28 April 2008
I've been tagged! I don't often play the meme game, but it's been grey and rainy (and snowy!) the past several days, so I haven't got anything else to say. The meme? Six random things about me.
That's me, eating my sushi.
1. I really didn't like little kids until I started working at a school-age daycare when I was a senior in high school. I applied because the pay was good, and it wound up being the one of the best jobs I've ever had. If I could go back to working part-time, and the pay didn't matter, I'd definitely go back to before/after school daycare.
2. I had two different majors before I settled on English, when I was already a junior in college. I basically did my entire (course-related) degree in a year and a half. Before that, I was first a computer science major and then a marketing major. The world needs both, but I'm glad I'm neither.
3. I was VERY into horses as a child/teenager, and I made myself promise that I wouldn't forget about my dream to own a horse when I was an adult. I'd still love to make that dream come true someday, though I'm much more realistic about the challenges it would present. I've got a crush on the idea of living on a hobby farm, but I'd be sad to move away from here because. . .
4. I love living in the Twin Cities. When I lived in London, the thought of returning to Minnesota seemed unbearably claustrophobic and uninteresting. But it turns out that it's actually pretty great. Except for the cold bit.
5. When I studied in Edinburgh, I got involved with the Hare Krishna group that meets in town each week. They're a lovely group of people, as were all the devotees I met in London. I hate that so many folks seem to think of them as a weirdy cult, though I can understand why people feel that way. I don't associate myself with any religion these days, but I still have great respect for the Hare Krishnas.
6. Every Saturday (I think it was) when I was growing up, my parents and I would watch Star Trek: The Next Generation and eat pizza. I've just realized that that might be one of my fondest childhood memories.
And that's as much meme as you're getting for now.
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Number 6 made me laugh - watching ST:TNG is one of my favourite memories too but for different reasons - I went to boarding school so getting any time on your own was almost impossible but they showed Star Trek on TV on Thursdays right over dinner time. Since everyone else was at dinner and no one would want to do something as geeky as watch Star Trek anyway, I got the common room and TV to myself for 45 minutes. I'd eat instant noodles with grated cheese in a mug and a Toffee Crisp (I was 14 so this was somehow acceptable as dinner!). I think the house mistress let me get away with it as she was a bit of a Trekkie too!
posted by Cara at April 28, 2008 07:08 PM