Over on Twitter I was Tagged by Aaron to reveal seven things about myself. I’d seen this goal to share 43 and had considered adopting it before, so now is as good a time as any to start.
1) I could have been named George Harrison Schoonover. George is the middle name of my father’s father. Harrison is the middle name of my mother’s father. At the time she was considering this name, mom didn’t even make the connection to the Beatle even though she watched them on tv when they arrived in the U.S. a few years earlier.
2) I own nine Patrick Nagel Lithographs. One of them was my high school graduation present from my parents. While some of them are hanging in my apartment, some are still at my parents’ house too. One of them actually hung over my parents’ bed for over a decade. I first became familiar with Nagel when I was sneaking looks at my dad’s Playboy magazines.
3) I have a spreadsheet that records every holiday card that I’ve sent out since 1989. The spreadsheet contains the name of the person, a description of the card that I sent, the date that I sent it and the date I received something from them. If it’s a card, then it’s just the date. If I receive an email, a phone call or gift, then it gets a code of E, P or G.
4) I used to be very afraid of needles. What made me come to grips with it was one time when I was 14 I went into my doctor’s office for a tetnus booster. Where I was standing I was visible from the waiting room, and I screamed and everyone looked at me. Then mom said, “that wasn’t even the needle. She was just cleaning your arm.” I was so embarassed. Now I watch the needles go in, and have even practiced on myself.
5) In high school I would wear 34×34 pants (usually Lee Jeans). At my highest weight I bought a pair of 44s. I’m currently wearing 34×32. I don’t think I’ve shrunk any, but I also don’t wear my pants hiked up tight against my groin like I did in high school.
6) I have seven VCRs hooked to three tvs in my apartment, plus two DVD players and a DVR. Two of the VCRs are double-deckers. I have actually been recording on six out of seven VCRs at the same time, but never all seven…yet.
7) My alarm clock is on the other side of the room from where I sleep. I will get up and go over and hit the snooze button, then come back and cover back up. I will do this more than once every morning instead of just getting up or moving the alarm clock close enough that I don’t have to get up to hit snooze.
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