Because Heidi tagged me...

Some Random and or weird facts about me:

1. I'm the only person in my family to ever break a bone. It was in fourth grade and I was swinging on the monkey bars, fell off, and landed on my arm. I broke my humerus right above the elbow, and pinched my radial nerve. So it kind of hurt a lot. But I didn't cry at all- I remember screaming and running into the office and waiting for my mom to come get me and then waiting in the ER for the orthopedic surgeon and then waiting some more while some med students looked it over- all without any kind of pain reliever. My left hand is still weaker and my left ring and pinkie fingers get stiff and cold fastest.

2. In grade school I was fascinated (ok, obsessed) with Indians... I think I read every book in the grade school library and made a pretty good start on the ones at the W-ton library about Indians. I had sheets... and books... and dolls.... and my favorite vacation was when we went to Mesa Verde. Maybe that's why I love it that moccasins are in style right now! I might have a pair...

3. I dislike coffee. I haven't had any since I stopped waking up at 5:15. It tastes nasty, it smells nasty, and I can get the same effect from Dr. Pepper which tastes amazing, and is pretty much the nectar of the gods... And cocoa is a much, much better hot drink because it's chocolate and I could continue with the Greek mythological references and say that chocolate is basically ambrosia. :D

4. If I don't have a good book to read I sometimes read encyclopedias. There are just so many cool and interesting things in them. My favorite articles as a child were 'Clothing,' 'Flags,' 'Dogs,' 'Cats,' The American Revolution,' an article with instructions for building a river and dam model out of plywood, and of course, 'Native Americans.' I liked most of those because they had a lot of pictures.... in the back of our F volume, there is a super cool section of transparent pages showing all of the different biological systems in a frog. (circulatory, bone structure, etc.) Our encyclopedia set has an article for each letter, the illustrations show the progression from glyphs to phenician to roman to modern letters, which I love to read. Yes, I know I'm a nerd.

um... I'm running out of things...

5. I am very picky about Apple Pie. (Pie in general really) It all tastes good no matter how many crusts or what kind of crust or filling... but the perfect apple pie is pretty hard to find. :) It has to have two crusts (top and bottom) made with lard. Crisco doesn't taste as good. Butter doesn't get flaky enough. One crust is a cop out and crumb crusts are for cobblers, not pies! The filling has to be apples. Just apples. None of this custard stuff- save that for the peaches and the key limes. Apples and custard just don't mix. One time I had somebody try to feed me "home made" apple pie... they bought Pillsbury crust and apple pie filling. I had a hard time not saying anything, but I ate it with a smile and it tasted good- seriously though people, just because you assemble it in your kitchen does NOT make it a home made apple pie. ok. I'm getting off the soap box now.

6. I hate, hate, hate Six Flags. Amusement parks in general really. Strong statements, I know. But it's true! Besides not liking roller coasters and rides (I'm afraid of heights and rides make me queasy), I can not understand how people can justify spending that much money to be amused and entertained. More than half the acreage is dedicated to selling sweat-shop junk for way more than it's worth and for large portions of over- priced, extremely unhealthy food. Six Flags and amusement parks remind me so much of the soulless society in Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New Word;" people who spend their whole lives in pursuit of pleasure and the next thrill. If I was going to pick a symbol for western hedonism, epicurianism, and commercialism, Six Flags would be it. I know, I know, it's just good clean fun but there are cheaper things to do with your family that are better for your mind, body, and soul- like support an underutilized state park perhaps? :D

7. I don't like raisins. No reason.

8. Showering is not high on my list of priorities... I've gone for more than a week without one while camping in the Boundary Waters. I wouldn't do that normally, but it really doesn't bother me not too. *grin*

There you have it. I'm not going to tag anyone... all of my faithful blog lurkers can feel free to email me some random facts about yourself. Seriously. I would love it.

Blessings.