Friday, January 23, 2009

Six




Brenda tagged me to play along with 6 things you probably don't know about me.  I'm having a hard time being clever about this, or being positive.  Usually, it's our best face we put on and hold back the negative.  I'm not so sure I want to tell any secrets.

For instance, did you know I can be a raging hot head?  I think it's a combination of hormones and that Arabic blood.  I've calmed down considerably, but on occasion, I can be a raving lunatic.  I never know when it'll happen, it just does.  At times I've considered exorcism.  I'm sure my victims have considered homicide.  Thank God for waning hormones.  Although some here would disagree, I think I've mellowed considerably.  My daughter went to see a psychic last week, he told her to tell me to calm down.  And I thought I'd mellowed...

I have two, count them, two tattoos.  Oh yes I do.  I wanted to give the nursing home staff something to discuss when I'm all gorked out, and since I don't have breast implants, tattoos will have to suffice.  Incidentally, I can put this out for the whole world to read because my mother is dead now.

Speaking of my mother, I was deeply disappointed when she gave my sister's Chatty Kathy doll away to charity.  It's possible I never recovered from this loss.  Out of spite, I went and got 2 tattoos.

Like Brenda, I have man-sized hands.  My husband calls them my bear paws.  If he thinks I'm heading into a fit of rage (see #1), he will offer me Golden Crisps cereal or donuts to shut me the hell up calm me down.  Since you may not believe I have such big paws, I went shopping today for some new leather gloves.  None of them fit-they were all too small.  I'll have to stick to the same pair I've had for 10 years or shop in the men's department.

I can hold a grudge like nobody's business.  If I feel you have wronged me, I will never speak to you again.  Ever.  We could have been friendly for thirty years or more and that wouldn't matter.  I will stick your name in a jar and throw it in the freezer.  I will then forget all about you.  Really.  On the other hand, I'm a loyal friend.  I won't steal your man, your money, your jewelry or your job.

I routinely bite off more than I can chew.  This happens in every aspect of my life including work, play, home, etc.  I also eat more than I should too and that fits in well here.  

Well, that wasn't so bad.

Thanks Brenda.  This was fun to play after all!

15 comments:

willowtree said...

Yeah, I'm big on grudges too, and I never forget, but I don't lose any sleep over it.

Rudee said...

WT, I don't lose sleep either and it takes a lot to push me to that place. Once done, it's done. I don't look back. I don't know if that's a good thing, or a bad trait. I won't lose any sleep pondering that either.

Anonymous said...

Correction: The Psychic said to stop being such a perfectionist. You are too hard on yourself, and it's going to lead to depression. He never mentioned a raging lunatic, or an excorcism.. I don't think you are a lunatic, I think you are quite sane. You have calmed down a lot... it's all due to your "don't sweat the small stuff" attitude I admire so much!!!
What do you expect a momma bear to have? Small paws? . . . They are hardly the size of a man's hand. AGAIN, this may be a biased opinion.

Anonymous said...

I think your six list was very interesting. I definately learned six new things about you! I had that very same doll and it got lost in our move to Tennessee. I was so bummed out, still am. It was the best doll...ever.

I tend to hold grudges too. I'm better about it now, but if someone hurt me I would just cut them out of my life. I do look back though...sometimes.

Have a great day!

Winifred said...

Chatty Cathy, now there's a blast from the past. My dad bougth my daughter Claire one of these for her first Christmas. She was 4 months old! Men.

She loved it when she got older and she was bigger than Cathy. I really thought it was still up in the loft. However my husband brought down what was left of Claire's toys and it wasn't there sadly, just a big ugly doll I bought her when she was seven. Cathy was lovely.

Brenda said...

I more or less have all of those things about myself, except for the tatoos. I have stories I could reveal about my temper, and yes I hold grudges, I just call them something else..I think it is moving on. I have that same trait where I will take and take and take and then the straw that breaks the camels back happens and the rest is history. I could go on and on, but the baby is here...so later...and Thanks for playing!

Rudee said...

Anon, I guess it's better to be a perfectionist rather than a spaz. You're very sweet, but I know I have man hands.

Cheryl and Winifred, I was heartbroken over that doll.

Brenda, I really believe the rants were fueled by hormones. My skin may miss my hormones, but my mind does not.

sandy said...

Well that was fun to read. I have man hands too!!! I use to wear a size 7 ring and now its' probably an 8, water retention I'm sure, ha.

flydragon said...

Why am I not surprised at #1 and #5 but am surprised at #2? On second thought, maybe not surprised at that one, either:)

Rudee said...

Sandy, my husband's wedding ring is too small for my hands. hahaha.

Flydragon, what surprises you? Maybe that I don't have implants, or is it the tats?

flydragon said...

Ha, it was the tats.

Unknown said...

ahhhhh, grudges...You know, you can always write short stories that just happen to have a character with the exact same name as your ex-best-friend from the sixth grade. And that character might just happen to be a stringy-haired, rat faced trampy slut.

the rotten correspondent said...

Do you not think that the hothead thing and the grudge holding are connected? I also do both, but think there's a real tie there.

And I don't know what the hell you're talking about when you say Arabs are hotheads. Certainly no Arabs I know.

Rudee said...

You're so right distracted. Glad to see I'm not alone and others can hold a grudge like a champ too.

Betty F said...

This was so much fun to read!