Tuesday, September 26, 2006

My ten secrets

Okay, heartinsanfrancisco tagged me, so I'm supposed to write down ten secrets about myself. I'm going to just self-define "secrets" here to mean anything I want it to, since although I do keep a blog where I send lots of personal thoughts out into the world of teh intarnets, there's still plenty about myself I don't tell just anyone. So with that caveat, here are 10 secrets about me:

1. This is my 300th post! (mwahahaha, I'm counting that!)

2. My first crush was Teddy Ruxpin. Yes, the animated teddy bear.

3. When I was five, I noticed a fire behind our neighbors' house. I started yelling "fire!" and my mom rushed over to the window and then called 911. They were able to put it out before it did any serious damage to the neighbors' property. To celebrate, they invited the neighborhood for a barbecue. That's rural Tennessee for ya...

4. One time when we were kids (I think I was around 9 or so, and my brother was about 7) my brother captured an earthworm and decided to keep it as a pet and kept it in an old plastic container with lots of dirt. I found the worm's home and I took him out and murdered him. My brother was so hurt and upset, to this day it still makes me want to cry that I did that.

5. I had my first boyfriend when I was nine years old. I didn't like him very much, but he had a Nintendo and I didn't. He was my first kiss -- and I don't mean a fake kiss, I full-on frenched him. One time I came over while he had some friends over, and he wouldn't let me play with them. So I stormed out and proclaimed that I wasn't going to kiss him anymore. He ran out after me and apologized, but I had another boyfriend I liked better anyway, so I dumped him. And yes, I did say nine. As in single digits.

The following Christmas, my brother and I split the cost of a Nintendo using Christmas money from our grandparents, so it all worked out in the end.

6. Animatronic robots are one of my biggest fears. I'm not kidding; they're right up there with zombies, spiders, and eternal damnation. If I ever fell out of the boat on the Jungle Cruise, I'd probably have a heart attack. When I was a kid, I'd scare myself by peeking under the curtain at Chuck E. Cheese because those dead-looking robots are just plain freaky as hell.

7. My uncle has creeped me out for years. When I was about 12 and we were visiting his family, I caught a glance of his collection of porn tapes. Don't ask me why he left these out in plain sight; he had young kids (daughters, in case anyone wanted to make the argument that maybe he didn't see anything wrong with letting his sons see it (wrong wrong wrong)). Anyway, he also has kind of a weird twitch in his eye that sometimes looks like a wink. And so for years I never wanted to be alone around him. He just creeped me out.

8. I seriously considered killing myself once, before I gained real-life perspective on existence. It was the summer after my first year of law school. I'd gone into the final quarter with law-review-shoo-in grades, and came out with a C and a low B, among other grades. I literally sat in my apartment and sobbed for three days straight, and actually, seriously contemplated killing myself. This is the harm that our hyper-competitive society does to people. I bought into the myth that grades and academic achievement were objective measures of competency and, therefore, value. I now understand that this is not the case. And this is why I can't *quite* call myself a Western Capitalist anymore, even though I am pretty materialistic.

And even though I've grown up a lot from that dark, terrible place, I'm still haunted ever so slightly by regret that I didn't "succeed" the way I planned to. What can I say? I'm a recovering Type A. They need to develop a support group for people like us.

9. I still kind of want to be a movie star. Supposedly this is true of "everyone" in Los Angeles. Well, at least I admit it.

10. It sounds trite, but my best friend really is my mom.

So I didn't see any rules about how many people I'm supposed to tag... I'll just go ahead and tag odderie, lak, drew, roonie, and special sauce. Your turns!! :)

8 Comments:

At September 26, 2006 at 3:11 PM, Blogger Law Fairy said...

s'okay, special. I know how jealous my awesomeness can make people... the voices in my head are always insulting me!

(the other day in fact, Bob was mocking me for burning my popcorn, but unbeknownst to him, he had a big ol' corn kernal stuck in between his front teeth. Bwahahaha!)

 
At September 26, 2006 at 3:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now this is one I will definitely be engaging in when I get home (since I am too paranoid to post my secrets from work!). But, just to comment...I, too, am scared to death of animatronic robots. Oh man. When I read that, I got shivers throughout my body. I HATE THEM!

 
At September 26, 2006 at 5:24 PM, Blogger heartinsanfrancisco said...

Where were you when I was burning up a golf course?

Where in TN did you grow up?

I think on balance, it was better to kill the worm than your little brother.

French-kissing at 9. God, I'm such a retard. I was first kissed at 13, and he said, "When I kiss you, you're supposed to kiss me back." Mortifying.

Your uncle WAS/Is a creep. I wonder if his tapes were kiddy porn.

I'm very glad you didn't kill yourself. I made a few ineffectual (obviously) attempts as a teenager because I didn't think I could hang on until I was 18. It wasn't over grades, though. I was a colossal underachiever, so I'd have been a goner for sure with your work ethic. I have no doubt you're great at what you do. Grades are nearly always stupid and unrealistic measures of competence.

Who wouldn't want to be a movie star? You never know what can happen in L.A.

And you and your mom are both so blessed to have each other.

GREAT POST!! Thank you.

 
At September 26, 2006 at 10:58 PM, Blogger Law Fairy said...

roonie, I'm so glad you understand. Forget the boogieman. These things put real fear into my heart.

heart, thanks!! I had fun with this. I grew up in Colorado, but we lived in Selmer, TN for about five years. No, you're not the only one who's never heard of Selmer :) I'm also very glad I didn't kill myself -- I'd never realize my movie star dream if I had!! ;)

And, yeah, I was one skank-ass nine-year-old.

 
At September 27, 2006 at 12:06 PM, Blogger heartinsanfrancisco said...

You're right. I've never heard of Selmer, and I LIVED in TN for 7 years. Goodlettsville. It's 35 miles north of Nashville. Nobody's ever head of that, either.

I prefer "precocious" to skank-ass. One hates to speculate what you were doing at 10.

When you're a movie star, no one will care that your PSAT's were phenomenal. But the skills you developed in grade school (see above) will be highly valued, along with your cup size. :)

Just try to stay out of movies with robots in them.
Or animation. Law Fairy phone home.

 
At September 27, 2006 at 2:17 PM, Blogger heartinsanfrancisco said...

I meant LSAT's.

It's been awhile, obviously.

 
At September 28, 2006 at 4:07 PM, Blogger Law Fairy said...

heart, actually, after my two boyfriends at nine, I got it completely out of my system for the next ten years or so :0) And you're right, I haven't heard of Goodlettsville. Selmer is in the southwest corner, ALMOST in Mississippi. Nearish Jackson, TN, if you know it.

john-michael, I'm still enough of a capitalist to enjoy my TiVo and occasional pricey sushi on the beach, anyway! ;)

 
At October 1, 2006 at 10:19 AM, Blogger Law Fairy said...

drew, psh. You were paying attention in crim pro? Silly!

 

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