Elwood tagged me and although I’ve done this one before, I figure there’s no harm in telling you 7 more things that you don’t know about me right? So here goes:
7 things you don’t know about me:
1. I am allergic to tarter-control toothpaste. At least, that’s what a dentist told me once. I didn’t question it, just stopped using it.
2. If it wasn’t for the existence of prosciutto, pepperoni or sausage, I could totally be a vegetarian. I could live without chicken (though I’d have to find another way to consume buffalo sauce), don’t eat steak (I do like cheeseburgers, but I could live without)
3. I can’t drink coffee piping hot. If I take a sip right after I pour it, I feel it on my tongue or the roof of my mouth for days after. Chris says that means I drink it cold; he is wrong, but there is a delicate balance there – once it gets to the right temperature, I better drink it quickly or else it will get cold (as is the case right now, actually, I’m about to go dump this cup and start again.)
4. Amy and I cemented our friendship in stone in third grade. When I say “in stone” I mean with a Lite-Brite masterpiece that spelled out “Amy + Melissa Best Friends” (and wow, Lite-Brites look different now!)
5. I have a hard time hearing conversations in which there is a lot of background noise. I don’t know if I’m just easily distracted or if it’s actually a hearing thing. In contrast, when I am sleeping or getting sleepy, I have supersonic hearing. Someone coughs in the house down the street and I’m instantly wide awake: “What was that?”
6. I love dogs. Big dogs. The bigger the better. My doberman mix is 80 pounds and he’s still a “puppy” to me.
7. My brother and I look exactly alike, apparently. I mean, I knew we had the same skin tone and hair color (although he’s got a shaved head and mine is dyed right now; but we both have the same natural hair color – auburn), but I didn’t realize how similar we really looked until I started walking into his workplace and people I’d never seen before would stop me and say, “Um, do you know Kevin?” I’ve been told since then we have the exact same features, too – nose, forehead, chin – that we could be twins. He’s 5 years younger than me, so if that’s the case, I want to be his age.
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8 responses to “On cold coffee and Lite-Brite declarations”
Hey, we’ll have an easy time agreeing on places to eat! I don’t eat red meat.
I’m also with you on the coffee! Like Goldilocks, it must be Just Right.
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I am sure people are thinking (as they do when they say that my daughter looks like me) that “she looks just like him, but cute!”
But can you resist whale bacon?
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Shit. You tagged Chris last time, and I tagged him again, too. I should have done a little more research. 🙂
I’m right there with you on #5. People think I’m not listening to them in crowds, but it’s more that I *can’t* listen to them in crowds. I’m not aloof, just overwhelmed.
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Whale bacon, huh?
Yes, I’ll be repeatin’ too. Tonight though. I love big dogs too! They’re cuddly and fun and could keep you warm when it’s 16 degrees outside. And as you know, anything other than piping hot coffee is cold coffee and I don’t like it. I’ll just pass it on to you when it gets cold 🙂
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I’m with you on the big dog thing. Although, our Dalmatian isn’t “big” she just seems big because of her energy. The Malinois is bigger, but still not your Doberman size (he to seems bigger because of his energy level – like a German Shepherd on Crystal Meth).
I’m on the fence about how much your brother looks like you. Maybe I can’t get past the shaved head. 😉
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I totally agree with the coffee. I’ve often wondered how all of my friends managed to take the first sip of coffee without burning their tastebuds. I thought I just had a super sensitive mouth!