MeMe Meme - 13 More Things On A Thursday. . .

... about me that are weird. I've got a million of 'em:

1. I can't stand typos in a newspaper. It makes me want to go down to the offices and volunteer proofread.


2. I absolutely have to have a newspaper in the morning. And online won't do. I think I was once tortured in jail when I was serving 10 days in Sybil Brand for a non-violent protest -- they refused to give me my morning paper, me out of all the inmates. And, I was denied pencil and paper. I'm sure they knew and did it deliberately. Sort of kidding, but it was torture.


3. I used to play the banjo. (Not that that's weird, mind you. Just that I might be the only gang girl to be saved by a banjo.)


4. I love instruments that most people think are weird: banjo, autoharp, ukelele, penny whistle, accordian. (My ex played all but the accordian. Me, too, though not very well.) I even like yodeling.


5. I wonder if we can dissipate hurricanes with our mind's intent.


6. I feel guilty over the last hurricanes because I didn't organize a festival to give Love and Thanks to Water.


7. I always plan on going places I don't.


8. I wear bronze-colored bowling shoes. I would like to own red wrestling shoes. Any offers?


9. I'm insanely sane.


10. I once moved to a place because it had the highest number of publications per capita than anywhere else in the nation.


11. I once moved out of a place because it had the highest number of murders per capita than anywhere else in the nation. (same place)


12. I can do voices. I pick up people's accents, especially if I like them. I could do all the characters' voices in my son's nightly children's books. I can mimic TV character lines and commercials. (Not movies. Who wants to mess with a good movie?) It always gets a laugh from T. I don't worry about retirement (do writers retire? I think they just die) as I plan on moving to Hollywood and making an easy living doing voice for animation. (But, like poetry writing, I can't do it if I'm thinking about it, so don't ask.)


13. I always peek into people's houses when I'm walking by. And I listen to people's conversations around me. (Hey, it's all material, eh?) I *can't stand* to have any door or window open or in any way "peekable" and the best way to have a conversation with me is at home or on a walk or hike -- as I can't stand the thought of someone listening in on me.

Now, do you. Like any writer, I'm nosey.