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Six Weird Things About Me

You are probably wondering what is up with the clip art I used to the left. I used it because I can be weird sometimes. Yep, me. This piece of clip art made me laugh this morning. It’s funny, and quirky and according to Trish (who tagged me for this meme) she thinks I have some weirdness in me. She may be right.

Six quirky things about me:

1) I once got drunk from water. This happens when you drink too much water and your electrolytes are depleted. You can read about it here.

2) I like to bake bacon in my oven. Did you know you can do that? You place it on a baking rack over a cookie sheet and you can cook an entire package of bacon, till crisp and not get splattered by hot grease. Cook it on 425 for 15 min or so.

3) I sit in a dark office, lit only by two small indirect daylight lamps. I have Lupus and I cannot sit under fluorescent lighting without it triggering a flare and this seems to help.

4) I won’t park next to a junky car even if the parking space is a really good one. I feel that
[a junky car = a careless driver] and I don’t like getting dinged.

5) When I go to the movies, I look forward to the 20 minutes of movie previews. I LOVE previews.

6) After taking a shower, I have to lie down again for at least 20 minutes before I can begin my day. I think initially it was to give my hair time to dry a bit in the towel but since I have to wake at 4:30am on most days, the extra 20 minutes allows me to wake up slowly.

If you want to read more weird stuff about me, check out this post from a few weeks ago.

I am supposed to tag six other people but I will just leave it open. If you want to share some of your quirks please do so!

I’m it!

Tara from Books and Cooks tagged me for a fun meme (and my first one at that).

Here are the rules: I am going to list three categories of books. 3 MUST Read Books, 3 Keep Your Eyes on These, and 3 Look For These Soon. Keeping with the theme, I am going to tag at least 3 bloggers. They should put these same lists on their blog but SUBTRACT one book from each list and ADD one of their own. Then they should tag at least 3 more bloggers. It will be fun to see how the lists change as they go around the blogosphere. Please come back to this post and leave a comment so I can see how the lists are changing. Since this is Book Buzz…please keep your lists to titles released in 2007-2009.So, here goes…[asterisks are next to my additions]

3 MUST Read Books:

Resistance, by Alice Humbert

*Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones (read my review here)

Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell

3 Keep Your Eyes on These:

*Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Likeness by Tana French

3 Look For These Soon:

*The Prudent Mariner, by Leslie Walker Williams

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

Indignation, by Philip Roth

3 Tags to keep this meme going:

Jenn’s Bookshelf

Planet Books

The Book Lady’s Blog