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July 1, 2008 by: Renee Wilkinson

Six Random Things About Me

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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!

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  1. 1

    Michelle Ellis says

    July 2, 2008 at 8:12 am

    I love reading these on peoples blogs.(:

    My six random things:
    1) I think the foam off the top of strawberry jam is the best tasting thing ever…I tell the kids it’s ambrosia.

    2)I love being the first to use something like toothpaste or peanut butter…breaking that pristine layer…ecstasy.

    3)I totally want to live in a Hobbit house. An architect friend is doing up plans for me(:

    4)I don’t like shoes with things between my toes. (or those socks with individual toe holes)

    5)I’m getting an owl tattoo on my arm this fall…very excited about it.

    6)I love my bicycle.

    Thanks for sharing(:

  2. 2

    Don says

    July 8, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    I agree that the gender thing can be a nuisance. I work in an elementary school with 25 women and love every minute of it!

    You have a good blog!

  3. 3

    Dalyn (AKA The Queen of Quite Alot) says

    July 9, 2008 at 10:19 am

    Love the title and heading of your blog *U*
    Pretty interesting 6 random things…I have to say though, Mick J. is so not hot. He’s kinda nasty. ouch! Don’t get mad. I do think he still has hot moves. But he does give me the creeps.

  4. 4

    Renee says

    July 18, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    Michelle, we could start a hobbit hill of our own with your future hobbit hole and mine. That makes me happy to think about.

    Don, thanks the comment! Glad you enjoy the blog 🙂

    Dalyn, although we cannot agree on the hotness factor of Mick, I am glad to recognize his amazing dance moves.

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