So, did we all have a nice Christmas?
First of all, my humblest apologies to any of you that took the time out to wish us a Merry Christmas, only to be met with deafeningly rude silence in return. In my wisdom, I decided to switch the mobile off and stay away from email and whatnot in order to spend some more quality time with the wife and kid.
But rest assured, you were all in my thoughts, and I certainly reciprocate all of the nice wishes. You'll have to forgive me.
Anyway, a couple of days ago, Sue over at Beggar's Shot Glass tagged me for a meme. So let's get into it.
The Rules:
- Link to the person who tagged you
- Post the rules on your blog
- Write six random things about yourself
- Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them
- Let each person know they are tagged and leave a comment on their blog
- Let the tagger know when your entry is up
Six Things About Me
1. I live my life with the knowledge that my body is breaking down at a frightening pace. My feet have been f-ed since birth, my back has been steadily deteriorating for years, my knees are a ticking time bomb, and my ankles click with every step. My organs, however, are in great condition.
Logically, this would suggest that I am going to live a long life, but that I am going to remain reasonably well-acquainted with pain. Super.
2. People who only know me through the written word generally (and SIGNIFICANTLY) overestimate how entertaining and outgoing I would be in person. The truth is that I have no real interest in meaningless smalltalk, and I am naturally quite reserved around people I don't know well.
Don't get me wrong- I'm no mute, and I'm great at peppering a conversation with wit. But I'm not the type that's going to natter away incessantly to people I've just met.
I'm perfectly content with this, by the way. People tend to underestimate the quiet bloke. And I LOVE being underestimated.
3. When I was in high school, I won an award for ballroom dancing. Call me a homo if you want, but I actually found it enjoyable. F-you.
4. When people write to me (using ANY medium, including text message) using such abbreviations as "ur" or "c u l8r" or any of that SMS bullshit, I silently wish for the opportunity to one day stick a rusty nail in their eye.
Is it REALLY that much of an imposition to spell the f-ing words properly? Have we regressed THAT much as a culture?
5. I habitually second-guess myself. Or maybe I don't.
6. Another thing about me is that I've sat here for a good hour, and I STILL can't come up with a sixth thing about me that I haven't already shared. If you're looking for more facts about me, you might want to check out this or this.
Ugh. I suck.
Anyway, I'm not going to tag anyone. If you want it, then go for it.
5 comments:
My mother-in-law does the abbreviation thing in her emails, and half the time I have no idea what it means.
There are many people who are surprised that I am so social online but not in person. I think the reason I 'speak' more online is because our communication is strictly limited to language. There is not the benefit of subtle clues, tone of voice, or body language to carry us on.
Took a gander over this way from Sue's blog. I agree on the abbreviation thing. It drives me nuts, and whenever I see that, it makes me wonder if those using it can spell anymore.
But, can you tell me what SMS means? I'm clueless!!
The ballroom dancing is awesome! I hope you take your wife out for a spin from time to time. I wish I could ballroom dance.
Fun reading your blog. Cheers!
Sue-
In my case, I think it is a direct function of the sheer inanity of a lot of face-to-face communication. Simply put, people tend to spout a lot of useless shit that I have no interest in hearing.
With the written word, I can make the decision whether or not I want to engage in conversation without causing much offense.
Besides, I've found that the less I talk, the more I learn about people. And that ALWAYS comes in handy.
Aoshi-
Welcome to my little corner. Thanks for checking this out.
SMS is "Short Message Service"- the fancy way of saying mobile phone text message.
My wife and I have never gone dancing. Unless I do something REALLY bad and have to score some major brownie points in a hurry, I don't see this changing anytime soon.
Anyway, we living in a town where the live music venues are limited to a jukebox at the pub. So I think I'm in the clear for now.
I completely relate with number 2. I often find that people who meet me when I'm drunk expect me to be just as opinionated and sassy while I'm sober, but I'm just like you, reserved and don't like talking when its unneccessary.. I like that I can just sit back and silently put things together, rather than open my mouth and make assumptions. Talking a lot is overrated.
Definitely. The talkers get all the attention, but it's the watchers who know shit.
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