don't stop the music

월요일, 1월 02, 2006

anyway, i've been mulling over it for a couple of days since faz tagged me on her blog for five weird things about me. i think i've got five now... *hmm* well, here goes:

1) i iron my socks

you know, i always thought that everyone in the world ironed their socks. but apparently not! only when i started living out did people look at me funny and raise their eyebrows in a quizzical fashion, as if to say: what the heck is wrong with you, woman? who on this earth irons their socks, only to roll them up into a ball again? so that struck uncertainty in my palpitating little heart, and thenceforth i viewed my sock-ironing activities with caution. but, old habits die hard, and my hands still instinctively reach for the socks whenever i iron (which is about once a week, i think). takes me a little more time, but gives me a weird sense of satisfaction to know everything is pin-straight and neat whenever i need it. :)

2) i invent imaginary words

ok this one is not my doing. Boy seems to think that i am a small animal called the Tanya, who feeds on chocolate and lives in trees, mummering an imaginary language which involves descriptive words like 'poopy' and 'meh'. this reminds me of college days when nat the pmspartner used to call me a chinchilla. small furry mammals seem to adhere themselves to me. wonder why...

plup!

3) i wear arctic gear at home

that's because we're very careful with the heating at home and only use it when absolutely necessary. hence the need to wear a thick hoodie at all times to prevent bodily functions from slowing down and the blood in my veins turning to cold, cold, cold ice. this get-up is jokingly called arctic gear by the Boy, who is a human hot water bottle, which is NOT FAIR because surely i need the heat more than he does?

4) i have stuffed toys

and when i say i have stuffed toys, i mean i have stuffed toys. they form a veritable mountain at home and they all have names, from flatbear to duckie to the handsome mr. pluppy. before you say another word, yes, i actually do remember all of their names. of these, my most treasured possessions are my carebears, especially the battle-scarred funshine bear, and whose ranks have been filled through the years by various friends and family (and quite recently, Boy), who have heard of my little hobby and have (quite generously) made active steps to fuelling it. the best thing is, they seem to show no signs of stopping.

5) i actually think i live on the discworld

sad to say, i am in love with terry pratchett's discworld, and my favourite character has got to be... hrm, it's gotta be... well it used to be ponder stibbons, then twoflower, then granny weatherwax, then most certainly, Death. i dream of reading the books in the UU library, and wandering the streets of ankh-morpork. in fact, faz and i almost went for the hogswatch fayre held a couple of years back. shows the extent of fandom there, getting mixed up with reality...

well that's me done - who do i want to tag next? hrm... how about cuz AMANDA and my brother BBOY LOKI? heehee... have fun!