October 18, 2005

…and I dropped the ball.

Why, you ask? Well, here’s the story. My dear friend Mary tagged me about a week or so ago. The tag meant that I needed to look at the fifth sentence in my 23rd post, meditate on it, and see if there was some hidden meaning. Well, that simple-sounding task stymied me. I mean, I don’t have 23 posts.

I am a blog loser.

And so, knowing that I couldn’t respond appropriately to the tag, I slunk into my hole (instead of madly writing ten more posts so that I could play tag–which I love to do) and hid for a week or so.

Now I’m crawling back out, and I think that even though I didn’t play tag this time, I can play by starting a new game. Of which this time I will be the tagger, and perhaps someone will have pity on me and allow me to be the taggee again sometime.

So, Mary, Trish, and Jana…consider yourself tagged with Alpha-Meme:

ALPHA-MEME

A - Age you got your first real kiss: Thirteen or so. Freddy G., short, cute, teddy bear kind of guy serenaded me with Stairway to Heaven and then gave me a whopper of a kiss after.

B - Band listening to right now: U2 (going to see them on Monday!! Gotta get in the mood.)

C - Crush: Matt Damon in The Bourne Supremacy

D - Dad’s name: Harry D. Gleason, III (now deceased)

E - Easiest person to talk to: My husband, and my friend Holli.

F - Favorite bands at the moment: Ray LaMontagne, always Jeff Buckley

H - Hometown: Near Ann Arbor

J- Kindergarten: Denton School (torn down when I was in sixth grade and attending a Catholic school).

K - Kids: Three…girl (9), boy (7), girl (4)

L - Longest car ride ever: Every time I drive to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan–about once a year. Ten hours. With three kids in the car. When I say longest, I’m not only going by miles…but how slowly the time seems to pass!

M - Mom’s name: Joyce

N - Nicknames: Sweetheart

O - One wish: World peace (honest!!!!)

P - Phobia[s]: Spiders, spiders, spiders

Q - Quote: (It’s on my blog, but here it is again for posterity:) “The computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history–with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.” –M. Radcliffe

R - Reason(s) to smile: My kids, my husband, my new book contract (woohooo!!), my friends, my life.

S - Song you sang last: Point of No Return from the original ALW Phantom Soundtrack

T - Time you woke up [today]: 7:15 am

U - Unknown fact about me: I can alternate raising one eyebrow at a time quickly enough to hypnotize someone.

V - Vegetable you hate: Lima beans. They’re tasteless and useless!

X - X-rays you’ve had: Dental ones, only. Unless you count a mammogram. Ouch.

Z - Zodiac sign: Taurus.

Okay, so, girls…have at it!