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11 August 2005 |
I don't normally play blog games or spread memes, but I can't refuse my favorite Penelope. So, okay. Here are five idiosyncrasies of mine:
1. I have a funny walk. I didn't know I did until my friend Erlina saw a picture that Rama drew of us on his web site and told me she recognized it as me because of the funny walk. "I have a funny walk?" I asked Rama. "Oh yeah!" he said. It has been described as a waddle—a cute one.
2. I hate peas, but I like split-pea soup. I'm told that fresh peas are different, that I'll love fresh peas, but I'm doubtful.
3. Sometimes, I start a letter by writing a draft on a scrap piece of paper (or in a text document). When I've written and read and re-wrote and re-read the letter, I'll transfer it in nice handwriting on nice stationery.
4. Speaking of writing, I am always in search of the perfect pen, and I am protective of the ones I like. I purposely bring a crappy pen in my purse to give out when someone asks to borrow a pen. That way, if they forget to give it back, I haven't lost anything precious.
5. I can get sucked into almost any movie on television—no matter how crappy it is. An example: Rama and I were supposed to go out one afternoon, but Gremlins II was on. After 5 minutes, I was hooked and ended up asking him if we could finish it before leaving.
What are some of yours?
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I'm not sure if you're interested in this..but I think it's important to let you know someone took the watercolor painting of yours of the tree with pink flowers and used it on their website: expage.com/copthat grr I'm annoyed...because they didn't even mention you at all! Samantha | August 20, 2005 02:34 PM |
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i hope it is okay to post this here as it is not about the post! but, christine, i got a sticker in the post of you from rama as a surprise today! it is so darling! :-) you are a lucky girl to have such a creative, artsy guy who makes stickers of you and sends them all the way to me in michigan! cheers! ps thanks so much, rama, from the goodies! i sarah | August 19, 2005 12:34 PM |
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haha. there's really nothing worse than writing 'deer' at the beginning of a letter. especially on stationery that took hours to choose. |
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choosing the right tea-mugs - only dad can have the 'baa' mug, or it just doesn't make sense... also, i leave socks everywhere. Charlie | August 17, 2005 09:33 AM |
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sorry, i'm late...congratulations on your upcoming marriage! the pen thing really gets to me too. it drives me nuts when people toss the cap aside. i also carry ugly pens in my bag just in case. in addition to the uniball, i have pens that my students got together and engraved and would die if ever it got lost. i store my current read of the month in a ziploc baggy in my bag...maybe because i'm afraid of getting chocolate on it. must drive barefoot. i need music on if i'm in the bathroom getting ready or in the kitchen cleaning up. i smell my pups' paws (i have two doxy girls) and always smell the scent of graham crackers. arlyn | August 16, 2005 07:01 PM |
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ohhhhhh ditto ditto likewise for your #2 about peas. split pea soup is just the best! but egular old peas? feh! :D jenny vorwaller | August 14, 2005 09:05 PM |
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* Whenever I see toilet paper put on the roll with the paper coming out the bottom, I flip it..no matter where I am. * When Showering: It drives me mad when I turn the water on in the tub and it is already in shower mode. I jump every time. * Funny walk here, too. My friends call it " a glide." Sweet Princess | August 13, 2005 02:20 PM |
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1) I also have the pen thing. I prefer the Uniball microtip & do not like to share them! 2) I do the same thing with letters! I sometimes have even thrown out a half-written letter because I made too many mistakes (grammer, spelling, handwriting) only to rewrite it. 3) I hate raisins. I've tried to like them, but I just can't. 4) I like my underwear to match my clothes. To make it simpler since I had my son, I only have black, white, and blue. (Is that just too weird & embarrassing to admit?) 5) It sometimes takes me months to remember the correct pronunciation of certain words. It took me a summer in Paris before I said "monsieur" correctly. (I kept saying "moan-sir" or "miss-sore".) All year, I have been calling asagio cheese "az-ee-ah-go". I'm usually good with vocabularly; I just have weird blocks. PS I was down with a cold this week...I found the invite & have been making the list. I'll mail it out to you guys this week. :) |
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Did I say you had a "funny" walk? What I meant is that the illustration perfectly captured the Christine Walk, which I didn't even realize I could recognize until I saw that illo. Come to think of it, I haven't seen the Christine Walk, Giggle, or Trip (haha) in ages..... :( Erlina | August 12, 2005 06:27 PM |
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5 idios huh? |
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5 idios, huh? |
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I favor uniball microtip as well - though I got the multipack with rainbow colors because any color will do as long as it fits my mood. I have been guilty of writing letters in red, which is hard on some eyes. Also, fresh peas - aside from being incredibly easy to grow, you can eat the whole pod. I had some for the first time this year and it is a lifechanging experience (as is eating any organic, farm fresh vegetable!) jemma | August 12, 2005 01:26 PM |
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I love that I'm not the only one with a pen problem. christine | August 12, 2005 12:22 PM |
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I do the whole crappy pen in my purse thing too! hahaha! SoNiChi | August 12, 2005 10:54 AM |
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I cracked up reading your list, because I too dislike peas but love pea soup and I am TOTALLY weird about my pens. Uniball micro tip, black. Anything else won't do. :) Swirly | August 12, 2005 09:21 AM |
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-- i hate putting in a new roll of toilet paper, so i let it sit on top of the old empty one |
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*i pick up mannerisms/catchphrases from the people around me quite easily (e.g. the way my chem teacher writes her S's, my friend's favorite phrase: "oy!" etc.) *i am a pen-elitist like you. i looove ink pens, and ballpoint pens are a sad (but often necessary) subsitute. *like machiko, i like to take out all the ads sticking out of magazines and recycle them before i continue reading. *i talk to myself. (which, by the way, i believe everyone does; some people just refuse to admit it.) *i collect things i find beautifully designed--like starbucks napkins. is that weird? oh well. ;P P.S. i learned the word "idiosyncrasy" in 7th grade and i fell in love with it immediately! (i love words. i'm a nerd in that way.) Serena | August 12, 2005 07:04 AM |
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i do that pen thing, too. and machiko -- those postcards are definitely the most annoying thing on earth. josie | August 12, 2005 06:57 AM |
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i have to rip out all the annoying little postcards in magazines before i can start reading them. machiko | August 11, 2005 09:18 PM |
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i have a habit of yelling "woo!" at inappropriate moments. heh. lisaann | August 11, 2005 07:18 PM |
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I've had four sets of teeth! rama | August 11, 2005 06:03 PM |