I received one of those emails this week. You know the ones; they come from friends or coworkers or friends who used to be coworkers. They ask you about your favorite things or things you would bring on a desert island, or wishes you want to make, and so on. Basically, they are only a small step up from a chain letter. Most of the time I don’t bother with them, but sometimes I can’t resist. I received one this week and I filled it out and sent it back. I even copied 2 other people on it.
So I started thinking about the other things you could ask people. Forget the fantasy stuff, I want to know real things. I want to know about things in your everyday life that make you who you are. I want to know things that would surprise me. Not surprise me, as in freak me out, but surprise me because I know you and still don’t know everything about you. Forget the list of celebrities you want to stalk and tell me the list of junk food hidden your cabinets. Instead of telling me your favorite movies, tell me the ones you are embarrassed that you own.
Now I would never ask anyone to answer anything I wouldn’t answer myself, so here is a list of topics I started while sitting at breakfast yesterday.
5 Guilty Pleasure songs on your iPod (or similar type of song catalog):
- Britney Spears- Toxic
- Kermit the Frog- Rainbow Connection
- Ashley Simpson- L.O.V.E.
- Backstreet Boys- As Long As You Love Me
- Ricky Martin- She Bangs
5 Things to confess (or maybe NEVER confess) to your parents
- Having sex in the house.
- Having sex while they were in the house.
- Finally admitting that yes, I was the one who moved the gun.
- Until I was finally caught, I shoplifted everything I could get my hands on.
- Dad, you were right about that whole computer thing. Who knew this is where I would end up?
5 Majors You Wish You’d Chosen Instead
- Theater
- IT
- Journalism
- Music
- Film Studies (is that part of Mass Comm.?) I don’t know.
5 Movies you are Embarrassed to Own:
- What a Girl Wants
- The Pacifier
- The Pirate Movie
- Galaxy Quest
- Shanghai Knights
5 things in your junk drawer:
- Magnetic Poetry Kit
- Sink Stopper with a Pig on it
- Cat Butts- Field Guide (Long story. A result of my using the phrase “cat’s ass” a lot. Basically, I have a set of magnets on the fridge that are nothing but cat butts. The field guide came with it as a way “to help you get started with the wonderful hobby of cat watching and identification through the butt.” I have some weird friends.)
- Personal Pocket and Purse Pak- first aid kit clearly not kept in my purse or pocket.
- Mammowipe. I kid you not. Last year when I went in for my mammogram, they had these “patient cleansing towlettes” in the room called Mammowipes. I had to grab a couple of those.
Ok, so there you go. Now that is some information that you probably didn’t know about me. Not sure exactly what it’s supposed to reveal about me other than some questionable music and movie purchases. And that I need to clean out that junk drawer.
4 comments:
I agree with you about the 5 questions that were sent out. After replying to you, April and Lori, I thought a) I am either the most boring person alive, or b) those are boring questions. I'm clinging to the hope that it's "b".
And what is wrong with owning Galaxy Quest?! That's a great movie! And The Pirate Movie is a family classic and can be explained away as a foible of childhood. My only other comment here is, what gun?!
I do think it's B, Mimi. You are anything but boring....especially with those juggling and balloon animal skills of yours.
Dad used to have a gun. I don't remember why I was anywhere near it, but I was looking for something else and found it. I moved it and that was it. Apparently he noticed. No way I was going to confess to that one, even though I didn't do anything with it.
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