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parrotfish tagged me to do this and she is quite evil for it. I never know what to say in these things that isn't terribly personal or terribly uninteresting/well-known.

RULES
1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.


Here goes:

1. I'm terrified of octopus. I don't know when or how that fear started, but it's there. Walking through the mini-aquarium in the Mall of America last summer, they had a large red-purple octopus lying at the bottom of it's tank ... I just about passed out.

2. I have a large and ridiculously unorganized music collection which I fear will never get straightened out. I have boxes of cds and vinyl under my bed and in my closet that's just collecting dust but I can't bring myself to sell any of it or give it away despite the fact most of it is also on my hard drives. *sighs*

3. I was nearly killed - or at least assured a life in traction - during my study abroad in Mexico when a taxi almost ran me over. I dodged it only just... by diving down a flight of cement stairs. First time I'd ever broken a limb in my life (my leg), but ALIVE with a broken limb. Oh, and it put me off from driving in Mexico ever, no matter how much my very good friend in Monterey begs me to visit more often.

4. I can't swim and don't have much intention of learning which obviously makes me an idiot I realize, but... since I have no great inclination to go on a cruise (which I hate, mind) again anytime soon and never cared all that much for the beach? I'll risk it.

5. I've visited all 50 states. Florida 8 times (Rah rah for the Disney Corporation and my godfather/dad's best friend living in Tampa).

6. I eat chunky Skippy out of the jar. No bread or jelly or anything. Just sit there with a spoon despite every time I do that scene from "Death Becomes Her" pops in my mind, the one with Goldie Hawn eatting cake frosting in the dark, but... that's not about to stop me.

7. I something of a Lego fixation that I've had since I was a little kid. I don't collect or anything or die of squee when a new, particularly expensive set comes out... but I find it therapeutic, clicking those bricks together. I used to hide it when I was a kid due to some stigma little girls didn't play with Legos. Now as I'm old and don't really give a shit, you'll find orphaned bricks lying all over my place.

I TAG:
a_caged_heart
mrstater (as she really needs more to do on top of R/T comm modding ;)
needia

Because everyone else on my flist has either done the meme already or is on extended ElJay hiatus.