In the meantime, I have some catching up to do: I'm part of a fun tag game, and I've received the Brilliante award from 3 different places and still haven't posted it. Now I'm procrastinating from studying for my big exam, however, so now I'm miraculously finding time for everything but that
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First, the tag game from BeadedTail: I get to name 5 unusual things about me, and tag 5 other people. Rather than pick people to tag, I'll let you choose--if you want to play, leave a comment and I'll add a link to you here.Oddity #1: My middle name is Ryan, a "boy's" name, but I went by that name until I was 10 and got sick of being teased all the time (I switched to an abbreviated form of my first name instead). Now I kind of miss "Ryan" though, so I use variations of it for internet aliases and pseudonyms all the time--for example, I'm "Rya" or "Ryarianne" most places online.
Oddity #2: I'm unbelievably frightened of spiders but I love snakes. Go figure.
Oddity #3: My fear of spiders actually causes me to catch and release them when I find them inside, rather than kill them, because I've convinced myself that if i don't hurt them they won't hurt me.
Oddity #4: I'm enrolled in a PhD program in (basically) writing, yet I feel far more comfortable talking about intellectual ideas than writing about them.
Oddity #5: I love the smell of coffee but absolutely hate the taste of it. I drink ginger or licorice tea instead (which I guess should count as an additional oddity, since I don't know anyone else who likes licorice tea).
Second, the Brilliante award. BeadedTail, Miz Allie Cat, and TeamSquidEtsy were all kind enough to give me this award. Since I just nominated 7 blogs for my cat award the other day I'm not going to nominate any more at this time (plus it seems everyone I read has already gotten this, and it irks my self-centered creative side to be passe--lol). However, I am very grateful to be the lucky recipient of this award--thank you so much!
5 bits of commenty goodness:
Wow, you're afraid of spiders??? They're one of my favorite things! (But my beans don't feel the same way.)
Congrats on your award!
Congrats on the award!!!
Our Nana is scairt of spiders, too! We like to catch all kinds of bugs, even spiders!
I do the same with lizards ~ release them if my cats get hold of one ~ cuz I have evidence that they retaliate directly against me otherwise by hiding in my shirts that I am about to wear...
You love snakes? I just got goose bumps writing that - I'm terrified of snakes! I'm the designated spider remover in our household so I don't mind them although I don't like them - especially the ones as big as the palm of my hand!
Thanks for playing along! I enjoyed reading your "oddities"!
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