Lis Spills the Beans
Once upon a time in a faraway land, there lived a fair maiden named Meleah who tagged the lazy arse hot stick chick known as Lis with the 7 Things You Don’t Know But I Do meme. Lis has finally decided to get off her lazy arse and do it. Lis also thinks that talking in the third person is crazy weird and doesn’t know why so many people do it.
I contemplated posting 7 obscure trivia but was too lazy to google for them. I try not to do too many of these revealing memes because I want to, you know, preserve an aura of mystery about my stick person and it’s hard to do that when the whole intarweb knows every teeny weeny detail about you from your choice of underwear (black!) to your shower habits (only detachable showerheads plz). Since I uh… didn’t exactly reveal much in a similar
meme I did previously, I shall try to do better this time round. Just don’t blame me if you fall asleep reading this and find your face imprinted with the letters from your keyboard when you wake up.
1) Short. Tiny. Petite.
I’m what I’ll call “armpit height”. I’m almost 5′1″ on a good day and 5′5″ if I wear 4-inch high CFM heels that I can barely walk in. And yes, the air down here is fine, thank you very much. Just don’t ask me about it when I’m stuck in a packed train during peak-hour traffic and it’s Smells Galore.
2) Born with tilted head.
I think the proper medical term for this is congenital torticollis (OMG I used big words!). Mama Lis told me it was a forceps injury during birth. Since then my head has been fixed although I’ve been told there was much screaming and crying involved (not necessarily mine!) so I no longer walk around with a tilted head.
3) Accountant by training.
Yes, your eyes didn’t lie to you. I majored in Accountancy in university. Big mistake! I realised shortly that I had absolutely zero desire to be labelled a bean counter for the rest of my life. Plus, have you seen the guys? I’m definitely not going to find someone with the looks and body of Christian Bale, wit of Stephen Colbert and culinary skills of Anthony Bourdain in the field. My General Paper (it’s like English language at A levels) tutor in junior college told me I should have chosen Law or at least Arts. After doing the few business-related law modules in school, I can safely say law isn’t my calling either. Law jargon made my teeth gnash in ways I didn’t think was possible. Unless I get to work under Alan Shore (hee! I said under!). There you have it, I’m a certified bore.
4) Bang at piano when angry.
I’m trained in classical piano. Other angsty emo teenagers showed their “this world doesn’t understand me” anger by slamming doors, phones or writing bad poetry while I used to bang away at my piano whenever I was pissed. My family knew to stay out of my way whenever they heard Beethoven being banged around on the piano. 100% effective.
5) Ex-Japanophile.
I went through a phase when I was a complete Japanophile. I was crazy about Japanese guys, Japanese culture, Japanese guys, Japanese literature, Japanese guys… well, you get the picture. Then I took a closer look at the guys and realised they had better pluck eyebrows than me. Seriously, have you seen their eyebrows? They’re all plucked with military precision. I can never date anyone who doesn’t have a single eyebrow out of place. It’s freaky!
6) Addicted to weather reports
I check the weather reports obsessively. If you know where I’m from, you’ll be laughing your arse off right about now. Our weather’s pretty much the same day in day out. Oh well, sure beats reading obituaries although I used to do that too…
7) Prank on Office Creep.
Yeppers, I played a prank on Office Creep and I’ll post about it soon!
There you have it, 7 fun facts about me you’ve been dying to know and probably regret knowing now.
I also want to take this opportunity to thank some wonderful people for giving me these awards. Yeah, I know I’m behind but it’s not like this is the first day you know me!Andrew at Everybody Loves Coupons for the Best Kept Secret award.
Meleah at Momma Mia, Mea Culpa for the Friendship Badge.
Meleah and Lisa at OMYWORD! Did I Say That? for the Spreader of Love award.
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Well it’s about time you lazy arse!
Of course, I LOVED LOVED your answers which is why I tagged you to begin with.
You did done good maintaining the aura of mystery about your stick person !!
:)
I’m 6′2″, and when I was in high school I dated a girl who was about 5′1″. We were quite a sight walking down the hall, and I hurt my back every time I bent to kiss her.
Not sure why I brought that up, but your post reminded me. Anyway, informative yet not-quite-revealing post. I like.
Armpit height, huh? You look taller in your avatar…
I used to take my frustrations out on a piano as well. I really don’t play all that well, but I managed to learn a couple of ragtime pieces. Great therapy.
Mel, it was tough trying to think up 7 things!
Wolf, I think if I were to date someone who’s 6′2″, I’d end up with one hell of a stiff neck.
Jason, parallax error.
Anti, I agree. Plus, it’s cheaper than seeing a shrink.
That’s funny because the other day at lunch Chris was saying “if only I had Greg’s looks,” Steve was saying “if only I had Greg’s wit,” and Tony was saying “Fuck, man, if I could only fucking cook like Greg.” Small world.
Greg, so you’re pretty much the perfect man, eh?
I did some work in Japan once with all those eyebrow perfectionists and they kept me locked into work so long that I finally had to excuse myself to the bathroom and ran out of the building, across the street to McDonalds (which I would never eat at) to get some dinner before I passed out…
Yesterday’s weather:
Cool morning followed by cloudy afternoon and some sunshine in the evenings.
Today’s weather:
Cool morning followed by cloudy afternoon and some sunshine in the evenings.
Tomorrow’s weather:
Cool morning followed by cloudy afternoon and some sunshine in the evenings.
The following days weather:
Cool morning followed by cloudy afternoon and some rain in the evenings.
What? Rain, OMG, OMG, OMG. a big jump in the weather patterns …
Yes, Lis, you are freaky at times … LMAO!
VE, that’s abuse! I once worked in a Japanese company and my boss loved it when we worked late. This meant that there were some who stayed late just to click around on their PC so that they can claim OT.
Nick, at least I don’t know what a cow on steroids smells like! :P
Congratulations on your awards :-)
They appear well deserved from what I’ve seen.
Great 7 things. Meme’s can be fun and a wonderful way to get to know your readers and for them to get to know you!
I linked to you from entrecard.
I’m off to see more :-)
I’m assuming that’s a rhetorical question.