Wit and Whatnot

I got tagged last week for my second meme. Yay! I'd try for wit and whatnot, but the 2(.5) bottles of wine I consumed last night have severely infringed upon my abilities in that department.

Rules:

1) Post the rules, then list 8 things about yourself.

2) At the end of the post, tag and link to 8 other people

3) Leave a comment at those sites, letting them know they've been tagged, and asking them to come read the post so they know what to do.

1. I have never been stung by a bee. As a result, I'm irrationally afraid of the little buggers. If you want to see hilarity, it's me knocking over chairs and such while running from a tiny little bee that's much less interested in stinging me than I imagine, I'm sure.

2. I once bowled seven frames without knocking down a single pin. Seven frames!

3. My mother doesn't always recognize my voice on the phone. She's my mother, for fuck's sake. It's not as if we're estranged and haven't talked for years or something. When I was younger, I called her at work every day. About three times a week she didn't know who I was. (I realize this is perhaps more about The Moms than me. Eh. Whatever.)

4. I think I'm about to enter a new career path. It's looking like it will involve technical training on the company's dime and time, of which I'm a fan.

5. Save the whole coming into the world thing, I've never been a patient in a hospital.

6. I have something akin to a freckle in the bottom of my left eye. It used to be shaped something like a cross; now it's more like a scalene triangle. The other day a woman in my office noticed it and asked about it. I've dated guys and/or known people for years who've never noticed it. (In case you haven't noticed, I tend to date shitty people.)

7. I drive a pick-up. It's a manual. I lost the spare tire almost two years ago. (Don't ask.)

8. I love shopping for shoes/buying shoes/collecting shoes. When I get a new pair of heels, I often have nothing to wear them with immediately. (Baby blue stiletto sandals with a rhinestone buckle, anyone?) In the past when this has happened, my various roommates have come home from work/class/banging the neighbor to find me strutting around in pajamas/jeans/gym shorts with my hot new shoes on, doing things like making dinner/folding laundry/cleaning out the litter box. I say all that to say this: I'd probably be barefoot all the time if I could. Illogical? Well, yeah.

I'm tagging Pissed, Brooklyn Boy, H, gn, Miss B... and Jamy! (Can't forget Jamy!) That's it, though. If anyone else is interested in playing, consider yourself tagged. (Eight is a lot to come up with!)

On Birthdays: I'm it? Really??

Does it make me lame that I was actually excited to get tagged for a meme? Lulu, you made my day, and after dealing with the people at the passport office, I really needed it. Thanks!

Anyway, it works like this:

1) Go to Wikipedia
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays and one death
5) List one holiday or observance (if any)


For the events, I'm avoiding the horrible things that went down and sticking with the more pleasant.
1. 1930: Mickey Mouse comic strip made its first appearance.
2. 1968: Johnny Cash recorded the album At Folsom Prison (of course, live at Folsom State Prison)
Wait! I spoke too soon when I said I'd only share sunshine and daisies. I had to include this because it was the actual day I was born, it happened right here, and I'd never heard a word about it before now.
3. 1982: Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashed into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River, killing 78, including four motorists. In a freaky coincidence, a Metro Rail train derailed, killing 3 people.

Birthdays:
1. 1961: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
2. 1977: Orlando Bloom
Deaths:
1. 888: Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (Ha! Never heard of this guy, but Charles the Fat! Ha!)
2. 1941: James Joyce (I know I only had to do one, but Joyce also stood out because I remember loathing him while I endured suffered through A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.)

Holiday:

Apparently, my special day was the first day of the New Year on the Julian calendar and is still celebrated as Old New Year in Russia, Ukraine, and some other places. (I prefer British comedian Bob Mills' proposal that Jan. 13 is the day beyond which the penalty for wishing someone a Happy New Year should be death. Sounds like my kind of guy.)

Let's see... I'm tagging... Jamy