Eight Princess Factoids

Approximately an eon or so ago, All Mod Con tagged me for the classic 8-facts-about-you meme. Again, a little late, but still worthwhile, right?

(I actually wanted to provide a little weekend entertainment, because I'm afraid my last post [outside of Esteban] was a little dull.)

#1 - As a child, I had a propensity to develop rather intense crushes on fictional characters. The two most prominent?

Joe Hardy of the Hardy Boys, and Kit Cloudkicker from the cartoon show Tale Spin.




It was a rather depressing realization that our love was never to be... particularly given the whole cross-species thing with Kit, and the fact that Joe would have been around 56 when I was 9. I coped with this reality by writing Tale Spin and Hardy Boys fan fiction... and writing a not so subtle version of myself into the plot, whether another bear named Katie, or a teenaged sleuth a la Nancy Drew.

#2 - While my first kiss may be a delightful tale, my second... not so much. I was a very awkward 13 year old, to say the least, at a masquerade ball/fund raiser with two of my significantly more experienced friends. During the dance, one of their friends, a boy clad in baggy pants who had a bad-boy air about him, made a rather dramatic show of interest in me- keeping his arm around me all night while he smoked, calling me pretty, and, eventually, kissing me against a railing in front of the whole group. I was besotted- a cool guy liked me!

I abruptly came down from the clouds two days later, when he called me, only to inform me that "I played you, bitch!"

Ouch.

Ironically, I ran into him at a bar many years later, where he actually apologized-- and gave me his phone number.
Which I conveniently lost.

#3 - Unlike the majority of the population, I adore karaoke. Why? Because I know I have a horrible voice- thus I don't worry about sounding good, and dedicate myself to full-force butchering the song. Duets are my favourite.

My karaoke high point was when the Hell's Angels were making a well publicized visit to my small home town. Sunday night, I found myself at the same place as them- the local hole in the wall's infamous karaoke night. I attempted to woe them by a heartfelt version of *NSync's "Tearing Up my Heart" with two friends. They didn't clap.

#4 - Despite my afore mentioned lack of vocal skills, I was rather involved in musical theatre as a teenager. My first role was the Goose in Charlotte's Web (I will remember my first line for all eternity- "Hello! I'm the Goose and this is my friend the Gander Gander Gander!")

However, the role that seems to capture everyone's fancy is when I played Abstinence in a sex-ed play shown to high schools in the region.

#5 - I have a horrible habit of talking during movies. Not loud and obnoxious so as to disturb other movie goers... rather observational whispers that seemingly need to be stated out loud so they are not forgotten. I'm especially bad if anything psychological is mentioned, as most Hollywood films tend to get it horribly wrong, which I then need to inform everyone watching the movie of. I'm really working on biting my tongue.

#6 - I collect tacky mushroom paraphanelia. I am the proud owner of, amonst other things, mushroom cookie jars, salt & pepper shakers, pot-holders, napkin holders, a tablecloth and a butter dish. I also have a large collection of wall hangings, which I now restrict to my kitchen, for fear of looking like a tacky stoner, rather than a mere fan of kitsch.



(I have several of these exact same cookie jars!)

#7 - I am such a caffeine addict that when I was on vacation with my mom and dad in a motel with no coffee maker, I drove several kilometers to the nearest caffeine provide- a golf course- and (with shaky hands, head throbbing) filled up my thermos with golf course coffee, which is a decidedly foul substance.

#8 - The most random animal I've ever come face to face with? The coati, a Central American relative of the raccoon. The especially random part was that I had just come out of a dense rainforest, where I'd only seen birds and butterflies... and then a coati meandered through the cloud forest parking lot.


I know I am supposed to tag a whole whack of people... but, honestly, hasn't nearly everyone done this meme?

If you are shaking your head... then tag!