditched those and pledged my loyalty to the Uni-Ball Jetstream ball point pen. This obsession is so intense that when we wandered in to an Office Max in San Francisco during our two week trip and I discovered they had a sale on this particular brand, I bought four packs and hauled them all the way to Alaska and back.

Quirky fact #4: On a similar note, I will only use composition notebooks for writing notebooks and I’m obsessed with how flimsy the cover is. I hate flimsy covers. I will reject notebooks based on the flimsiness of the cover.

Quirky fact #5: Snakes don’t really scare me. Neither do spiders, roaches, or bugs. However, I am totally freaked out by uncurtained windows at night.

Quirky fact #6: Despite being terrified of public speaking, I taught public speaking to college students and culinary students for three years. I do great in the classroom, but I’m very self-conscious in conversation because I tend to mispronounce words and I’m afraid people will hear that and think that I’m stupid.

Quirky fact #7: I’ve had to write this post standing up as my back has been spasming all day. UGH. As a result, it took most of the day and I have yet to do any number of the things I was going to do. Including write.

Whew!

But as I have so much stuff to get done, I’m not going to tag anyone. Plus, I think I’m the last person in the blogosphere to do this meme. So I’m tagging anyone who hasn’t posted today, or who hasn’t ever posted their seven quirky facts yet.

Have a good weekend