I owe a bunch of people memes so here one that I promised Umm Farouq over at Southern Muslimah
Ten Weird Things, Habits and Little Facts You Don’t Know about Me.
1) I have freckles. There. I admit it. If you ever meet me, you won’t see them right away. They’re the very small kind of freckles, not the Howdy Doody kind.
2) I’m in the process of overcoming years of what I call numerical dyslexia. I know you guys know that I’m not all that fond of numbers. But sometimes I read numbers incorrectly. So 498 becomes 948 or 489 or 984 or 849…never 498! I’m getting better with numbers since I do run a little business and all. Aw well, I should be happy God gave some creative talent and I’ll just work harder on enhancing my math skills. :-)
3) I love the smell of fresh paint. It’s weird but when I smell fresh paint, I makes me feel like painting something. I’m dying to do murals again. I just to figure where would I put one.
4) Despite my numerical dyslexia, my nerdines made it possible for me to be accepted into the Math club. Ain’t that just geeky?
5) I :::sigh::: was a debutante queen. Yes, I, the serious, go against the grain of high school culture, artist-scholar wore a pretty white dress and danced with her cool escort to Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On. It was cool, though, especially wearing that crown. I sorta looked like Snow White but…it’s a Southern thang. You wouldn’t understand. LOL!
6) It is imperative that my future husband like martial arts films. I will not compromise on this issue. :-) He must like them, particulary martial arts films by Zhang Yimou. Some people think that’s weird but that’s their problem.
7) Back in 2005, I met Ludacris. It turns out some distant relatives sold him a house. It was kinda weird, ya know. He’s just chilling in his car and I’m chilling in the family car thinking Hmm, that’s Ludacris. I met Morgan Spurlock at the ISNA convention in 2006. I have a picture of it somewhere in my computer. He’s very, very tall.
8) I LUV sleep.
9) I’m a sweet freak, if you haven’t guessed it already. But I only need a little bit to get me through the day. I only need one candy bar, not 9.
10) Egypt has been a long desired destination of mine. I’m fascinated by it’s history and insha’Allah, I’ll go there one day.
Abu Sinan said,
April 23, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Interesting. I met Sinbad once in the late 1980s, anyone remember him?
mcpagal said,
April 23, 2007 at 8:10 pm
heh, I liked number 6! And I can relate to number 2 - I love maths but I always get my 2’s and 7’s confused.
UmmFarouq said,
April 24, 2007 at 5:14 am
I also met Sinbad in 1987. I worked in a restaurant called the “Rib Express,” (yes, BBQ) and we happened to be next to the Comedy Club. Sinbad came to our back door thinking it was the CC entrance. I opened the door wearing my food-smudged apron and there was Sinbad, like 7 feet tall. He smiled and said, “Hey this ain’t the Comedy Club?” I was like, no, but you want some ribs?
Debutante: I understand ALL about this. While I myself was not one (no money), lots of my friends were. Some were even Southern Belles at Arlington, big hoop dresses and gloves and hats. Bleck. But one side of me still thinks it’s pretty.
I also met Sean Connery but I’ll save that one for a post.
Izzy Mo said,
April 25, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I thought I answered this but my comment disappeared! Humph!
Abu Sinan: I used to love Sinbad. I wonder what he’s up to. I could listen to him, laugh and not be put off by all the profanity that some Black comedians are notorious for.
McPagal: Numbers confuse you too? Oh, I’m not alone!
UmmFarouq: I was debutante because I wanted to get into the school yearbook for something non-arts and non-scholar-ly related. It was like, “Okay, time to do something different.” I didn’t know I would become the queen, though. It ticked all the right people off! “What, Kelly? The queen? That nerd? Oh, I hate that hiefer!” ROFL!