Archive for February 7th, 2007

2007.02.07

I Got Tagged

(Note: I had written this much earlier and was quite happy with it. Then, somehow, the post vanished. I don’t know how. I’ve rewritten it as closely as I could remember!)

I got tagged. I guess that’s what I get for teasing Robert! For those of you who don’t know what it means to be tagged, here is an explanation.

This one is “five things you didn’t know about me.” Since Robert asked I will do this from his point of view so some of these things are known, but probably not to Robert.

One
My voice is artificial. At some point it started changing and got stuck in high pitch mode. In 11th grade I’d had enough, started seeing a speech therapist, and learned to speak the way I do now.

Two
I know the the guy who gave Kurt Cobain the drugs that he over dosed on in Italy that some think began the spiral towards his suicide. My friend was freaking out for weeks afterwards.

Three
Since Robert wrote quite a bit about art in his past I’ll let everyone know the reason I don’t have much art in my past. When I was in 8th grade I had a teacher named Mr. Michael O’Brien who told me if I came back the next year he’d flunk me outright. I’ve never forgiven him. It did lead me into music and writing, though, so there was a trade off.

Four
In my senior year of high school I joined the drama club and was voted Best Debut. I still have the trophy. I guess my Dad rubbed off on my; he used to participate in community theater!

Five
When I was a kid I wanted to be a fighter pilot. I read about them, studied them, built models and even took footage of F-16s with an 8mm camera! Then one year I had to start wearing glasses and I was devestated. I knew that to fly those kinds of planes you had to have perfect vision. So using kid-like rationality I would thow away my glasses in the neighbor’s bin hoping no one would notice I had bad vision. I always lied to my parents who I told I had just lost them. Sorry Mom and Dad…

Who shall I tag next? Unfortunately some of the more interesting answers would have come from people who aren’t blogging. So… Mookee (because I can’t wait to hear his sarcastic responses), Molly McGee (for the secrets!), T3HCH0RT (because he needs to write something!), Taylor McClish (for the danger!) and Annemone (for fun and insight).

Tag! You’re it!