Eight Things

courtneywrites tagged me for the eight things meme.

The rules: Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. 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 like bacon by itself, but I can never eat it on or in anything else. Bacon on my cheeseburger? Gross. Bacon, all greasy and crispy, on its own? Yummy.

2. I have no sense of direction at all. Do not ever tell me to go north or south, or even tell me to go left or right. During driver’s ed, I had to draw an L on the back of my left hand so I could easily figure out which way the instructor was telling me to turn. The only reason I can figure out left from right now is because I know my wedding rings are on my left hand. So I can’t ever get divorced or else I’ll be lost.

3. I get scared of ghosts and other paranormal things easily. Unsolved Mysteries always freaked me out as a kid. The theme music still gets me all jumpy and nervous. Also, I watched one episode of Supernatural one night and was then too afraid to take my dog out into my backyard.

4. I lived with a little boy ghost for years in the house I grew up in. I might think it was just my imagination except that my mom and brother also saw it on several occasions.

5. I would rather clean the entire rest of my house by myself than clean just the bathroom. I let The Husband do that room.

6. I took three years of Spanish and yet was never able to speak Spanish. I can read it well enough to figure out what it says, but I can’t form sentences on my own because the sentence structure and verbs get my brain all mixed up.

7. To calm myself when I’m nervous, I recite my favorite parts of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot, which is my favorite poem ever.

8. I barely scraped by in science classes in school. I love learning science stuff and watching science shows, but science classes were nearly my downfall. Thank goodness for extra credit projects!