List five things that certain people (who are not deserving of being your friend anyway) may consider to be 'totally lame,' but you are, despite the possible stigma, totally proud of. Own it. Tag five others.
It's kind of hard, but I'll do my best. And like Lisa mentioned, I'm not sure I'm proud of them, but I guess they are things that I think are pretty cool or at least completely acceptable.
1. I always listen to my iPod/mp3 player and pretend I'm on Australian Idol.
It's true. And I don't just imagine I'm on the show, I actually imagine my outfit (black vinyl bodysuit ala Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again for when I do Thriller by Michael Jackson), hairstyle (will probably need hair extensions for the ones I want), the genre of the week (playing an instrument - Alive by Pearl Jam) and the judges' comments (Dicko: "Every week you amaze me... you just know how to rock out.")
I don't even watch Australian Idol!
2. I'm fanatical about etymology.
I'm prone to giving people enlightening, exciting lectures about the origins of the English language, and I analyse words to see what links they have to ye olde English, German, French, Gaellic etc. Unfortunately most people are ingrates who take our language for granted and poo-poo my hordes of knowledge on the topic.
3. I get stressed out really easily, especially when it comes to Cuba and what will happen when Fidel Castro (viva Fidel!) passes away.
I couldn't sleep the night he had that operation last year. What am I worried about? I guess I hate to see everything he stood for torn apart by US occupation. Who wouldn't be worried!!
4. I want to be everything and therefore am totally non-committal to any kind of career.
You name it - a law degree? Hell yes, I'll do that! Beauty therapy? I'm looking into it my friend! Acting - I'm organising my portfolio as we speak! Farmer? The simple life is what I want! Writer? I've started three novels and a screenplay! A fairy at childrens' birthday parties? I'm the girl!
Never ask me for a long term(or short term for that matter) plan cos I got nothin' and everything! In fact I've made a career out of dreaming!
5. I still sleep with Snuggles, my teddy of 22 years. And he has a small wooden doll inside him that seems to have once been a part of a babushka set that is drawn as a British knight, called Arthur (see photos).
Snuggles is from a line of toys that I believe is now defunct called 'Glow Worms'. I took out Snuggles' glow stick thing years ago and mum stuffed him with some material. Upon finding Arthur on the floor of my mum's shop in about 1991, I put Arthur inside Snuggle's tummy, where he rests on a red woollen bed. Weird? I think not. Innovative? Absolutely!
2 comments:
You're awesome. I miss hanging out with you!!
Argh! One of my siblings had that same glow worm, and I have a little plastic version of it, called book worm. He's made of glowy plastic and he still sits by my bed. I used to chew on his antennae.
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