8 Random Things
May 10, 2007
Yep, I’ve been tagged. Georgiana and Pam both got me a day apart. I’m probably cheating here, but following are my eight random things about me for both Georgiana and Pam (who might demand satisfaction if I don’t obey orders).
1. I’m a huge baseball fan. My husband (a sportsaholic in his own right) says I’m a bigger fan than him. We’re addicted fans of the White Sox (who can’t hit to save their lives right now).
2. I’ve lived through a tornado and an earthquake. Would be great fodder for a scene in a book someday, but sadly I was too little to remember it.
3. I’ve been to Brazil and fought off the snakes–oh, wait. No fiction here. There were no anacondas. But I did go down one of those ridiculously steep water slides while in Brazil (those slides that are almost vertical and make your stomach get stuck in your esophogaus). And yes, I screamed the whole way down.
4. Man, this is hard. Okay, I almost hung up on my agent the first time he called me. (He doesn’t even know this.) I thought he was a telemarketer and was a milisecond from hanging up when he introduced himself. After that, I was very polite.
5. I love chocolate. Love, love, love chocolate. Particular favorites are hot fudge sundae at Culver’s with double hot fudge (I did say I like chocolate!) and Oberweiss’s Triple Chocolate Shake. Okay, I’m thinking I need to find a recipe with quadruple chocolate in it. Any suggestions?
6. Speaking of chocolate, I have an awesome chocolate chip brownie recipe with chocolate chip cookie dough on top that I’m frequently requested to bring with me when we go to friends’ homes. Not bragging, just saying. After all, I’m following someone else’s recipe! [If you want it, email me -- sallybradleywrites {AT} gmail DOTDOTDOT com. Leave me a tip while you're at it.]
7. I have a screw in my ankle. No “Well, that explains it!” from friends. I do hold power over the comments.
8. Eight of these things? Sheesh. Okay, I really, really, really wanted to marry a guy with a unique last name, something like Wojciechowski or Pierzynski or Ctvrtlik. So of course I marry a Polish guy — who has an English last name from his dad. Oh, well. My friend Maureen says it’s a much better last name for a writer — easier for people to remember.
And speaking of Maureen, make sure you read the post below as well. If you know anyone who has Fragile X syndrome or another genetic disorder, you might want to pass it on to their family.
Whoops, almost forgot. Have to tag eight other people. First, here are the rules.
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged write a blog post about their own 8 random things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog you need to tag 8 people and post their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
Okay, I tag Deborah, Christa, Carolyn, Delia, Robin., CeeCee, Rhonda, and Patricia.
Good gravy, that’s done. I need a nap. You have no idea how tempted I was to tag Georgiana and Pam again!
Comments
11 Responses to “8 Random Things”
Brazil?!?!?! I hope you incorporate that into one of your books! How funny that you almost hung up on your agent!
What a great idea, Georgiana! Too bad I didn’t take better notes. We’ll just have to go back again!
That is still the coolest trip I ever took. What a fun country, as long as you don’t drink the water!
Okay, I was tagged already. You’re my third tag. Don’t know whether to take that as a compliment of insult. I guess I could post my tag stuff from shoutlife on my homepage.
Check out my homepage for my 8 random things.
Okay, Sally, you’re on my list. YYou jsut painted a traget on your blog.
You’ll be tagged first next time. 
Okay… okay, I’ll participate
) Especially since I haven’t done a blog entry in a week.
I call no tag backs!
Love your list of eight ransom things. Thks for playing!
Arggh! I’m with Rhonda … been there, done that on my ShoutLife blog. I claim the right to use the same 8 boring random facts.
And Sally, that target on your back is growing … and growing … and ….
I’ll play, but only if everyone also reads the next blog just UNDER my eight little bites of “who cares”? LOL
You have a screw in your ankle? I took a friend to the doc the other day – she has 5 screws in her foot. One of them will be removed. Makes me want to faint. Can you feel it?
Gee, thanks Sally! *gasp* LOL
Does anyone know what that red dot on my head means???
Quadruple chocolate, you ask? Well…
There is dark chocolate cake mix with chocolate chips added and drizzled with (soaked in) chocolate syrup, topped with whipped chocolate mousse with chocolate chips or curls and another drizzle of chocolate. To make it yet more decadent, make chocolate pudding, cut the serving of cake in half and insert a sizeable scoop before topping it with everything else. Oh, and you can’t forget the chocolate icecream on the side.
I lost count, so I can’t tell you how many “-ples” of chocolate that makes. Mmm… sounds good, now to make it!