Five Things You Didn’t Know About Me
This is truly becoming a game of tag. Last week I was near-simultaneously tagged by Catherine of Albion Cooks and Kathryn of Limes and Lycopene for the Five Things You Didn’t Know About Me(me). And since I’ve taken so long to post I was tagged again, this time by Vanessa of the wonderful Wisconson-based blog What Geeks Eat. I swear I haven’t been “it” so much since a kindergarten game of freeze tag.
I’ve got a pretty loose tongue but I think I can muster up 5 new things to divulge. I’ve numbered them for convenience.
(1) Just like the cute-kids-in-overalls clothing company OshKosh B’gosh, I was founded in OshKosh, Wisconsin. Not only is OshKosh home to the annual aviation celebration Airventure, “the aviation world’s family reunion,” but it is geographically situated on beautiful lake Winnebago, which does not appear to have anything to do with the motor home brand of the same name.
(2) My most typo’d word is “minute.” I almost always spell it “mintue.” Has anyone read Miss Wyoming by Douglas Coupland? There’s an excellent bit where they hunt down the grandma by tracking her consistent misspellings and typing foibles.
(3) In Miss Wyoming there is also a vegetarian character named Vanessa who is a fan of the “obscure” movie Koyaanisqatsi. I’m a vegetarian Vanessa and am also a fan of Koyaanisqatsi. Unfortunately any resemblance to me is completely unintentional, as I’ve never met Douglas Coupland, though I wish I had.
(4) I can fold my tongue the other way. Front-to-back rather than sides-up. Less like a taco, more like a French omelet.
(5) When the going gets tough, I like to hum the theme song from “Dallas.”
Phewww. Now it’s your turn. I’ve tagged:
Chris from the wonderful vegan blog Eat Air
Rae from the pretty pretty veggie blog Bunnyfoot
Cathy, from a blog that is very dear to my own heart, Not Eating Out in New York
Melody from the addictive and homey veggie blog Melomeals
The dynamic Karina from [Gluten Free] Goddess
February 12th, 2007 16:43
Thanks Vanessa - you were well and truly TAGGED. I like the most typo’d word.
February 13th, 2007 11:10
That tongue this is very interesting.. I can not do it.. can you also tie cherry stems into knots? I don’t get how anyone can do that!
I will definitely do this..
February 13th, 2007 12:32
omg.. reading back.. your brunch looked fabulous!.. and that spinach/grapefruit/ginger salad.. I WILL be trying that this week.. mmm.
February 13th, 2007 13:16
Yea! Thanks for participating. I really enjoyed this.
February 13th, 2007 19:06
I was tagged by Vanessa at What Geeks Eat, too. I’ll have to hurry up with that one.
Nice to learn some (unusual!) facts about you!
February 13th, 2007 19:38
Now I know another thing we have in common…actually two, Douglas Coupland and Koyaanisqatsi. I love both but Koyannisqatsi is the unreal…also Powaqqatsi is fabulous too. Plus I really love attempting to say their names.
Thanks for playing.
February 13th, 2007 23:13
Fun meme
:)
February 14th, 2007 13:49
Kathryn - don’t I know it! Thanks for the tag.
Melody - no, I can’t tie a cherry…I’m going to start practicing tho. I practiced my way to the omelete trick, actually. Please do try the salad…pink grapefruits are to die for right now!
Catherine - thanks for the tag
Scott - I loved Vanessa’s answers to the meme and am looking forward to yours
Vanessa - Oooo, another Coupland fan! Maybe he was writing about you?
Looks like we have more in common than just being geeks named Vanessa.
Harmonia - I’ve learned a lot about my fellow bloggers… maybe too much
February 14th, 2007 14:01
Well, what goes around comes around! I am tickled to have been asked. I did a version of this meme last year, as Ten Things You Never Knew About Me. Here’s the link to it. Hope it works… Take care, Vanessa!
February 21st, 2007 20:20
I just found your blog today and this made me giggle so I did one of my own on my site.
I love that you hum Dallas, I can fold my tongue into a clover (just a regular old 3 leaf I’m afraid) and my most typo’d word is “field” (actually the ie/ei thing throws me off a lot, despite the rhyme).