Tagged by Amy

I've been tagged by Amy! Once you have been tagged you can't be retagged. You have to write a blog about 10 odd, facts or habits about yourself. Then tag 10 people and visit there comments and tell them they've been tagged.


Here goes:

1. I eat in even numbers. I'm not an obsessive counter, but I must have two timbits or four timbits, never three. Two rice cakes, not one ( or one broken in half). Bagels must be halved, then quartered. My mother used to creatively cut my sandwiches in three odd shapes and it MADE ME CRAZY!!
2. I can't sit in the back seat of cars. I get panicky and woozy and feel like I'm going to be sick or pass out. This makes taxi rides very difficult!
   
3. The touch of styrofoam gives me the heebies.
4. I love the smell of freshly cut lumber. Ahhhhhh,... even more than the smell of baking bread or chocolate cake!
5. I don't fasten my seatbelt until I come to the first stopsign or traffic light. Yes, I'm aware that this is stupid. It's a long story...
6. I like winter. This in and of itself makes me completely certifiable to most people.
7. I don't like hot, humid weather. See above for state of mind.
8. Sometimes, when I look into the face of a cat and we sort of stare at each other, I feel like I can see a human soul. (N.U.T.S.)
9. I remember multiple dreams a night. Most people can't remember any when they wake, some remember one when they wake, I feel like I was watching really weird movies most of the night.
10. When I stay in a hotel, I have to sleep in the bed that has a clear view of the door or, if not visible, then the bed closest to the door.
    

It just occurred to me that I could probably go on for another 10. Yep, I'm a loon!

Tagged by Vicky

Thanks for tagging me, Vicky! I had NO IDEA what to right about today. Okay -- that's not true. I went and saw Dreamgirls last night and I'm bursting with things to say about it. It'll wait until tomorrow...
Meanwhile, - here's the NAME tag:

1. YOUR REAL NAME: Wylie - (not really,... it's my writer persona, the creative side of me. The real me is just too boring for words!)

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first three letters of your name, plus izzle) WYLIZZLE. :)
(yo, yo, that's WY-lizzle to you, mo'f...)

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three of your last) WKIN. Pronounced dubya-kin, otherwise sounds like the witchy religious of wiccan -- eeek!!!

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal) RED JAGUAR. Do I get a savvy male side-kick to help me create some sexual tension thereby making us the hottest detective team since Moonlighting went off the air?? huh, huh?

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, Street you live on): GAYLE BEST. No kidding!!

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name) KINWYMAC. What planet am I from?

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (favorite color, favorite drink) RED PINOT NOIR. That's just silly!

8. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dad’s middle name, 1st letter of a sibling’s first name, last letter of your moms middle name) ATAACK. I used my REAL name, instead of my pen name -- and this is NO KIDDING what I got!!!

9. YOUR STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/body spray) But I don't use any of the above! So I opt my favorite food scent: CHOCOLATE

10. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother & father’s middle name) My mom (also Eastern European) has no middle name, so I'll use her first: VALENTINA MICHAEL. Hey - I like it!!

I have NO ONE to tag!! Y'all got to each other before I did... But if there's anyone else reading this that would like to play, please do and let me know in the comments!!

Whatcha Reading Meme

I was tagged by Amy.
Here are the instructions:
1. Grab the nearest book to you;
2. Open to page 123, look down to the 5th sentence;
3. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog;
4. Include the title and the author's name;
5. Tag 3 people.

The nearest book to me is the one I just started. I'm not on page 123 yet so I'm a bit miffed at being forced to read ahead (this is like cheating!!). But for the sake of the meme, ...


The novel is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - Pulitzer Prize winner (so it must be good, right?!)

"The only way my father could think of to instill in me a sense of my heritage was to take me to dubbed Italian versions of the ancient Greek myths. And so, every week, we saw Hercules slaying the Nemean lion, or stealing the girdle of the Amazons ("That's some girdle, eh Callie?"), or being thrown gratuitously into snake pits without textual support. But our favorite was the Minotaur..."

I'm tagging Brad, George and Matt.
Oh darn... I don't have their emails, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed that they read my blog.

Thanks, Amy -- that was a fun one!!

Tagged by Christine - FOURS

I was tagged by fellow blogger Christine. Here are my FOUR'S:

Four jobs I've had:
1. Bowling alley counter clerk
2. Front Office Manager, Elbow Beach Hotel, Bermuda
3. Development Officer for the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo
4. Mother/Writer (current)

Four places I've lived:
1. Thunder Bay, ON
2. Toronto, ON
3. Bermuda
4. Newmarket, ON

Four favorite foods:
1. Indian
2. Fresh tuna steaks on the Barbie
3. Cadbury’s Dairymilk Chocolate
4. Wahoo, but only at the Blackhorse Tavern in Bermuda

Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. The Red Violin
2. Moulin Rouge
3. Legends of the Fall
4. An Affair to Remember (I cry every time)

Four TV shows I enjoy:
1. Nip/Tuck
2. Sopranos
3. House
4. Lost

Four places I've traveled:
1. Western Europe – England, Scotland, France, Italy, Switzerland, etc...
2. Alaska
3. Canada – from the Pacific to the Atlantic and back again.
4. Caribbean & Mexico – too many islands to name individually

Four places I'd like to visit:
1. Greece
2. Russia
3. Iceland
4. Mars

Four websites I go to daily:
1. TMZ or DListed (because I need celebrity gossip)
2. Blogs: Tennessee Text Wrestling, Amy’s, Christine’s, Romancing the Blog…
3. For Better or For Worse - Comic Strip
4. Yahoo News

I'm tagging T.L.!