My 7 n 7

7 Random things about me...

1) I love the number 7. Not from a superstitious standpoint but because it is a biblical symbol of perfection. 7 makes me think of the beauty of God and His creation.

2) When I use drinking straws in my bottled Coke or Iced Tea, if I don't drink the entire bottle in one sitting, I bend the straw so that it fits in the bottle and screw on the lid or is it a cap...whatever it is, I love the looks that I get when people notice that I do it.

3) I like Coke, not Pepsi. I like Diet Pepsi, not Diet Coke. I will drink 50-50 mix of Coke/Diet Coke or Pepsi/Diet Pepsi.

4) I made it through finals without biting my nails! In fact, my nails are currently the longest that they have ever been. They are getting a bit too long making typing more difficult. I refused to cut them before finals because I developed a strange superstition that my smarts were in my nails. Oh but the time is near to cut them because I want to take guitar lessons. All will be shorter, though they should be longer on my right hand for strumming, but the idea of one hand having longer nails than the other bothers me...throws me off balance.

5) Discovered when I lived in L.A. that I love Pilates. Improves the posture and balance. When I first used a reformer, I felt completely uncoordinated. As I learned more, I was amazed at the strength that I built.

6) In 6th grade, I played Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, for a class presentation. I recall wearing my Girl Scout beret backwards, speaking like Pepe Le Peu, and pulling a fish out of my shirt while saying "I zink I'd bean at zee sea a little too loong."

7) In 9th grade, I played Bob MacKenzie (or was I Doug?). It was for a class presentation about Roman and Greek Mythology. My best bud, Missie, and I drew Artemis/Diana. It was a contest to be voted "Patron God or Goddess of the Class". Missie played Artemis/Diana. At the time, the Bob & Doug MacKenzie characters from Second City TV (same guys that do the 12 days of Christmas ... and a beer in a tree) had a song out called "Take Off to the Great White North". We had Artemis/Diana appear to Bob/Doug MacKenzie as he was walking through the woods of the Great White North. She told him of how she placed the Hunter Orion in the sky because he failed her. Bob/Doug promised not to fail her and would get her elected Patron Goddess of the Class then proceeded to hand out Crescent Moon shaped campaign flyers proclaiming "Hunting for a Good Choice? Vote for Diana!" Since there is no Bob/Doug MacKenzie constellation, clearly you can guess that Diana became the Patron Goddess of the Class.

Thanks to M for tagging me. She will get me to post more regularly if it kills her.

Tagging Grain of Sand.