8 tidbits

I have been tagged for a meme by the lovely Lara and will proceed to disclose 8 facts about myself. Whether they are interesting, entertaining, normal, or of a kind to place me on someone's freak-list is entirely up to you :) Enjoy!

Rules:

A. Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves.

B. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed.

C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I sometimes play games with myself to get through obnoxious tasks; how quickly can I fold this laundry, how many rooms can I dust well in 15 minutes? That sort of thing. It makes chores a little more bearable.

2. I have a tattoo on my lower back, but refuse to include myself in the stereotype of girls with lower back tattoos. It is more of a reminder than anything, and I designed it myself so it has significance for me.

3. I believe in God at my deepest core, and that John Lennon got it right with "All you need is love."

4. I don't like talking on the phone, at all.

5. I feel alive when I am making artwork, and like a piece of me is missing when I am not.

6. I am hyper aware of the amount of noise I make when I walk. I have always been a big person, the tallest in my grade, one of the strongest girl in gym class, the biggest boobs, you get the picture. Luckily, I am well proportioned so as not to render me giant-esque. However, at a young age, I overheard someone talking about my older sister and I, discussing how we walked,"There's a pair, Haley the Indian and Trina the Elephant" I don't know why it impacted me like it did, but ever since then, I have tried my darndest to walk more lightly of foot and cast off my elephant-trodding childhood tendency.

7. I make my bed every morning and I clean apartment/room before I go on trips. I can't stand coming back to a mess, it is so defeating.

8. I have been to Germany, Wales, England, France, Italy, every state on the east coast at least twice, and Los Angeles, and I think my favorite place to be is still our family camp in Massachusetts. I am overcome by how steeped in family history it is, and that despite how so much has changed over the years, camp has remained the same, sort of locked in time.

9. I still wish I was one of the "cool" kids, despite the fact that I know I am a mostly fun person to be around.

10. I make a mean frittata :)

And now I am supposed to tag 8 people, but I am not sure I know eight bloggers, so I will tag people I love instead. My mom Cate, My dad Garry, my sisters Haley and Corrie, and in no particular order, my college friends, Laura, Molly, Molly, Anna, Kate, Julia, and Elise. I know that is more than eight, but when you love so many people you can't just choose a few. :) I mean really, I could go on forever here.