Seven random facts

I have been tagged by Roger from Ramblin' with Roger who wants to know seven random facts about me.

First, the rules:

1) Link to the person who tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
2) Share 7 facts about yourself.
3) Tag 2 random people and include links to their blogs.
4) Let each person know they have been tagged and comment on their blog.

1. I'm afraid of spiders:

White, E. B., Garth Williams, and Edith Goodkind Rosenwald. Charlotte's Web. New York: Harper, 1952.

2. I used to do teen beauty pageants:

First Runner-Up Miss Guilford Fair 1979

3. I can bend my elbows backwards:

Carousel, 1981

4. Purple is my favorite color:

Johnson, Crockett. Harold and the Purple Crayon. [New York]: Harper & Row, 1955.

5. I panic about what to wear to social events.

6. I like The Dangers:

7. My alma mater is Southern Connecticut State University:


I tag Charlotte Nelson and Angela Dysart.

Musical meme

My friend Alyson just posted a meme of sorts--a list of 25 random songs from her iPod Shuffle. Here are mine:

1. Take the Skinheads Bowling--Camper VanBeethoven
2. Get Rhythm--NRBQ
3. Barrel of a Gun--Guster
4. Whole Lotta Trouble--Cracker
5. Hounds of Love--Kate Bush
6. Dimelo--Marc Anthony








7. Groove is in the Heart--Deee-Lite
8. No Rain--Blind Melon
9. Loser--Beck
10. Nelson Mandela--Specials
11. Teenage Lobotomy--Ramones
12. Woodstock--Joni Mitchell (Miles of Aisles version)
13. Rubber Band Girl-Kate Bush
14. Boys Keep Swinging--David Bowie
15. Rip Her to Shreds--Blondie













16. Horses-Patti Smith
17. Love Me Like a Man--Bonnie Raitt
18. Afro--Erykah Badu
19. Pulp Culture--Thomas Dolby
20. Cancer--Joe Jackson
21. Tattooed Love Boys--Pretenders
22. Gloria--U2
23. Superstar--Lauryn Hill
24. Are You Gonna Be My Girl?--Jet
25. Sing Me Spanish Techno--New Pornographers

*Here's a live performance of Whole Lotta Trouble . (WLT is the second song in the set.)

7 Things

A while ago, Odd Facts tagged me to write seven random things about myself that I haven't blogged about yet. Here goes:

1. I can touch my nose with my tongue.
2. I was crowned Miss Congeniality and 1st Runner Up at the 1979 Miss Guilford Fair Pageant.
3. I've been to at least 15 Ramones shows.
4. I can speak Spanish.
5. I do a pretty good Chrissie Hynde imitation. (Anybody want to start a Pretenders tribute band?)
6. My favorite book is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
7. I have a piece of the Berlin Wall.

I would have added some good links to the items listed above, but this computer doesn't want to cooperate with this typist. Whenever I try to add a link, the letters just type over themselves. I wrote most of this post on TextEdit, and then pasted it onto the Blogger editor.

According to the rules, I'm supposed to tag 7 other bloggers to write 7 things about themselves. However, since most of my blogging friends have already written their memes, I'm only going to tag one person. And that lucky blogger is Connecticut Teacher!