Meme

Tagged

Connie tagged me for the "8 random things about me" meme, and since it's the first time I've been tagged, I thought it would be bad luck not to jump in.  It did take some introspection to come up with 8 things, after the "6 weird things" and the "


Six weird things, with a twist*

1.  Ever since childhood I've hated the sound of someone eating a banana. 2.  Whenever I hear the song "Take the Long Way Home" by Supertramp on the radio, I know everything will be okay--in whatever sense or significance "everything will be okay" has, at that particular time.  Yes, it's very vague, I know.  This started--I don't remember why--back when I was in high school or college, and as you can imagine, I heard the song a lot more often then (it was released in 1979).  But I do still occasionally hear it.  It has to be on the radio; it doesn't count if I play it on my iPod, or hear it at someone's house.  And it always makes me feel--vaguely--reassured. 3.  I broke off one of my upper incisors biting into a chocolate reindeer head. 4.  I was born with an extra digit on my left hand.  Well, sort of; it was next to my thumb, and had only vestigial bones, so I couldn't move it.  The pediatric surgeon wanted to remove it immediately, but my parents were afraid to put me under general anesthesia.  Finally when I was almost three they gave in, and unfortunately by then I was old enough to remember being terrified by the hospital smells and the mask they put over my face. 5.  I can't roll my "r"s--a serious handicap when speaking Italian.  (Does every infinitive verb really have to include an"r"?!) 6.  I used to make my little sister cry just so I could comfort her.  Sick, I know.  Or pathetic.  Or both. 7.  I've never been stung by a bee or a wasp. *Yes, there are seven, because...one of the above is completely false.  Can you guess which one?