Who, Me?

I’ve been tagged! I’m supposed to share eight things about myself (and I suppose they should be things you didn’t already know).

1. I love writing. Wait, had you already guessed that? When I was in college, I went in to declare my second major and my advisor gave me this “Are you an idiot?” look. (What? Linguistics and American Studies both lead to very lucrative careers, Mrs. Humanities Advisor.) She asked me what I wanted to do. (Like at least 75% of the female student body at that school, I was really shooting for motherhood.) I told her I wanted to be a writer. She gave me a “No, really, are you an idiot?” look and told me I should take a career explorations course.

   GUESS WHO’S WRITING PROFESSIONALLY NOW, LADY. Pfft. She advises Humanities students; obviously no one in that department is realistically looking for a job. 😉

2. I have trouble letting go of the past. See the very long story for #1. I spend probably at least an hour every day just reliving the past—reviewing, digesting, analyzing.
3. I like to have a lot of balls in the air at once, but I am easily stressed and frustrated. Probably a side effect of overachieving in school—seven classes a day, two-three after school activities a week for four years will get you into the habit of “I need to be working on five things at once.” I’m afraid Hayden will inherit my poor coping skills, and I’m constantly taking his toddlerhood tantrums as signs of that.
4. I like “murder shows” and old music. Like the Beatles and the Monkees (I actually own every episode of The Monkees), and CSI: and Law & Order.
5. I graduated from college with two majors and two minors. I wasn’t kidding when I said overachiever (although there were a lot of cross-counted classes in there).
6. I’ll have been married for three years on Saturday. I’ve got my gift—do you have yours, my love?
7. I have the same birthday as my boss. It rules. We rule. Only I’m younger. I think I forgot to tell you all how old I am. I’m 24 (that can be 7B).
8. I have never seen Titanic or read Harry Potter. Titanic is a matter of principle—it came out in when I was in high school and I just didn’t want to do what everyone else was doing. Harry Potter is a touch of that (although I’ve seen all the movies—yes, I’ve already seen #5), and also a touch of laziness.
9. Oh, I’m done?

I like the part of the meme where I get to talk about myself. But . . . I don’t like the part where I have to tag people. I’ve got two: Brooke and like a clear blue sky. I’d love to see either of you come up with eight things that I don’t already know about you. Other than boring things like, “Today I got up at 8:52 and ate a soda cracker.” Anybody else want to talk about themselves? Volunteer to be tagged in the comments!