Monday, May 5, 2008

Tag you're it

Jill tagged me. (She just had a great ET). I'm excited and now I have to think of my tag content - 3 random things about me. There's a lot of stuff about me that's random but I'll pick three, one from each decade of my life

  1. 10th birthday parties were a big do in my family. There was this children's tv personality that my father got to compere all our parties. For my party I had a princess cake, barbeque, a hand puppet show, live dj and over 300 kids and adults. The only problem; I was such a shy child that I hid in the corner for the duration of the party. I didn't even come out to dance
  2. I spent the 6 years of my secondary school (equivalent of 7th grade to end of high school) in a boarding school. I lived in the school during school term and went home only for midterms and holidays. I loved it. My school was also girls only and there was such a variety in our backgrounds, that's where I learnt to be independent and relate to a wide gamut of people. I always figured out that it was such a life-lesson experience for me that I used to say by the time I was forty, I wanted all my children to be over 10 years old and in boarding school so I could have my house & husband to myself. Life's little ironies eh, I'm 31 so I don't think that's going to work out quite as planned.
  3. I know (almost) every line from the movie "Sound of Music" and if you get me started, I can recite the whole movie for you.
Captain von Trapp: Fraulein is it possible or perhaps I just imagined. Have my children by any chance been climbing .... trees today?

Maria: (nods smiling) Yes Captain!

Captain von Trapp: I see. And where may I ask did they get these..em..these..em? (dangles head scarf with a disgusted look on his face)

Maria: Playclothes!

Captain von Trapp: Oh is that what you call them?!

Maria: I made them. From the drapes that used to hang in my bedroom.

Captain von Trapp: (incredulously) Drapes?

Maria: They still have plenty wear left. The children have been everywhere

Captain von Trapp: Do you mean to tell me that my children have been running around Salzburg dressed up in nothing but some old drapes

Maria: Hmn Hmm (Nods) And having a marvelous time

Captain von Trapp: THEY HAVE UNIFORMS!

Maria: Strait jackets if you'll forgive me blah, blah blah "and they lived happily ever after"

I'll stop now. If you're still reading, consider yourself tagged.