Ten things meme

[dreamflower]

Here's day one. Let's see how far I get with this one.

Day 1 - Ten random facts about yourself
Day 2 - Nine things you do everyday
Day 3 - Eight things that annoy you
Day 4 - Seven fears/phobias
Day 5 - Six songs that you’re addicted to
Day 6 - Five things you can’t live without
Day 7 - Four memories you won’t forget
Day 8 - Three words you can’t go a day without
Day 9 - Two things you wish you could do
Day 10 - One person you can trust

1. I can wiggle my ears.
2. I can roll my tongue.
3. I always have an earworm; some song or another is always stuck in my head, mostly songs I like, but sometimes songs I can't stand.
4. I was a huge fan of the Monkees as a teen; my first and only celebrity crush was Peter Tork.
5. I used to collect DC comics, and still have hundreds of them left, although none of them are in "collectible condition". I bought them to read, not seal up in plastic. I collected them from the '60s through the 70s.
6. In high school I was on the debate team in my junior and senior year. I was pretty good at it, too. I enjoy a good argument.
7. I was in the Society for Creative Anachronism for many years. I was known as Lady AElfwenna of Shrewsbury, and I was a scribe and calligrapher. I still have most of my garb, and hope to play again someday.
8. I can play the piano and the recorder. Not very well, but I can play them. I took five years of piano lessons, and sort of taught myself the recorder. However, I don't play for anyone but my family.
9. The only kinds of needlework I have never tried are tatting and needlepoint. One of these days...
10 Tolkien was my matchmaker: my husband and I got together through our mutual interest in his books. This year we will have our 39th anniversary.

Comments

[shirebound]

It's nice to hear that someone else read DC (not just Marvel). In the 1960s I was obsessed with Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes, to name just two.

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Peter Tork was adorable! I loved that show so freaking much.

[shirebound]

I loved Peter. I LOVED him.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Oh, we have so many similarities!

I was a Peter Tork fan, in fact I am FB friends with him to this day. I LOVE DC comics and DH and I have a large collection - some in excellent condition, others that we just read and loved. I was (and still am) a Phantom Stranger fan, but I also loved the bigger heroes - Superman, Batman (loved him), and Green Lantern (too darned cute!). Yup - piano.

I envy you your needlework skills. I do many crafts, but embroidery and other thread on fabric-type crafts elude me. I can sew garments pretty well, though.

I loved reading your list. It was like I just found a sister I never knew I had.

- Erulisse (one L)

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

My grandmother could tat and it is fascinating to watch. Her hands moved so fast when she did it and she never looked at it, just watched tv or talked to people and all the while her hands were flying back and forth.
I tried and loved needle point. I made a few pictures using it for my son's room when he was a baby. I also have a few Christmas tree ornaments that I made in years past. I loved the patterns but didn't keep it up.

Tolkien was a very successful matchmaker. Congratulations! : ) I should have let him pick my husband. It might have gone so much better.

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

Hee! I enjoyed reading these facts about you!

I love fact #10!
I also used to be in the SCA. I never registered my name (or whatever the term was for having my name recognized officially.)
I can roll my tongue too -- both like a tube and also width-wise