Six Random Things About Me

I have been tagged by Laura over at the (not so) Urban Hennery. Here are the rules:

• Link to the person who tagged you.
• Post the rules on the blog.
• Write six random things about yourself.
• Tag six people at the end of your post.
• Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
• Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Six Random Things (about me):

This is difficult for me because I feel like I drop random tidbits about myself here and there in my posts. So hopefully I won’t repeat myself too much.

1. I was a tomboy growing up. And I still feel like one inside. I don’t get why puberty had to put an end to boys and girls being friends, but somehow it did. Luckily I married a guy with wonderful guy friends, so I can sort of feel like I still have a boy crew.

2. My best karaoke performances include David Bowie’s Space Oddity and Paul Simon’s You Can Call Me Al. I think I could also sing a good Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Blues”.

3. A few years ago I was sitting in my mom’s lawn and started pulling weeds. Unknown to me, she had just sprayed Round-Up earlier the day before. My arms and hands had skin peeling off and were purple, with blisters upon blisters. It took about 2-3 months for them to completely heal and the discoloration to fade. I didn’t freak out once about the thought that my arms could very well be permanently scarred. I figured I had no control over that, so I didn’t sweat it. My mom felt awful.

4. I really want a huge, ancient Chinese dragon tattoo on my arm in red ink. I doubt I will have the balls to do that, since when all is said and done I would have a giant dragon on my arm.

5. I am a huge Tolkien fan. I try to read The Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings every winter. I would love to live in a warm hobbit hole. At our wedding, when we walked down the aisle after the ceremony, the cellist played the reoccurring song from the LOTR movie because to us it meant a happy-ending.

6. I love Mick Jagger. I don’t care how old he is – he’s hot and that guy has amazing dance moves.

That covered the “random” bit quite well, don’t you think? Thank you Laura! I love your blog and thank you for tagging me. Sadly, I am going to break the rule of tagging six other people because I don’t think I know enough that would participate. But you can all feel free to share your six random things in the comments!