Honest Scrap Award

Laura of Punk Rock Gardens tagged me with an Honest Scrap Award, which as far as I can tell, means I have to tell you ten interesting–and honest–things about myself. As hard as this is to believe, I really hate talking about myself (what kind of dork has a blog but doesn’t like to be “out there?!”). Someone mentioned in the State of the Balcony survey that I should make LOTB more personal, more about my own garden and lessons learned directly from it. But that is my idea of hell. I like hiding behind a “magazine” style.

Anyway, here goes…

1. My first “life” was as a graphic designer. My BA is in Art with an emphasis in graphic design. Nowadays I use my design skills to airbrush the photos of myself that I put on the internet. My skin isn’t nearly as smooth, evenly colored, and wrinkle free as it appears on the “About” page.
2. I also have a law degree that I have never formally used. Going to law school was the biggest mistake (and most expensive) of my life so far.
3. I spend a tremendous amount of time in the bathtub. If I could live in a bubble of warm water for my entire life and never get pruned feet, I would do it in a heartbeat.
4. I feel sorry for insects that have an extremely short lifespan and whole purpose in life is to mate and lay eggs before dying. I wonder what is the point of their existence? I hope that human life isn’t just a stretched out version of those insects’ lives.
5. I can’t stand snobs. More than anything, elitism is the character trait I despise the most. I see it sometimes in the gardening world and it really turns me off. I don’t buy a particular magazine anymore because I just couldn’t stand their high falutin’ style anymore, even though I loved their photos and topics of their articles.
6. I have absolutely no idea what I want “to do with my life.” Lots of things interest me. All I know is that I can’t stay at my current job for much longer. It’s a dead-end, with no opportunity to be promoted.
7. I studied abroad in Budapest and Paris, and had a fantastic time. As far as I can tell, I am the only American who went to France and didn’t encounter a single snobby Parisian. Maybe I just wasn’t looking hard enough, but I found the fact that sexual harassment is completely normal in France to be far more annoying.
8. I’m a registered Republican. Now y’all can say that you know one. Actually, I’m more of a Libertarian who leans Republican, but I’m not a fan of third parties, so I registered as a Republican. Mostly, I distrust the government to do anything well except run the military and waste tax dollars.
9. I was a cry baby well into my 20s. My husband used to counsel me to “not cry” whenever I told him I needed to talk to a boss or professor about something. But to be honest, I like crying. It feels calming and freeing to me.
10. I’m extremely close to my husband (of course) and family and have very few close friends. I don’t think I developed very good friend-making skills growing up. I guess that’s something I can work on in 2010.