so the cloners get it right, and because i like numbers divisible by 3
in my research, i've found that inputting memories and idiosyncratic traits can be complicated. here's a cheat sheet:
1. i was a siamese triplet. the surgery separating us was considered a success. except for the part where the shared brain was unsalvageable. tony now has a successful chain of dry cleaners. louisa has a nail salon/mortuary. and i have a chicken as a pet. a sibling couldn't be prouder.
2. pre-made packaged whole grain toast is one of my favorite snacks. you can buy it at fiesta for 2.79. you can also get it in france, but price per piece is much higher averaging in the plane fare. don't pay 3.50, though 
3. i invented bingo
4. once while spending the night at my aunt and uncles, i wet the bed and somehow started a small electrical fire. cause and effect still baffles me as a result
5. photosynthesis was named after me
6. between freshman and sophomore year in college, i spent a very short time in Estoril and Cascais (cash-caish), working for Claudine de Cadeval, the Duchess of Portugal. i was to be an au pair for her daughters, Diana and Alexandra. got terminally homesick and came back to the US. one of the top 5 worst decisions in my life.
7. last year i didn't sneeze
8. when i was in the 3rd grade, sat backstage once at a pops concert and saw jose' feliciano. he did not see me.
9. a hidden camera in my fridge would capture me drinking heavy whipping cream out of the container, but only when we are out of condensed milk.
10. i am constantly and pleasantly amazed that out of 8 kids, not one of us is -- dead, terminally ill, schizophrenic, estranged from the rest, a meth lab operator, etc. we continue to stump the statisticians. it cannot be explained.
11. every time someone uses a gerund, i get royalties
12. for a long time i carried the guilt of ruining my sister's restaurant napkin collection after barfing in a jetway somewhere in australia. her prized Beefeater secret stash took the worst of it
13. i believe i am of sub-saharan descent. my husband once told me i have very un-anglo hair texture. i do not think it was meant as a compliment
14. quantum gravity is a little hobby of mine and few people realize i am one of the founding members of the Pontifical Academy of Science. i can understand stephen hawking w/o his voice modulator. we are just simpatico that way. comes from years of side by side theory development
15. from time to time, a disturbing memory of eating a scab stops me in my tracks
16. often my entire outfit is xhilaration, cherokee, mossimo or merona, but never escada or ungaro
17. recently gave a hamster mouth-to-mouth. don't know if it died because of or despite.
18. am licensed to skipper a 44' sailboat. might be rusty getting it in and out of the slip, though.
19. lived on mir for 3 weeks shortly before it de-orbited. the soviet gov allowed me to keep as a souvenir a maidenhair fern sprig from the space station's failed terraforming project
20. won a tx cup with only 2 functioning parathyroids. can i say parathyroids on the internet? 21. rode in an unairconditioned train car across much of western austraila watching my younger sister's nose bleed most of the trip due to the dusty, arid conditions. to this day she remains delicate and pale like white asparagus.
22. have drunk a zebu milk milkshake in suva fiji
23. aspire to summit mckinley w/ my brother and our sons. my brother and i don't share sons. that is too angelina jolie for me. i'd be happy to solo kilimanjaro if the other is not to be.
24. one of my younger brothers is a scuba instructor and former paratrooper. i would like to jump and dive with him. he's done halos, but i don't think i could get rated for that as a civilian, even though i saw the charlie sheen movie terminal velocity as a primer
25. hid bobby york in my garage apartment when he was on the lamb from the mob
26. wore a red wig and football pads to sell weaver chicken in a print ad. i was a vegetarian at the time. the money was good.
27. my siblings are my heroes.
1. i was a siamese triplet. the surgery separating us was considered a success. except for the part where the shared brain was unsalvageable. tony now has a successful chain of dry cleaners. louisa has a nail salon/mortuary. and i have a chicken as a pet. a sibling couldn't be prouder.
2. pre-made packaged whole grain toast is one of my favorite snacks. you can buy it at fiesta for 2.79. you can also get it in france, but price per piece is much higher averaging in the plane fare. don't pay 3.50, though
4. once while spending the night at my aunt and uncles, i wet the bed and somehow started a small electrical fire. cause and effect still baffles me as a result
5. photosynthesis was named after me
6. between freshman and sophomore year in college, i spent a very short time in Estoril and Cascais (cash-caish), working for Claudine de Cadeval, the Duchess of Portugal. i was to be an au pair for her daughters, Diana and Alexandra. got terminally homesick and came back to the US. one of the top 5 worst decisions in my life.
7. last year i didn't sneeze
8. when i was in the 3rd grade, sat backstage once at a pops concert and saw jose' feliciano. he did not see me.
9. a hidden camera in my fridge would capture me drinking heavy whipping cream out of the container, but only when we are out of condensed milk.
10. i am constantly and pleasantly amazed that out of 8 kids, not one of us is -- dead, terminally ill, schizophrenic, estranged from the rest, a meth lab operator, etc. we continue to stump the statisticians. it cannot be explained.
11. every time someone uses a gerund, i get royalties
12. for a long time i carried the guilt of ruining my sister's restaurant napkin collection after barfing in a jetway somewhere in australia. her prized Beefeater secret stash took the worst of it
13. i believe i am of sub-saharan descent. my husband once told me i have very un-anglo hair texture. i do not think it was meant as a compliment
14. quantum gravity is a little hobby of mine and few people realize i am one of the founding members of the Pontifical Academy of Science. i can understand stephen hawking w/o his voice modulator. we are just simpatico that way. comes from years of side by side theory development
15. from time to time, a disturbing memory of eating a scab stops me in my tracks
16. often my entire outfit is xhilaration, cherokee, mossimo or merona, but never escada or ungaro
17. recently gave a hamster mouth-to-mouth. don't know if it died because of or despite.
18. am licensed to skipper a 44' sailboat. might be rusty getting it in and out of the slip, though.
19. lived on mir for 3 weeks shortly before it de-orbited. the soviet gov allowed me to keep as a souvenir a maidenhair fern sprig from the space station's failed terraforming project
20. won a tx cup with only 2 functioning parathyroids. can i say parathyroids on the internet? 21. rode in an unairconditioned train car across much of western austraila watching my younger sister's nose bleed most of the trip due to the dusty, arid conditions. to this day she remains delicate and pale like white asparagus.
22. have drunk a zebu milk milkshake in suva fiji
23. aspire to summit mckinley w/ my brother and our sons. my brother and i don't share sons. that is too angelina jolie for me. i'd be happy to solo kilimanjaro if the other is not to be.
24. one of my younger brothers is a scuba instructor and former paratrooper. i would like to jump and dive with him. he's done halos, but i don't think i could get rated for that as a civilian, even though i saw the charlie sheen movie terminal velocity as a primer
25. hid bobby york in my garage apartment when he was on the lamb from the mob
26. wore a red wig and football pads to sell weaver chicken in a print ad. i was a vegetarian at the time. the money was good.
27. my siblings are my heroes.
posted by becky at 2:20 PM
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