Ten Random Things About Me
It’s Ten Things Tuesday!
Editor’s note: I wrote this a long while ago (two years??), but just now found it in my files. If some references seem old, that’s why. I’m still quite surprised I forgot a whole, almost finished post. God only knows what other things I’ve forgotten.
For “Ten Things Tuesday” (on a day that probably isn’t Tuesday), I present Ten Informative Useless Random Things About Me:
1. I can’t find my way out of a paper bag, even with GPS. It’s true. Why I thought I could travel the country with maps and GPS and not get lost is beyond me.
2. I forget where I parked my car every time I go into the grocery or department store. Every. Time. If I remember to make a conscious effort to mentally note where I parked before going inside, I can usually exit the store, stand there for a minute while I recall the mental note, and then locate my car — without pushing a shopping cart all over the parking lot for ten minutes before finding it by accident. Not that that has ever happened.
3. I’ve never camped before buying my RV. Unless you count that one time with Chickenbone in our grandparent’s backyard. We were 11 and 9. I had fun (because food and a bathroom were nearby, obviously). But that night we found out my sister is “tasty”: If there is a flea within 100 miles it will find Chickenbone and bite her. She must give off a scent. She woke up with approximately 200 flea bites. I had three. One, two, three bites. I’m not tasty. (Zombies, take note – I’m not tasty.)
4. I’m a Glamper, not a camper. (see above) Honestly? The reason I’ve never camped is because I like daily, long, hot showers. And I like to have a toilet – the flushable kind – in the same “building” I’m in. Call me crazy. No, wait, that’s normal.
5. My hair looks best when it’s one-day dirty and slept-on (good for tent-camping, which I don’t do). Immediately after washing, my hair has the texture of a frizzy poodle’s. After washing, I smother in a fistful of “smoothing” lotions, then I curl it. It will still be puffy for a day, but not as frizzy or kinky. Then, after I’ve slept on it and a whole 24 hours has gone by does it look good. Sometimes great. It’s like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but with hair.
6. I’m the first person in my family to live on a chassis. Some family members are not proud of this obviously monumental achievement. I have no idea why.
7. I didn’t secure a sponsorship or TV show deal, but I’m not giving up. Meanwhile, the RV dealership put me in a few commercials which I’ll link to on my “Press” (laughs hysterically) page as they become available. (Editor’s note: Uh, this is some of that old news I mentioned.)
8. When I become wealthy (BTW – you can write articles and be in TV commercials and still not be anywhere near rich) I will still shop at Trader Joe’s and Target and Walmart. What’s that saying? ‘You can take the girl out of the trailer park…’ Oh wait, no. I’d still live in a trailer park, too, if I was rich. Never mind.
9. Everyone’s asking: ‘When and where am I going next?’ I made The Great RV Roll-About Itinerary page for those who are interested. It’s all fairly flexible. (Editor’s note: I’m not so good at updating it, but I do every now and again.)
10. I have no idea what I’m doing. I don’t have a plan, but I’m going it anyway. All those important details I wanted worked out before I left, well, they’re not worked out, but I’m going anyway. I just can’t wait around for everything to be “perfect”. Maybe it is already perfect and I just don’t know it. (Editor’s note: This is more of that old news I mentioned. But honestly, nothing has changed: I still don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m too old mature to care.)
Now it’s your turn. I don’t know enough, and in some cases anything at all, about you.
Tell me ten, or however many you want to divulge, things about you. If you need a place to start:
Are you a Glamper with hair issues?
Worst Camping Experience?
How long, if ever, have you lived on a chassis?
You forgot to add you are a wonderful person who has many followers that enjoy sharing in your many life adventures.
Thank you, Trey. My followers are the best! 🙂
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I enjoy your blog, so (what the heck) I’ll share something here.
1. I live on a chassis too, there are 3 continental US states that I haven’t been to, I’m currently changing the chassis I live on to a Vintage Airstream that I’m rebuilding from junk.
2. I’ve brutally heckled Hercules.
3. I’ve made love on one of the seven hills of Rome as the Sun rose over Saint Peters.
4. I may , at any time, be telling Tall Tales.
5. The truth will always win out, even when its more absurd that the lies people would believe (maybe).
6. I’m not a cowboy, I’ve had to deal with those cow things- and I just say nope! I’ll play on the net instead for a living and fire up the grill cooking something from the store.
7. I’ve been thrown out of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (at a Dragon Con) for “making fun of the movie”.
8. I had to archive an AI I built called Faerie Nessa, as I didn’t want to pay for the dedicated server she grew into.
9. I was a ballroom dancer (back in the 90ies – it wasn’t that cool then). I gave it up when I no longer had any hotties to dance with.
10. I like to drink wine sometimes on my down time and browse RV blogs, I know “Bad Travelfalbes”! (especially to teetotaler gals) Its not like I’m going to work on code or drive somewhere when I do that.
🙂
Thank you for sharing, TravelFables!
I’m shocked to hear you were thrown out of Rocky Horror… ‘making fun of the movie’ is part of the experience! When we dressed as the characters and yelled back at the screen (very MST3K!) in Santa Cruz, we also drank in the theater (underage, of course). We never got thrown out. What has happened to this world if you can’t even make fun of a classic cult film like Rocky Horror?!
I hope #3 isn’t one of those covered by #4. 😉
The Rocky Horror thing was really mostly about someone giving a penis-less dweeb a walkie talkie and a security badge at a con, hence turning them into a little Napoleon.
I think they got better with that at Dragon Con – I hope so.
I never went back to that con though.
And Yes Rome was good to me. I need to go back someday.