So, do you guys know Jen? She is, in the language of my people, Wicked Cute. And talented! She wrote a book that I won’t shut up about, and she is writing more because I am forcing her to as we speak. So, to keep in her good graces, and because she is adorable, I will do as she asks and write seven fun facts about myself.
Ready? Here goes:
1. I can weld metal, though I have not had the opportunity for several years now. I miss it. Taking solid steel and making it all soft and orangey and melty is very satisfying in a visceral way.
2. I can’t sing, though I want to learn. I can dance, though. I took 3 semesters of Ballroom in college and several other swing/lindy classes since. I really really love it.
3. I have never been out of the country, except once to Jamaica. This is mainly due to lack of funds, very much not a lack of desire, and is an embarrassing thing to admit, since I tend to think poorly of others who have never left the US. I would like to live in Italy for an extended amount of time.
4. The first concert I ever saw was the Monkee’s Reunion Tourin 1986. The first play I ever saw was Annie in 1980.
5. I read The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe when I was eight and didn’t sleep for an entire week.
6. Okay, the ballroom dance thing probably tipped you off, but I LOOOOVE musicals from the 1940s. Singing in the Rain is my favorite, but anything that has many people dancing in unison will set my heart a-flutter. It is the same with flash mobs. They sort of make me cry a little.
7. I have never had a broken bone.
7a. I secretly fear that somehow me saying that will result in me getting in a horrible accident and breaking a bone, even though I am very aware that is not how the universe works.
Aaaaannnd, Scene.
…The Monkees Reunion 1986 was also my first concert
…Singing In The Rain is also my favorite musical, followed closely by The Sound Of Music
…I have never had a broken bone
Why should you care about these things? You shouldn’t. But I find them exciting.
ZOMG we are totally brain twins.