Six Random Facts About Me: A Meme

Trish over at Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? tagged me for this little meme that requires me to divulge quirky facts about me. I generally try to keep my personal ramblings to a minimum, but I’ll let that guard down for six quick facts. Here they are (in no particular order):

1. I am missing my right ring finger. There was a tragic accident involving night games and sheet metal when I was twelve. I celebrate “my finger anniversary” every July 5th. This last July 5th was the thirteenth anniversary of the event, meaning that I have lived longer without that finger than with it. (I had an illustrious career as the first chair clarinet in band until the unfortunate accident. The only other repercussions come in playing the piano and typing.)

2. I care about things like the fact that “about” is capitalized in the title of this post. Now, normally, a preposition is not capitalized in a title or heading, UNLESS it is longer than four letters. Yeah, I know things like that. I like to read books about grammar and writing and literary criticism. My favorite is probably How To Read Books Like a Professor. (Note in the title of a book, “to” is not generally capitalized, but it is part of an infinitive in this case and is therefore capitalized.)

3. My two favorite books to read over and over again are Harriet the Spy and Pride and Prejudice. There is just something so comforting about rereading beloved books.

4. My drink of choice is Dr. Pepper. I love Dr. Pepper more than any other drink, though Sprite with a lemon will do in a pinch.

5. I love puppies (a term I use for all canines, regardless of age)! I always have. I used to try to bring strays home on a semi-regular basis. I thought about a career in animal medicine, but nothing can make me cry faster than a puppy in peril. For example, when we were bringing my mom’s puppy, Oscar, home, I was holding him in my lap when he suddenly realized that we had taken him away from his mother and he let out a little yelp/whine. I cried. Reading books about puppies is a good compromise.

6. I am an organizational freak. It is to the point of a psychosis. My mom used to get mad at me because she would have a project out, get up to go to the bathroom or something, come back, and it would all be put away in its proper place. My husband, having lost an item, will call me and I will know exactly what I would have done with it if I had come across it. I can’t function in an area that is not organized. There is an interesting element of the psychosis, though, where a certain area (right now it is the closet in the office) gets out of a control for a long period of time. I then go crazy ripping it apart, organizing it, and putting it all together again.

(Bonus Fact: I like parenthetical asides (and the word parenthetical).)

Okay, now, I want to know about all of you. Come on. Tell us all some freaky facts.

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