Sadieandleo

March 18th, 2008

I have been officially tagged and it’s my first time so be gentle.

My assignment from Jenn(stilettoheights) is to name 7 random, odd, or strange facts about myself.

#1. I don’t speed. I don’t even drive fairly quickly. I always obey posted speed limits. I am probably the only person who actually goes 35 in a 35 mph zone. I’ve never had a speeding ticket and I’ve never been pulled over by a police officer. I sped one time in my life and I vowed to never do it again. I didn’t get reprimanded that time but something inside told me not to do it. My great aunt was once told by a psychic that she would die in a car crash, she never learned to drive and was always a very nervous passenger. I don’t know if I have some of that in me. Other drivers hate the fact that I go the speed limit, and I get a strange thrill out of being righteous on the road.

#2. My favorite male vocalist of all time is George Michael and he has been for over 20 years. His voice can do no wrong, it is flawless and beautiful. He sings with attitude and reverence.

#3. I am coming to terms with the fact that my life necessitates that I be messy. I am a superb house cleaner, I am very detailed, very OCD if you will. But I cannot keep up with it, at least not to my standards. I have to let it go a little in order to be able to do things I actually enjoy. I live with an extremely messy person and for the first 7 years or so I could keep up with it because I only focused on making a nice home. I wasn’t focusing on me or doing what I should have been doing artistically. I don’t want to be completely honest with how long it has been since I properly cleaned my shower.

#4. I adore sock monkeys and everything sock monkey yet I own not one thing sock monkey.

#5. I am oddly fascinated with religion and mythos. I am pretty sure I believe in ghosts, at least residual hauntings and atmospheric impressions. I do not believe in a higher being but instead an underlying commonality to all living beings, a connection. I was raised Catholic but unfortunately fit into the category of atheism due to being extremely cautious of all organized religions. In short they are all a little too cultish for me. I ultimately believe in the Golden Rule.

#6. I am not a jealous person and never have been. Mike can say things like, “Wow, she’s hot!” and I’ll usually say something like, “Yeah, she is. Did you see her shoes?” I am very comfortable with myself and our relationship when it comes to this challenge. I am not jealous of what people have, of their stations in life, or their happiness/success/fame. I just can’t find in me what triggers others to feel envy, jealousy or vanity. I think this stems from me getting for myself the things I want, making my own way in the world and surrounding myself with my own comforts. On that note, I love shoes. Especially strappy sandals.

#7. I got so high at Ozzfest ‘99 that I passed out in a bathroom stall at Great Woods and was in there for an hour. Somehow I woke up, walked out and found Mike and all of our friends amongst the thousands of people and it was as if no one knew that I was gone and no one panicked, including me. That was the last time I smoked grass.