Six Degrees of Randomness
Since I was tagged and challenged by Jen to write 6 random things about myself, I decided to take this Friday night to reflect on all things random, so here goes.
1) I love the smell of tar. It's about my favorite smell for a very weird reason: in high school our marching band practice field was next to the gym, which was getting a new roof. For some reason, I smelled that tar and since then I've always associated that smell with those crisp November days out there on the field. Good memories. Some people find the smell horrible, but it brings back great memories for me.
2) Even though I'm in my mid forties (can that be true???) I still have celebrity crushes. My current crush is Hugh Laurie. Those eyes! And he has perfect hands, which leads to Random Fact Number Three...
3) The first thing I notice about a man is his hands. There's a certain type I like. Please see Hugh Laurie for an example.
4) I really miss old people. My entire life I've been around them, since my mom had me when she was 46, which made my aunts and uncles nearly 50 years older than me. In the past 6 years, 11 of them have died, all in their 80s and 90s, and I really miss old people. The other night I was in a restaurant and the table next to me was full of elderly couples and I kept listening to their conversations and wishing I could go hug one of them.
5) The weirdest things make me inexplicably happy. A local nursery had aspen trees on sale for $24.95 for little ones and I went with the intention of buying one aspen tree. I came home with three, because once I set them all together they looked like a little baby aspen grove and it just symbolized the entire reason I moved to Colorado. I used to daydream about walking around in an aspen grove back when I lived in Texas, and even now, when I am among the aspens, I am so happy it's ridiculous. So, now I will have my own aspen grove. Now granted, it is only an aspen "grove" you can walk among if you are one of the Borrowers, but one day they will be old enough for me to really enjoy. And the leaves quaking in the wind fill me with such ridiculous joy, it's a little embarrassing. Last weekend I bought a decent-sized aspen tree with orange leaves and they said they really preferred mates, so this is why I bought more.
6) I believe I might be inherently lazy. There. I said it.
1) I love the smell of tar. It's about my favorite smell for a very weird reason: in high school our marching band practice field was next to the gym, which was getting a new roof. For some reason, I smelled that tar and since then I've always associated that smell with those crisp November days out there on the field. Good memories. Some people find the smell horrible, but it brings back great memories for me.
2) Even though I'm in my mid forties (can that be true???) I still have celebrity crushes. My current crush is Hugh Laurie. Those eyes! And he has perfect hands, which leads to Random Fact Number Three...
3) The first thing I notice about a man is his hands. There's a certain type I like. Please see Hugh Laurie for an example.4) I really miss old people. My entire life I've been around them, since my mom had me when she was 46, which made my aunts and uncles nearly 50 years older than me. In the past 6 years, 11 of them have died, all in their 80s and 90s, and I really miss old people. The other night I was in a restaurant and the table next to me was full of elderly couples and I kept listening to their conversations and wishing I could go hug one of them.
5) The weirdest things make me inexplicably happy. A local nursery had aspen trees on sale for $24.95 for little ones and I went with the intention of buying one aspen tree. I came home with three, because once I set them all together they looked like a little baby aspen grove and it just symbolized the entire reason I moved to Colorado. I used to daydream about walking around in an aspen grove back when I lived in Texas, and even now, when I am among the aspens, I am so happy it's ridiculous. So, now I will have my own aspen grove. Now granted, it is only an aspen "grove" you can walk among if you are one of the Borrowers, but one day they will be old enough for me to really enjoy. And the leaves quaking in the wind fill me with such ridiculous joy, it's a little embarrassing. Last weekend I bought a decent-sized aspen tree with orange leaves and they said they really preferred mates, so this is why I bought more.6) I believe I might be inherently lazy. There. I said it.
posted by JeepGirl | 8:55 PM
6 Comments:
Sounds like you're happily lazy! You have pleasant, calming descriptions, Marion. YOu should write more, you know.
Yes, I agree with mom. You should write more. I love old people too! (I don't really have reason why like you.) I have always wanted to volunteer at one of the nursing homes near my house. I think it would be fun to read to them.
Is that the Hugh Laurie magazine cover that Rio ripped up? LOL....
I love your list. I've always liked the smell of tar too, but never thought about why. I wonder if it's the same reason as yours?
Yes, that is the cover that got ripped up. He is beautiful. And yes, if you like tar I bet that's why too. We're weird.
Your story makes very entertaining reading, I hope you get your money. Cute dog.
Thanks Darby, for commenting. I actually DID indeed get paid because I took the web site down and refused to put it back up until they paid.
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