About Me

I have been writing this post for a week, as I thought of what to say, but I'm touching on all this stuff all over the place so I decided to post now, before it is totally redundant. I will finish the 100 facts sometime and re-post........

Suzanne suggested that I tell you 100 things about myself, Mark encouraged a post about our wascaly wabbit, Anzac. I must love talking about myself because I've decided to have a go at that one first. 100 facts? Could be tricky.

1. I have been described as a greenie, a leftie and a social democrat.


2. I have also been described as "subtle as a house brick"


3. I like to imagine myself as a low grade kind of activist for all sorts of causes but the truth is


4. I'm wedded to convenience too much for that.


5. I'm the oldest of three but


6. I'm not a typical high achieving first-born.


7. I work for a small family company who manufacture herbal medicine for sale to practitioners. People always find it hard to understand that they won't find our products in the shops.


8. I do the bottling for them.


9. Believe it or not I like the boring monotony of the job. (mostly, until it's boring and monotonous) It gives me time to think and the rhythm of the job (put a bottle on the machine, take it off, cap it, start over) is meditative.


10. I am a Christian, a Salvationist.


11. I hesitate to say that in case my faith be judged on my imperfection. Fortunately it is easier to do the right thing in cyber-space, then there's the "delete" button for extreme emergencies :)


12. Being a Salvo means I'm tee-total.


13. I have insanely wild, curly hair which could be much better controlled except


14. I hate having "stuff" in my hair and


15. I couldn't be bothered with blow-drying or straighteners.


16. I also couldn't be bothered with manicures, facials and all that stuff so I will never be called "well groomed"
    
17. I sing when I'm happy
    
18. and when I despair
    
19. and less when I'm in the middle.
    
20. I'll sing anything that comes to mind but a lifetime of singing hymns makes them the most regular thing in my head.


21. I'm a bad housekeeper, partly becauseI don't like putting things away. It's boring.
22. I like to read
23. but my reading these days is limited to blogs and Saturday's newspaper.


24. I also love film: romantic comedies, some thrillers, some arthouse, foreign films, short films.....


25. I would never choose to watch action flicks but can really enjoy them if I get sucked in somehow


26. nor do I like fantasy stuff. (yes, that's a direct contradiction to liking romantic comedy, fantasy if ever there was )


27. Can I give up now? 100 things is too much.


28. I go to the chiropractor once a month without fail.


29. I can't remember the last time I went to the doctor.


30. Last time I took antibiotics was 9 years ago when I had major knee surgery.


31. They moved my kneecap to stop it from dislocating.


32. The other kneecap still pops out every couple of years


33. but I don't want the surgery for it. I'm not sure that it's worth it at this stage.


34. Last time it happened I had two ambulances. The regular one wasn't allowed to give me narcotics, so they had to call the guy with the special accreditation.


35. My whole family (my Mum , Dad, brother and Na) all play musical instruments. I can't play any.