A-Random-ment Issues

Our Lady of Bovine Mystery, AmyH, has tagged me.  And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large ch...

Skip a bit, Aubrey.

OK.  Here are the rules:

1.  Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.

2.  People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post the rules.

3.  At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names.

4.  Don't forget to leave them a comment on their blog and tell them they've been tagged, and to come back and read your blog for the whole story:

1. At work, in the late 1980's, I was the subject of some gossip.  When I found out about it, frankly, I was delighted.  I didn't mind - terribly - who knew; I was kind of hoping it would get me the sympathy vote, actually.

2.  I can eat any salad lettuce-side first, finishing with the croutons and all the yummy bits.  It's a talent that requires a steady fork and a focused mind, and it has taken many years to develop.  Now, at the snowy summit of my talent, I can look down on the diners laboring at their Caesars and Chop-Chops and Cobbs and say Carpe Dinner, my friends, continue fighting the good bite.

3.  Don't you ever, EVER, serve me a martini with a lemon twist.

4.  Modern music for the most part bores me.  To be honest, I'm more interested in what the band members are wearing.  Got your own MySpace page?  Got your video on iPhone?  That's nice.  Now go away.

5.  I had the chicken pox when I was 29.  On the day that my face erupted with all its pent-up poxy force, I unwisely looked in the mirror.  And I let out a yelp of dismay that could be heard throughout the neighborhood.  For the next two weeks I laid in bed with a cold, (oh, did I mention that it was high summer?) wet rag on my throbbing face, listening to Billie Holiday.

6.  I hate tomatoes.  Their taste, their smell, their texture, their dripping intestines - they all add up to vegetable/fruit hell.  Tomatoes destroy salads, sauces, sandwiches, omlettes - wrecking havoc across the edible horizon.

7.  Boyfriend and I visit Monterey every year, as close to Halloween as we can.  The reason for this is that many years ago, while we were walking along the wharf one Halloween day, we saw someone dressed as Dracula - unless it was the dark Count himself - visiting the wharf as well, inspecting the morning's catch.  We now go every year, hoping to see him again.

     7a.  Boyfriend and I have been together for over ten years.

8.  When I was tiny, my pediatrician told my mother that for her baby's health, I should have one hour of sunshine and one piece of bacon each day.

Long ago, I was tagged with a meme demanding that I reveal 8 interesting things about myself.  Please note that this time the things are random, not interesting.

But perhaps you've already figured this out yourself.

Since I believe that this is the flank end of this meme, I beg that all those who have not yet joined in the revels do so with all speed.