This is Adele. I love her. Find out one of the reasons below.Here's what you do:
1. Post the rules
2. Share 11 random things about myself
3. Answer the 11 questions from the post in which I was tagged
4. Create 11 new questions for my tag-ees to answer
5. Tag 11 people
11 Random Things About Me:
1. I have a sick enjoyment in watching my students make fools of themselves during class activities (dancing the "iambic pentameter" dressing up for "Greek Mythterpiece Theater", etc.). It gets them out of their insecure little shells and is a slightly sadistic kind of payback for their misdeeds.
2. I'm addicted to Pinterest, chocolate, Diet Coke, and sleeping in.
3. One day I'm going to finish writing a book. Maybe I'll even publish it. Maybe.
4. I average about 65-70 hours a week between my two jobs: teaching adolescents to read and write fluently (my real gig) and as a hospital telephone operator (my extra gig).
5. Adele is my middle name (and my mommy's name). Naturally, I love Adele the brilliant recording artist.
6. I have a running record of unbelievably awful dates. They usually ask me out again. This sometimes makes me wonder if it is all in my head.
7. Scarves and cardigans keep me clothed. I adore each equally. Summer is, understandably, a tough time of year for me.
8. I love the movie Amelie. I feel like I have a similar inner-life of whimsy and playfulness.
9. I love that, though I don't have children of my own, I have countless opportunities to nurture and mother. My students, nieces, and nephews provide me with ample moments to "mommy" the little ones (even teenagers need nurturing--shhh, don't tell them I let slip that they're not as bratty and tough as they like to front).
10. I like food. It is great to chat and chew with people you love. I love healthy food. I love junk food. I love cooking food. (As evidence, I'm sitting here at job #2 munching on popcorn, carrots and licorice.) Because of this I think it is totally gobsmacking-mind-boggling-crazy when people say stuff like: "I'm not really a dessert person" or "I forget to eat lunch sometimes." How is that even possible? My body tells me when it is lunch time before it is lunch time.
11. I frequently hold solo dance sessions in my living room, private concerts in my car, and stand-up comedy routines in front of my classes. I am a dork through-and-through. I embrace it.
11 Questions Asked of Me:
1. What are you naturally talented at? I am good at teaching. Honestly, I'm far better at it all now than I was when I started. But I am lucky to have a natural presence that says, "you better listen to me or else!" It kind of helps me in the classroom.
2. What is the most embarrassing song you have on your iPod? Oooh, probably something from a cheesy musical or some good ol' NKOTB.
3. What book have you read over and over? Anything I teach. Two I never grow tired of: My Antonia by Willa Cather and Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.
4. Who is your hero, and why? My best friend. She puts everyone before herself. She is good and selfless. I kind of like her, frankly.
5. What song represents you? "Clair de Lune" by Debussy.
6. What is something that can always make you laugh? Potty humor. Always.
7. Who do you consider your best friend? Miss Alice.
8. What would you choose for your last meal? La Ferrovia anything.
9. What movie makes you cry, every time? Steel Magnolias or Beaches.
10.What advice would you give yourself if you could go back in time? Go on a study abroad trip during college. Even if you have to put it on a credit card, it will be entirely worth it.
11.What question do you wish I asked, and how would you answer it? "What past job did you enjoy the most?" Probably when I was at The Standard-Examiner as a "Classified AD-visor". Yes, yes I will toot my own horn: I was killer at creating classified ads, upselling, and using my "soxy voice" with the male customers to make more on commission. Plus, it was kind of fun typing all the time.
And finally, the 11 Lucky People I choose to tag are:
1. Alice
2. Stephanie R-to the-idge
3. Stephanie R-to the-ipley
4. Kim
5. Shannon B.
6. Spoons
7. Amber
8. Stine
9. Rowena's Rants
10. Nic
11. Wemdu
(And if you don't do it--no worries. You won't have 11 years of bad luck or anything. I promise. Really. Don't blame me if your life starts to suck.)
3 comments:
yay!!! You posted it. :) I love your posts. I seriously check your blog about once a day to see if there are any new reads.
I couldn't think of anywhere to post this, so I'm answering inline on your blog. Hope you don't mind. Thanks for including me.
11 Random Things About Me:
1. I empathize with characters in stories much more easily than I do with those in real life.
2. I think I’m fat. Often.
3. I want to be a writer, but I don’t do anything about it.
4. I’m fascinated by new drinks. I could spend a lot of money of fancy soda. Please bring back Coke Blak!
5. I love to eat nearly everything; except for ketchup, which I think is universally understood to be the most edible of all foods.
6. I wish I were a little bit taller. I don’t feel like I’m ever going to look like a grown man.
7. My self-esteem is often closely tied to the kind of car I drive.
8. I named a daughter Harper, and I still want to name a son Atticus. I won’t do that to my poor wife though.
9. I think that I could eat hamburgers and milkshakes for every single meal and never get sick of it. I’d like to test this theory, but see item 2.
10. I’ve always wanted to be the best at something, but never have.
11. I love music and am slowly coming to terms with the fact that I have no talent whatsoever in the area.
11 Questions Asked of Me:
1. What are you naturally talented at? I know what to say to make people think I’m intelligent, even when I’m not.
2. What is the most embarrassing song you have on your iPod? Probably some Bloodhound Gang. That stuff’s pretty naughty. My mom would not approve.
3. What book have you read over and over? The House on Mango Street. I don’t know why. I’ve probably read it 50 times or more.
4. Who is your hero, and why? Matt Albie. Though fictional, he is the guy that I see when I look into that mystical internal mirror.
5. What song represents you? "Silverf**k" by The Smashing Pumpkins
6. What is something that can always make you laugh? Mirabel and Harper
7. Who do you consider your best friend? Amber
8. What would you choose for your last meal? Hamburger! I love those things.
9. What movie makes you cry, every time? Pretty much anything remotely sad, happy, real, etc. The last one was Dolphin Tale. That movie really wasn’t very good, but there I was boobing nonetheless.
10.What advice would you give yourself if you could go back in time? Take the chances you want to take before you’re too old to dare.
11.What question do you wish I asked, and how would you answer it? “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Someone who has a lot of adventures to tell his kids about.
I will do this at some point. I just want to know something. What is going on in My Antonia? I loved that book, but I couldn't figure out if there was anything to figure out or not.
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