2009-02-10
memes: 25 random things
01- I almost didn't get into college because a financial aid officer said he "...didn't think I was culturally deprived enough" to receive financial aid.
02- I've never known what it was like to not be able to draw
03- I have no idea where my birth mother might be. Here maiden name is/was Mary Selma Evans. If someone knows her whereabouts, please write me
04- The family once had a cocker spaniel named Brandy. She was stolen within a week of getting her.
05- Learned how to drive a vehicle using standard shift. It's still my favorite way to drive.
06- Montreal is my favorite city.
07- In general, I'm not terribly fond of cities, and [unless I was enormously wealthy] wouldn't want to live in one but I do enjoy visiting them.
08- It's been over 25 years since I lived there, but I still think of the Adirondacks as my home.
09- Many of my favorite music CDs include
compositions, songs and groups that most folks have never heard of.
10- I was present in a crowd of angry college students when Nelson Rockefeller saluted us by raising his hand and showing us his middle finger... here's a grainy news photo of this historical gesture to your right -->
11- I learned far more from Gretchen Westervelt than I thought I did when I knew her.
12- I'm a vegetarian when there is no meat available to eat.
13- I once had to tell Sammy Davis Jr that he could not smoke in his hotel room.
14- When travelling to stay with my father while he was dying, I thought of hundreds of things I wanted to say to him. When we were alone together I couldn't talk. I still regret this.
15- Rockwell Kent's widow, Sally Kent Gorton, once left me -totally alone- to peruse RK's collection of prints for hours.
16- I really like doing crossword puzzles.
17- On two separate occasions I saw a hotel or dorm room completely vandalized by a renowned Olympic speed skater while it had been occupied by him.
18- It took me about 10 minutes to figure out how to properly use chopsticks for eating. The guy who showed me said I must have lied about having never used them before.
19- My favorite foods include venison, rabbit, okra and eggplant. I dislike brussels sprouts.
20- An acquaintance of mine once purchased an original Rembrandt print at auction for only $5. The auctioneer held it up describing it only as a "...picture of a windmill." My friend was the only bidder.
21- I passed my first kidney stone in a hotel room in Paris.
22- If I were 20 years younger and single, I'd think seriously about moving to live in Bisbee Arizona.
23- I never feel alone, nor lonely, when walking solo in the woods.
24- Once purchased a brand new Coleman Scanoe for only $35 dollars.
25- I'm not afraid of the dark.
02- I've never known what it was like to not be able to draw
03- I have no idea where my birth mother might be. Here maiden name is/was Mary Selma Evans. If someone knows her whereabouts, please write me
04- The family once had a cocker spaniel named Brandy. She was stolen within a week of getting her.
05- Learned how to drive a vehicle using standard shift. It's still my favorite way to drive.
06- Montreal is my favorite city.07- In general, I'm not terribly fond of cities, and [unless I was enormously wealthy] wouldn't want to live in one but I do enjoy visiting them.
08- It's been over 25 years since I lived there, but I still think of the Adirondacks as my home.
09- Many of my favorite music CDs include
compositions, songs and groups that most folks have never heard of.10- I was present in a crowd of angry college students when Nelson Rockefeller saluted us by raising his hand and showing us his middle finger... here's a grainy news photo of this historical gesture to your right -->
11- I learned far more from Gretchen Westervelt than I thought I did when I knew her.
12- I'm a vegetarian when there is no meat available to eat.
13- I once had to tell Sammy Davis Jr that he could not smoke in his hotel room.
14- When travelling to stay with my father while he was dying, I thought of hundreds of things I wanted to say to him. When we were alone together I couldn't talk. I still regret this.
15- Rockwell Kent's widow, Sally Kent Gorton, once left me -totally alone- to peruse RK's collection of prints for hours.
16- I really like doing crossword puzzles.17- On two separate occasions I saw a hotel or dorm room completely vandalized by a renowned Olympic speed skater while it had been occupied by him.
18- It took me about 10 minutes to figure out how to properly use chopsticks for eating. The guy who showed me said I must have lied about having never used them before.
19- My favorite foods include venison, rabbit, okra and eggplant. I dislike brussels sprouts.20- An acquaintance of mine once purchased an original Rembrandt print at auction for only $5. The auctioneer held it up describing it only as a "...picture of a windmill." My friend was the only bidder.
21- I passed my first kidney stone in a hotel room in Paris.
22- If I were 20 years younger and single, I'd think seriously about moving to live in Bisbee Arizona.
23- I never feel alone, nor lonely, when walking solo in the woods.
24- Once purchased a brand new Coleman Scanoe for only $35 dollars.
25- I'm not afraid of the dark.
IMAGE SOURCES: Montreal - from my own collection; Nelson Rockefeller - found at Charles Eicher's Disinoftainment; Return to Asgaard, by R Kent, in the Hermitage Collection, St Petersburg, Russia; Bisbee, AZ from Trip Advisor
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