I've been tagged...

[mijan]

Huh, I seldom get tagged in memes, or if I do, I don't often notice.  But I am sick and miserable this morning and not really going anywhere, so to distract myself, I'll do the meme.

Tagged by vixys :

1) List 7 habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2) Tag 7 People to do the same.
3) Don't tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to" (of course, we all do still have free will so if this isn't your thing... feel free to ignore)

So if you really want to know...
1. I have naturally curly hair that would put Chekov to shame, and I hate it.  I blow-dry it straight almost every day. 

2. Yes, I know I'm one of the most outgoing, talkative, tactile people in the world.  However, when I'm sick, I don't want to be touched, hugged, or spoken to.  I want to be left alone.

3. I'm one of those strange creatures that can be perfectly at home almost anywhere.  Big city or out in the middle of nowhere with no signs of civilization.  You can drop me off in the middle of an uninhabited forest with a map, compass, and one reference point, and I'll find my way out... and honestly, I love that sort of survival challenge.

4. I've got to play with everything.  Pick things up, touch them, examine them.  I'm insanely curious.  If there's a gadget or a gizmo or a massive piece of military equipment... I wanna play with it.  So don't be surprised if I've got my hands on something, fiddling with it, figuring out how it works.

5. Coffee.  I'm not addicted, but I LOVE a GOOD cup of coffee.  Nothing more satisfying than perfectly brewed, fresh-ground Arabica.  And the way the coffee is "dressed up" is just as important as the coffee itself.  I take mine with a solid splash of cream (not too much), and either no sugar or just the tiniest bit of sugar or Splenda.  But really really good coffee can go black.

6. I brush my teeth while walking around and doing other things while getting ready for bed.  Probably my oddest habit.

7. I climb things.  Trees, walls, cliffs... I love it.  When I discovered the rock-climbing tread-wall at my gym... a perpetual rock-climbing wall... oh yes, wonderful stuff.  But even better are things that I can climb so that I can get to the top.  That's a wonderful feeling, being up there.




Now let's see... I never bother to tag people on these things, but this time, I will.  So... who to tag...

lizardspots 
ruisseau 
frontyardninja 
hitlikehammers 
cedarrapidsgirl 
nikki4noo 
thalialunacy 

Comments

[imagines.livejournal.com]

MIJAN IN A TREE! :D

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Heee, yep! I like being in trees. There aren't enough good climbing ones around here, methinks. The pics were from last summer in Boston.

With this one, I sense a not-so-far-off joke about being out on a limb:





That was a fun day. :D

[imagines.livejournal.com]

I made a real-life "HEEE!" noise just now. :D YOU ARE INNA TREEEEEEEE ♥

I like trees. I miss climbing them. I used to climb two trees in particular when I was little, but they got cut down. (Presumably because kids were climbing them. This was also when they went around cutting off all low brances on trees because of the horrible, horrible danger.)

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh that's absolute bullshit. They cut down the trees because kids were climbing them?!? Kids have been climbing trees for thousands of years, and it's FUN. And seriously, the more they try to protect kids from themselves, the more we raise a generation of incapable, incompetent imbeciles who are afraid to do anything because they might get a bruise or a scratch.

I miss climbing trees. I need to do that more often. I climb the trees out at Camp Gaea sometimes. You should join us!

[julialovesrain.livejournal.com]

"And seriously, the more they try to protect kids from themselves, the more we raise a generation of incapable, incompetent imbeciles who are afraid to do anything because they might get a bruise or a scratch."

Agreed. And this is coming from a person whose childhood adventures include building a fort out of sheet metal, walking barefoot across the chemically-contaminated industrial site we lived next to (strange, nothing was growing there... ), and climbing at least a quarter of the way up a TV tower. Oh, and trees!

And what do you know, I've turned out to be a pretty cautious person as an adult... Except for certain little bad habits, like staying in cheap hostels in foreign countries and eating street food in Mexico. Which was delicious.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Eeep, okay, seeing as I work with chemicals and I'm HAZMAT trained and certified... I'd say the walking across chemically contaminated areas is NOT a good idea... for anyone.

But the rest of it... AWESOME! Including street food in foreign countries. :D

BTW... did you see the latest planning post on the USS Macchiato community? :D

[julialovesrain.livejournal.com]

Yes. I will probably be able to make it to at least one of them. Tax season has been really busy these past two weeks, but it should be winding down after the next two. At least I hope so...

I got a second job at Pizza-the-Hut which is Thursday/Friday/Saturday evenings, which I'm planning to at least try and keep through the summer. So I might have to leave early, but I should be able to make it :)

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Job = money, so job is good, but that sucks that you won't have as much time. I hope you can indeed make it to at least part of the get-together! *hugs*

[baby-werewolf.livejournal.com]

Six isn't odd, it's totally reasonable multitasking :| *does that too*

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Hehe... at least I'm not the only one!

[igntethestars.livejournal.com]

Oh, curly hair. How it's the bane of my existence. I've been told on several occasions I had the curliest hair stylists had ever seen. Makes it a bitch to get a good cut -_-

Number six isn't odd :D My husband does the same thing xD I"ve been known to on occasion.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm glad SOMEONE else sympathizes with my curly hair lamentations. I get so sick of people telling me how "cute" it is. Seriously, I like what I like, and someone else's observation that it makes me look "cute" is only going to tempt to me shave it all off.

LOL... I guess it's not THAT odd... but I've even been known to walk the dog before bed while brushing my teeth. :D

[igntethestars.livejournal.com]

THANK. YOU. Everyone and their cousin is "Your hair is so CUTE! It's so easy to take care of". Right. Because dealing with a giant frizzball is 'cute' and 'easy'.

Really, I'm not bitter.

[liamgolucky.livejournal.com]

OKAY OKAY NO.
You do not get to complain.
Try curly, waist long hair, THEN get back to me.

Also, I am a fan of tree climbing myself.

*is addicted to coffee/drinking some right now even though its one in morning*

*is also fidgety and touches everything*

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Try curly, waist long hair, THEN get back to me.

Been there, done that. Why do you think I keep it SHORT now? (Well, amongst other reasons.) But yes, I had it waist-length, so I know. And I saw no reason to continue tormenting myself that way, regardless of how wonderful everyone ELSE thought it was.

Mmmm... coffee...

[liamgolucky.livejournal.com]

Well I'm growing mine out for cancer patients so I'll only have it for a little bit longer. WHOOHOOO.

nom nom nom nom nom.
I love me some coffee.
Save Starbucks.
Overpriced crap.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Well that's a good purpose. I couldn't do it. My hair takes too long to grow, and... I couldn't handle long hair ever again.

YESH COFFEE. But not Starbucks. Their coffee is nasty.

[liamgolucky.livejournal.com]

My hair grows fast. So its all good.

Starbucks makes coffee from the souls of dead children.
HIRO. KILL IT.

[julialovesrain.livejournal.com]

YOU had waist-length hair?

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Yes. Don't ask. I was *trying* to fit in and be... er... girly. It was high school. And no, the attempt didn't work.

[annulvapore.livejournal.com]

"So don't be surprised if I've got my hands on something, fiddling with it, figuring out how it works."

oh my

[mijan.livejournal.com]

I have come to trust that if there's a single line in any of my LJ posts that could be construed in a sexual manner, you'll be there to point it out. It's like a universal constant at this point. Oddly reassuring. LOL.

[annulvapore.livejournal.com]

*bows*

Was this really ever in doubt? =P

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Never.

[lizardspots.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THE 'FRO.

Do you hate me now? :P

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Nah, still like ya. :p

[colloween.livejournal.com]

i LOVE the tree shoot!!!!

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Heee, I had fun! :D