I find it hard to believe there are so many random facts about myself! I was white rabbited about a month ago, plus I have published 100 random facts about fifikins, but everyone’s favourite professional geek, Nick Hodge seems to think I can come up with 8 more! And I was told off for not tagging certain people, I can now get them!

1. I have an aversion to mice and rats, but I am not sure why. I remember living in Meningie and having to feed the 50 odd birds that we were forced to look after. There were mice in the grain sacks and I often caught one in the jug I was using to feed the birds. I suspect it is a silly aversion and one I might be able to get over.
2. I really loved pregnancy and childbirth. I had large children (Jasper was 10lb 14 oz- 4.934kg) and pushed them out easily. Sometimes I think another baby would be nice, but not very often as I then remember the terrible 2s, the sleepless nights and the thought of another pending teenager. I think that I could easily be swayed either way if I were to meet someone who did or didn’t want kids.
3. I was 99% certain Imogen was going to be a girl. I never doubted she wouldn’t have been. We didn’t really have a name for a boy picked out even. With Jasper I had no feelings one way or the other.
4. I studied English Literature in Year 12. Our Shakespeare was Antony and Cleopatra. I hardly remember any of it, but I remember quite a few of the poems we had to analyse especially Lowell’s Memories of West Street and Lepke and Dickinson’s Because I could not stop for death. I don’t know if I understood any of the poems back then, but love going back to them now. Same cannot be said for the symphonies I had to analyse in Music B!
5. In Year 9 we did Dancing Classes on Wednesday nights with the year 10 boys from our brother school. There were always more girls than boys and I spent most of the evenings pretneding to be a boy and dancing with other girls. It made me hate my height for a very long time.
6. I collect cookbooks. I think I have over 200. Some I have never cooked from, but I like to pretend they inspire me. I would like to undertake a ‘cook a whole cookbook’ project and blog it, but still can’t choose which book to do.
7. I am the first person in my family to go to uni. This surprises me as I see so many of them being smart. Mum did a term or so at Kindergarten Teacher’s College but didn’t like it and Dad never thought about further education. My brother achieved his HSC but is not academically minded, even if he has other smarts (Cricket and Aussie Rules fact legend!)
8. I always thought I would be cremated, but now think the environmental impact of cremation is too great. I’d love to be buried deep in the rainforest, but also hope that it isn’t for many years yet.

Now to find 8 suckers friends who I know would love to take part in this!

So… Romper stomper bomper boo, tell me tell me tell me, do, magic mirror tell me today, have all my friends had fun at play? I can see:

Extremo

Lozzz

Mark

Spidy

Grace

monnie

Martin

Wibble

So you lucky 8, it’s up to you! If you don’t know the drill, you tell us 8 random facts about yourself and then tag 8 lucky people. Make sure you let them know they have been tagged too. In a month you will have enough facts to be erudite at dinner parties. Don’t break the chain or you will have ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ rickrolling through your memory for eternity. I have warned you!

(Oh and I don’t know if I can think of any more real facts so if this comes back to me in a month I’m just gonna write a load of tales- which may be what I have done already )

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