a lame post
In case you hadn't noticed, posting has been on the decline here in the past few months. If I were my husband, I'd create some kind of cool chart showing how as number of children/number of paying articles due/general level of activity increases, number of blog posts decreases. But I am not my husband (because that would be weird, anyway) so I'll just state the obvious: life never gets any less busy, does it? You think to yourself, "Oh, once the baby's older I'll have more time," or, "Oh, when Beth is in preschool three mornings a week I'll have more time," but "more time" never materializes. And so the blog suffers.
All this to explain that today's post is actually cross-posted with my Facebook page. Everyone I know seems to be doing this meme, so I thought I better jump on the bandwagon, and while I was at it, provide some content for my languishing blog.
Enough with the apologies! On with the post:
Twenty-Five Things About Me
1. Since becoming a mother I have learned to type, do housework, and conduct telephone interviews while holding a baby.
2. Things I can’t do while holding a baby: chop onions, fix my daughters’ hair, or juggle.
3. I actually can’t juggle even when I have both hands free.
4. I really miss the camaraderie of working in a newsroom. Also having a place to work where I know I won’t be interrupted by small people crying and demanding crackers.
5. Things I don’t miss: working on Christmas Eve, the day after Thanksgiving, and other quasi-holidays that regular people get off; being assigned stories that I think are dumb and having to write them anyway (when you’re a freelancer you can Just Say No); and taking phone calls from people who think I have sullied their reputation/damaged their business/ruined their entire life by writing about them in the newspaper.
6. I love tomatoes; I hate ketchup.
7. Since I’ve been married I’ve taught myself how to quilt, bake bread, and can jam, applesauce and salsa. Just call me Betty Crocker. Or Martha Stewart. Or some other domestic diva whom I resemble not in the slightest.
8. It’s surprising how de-sensitized to disgustingness being in daily contact with other people’s bodily fluids will make you. “Oh, it’s just poop,” you think to yourself.
9. The one thing that still grosses me out? Vomit. That makes me gag every time.
10. I interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos Horta of East Timor.
11. Before being told he was coming to speak at my college campus, I had never heard of East Timor.
12. When I was 16 I couldn’t run a mile without gasping for breath.
13. I’m currently attempting to train for a half-marathon.
14. I have never traveled to a non-English-speaking country, although I would like to. I’m afraid that the citizens will mock me for being a dumb American who is fluent in only my native language, though. (my half-remembered high school-level Spanish doesn’t count).
15. I’m going to be in Puerto Rico for one day this spring. The Internet tells me that Spanish is Puerto Rico’s main language and English is only secondary there. Does that count?
16. My middle name, my maiden name and my married name are phonetically different only by the vowel sound. If I’d chosen to hyphenate my name when I got married, I could have been Jennifer Rose Rice-Rouse.
17. Rather than having any sentimental attachment to my maiden name, I always looked forward to changing my name. I thought it would be fun to get a whole new name.
18. I was slightly disappointed that I didn’t even get a new initial.
19. It is probably the only thing my husband has disappointed me in.
20. I knew he was the one for me when gave me “The Old Man and the Sea” for my birthday. When the guy you’ve been casually dating for only a couple weeks shows up unannounced on your doorstep bearing a Pulitzer-Prize-winning novella, that’s a good thing.
21. Does basing marriage decisions on your boyfriend’s taste in books make you a nerd? If it does, I’m OK with that.
22. I hate big spiders.
23. I am fine with snakes, as long as they are not poisonous.
24. Red is my favorite color.
25. That’s not very interesting, but it’s all I’ve got for now.
All this to explain that today's post is actually cross-posted with my Facebook page. Everyone I know seems to be doing this meme, so I thought I better jump on the bandwagon, and while I was at it, provide some content for my languishing blog.
Enough with the apologies! On with the post:
Twenty-Five Things About Me
1. Since becoming a mother I have learned to type, do housework, and conduct telephone interviews while holding a baby.
2. Things I can’t do while holding a baby: chop onions, fix my daughters’ hair, or juggle.
3. I actually can’t juggle even when I have both hands free.
4. I really miss the camaraderie of working in a newsroom. Also having a place to work where I know I won’t be interrupted by small people crying and demanding crackers.
5. Things I don’t miss: working on Christmas Eve, the day after Thanksgiving, and other quasi-holidays that regular people get off; being assigned stories that I think are dumb and having to write them anyway (when you’re a freelancer you can Just Say No); and taking phone calls from people who think I have sullied their reputation/damaged their business/ruined their entire life by writing about them in the newspaper.
6. I love tomatoes; I hate ketchup.
7. Since I’ve been married I’ve taught myself how to quilt, bake bread, and can jam, applesauce and salsa. Just call me Betty Crocker. Or Martha Stewart. Or some other domestic diva whom I resemble not in the slightest.
8. It’s surprising how de-sensitized to disgustingness being in daily contact with other people’s bodily fluids will make you. “Oh, it’s just poop,” you think to yourself.
9. The one thing that still grosses me out? Vomit. That makes me gag every time.
10. I interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos Horta of East Timor.
11. Before being told he was coming to speak at my college campus, I had never heard of East Timor.
12. When I was 16 I couldn’t run a mile without gasping for breath.
13. I’m currently attempting to train for a half-marathon.
14. I have never traveled to a non-English-speaking country, although I would like to. I’m afraid that the citizens will mock me for being a dumb American who is fluent in only my native language, though. (my half-remembered high school-level Spanish doesn’t count).
15. I’m going to be in Puerto Rico for one day this spring. The Internet tells me that Spanish is Puerto Rico’s main language and English is only secondary there. Does that count?
16. My middle name, my maiden name and my married name are phonetically different only by the vowel sound. If I’d chosen to hyphenate my name when I got married, I could have been Jennifer Rose Rice-Rouse.
17. Rather than having any sentimental attachment to my maiden name, I always looked forward to changing my name. I thought it would be fun to get a whole new name.
18. I was slightly disappointed that I didn’t even get a new initial.
19. It is probably the only thing my husband has disappointed me in.
20. I knew he was the one for me when gave me “The Old Man and the Sea” for my birthday. When the guy you’ve been casually dating for only a couple weeks shows up unannounced on your doorstep bearing a Pulitzer-Prize-winning novella, that’s a good thing.
21. Does basing marriage decisions on your boyfriend’s taste in books make you a nerd? If it does, I’m OK with that.
22. I hate big spiders.
23. I am fine with snakes, as long as they are not poisonous.
24. Red is my favorite color.
25. That’s not very interesting, but it’s all I’ve got for now.
3 comments:
Mmmmmm...you hate little spiders too. As you should.
As long as you can write items like #8, then #25 is not true. Tell Eric Hi. Steve
I'm jealous of you stopping in Puerto Rico. Have a passion fruit shake for me.
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