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August 11, 2005I don’t normally play blog games or spread memes, but I can’t refuse my favorite Penelope. So, okay. Here are five idiosyncrasies of mine:
1. I have a funny walk. I didn’t know I did until my friend Erlina saw a picture that Rama drew of us on his web site and told me she recognized it as me because of the funny walk. “I have a funny walk?” I asked Rama. “Oh yeah!” he said. It has been described as a waddle—a cute one.
2. I hate peas, but I like split-pea soup. I’m told that fresh peas are different, that I’ll love fresh peas, but I’m doubtful.
3. Sometimes, I start a letter by writing a draft on a scrap piece of paper (or in a text document). When I’ve written and read and re-wrote and re-read the letter, I’ll transfer it in nice handwriting on nice stationery.
4. Speaking of writing, I am always in search of the perfect pen, and I am protective of the ones I like. I purposely bring a crappy pen in my purse to give out when someone asks to borrow a pen. That way, if they forget to give it back, I haven’t lost anything precious.
5. I can get sucked into almost any movie on television—no matter how crappy it is. An example: Rama and I were supposed to go out one afternoon, but Gremlins II was on. After 5 minutes, I was hooked and ended up asking him if we could finish it before leaving.
What are some of yours?
I'm Christine, and this is a slice of my life—a sweet, rich, wildly indulgent slice that would taste really good with a scoop of Breyers vanilla bean ice cream. Read more >>
I run a darling, friendly, little graphic design studio.
I look on the bright side.
I take photos. Lots of photos.
I wish on stars and on websites.
I built my first web site 7 years ago and got 15 seconds of fame. (It changed my life.)
I launched, then relaunched, an online magazine.
I admitted to several embarrassing crushes.
I consumed more bacon than any human should and lived to tell the tales.
I’ve had four sets of teeth!
i have a habit of yelling “woo!” at inappropriate moments. heh.
i have to rip out all the annoying little postcards in magazines before i can start reading them.
i do that pen thing, too. and machiko — those postcards are definitely the most annoying thing on earth.
*i pick up mannerisms/catchphrases from the people around me quite easily (e.g. the way my chem teacher writes her S’s, my friend’s favorite phrase: “oy!” etc.)
*i am a pen-elitist like you. i looove ink pens, and ballpoint pens are a sad (but often necessary) subsitute.
*like machiko, i like to take out all the ads sticking out of magazines and recycle them before i continue reading.
*i talk to myself. (which, by the way, i believe everyone does; some people just refuse to admit it.)
*i collect things i find beautifully designed–like starbucks napkins. is that weird? oh well. ;P
P.S. i learned the word “idiosyncrasy” in 7th grade and i fell in love with it immediately! (i love words. i’m a nerd in that way.)
— i hate putting in a new roll of toilet paper, so i let it sit on top of the old empty one
— i don’t like socks
I cracked up reading your list, because I too dislike peas but love pea soup and I am TOTALLY weird about my pens. Uniball micro tip, black. Anything else won’t do. :)
I do the whole crappy pen in my purse thing too! hahaha!
I love that I’m not the only one with a pen problem.
I favor uniball microtip as well – though I got the multipack with rainbow colors because any color will do as long as it fits my mood. I have been guilty of writing letters in red, which is hard on some eyes. Also, fresh peas – aside from being incredibly easy to grow, you can eat the whole pod. I had some for the first time this year and it is a lifechanging experience (as is eating any organic, farm fresh vegetable!)
5 idios, huh?
i can’t stand my bare feet touching a fuzzy blanket (I must have a sheet, or wear socks or some barrier)…
i am a complete pen freak (especially exotic colored ink)…
i have a button jar full of odd buttons my grannie, mom & I all collected over the years to decorate random things…
j’adore images of the eiffel tower…and anything remotely raspberry flavored completely gags me…oy vey!
5 idios huh?
i can’t handle the feeling of my bare feet under a fuzzy blanket (need a sheet, socks or some barrier)…
I am also a complete pen freak (especially if the ink is some exotic color)…
i have a button jar full of interesting/fun buttons that i use for random decoration (started & passed down from my granny & mom)…
J’adore anything with the image of the eiffel tower…
anything raspberry flavored makes me gag! oy vey!
Did I say you had a “funny” walk? What I meant is that the illustration perfectly captured the Christine Walk, which I didn’t even realize I could recognize until I saw that illo. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen the Christine Walk, Giggle, or Trip (haha) in ages….. :(
1) I also have the pen thing. I prefer the Uniball microtip & do not like to share them!
2) I do the same thing with letters! I sometimes have even thrown out a half-written letter because I made too many mistakes (grammer, spelling, handwriting) only to rewrite it.
3) I hate raisins. I’ve tried to like them, but I just can’t.
4) I like my underwear to match my clothes. To make it simpler since I had my son, I only have black, white, and blue. (Is that just too weird & embarrassing to admit?)
5) It sometimes takes me months to remember the correct pronunciation of certain words. It took me a summer in Paris before I said “monsieur” correctly. (I kept saying “moan-sir” or “miss-sore”.) All year, I have been calling asagio cheese “az-ee-ah-go”. I’m usually good with vocabularly; I just have weird blocks.
PS I was down with a cold this week…I found the invite & have been making the list. I’ll mail it out to you guys this week. :)
* Whenever I see toilet paper put on the roll with the paper coming out the bottom, I flip it..no matter where I am.
* When Showering: It drives me mad when I turn the water on in the tub and it is already in shower mode. I jump every time.
* Funny walk here, too. My friends call it ” a glide.”
ohhhhhh ditto ditto likewise for your #2 about peas. split pea soup is just the best! but egular old peas? feh! :D
sorry, i’m late…congratulations on your upcoming marriage!
the pen thing really gets to me too. it drives me nuts when people toss the cap aside. i also carry ugly pens in my bag just in case. in addition to the uniball, i have pens that my students got together and engraved and would die if ever it got lost.
i store my current read of the month in a ziploc baggy in my bag…maybe because i’m afraid of getting chocolate on it.
must drive barefoot.
i need music on if i’m in the bathroom getting ready or in the kitchen cleaning up.
i smell my pups’ paws (i have two doxy girls) and always smell the scent of graham crackers.
choosing the right tea-mugs – only dad can have the ‘baa’ mug, or it just doesn’t make sense…
also, i leave socks everywhere.
haha. there’s really nothing worse than writing ‘deer’ at the beginning of a letter. especially on stationery that took hours to choose.
i hope it is okay to post this here as it is not about the post! but, christine, i got a sticker in the post of you from rama as a surprise today! it is so darling! :-) you are a lucky girl to have such a creative, artsy guy who makes stickers of you and sends them all the way to me in michigan!
cheers!
xoxo
ps thanks so much, rama, from the goodies! i i hope it is okay to post this here as it is not about the post! but, christine, i got a sticker in the post of you from rama as a surprise today! it is so darling! :-) you are a lucky girl to have such a creative, artsy guy who makes stickers of you and sends them all the way to me in michigan!
cheers!
xoxo
ps thanks so much, rama, from the goodies! i
I’m not sure if you’re interested in this..but I think it’s important to let you know someone took the watercolor painting of yours of the tree with pink flowers and used it on their website: expage.com/copthat
grr I’m annoyed…because they didn’t even mention you at all!