Se7en Weird & Random Facts

if man is 5
then the devil is 6; if the devil is 6 
then god is 7

This monkey’s gone to heaven.

Kelly O, my favorite de jour high-brow, haus frau variety blogger tagged me (like 2 WEEKS AGO - sorry) with the 7 weird and random facts meme. Radical Mama’s post reminded me to submit. (My BFF from college was kind enough to excuse me a couple of weeks ago so I am overdue.)  And with apologies to Jen for never participating in her Thinking Blogger tag (that will be next) here goes.

RULES:
•Link to your tagger and post rules.
•Share 7 facts about yourself, some random and some weird.
•Tag 7 people at the end of post and list their names.
•Let them know they were tagged by a comment on their blog.

1. I am an army brat. In chronological order I have lived in Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alaska, New York, Germany, Tennessee again, Kentucky, Mississippi and Oregon. I consider my self a southerner, but usually only admit it after my accent is discovered smiling behind a shot of whiskey / burbon. “where are you from”?

2. I am a preachers’ kid. BOTH my parents are Lutheran ministers.  (Yes, each new therapist clears their schedule after I mention this coupled with fact number 1.)

3. When I was 22, I flew to Charles DeGaul airport alone with my bicyclette and rode solo across France, Germany, Holland and Belgium.   

4. I have a completely irrational fear of pictures of the following: underwater, deep space and geographic atlas pictures. The sight of them makes me dizzy, break into a cold sweat and the urge to flee. I also cannot look into a microscope or a telescope -probably why I was unable to be a science major in college. I would rather kill myself than attend an OMNI MAX show.

5. I was once in a performance art group/ band that opened for the Melvins.

6. I made breastmilk ice cream for my twins’ first birthday. (Not produced for mass consumption of non-progenious revelers.)

7. I have 7 tattoos; none can be seen while wearing short sleeve shirts (with pants/ skirts).

This monkey tags:
1. Mom Voyage
2. Red W(h)ine & Boo
3. Subartic Mama
4. Momish
5. 280 Main Street
6. Reflections In The Snow-Covered Hills
7. Up for Grabs - I think everyone has already participated in this shenanigan... (Although technicly, #2 is two authors so I'll count them twice.)

Comments

[Nylonthread]

Hi, yeah, I'm stalking you. Anyway, my re:#4. Back when 3-D animation software became desktop-friendly (1995?) I took a class along with some co-workers. The instructor told me that I had a great facility for it and should pursue the career track.

Personally, whenever I open up that black 3-D interface with just x/y/z cursor axes floating inside, the vastness of that potential universe is too overwhelming.

I am not an animator.

[Marjorie]

Thanks for tagging me. I was so not in the mood to write anything, and I needed a push. It was fun. I'm still marveling over the breastmilk ice cream. You should definitely get some kind of a special award for that one. Fantastic.

[subarctic mama]

I love the pixies. This monkey has gone to heaven

[radical mama]

I'm with you on the great fear of deep water and space. They are both so suffocating to look at. Eek.

But army brat and preacher's daughters? Please to explain.

[Kelly O]

#5: COOOOOOOL!!! Back in the day, eh? Good times. And #6 is a perfect follow-up.

[Momish]

OK, I am still sitting here with my mouth agape over your solo biking trip! I mean, that is HUGE!!! I am so impressed. How can I come up with seven weird things that even come close? I'll try!

[mamatried]

re: #4

I guess I will have to take responsibility for teaching your girls how to scuba dive (it is so odd to me since I find nothing more relaxing than looking up at a column of 80 feet of water from the bottom of the ocean).

Plus, I can give them my 'zen & the art using the microscope' lesson as I now own my own :)
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Unfit Mother here busting in on the back door of comments b/c I cannot leave them on my own.
MT: I would be interested to see if I could actually tolerate being underwater. It seems just to be pictures that freak me out.

RM: Preacher's Kids are always the worst ones =;?} Rebellious, anti-authoritarian, into trouble... throw in the tyrannical rule of military life and I can tell you where the bad seed was planted.

Thanks to everyone for playing along!