25 things about me … blah blah blah
originally written 4 months
before my daughter was born
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# 1
I was born 2 weeks late
but I was also born early
I was born in the car
on the way to the hospital
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# 2
when I was around 2 years old
I hugged a puppy to death
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# 3
I had the best childhood
I was the fifth of seven children
I grew up on a farm
we had tons of cool animals and a big garden
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# 4
I have always tried to treat everyone as family
it seems to work for me
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# 5
when I was 3
I watched my mom chop off a chicken’s head
I think she was sending me a message …
“Don’t mess with me”
we ate the chicken that week and it tasted awesome !!!
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# 6
the first time I ate at kentucky fried chicken
I thought something was wrong
I never saw such small pieces of chicken in my life
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# 7
food is not a big deal to me anymore
I would be okay eating the same thing everyday
this should disturb me — but it doesn’t
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# 8
I moved away from home
when my little brother was 9
he turns 30 this year
whenever he’s in one of my dreams
he’s still 9
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# 9
my wife and I have been together 16 years
we watch the movie “amelie” together every valentine’s day
“young frankenstein” every halloween
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# 10
the mountains are beautiful
but I don’t like driving in them
I prefer driving in the prairies
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# 11
my wife and I found out about september 11th (2001) a day later
we were on a
week long hiking trip (west coast trail on vancouver island)
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# 12
I used to be a perfectionist
I have learned that no one has all the answers
I have also learned it is okay
to ask for help when you need it
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# 13
I want to be more assertive … but in a positive way
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# 14
I refuse to be manipulated or exploited
I refuse to let anyone make me feel guilty
ashamed or embarrassed for anything I don’t deserve
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# 15
I believe we can learn
something from everyone
but only if we are
O P E N
to listening and learning
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# 16
if I can’t afford something
I won’t buy it
I learned this the hard way
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# 17
I have learned that you can’t help someone
unless they want to be helped
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# 18
“maybe” is a valid answer
I think logic is too limiting
the world is bigger than a “yes” or “no” reply
lots of times there isn’t a “right” or “wrong” answer
big questions almost never have a simple solution
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# 19
I don’t know if school is for everyone
it might be a myth that we need a formal education
a degree to be successful in life
I know a lot of people who are living proof of this
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# 20
For the past 38 years
I’ve never owned a cell phone
I can’t hear anyone on them
maybe I should get my hearing checked
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# 21
For 36 years
I chewed my fingernails
I stopped biting them after my dad died
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# 22
I feel that every single person is a miracle
all life is precious
and we all have a choice
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# 23
I have faith in people and the future
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# 24
I want to live life to the fullest
but I am not afraid of death
death is a part of life
I accept that now
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# 25
everyone looks awesome when they smile
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my fifth birthday and I am king of the world !!!
Amelie
my fave movie
love this intro
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Young Frankenstein
my dad always talked
about this scene
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I love this!
I actually did one about a month ago but it revealed too much so I haven’t done anything with it.
thanks
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I read it again
years later
so many parts
still identified me
I know a little bit more about you now, thanks for sharing a bit more of yourself! And I love Amelie – one of my favourite films! :D
Amelie
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such an imaginative
interpretation
on the cliche
romantic movie
Wow!!!!!!! Very interesting and fun. Quite agree with a lot of those, e.g., “maybe” is an answer. We don’t have to know it all. Logic may be conclusive (by the rules of logic), but that doesn’t necessarily make it right.
Hello Geo. Trailed you from Shards DuBois’ blog.
hello and thanks
for your comment !
Now this is a great idea. Maybe once a decade….look you’ve got a head start already. I’d better get going. It could take months.
How can you be so sure???
Smiling here…..
I’m glad you enjoyed
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some of my close friends
did this on facebook
early 2009
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it was lots of fun
#2 made me sad :(
too many children to watch
too many puppies at our home
too young to know
everyone was sad
lovely
thank you
ms
lovely hapa
sweet
Thank you for sharing bits of yourself. I love Amelie, but my husband thinks it’s boring.
ahh
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to each
their
own
Thank you for sharing. A bit of opening the kimono, if you will. As an appreciative reader, the shift from laconic to quasi-verbose augments a sizable space. My perspective, of course. #14, #15 and #23 resonate here and speak well of you. Nice.
like your kimono
comment
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with poetry
nakedness
is more comfortable
in anonymous
but familiar
contexts
Young Frankenstein is a great movie to watch with people who’ve never seen it before … It tells you a good deal about someone, if they sit through it and don’t laugh.
cinematically
I find it fascinating as well
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sometimes
I’ve watched without laughing
fixated
on other elements
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okay
maybe there were a few
snickers
“Right idea, right poem”.
Loved that! Laughed out loud at #6…maybe KFC uses ‘pygmy chickens’
still amazed
at the size
of chickens on my
relatives’ farms
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so strong, robust, healthy
(and tasty)
This is a really neat post. I like how all the fragments combined form a complete and variegated portrait. Quite expert of you.
mosaics of me
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small colour chips
creating larger
complex shapes
Love this one!