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7 Random And/Or Weird Facts About srah

1. When I was in elementary school, our music teacher, Mr McDonald (who had an imaginary friend named "Boo-Boo McGillicuddy") was the one who introduced me to Oliver! (and therefore to my first fictional-character crush) and I have the impression that he had us sing an awful lot of Three Dog Night. I don't know if it was part of the district-mandated curriculum for elementary-level music classes, if it was in our music book, or if Mr McDonald was just a huge fan of Three Dog Night. It wasn't until a few years later that I discovered that we had learned a censored version of the song:

   Jeremiah was a bull frog
   Was a good friend of mine
   I never understood a single word he said
   But I helped him a-drink his wine we always had a mighty fine time
   And he always had some mighty fine wine we always had a mighty fine time
   
   {Refrain}
   Joy to the world
   All the boys and girls, now
   Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
   Joy to you and me
   
   If I were the King of the world
   Tell you what I'd do
   I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the wars
   And make sweet love to you have a good time with you
   
   {Refrain}
   
   You know I love the ladies
   Love to have my fun
   I'm a high night flier and a rainbow rider
   And a straight-shooting son of a gun
   I said a straight shootin son of a gun

   I think we did "Black and White" too, but that one didn't need to be censored for an elementary audience. Every time I hear "Joy to the World" I feel like the lyrics are wrong, somehow. I like to think that Mr McDonald is to blame for all of my lyric-confusion later in life.

2. I think that the reason I get more excited about Halloween than any of the other grownups (or college students) around me is that I really, really like wearing costumes. If I could wear costumes every day, I think I would. Even in my everyday streetwear, I sometimes like to pretend that I'm dressing up as something. "Today I am French!" "Today I'm from another era!" "Today I am dressed up as someone who remembers to brush her hair!"
3. I think it's been pretty well-established in this blog that I am not a coffee drinker. In fact, I can only think of two occasions where I've ever tasted it. The first was when I spent Easter with my host family in an abbey-turned-hotel near Dijon. All of the meals were served family-style to our enormous extended-family group, so there were just pots and pots of coffee sitting out on the table. So I decided, in the interest of Being In France and Trying New Things and Having Cultural Experiences, I would pour myself a cup. YECHHHHHH! No matter how much sugar I put in, it was not palatable. The second time was when I went to Baskin-Robbins and decided to buy one of their frozen coffee drinks, with the idea that I love coffee ice cream, so a frozen coffee drink full of sugar and milk/cream must be just as delicious. It was not. It tasted like coffee. It's quite possible that there is a coffee drink out there for me, since I love the smell of coffee and coffee ice cream and Mocha Cappucino hot chocolate. I guess I'm not that interested in finding it out, though, because my coffeeless existence is quite comfortable as-is.
4. Pretty much the same thing for beer, except that I don't think I've had beer-flavored hot chocolate. If I were trapped on a desert island and it was a choice between drinking beer or dying of thirst, I guess I could drink some Guinness, but if I have a choice of other beverages, I'll take lukewarm tap water over beer.
5. People frequently think I'm wearing fake eyelashes. That would be kind of weird, because I don't really wear any other makeup. I know there are people who don't wear any makeup other than mascara, or other than lipstick, but to put on false eyelashes and nothing else seems pointless.
6. I have had a stuffed clown named Clown since I was two. This is surprising for two reasons: 1) I hate clowns and 2) I can't believe I couldn't come up with a better name for a clown than Clown.
7. I'm pretty sure I have telekinetic powers and I just haven't figured out how to turn them on yet.

srah - Tuesday, 6 November 2007 - 12:16 PM
Tags: beer, clowns, coffee, fashion, hot chocolate, ice cream, lists, lyrics, makeup, memes, music, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, study abroad, super powers, three dog night

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