Tagged by adaon

[bronwynrh]

Some meme-y goodness.
Here's 20 random facts you may or may not already know about me.
G'head. Tag some of your friends.

1. Before I was 6 years old, I'd lived in 7 cities - three in the US and four overseas.
2. I used to play the flute and the piano. I can barely play now, but I can still read music.
3. I hate to practice things I'm not good at.
4. Like adaon, I've never broken a bone or had stitches.
5. I love to look over the edge at great heights, but I'm afraid to walk on a balance beam.
6. I can curl my tongue AND whistle :)
7. The only reason I didn't skip kindergarten is because I didn't know how to skip.
8. A man once offered to take me to King Fahd. My parents were offered gold and sheep in exchange.
9. When I was small, my invisible friends were a monkey mouse AND a monkey. *see comments*
10. I'm happiest when I'm on a boat - even if it's just a kayak - or when I'm swimming in the ocean.
11. I am a good cook.
12. My career aspirations, in chronological order: cheerleader, astronaut, architect, archaeologist, pediatrician. I landed on microbiologist, but often wish I'd stopped at archaeologist.
13. I helped one of my best friends deliver her first child.
14. I changed his first diaper.
15. I have never ridden a roller coaster without panicking
16. I love to climb, so long as I don't have to come back down.
17. The only job I've held outside the ivory tower was at Victoria's Secret.
18. I talk to my experiments.
19. I tried to run away from home once, but had to come back because I lived in a fenced compound guarded by men with guns and I didn't think I could swim to Bahrain.
20. I dream in color.

Holy moly, that was not easy!
Ok, I'm going to tag carrie, dawnk22 and rhubelerosko because they're among the newest additions to my friends list.

Hey, saves me the trouble of reading archives, right?
No obligation, ladies. Really.

Comments

[adaon.livejournal.com]

6. I can curl my tongue AND whistle :)

Damn you! DAMN you!

[bramey.livejournal.com]

I can twist it upside down, too.
Can you?

[adaon.livejournal.com]

Shucks, no.

[dawnk22.livejournal.com]

I used to be able to roll and whistle my tongue, but ever since I got my tongue pierced, I haven't been able to. :o(

[chrisf-uk.livejournal.com]

I thought i was the only one who had the no. 5 thing... good to know im not the only one... oh and number 19 made me giggle... ya got a great sense of humour ya know ?

Chris xx

[boreal.livejournal.com]

oooo what do you like to cook?!

[bramey.livejournal.com]

I make killer mashed potatoes and potato salad (ask Jeff, he'll agree!). I'm quite good at pasta sauces, chicken recipes and pork roasts and pork chops and salmon croquettes. I make excellent guacamole and I'm getting better at salsas. I also just like off-the-cuff things. Creating great meals based on a bunch of leftovers and partially empty containers of stuff.

Jeff and I have a lot of fun when we're in the kitchen together.

[boreal.livejournal.com]

Potato salad is deceptively hard to make well in my opinion. Every time I've tried I have been so disappointed in my results!

Hey how do you do your pork roasts?? I have to say that I have never ever done one.

I WISH i could create meals from scratch/leftovers. That is a real art in fact a cooking school is having a series based on just that I would love to attend but aint forking out the bucks for at this point... That is so cool. :)

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Some people prefer marinades, but I do best with dry rubs. Basically, I just massage it with olive oil, coarse salt, fresh ground pepper and garlic, then open the spice cabinet and pull out whatever else looks good - lemon pepper, thyme, whatever.

Then I throw it on the grill or in the oven to get a nice crusty roast.

Jeff and I also make pork chops - we marinate them in a cream and spices mixture. The cream tenderizes while all our favorite spices soak in. Throw those on the grill or pan-sear them and cook 'em in the oven.

Dee-lish!

[wistfulunicorn.livejournal.com]

Okay, I thought the invisible friend was a little mouse. And I sometimes wish I'd become an archaeologist or an astronomer or a paleontologist or a geologist or... Majored in Math and became a computer nerd!

PS I don't play the piano anymore either.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

You know, I think I had the mouse at Evelyn's house. She had that Chinese lantern - I used to pretend the mouse lived in there.

I think at home though, in our house on Acacia Street, it was a monkey.

We'll await confirmation from the parentals :)

[wistfulunicorn.livejournal.com]

It was at her house and in the Chinese lantern. I remember now.

invisible friend

[(Anonymous)]

It was a Saudi mouse - and very cute - until dad sat on him/her

Re: invisible friend

[bramey.livejournal.com]

There's was no monkey? Really?!?

gee

Re: invisible friend

[(Anonymous)]

aw crap!!!! - my stupidity - sorry - it was a monkey - i was thinking monkey and wanted to add the part about it being saudi and dad sitting on it and for an unknown untraceable stupid finger trip typed mouse - sorry lovey