Eight?! 8 interesting things about me?
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Goworkoutmom tagged me for a new meme: eight interesting things about me. Thanks, girlfriend, but geez! Eight? I can think of maybe two, and only one doesn’t involve body functions! Nobody wants to read about my nostril flossing trick with spaghetti.
Truth is, I’m pretty boring and have so far led a rather uninteresting life. I accept this. So while I can’t guarantee these will be interesting, I am at least certain that there are eight items in the list. Count them and you’ll see. I nailed that part of the assignment, yo.
- I live in small town with 8 churches. This is either heaven or hell, depending on your perspective. Along a 5-mile-long, 200-yard-wide swath of the main road running through my town, there are eight churches.
- I paid off more than $10k in credit card debt—twice! This should be a story of triumph over evil, but it’s more like a hymn to stupidity. I’m smarter now.
- I have a Ph.D. in literature with a focus on the American West. I taught a graduate course in American Indian literature. A student once wept in my office for 30 minutes over her grade. I was ummoved.
- I’m a wonderer. I wonder things:
- When I post something on my blog it’s already tomorrow in Australia. Does that mean they read it before I wrote it?
- If I build it, and they don’t come, does that mean it doesn’t really exist? - I have memorized, and can recite, The Holy Grail in its entirety. If you try to recite it and do it wrong, I’ll know.
- I write short fiction. You can read a published sample here. (Scroll in the left navigation panel to “Coyote Laughter”)
- I married my childhood sweetheart! You can read the first part of that story here.
- I’m writing a novel called The Magnificent Diary of Maggie McAdder. It’s about a girl, 14ish, with a thing for diaries. She purchases a magical one (maybe bound in human skin, haven’t decided) and gets the attention of the local skinwalker.
Now it’s your turn, let’s hear it,
Earnest Parenting
Sherry at Inside Motherhood, who I was lucky to find on the same day she wrote about Daddy bloggers. What timing!
August 24th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
If you build it and they don’t come maybe they are still reading? Or maybe I read this before you wrote it. What time zone are you in?
….And I highly recommend a Dave Ramsey course. With 8 churches you should be able to find one.
August 24th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Hi MidLifeMommy,
It’s so funny you mention Dave Ramsey. I am just finishing a Financial Peace University course and really liked it. I don’t do credit cards anymore, and haven’t for some time. I’m smarter now, remember?
I’m in the Mountain time zone (GMT -7, I think).
August 24th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Being in Australia, Joe, I can tell you that tomorrow’s post is a doozy! So go ahead and write it.
You’re a Literature professor?? No wonder you write so well. And I’m truly looking forward to the novel, being a sci-fi/fantasy geek.
By the way, thanks for not taggin me! Seriously. 3 of these things last month was enough for a while.
August 25th, 2007 at 9:25 am
No, I’m not a literature professor. I got the Ph.D. and taught for awhile, but left academia and am now a technical and marketing writer.
Maybe you could give me a hint about the post? You know, some inspiration?
August 26th, 2007 at 8:49 am
I just put you in my blogroll.. How’s that for a testimonial? A Mommy blogroll and you are in it.
August 26th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
You know, MLM, I’ve discovered by reading comments at lots of other Daddy blogs that most of the readers of them are women. I was surprised, but probably should not be. Mums are better at seeking out info than dads are, and certainly better at networking and building community. Thanks for the blogroll!
August 26th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Sigh. 8 things??? You’re making me work! Lol. I’ll put the list up shortly, and thanks for thinking of me.
Totally Dave Ramsey fan here. We did the course 4 years ago, and have been debt-free except for the house since February of 2005. I have to warn ya, that it still feels like money is just flying out of the door, because now we’re doing all the todo projects that have been staring us in the face for years. Which costs money, lol. Someday we’ll have all the todos in the tadone category, and then we’ll have money coming out our ears. Right?? Good luck with finishing FPU and reaching your financial goals!
August 27th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Hey Joe, for someone apparently so boring, you’ve come up with a great and entertaining list here. And i can’t wait for the article on how you do your nostril flossing trick with spaghetti.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
That’s kind, Karen. I’m thinking the nostril flossing thing should be a videocast, though, to convey the full effect. I could describe it, but you know what they say about pictures being worth words. And the guy who said that had never even heard of You Tube.
September 8th, 2007 at 8:41 am
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