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Amanda tagged me. So here are my 6 facts/habits about myself and the 6 people we get to learn more about. :)
1. I'm an Office fan. Can't miss an episode. Jim, Pam and Dwight make me laugh every time.
2. I'm trying to be more green - unplugging appliances, recycling, not using a bag at the grocery store when I only buy one item, supporting green businesses - there's a lot more I can do though. I want to be that girl in the grocery line who is taking forever because she's got all those canvas bags. I want to buy more organic foods. I want to buy a cow for Christmas instead of all that wrapping paper and plastic www.heifer.org. I just read a great post about doing a "financial fast" on Segullah. They had some great ideas.
3. I can't turn off my analytical SLP ear. I'm cursed by my speech language pathology training. I can't listen to the Diane Rehms show (most npr shows actually) without analyzing vocal tremor and aphonic breaks or watch a movie with Reese Witherspoon without analyzing lip movement and tongue placement. When a bunch of kids run by while I'm sitting in the park, I'm not thinking "oh what cute boys, they're probably about 8 or 9 years old" instead I'm thinking "oh, the tall one has a dentalized /s/ and the blond one has a misarticulated /r/, I wonder what school district they're in." I'm not going to go into how distracting church is...
4. My husband scoops a bowl of ice cream for me every night.
5. I love to read. This didn't really start until grad school. Jane Austen helped me to stop grinding my teeth at night. I just finished Chaim Potok's The Promise today. Loved it! Anyone got any good recommendations?
6. In college I went on a date to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. During a trip to the restroom my glove fell out of my pocket and into the toilet. That's right...into the toilet. The rest of the night I only wore one glove, tried desperately to keep my gloveless hand in my peacoat pocket and was grateful that no one asked any questions.
I tag my Dave, lovely Lindsay, Gina Pina, Leslie W, Kadee and Miss Mauss.
I know some of you guys have already done this, but I want to see it again!
7 comments:
We love the Office!
Okay we've been tagged. You say Kadee but it was my post.... =) Maybe we'll split the facts, 3 each. Or something.
-Todd
um, jessie, I knew we were kindred spirits. I lOVE the Office and I am glad to know that somebody else has my ice cream habit! Although, I am kind of wierd and eat my ice cream out of a mug...but it's everynight!
miss. j-
your little fact about going green hit me to the core. i am so overwhelmed with it right now that i'm doing nothing instead of something. i want to be the girl with the canvas shopping bags, too. that will be my start. maybe when you come for christmas - you are coming for christmas, right? you can come over and we'll sew up some bags for ourselves. now off to ponder my own facts. thanks for the tag! love, lin
Yuck! I'm glad I wasn't on that date--we might not have made it this far ;-)
I'm right there with you on the office.. totally addicted. I love that you tried to hide the fact that you lost your glove to the toilet.. thats so funny.
When you said you were trying to be more green, my first thought was this: http://www.truecolorstest.com/True_Colors_Test.shtml
Here are the interpretations in case you care: http://www.geocities.com/jeniskanen/lead.htm
What does a vocal tremor or an aphonic break tell you? (And what IS an aphonic break, anyway?)
Ice cream every night? I KNEW we were kindred spirits! Although I'm guessing you must exercise a lot more than I do, b/c it sure isn't visible on you!
How did Jane Austen help with the teeth grinding? I'm afraid I won't have any left by the time I finish grad school! I'll be the only 30-something with dentures! :-(
As to the glove in the toilet, it could be worse . . . your cell phone could have fallen out of your purse and right into the toilet (hypothetically, of course--and fortunately for your story, after it was flushed)! One could make a case for leaving the glove . . . but what is one to do about a cell phone? ;-)
Ha! I love your comments on being an SLP.
As a linguist, I suffer the same burden of education. To my wife’s chagrin, I am constantly analyzing multiple languages on various levels (phonetic, phonologic, morphologic, etc.)!
I am glad to hear that someone else spends their time worrying about location and manner of articulation! :)
-Micah
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