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Ten Things...
Apr. 22nd, 2002 09:19 am...You Might Not Know About Me
1. I went to the same high school as several Doobie Brothers and one Manson Family member. I'd love to be at that class reunion (if they ever let her out of jail.)
2. I have a fan in the People's Republic of China. I got an e-mail from a person in the PRC who had somehow acquired At Close Quarters and was raving about how good it is. I'm always amazed to get these kinds of messages, even more so when people ask me to autograph the books.
3. The bottom of my feet are extremely sensitive, I never walk outside barefoot anymore. It's also fun to watch me get a reflex test at the neurologists.. I kick like a Rockette when they run that probe up the bottom of my foot..
4. I had sex in a very public place once. At Laguna Seca Raceway, with a girl I met on the bus going to the show. We were both on acid, and *thought* we were alone. We were downhill from a campsite. Oops.
5. By the age of five, I knew all the words to "Alice's Restaurant"
5. I've only started to like baseball in the last five years. Never got into it before that, football was my main game. Still love football (go Niners!) but I'm becoming a real Giants fanatic as well.
7. On my first day in the Army, I met the Chief of Staff. (highest ranking officer in the entire army.) All us new recruits, having just been issued uniforms and had our haircuts, were waiting outside for the next stage of processing at the Reception Center. Up walks General Wickham, along with a constellation of other general officers. We came to attention as best we could, and he spent a few minutes chatting with us. I, at least, knew enough to call him "sir."
8. I have a phobia about cooking. Something about kitchens makes my blood run cold. I can microwave stuff, and brown beef, but beyond that and I start to panic.
9. Of all the things I can't do, singing is the one that pains me most. I'd love to be able to take part in filksings and the like, but I just don't hear my voice in the way that others do.
10. I was thrown out of the Boy Scouts for being an atheist.
1. I went to the same high school as several Doobie Brothers and one Manson Family member. I'd love to be at that class reunion (if they ever let her out of jail.)
2. I have a fan in the People's Republic of China. I got an e-mail from a person in the PRC who had somehow acquired At Close Quarters and was raving about how good it is. I'm always amazed to get these kinds of messages, even more so when people ask me to autograph the books.
3. The bottom of my feet are extremely sensitive, I never walk outside barefoot anymore. It's also fun to watch me get a reflex test at the neurologists.. I kick like a Rockette when they run that probe up the bottom of my foot..
4. I had sex in a very public place once. At Laguna Seca Raceway, with a girl I met on the bus going to the show. We were both on acid, and *thought* we were alone. We were downhill from a campsite. Oops.
5. By the age of five, I knew all the words to "Alice's Restaurant"
5. I've only started to like baseball in the last five years. Never got into it before that, football was my main game. Still love football (go Niners!) but I'm becoming a real Giants fanatic as well.
7. On my first day in the Army, I met the Chief of Staff. (highest ranking officer in the entire army.) All us new recruits, having just been issued uniforms and had our haircuts, were waiting outside for the next stage of processing at the Reception Center. Up walks General Wickham, along with a constellation of other general officers. We came to attention as best we could, and he spent a few minutes chatting with us. I, at least, knew enough to call him "sir."
8. I have a phobia about cooking. Something about kitchens makes my blood run cold. I can microwave stuff, and brown beef, but beyond that and I start to panic.
9. Of all the things I can't do, singing is the one that pains me most. I'd love to be able to take part in filksings and the like, but I just don't hear my voice in the way that others do.
10. I was thrown out of the Boy Scouts for being an atheist.
