I’ve been tagged!

The 10 Things Meme

1. When you were born, how much did you weigh? 6 lbs, some number of ounces. 13 maybe? Or 8? I can't remember exactly. I know it was between 6 & 7 lbs.

2. What's your sugar poison?
The tough thing about this is the choosing. Chocolate, obviously, but also a good crisp homemade cookie. Maybe a good crisp homemade chocolate cookie?

3. If you had to choose between meat and cheese for the rest of your life, which would you choose? Then be specific. Cheese. Sometimes I need to bite into a big chunk of steak, but more often I want cheese. So if I had to choose, I'd choose cheese. My current favorite is Vermont White Cheddar, extra sharp. But please don't make me choose only one variety of cheese!

4. What, in your opinion, is the worst song ever?
After giving this question much consideration, I've decided to name "Delta Dawn" as the worst song ever. It was a tough choice, as there are so many truly awful songs.

5. Who was your favorite teacher growing up and why? I won't tell you his full name for reasons that will soon become obvious. Tom F. was my biology teacher my sophomore year in high school. Why was he my favorite teacher? Because I had a tremendous crush on him! He taught me a lot of biology, but it was the physics of mutual attraction that I learned best. I experienced the electricity of standing near him yet not touching. I felt the rush of energy to my very being when he smiled that sexy smile directly at me. There was a pull like that of a magnet guiding me to his classroom. There is a lot of story to tell, but I will save that for another post. Soon, I promise.

6. What personal activity, when performed in public, bothers you the most?
I try really hard not to let that sort of thing bother me. I usually can almost successfully ignore annoying personal grooming habits that seem to irritate most people. But here's the one I find inexcusable: chewing tobacco. The chaw is icky, but the worst part is when the chewer spits out his (and it has always been a "he" in my experience) tobacco juice. I get all queasy thinking about it. *shudder*

7. Ok, there's a $50 bill lying on the ground. You pick it up. Dumbfounded by your incredible luck, what do you selfishly purchase? Gosh, what's on my wish list right now? With $50 cash, I'd probably go to the auto parts store and get a nice pair of side mirrors for my truck, Manny. With $50 in my account, I'd use the debit card to buy more books from Amazon. Probably trashy romance novels. Gay romance novels. I'm a slut for that sort of thing.

8. Do you have a recurring nightmare? If so, explain. I'm in school. Sometimes it's high school, sometimes college. I have classes to attend, but I can't find the classes or can't remember what class I'm supposed to be in. Or I'm supposed to turn in an assignment and I haven't done it. There is a huge exam in a class that I've either forgotten to attend or haven't done any assignments for.

9. Name one place on Earth you've never been, but vow to visit at least once. I could name some place exotic and far-away that I'd like to see, like Great Britain, France, Belgium. But I hesitate to say I vow to visit those places. The one place I really want to go, and actually promise myself I'll visit, is Charlottesville, Virginia. That's within my mind's reach. Great Britain, long a dream of mine, isn't.

10. You notice that question #9 wasn't really a question. You feel smart for catching such a small detail. What else can you do really well that reminds you how smart you are? Joke. Make funny obscure references to academic minutiae. Pick up on subtle jokes made by others who are intelligent and well educated. Hold up my end of a discussion with other intelligent people. Read and post comments on the blogs of the really smart people who share this bit of the blogosphere. Yes, I mean you!

Speaking of intelligent and funny bloggers, I tag tigeryogiji from Ashram at Pooh Corner. I can't wait to read what he has to say!