a simple yarn

What is a meme? I have no idea, but I’m invited to share in one. Topic is ‘Six Weird Things About Me.’ It takes a secure person, or a fool, to share her own weirdness…I lean toward the latter category…

Here are my top six (implying there may be more)…

1. I don’t know what a meme is. Is it pronounced ‘mee-mee’? Is it all
about me? I’m not too culturally aware of this aspect of blogging ,
not until I was tagged by Leigh. I still don’t know what a meme is, but nevertheless, I am now trying to decipher what is weird about me.

Warning: Definition Diversion Ahead
So how, first of all, do we define ‘weird’? What may appear
weird to others might seem quite normal to me(me). So, while I may post this under a ‘weird things about me’ topic, in reality I think they are quite the norm and should be practiced by all others on the planet whenever and wherever possible.

2. I like to take literary, communication, or trivial diversions during the course of a conversation or a blog post, as you may have noticed.

3. I was raised in West Virginia, which seems weird (or at least joke worthy) to Husband-Will.

4. I learned to knit only about 3 or 4 years ago, which may seem weird to those who have been knitting since they were wee things. I’ve been weaving for less than a year. And have been spinning since, well, actually I still don’t officially spin, but rather play at it.

5. I am left-handed, which may seem weird to the majority of the world’s inhabitants who rule the earth with their right-handed ways. And being left-handed, I had to learn to cut with scissors with my right hand as a child, since left-handed scissors were as scarce as precious gems and when I did happen to find a pair, they simply would not cut the paper.

6. I graduated from university with a communications degree, which seemed weird to my parents who thought it absurd to have to pay all that money to teach me to talk!

And so, my list complete, I believe I am to play ‘tag you’re it’ with 6
other people, who are:

Tea and Cakes, because I find her outlook on life quite atypical and I mean that in the best sense of the term.

Tangelled Angel, because she will certainly know what to do about this meme thing as she’s well versed in anything bloggy.

Winona Queen, because I will be intrigued to see what kind of interesting list she puts together!

Clickety Knits, because she’s going to need some diversion from all that touring of Hong Kong and New Zealand, so it might be listed on the travel blog Where Two Next.

Chic with Stix, because she’s a newly imported friend in Dublin and it would be good to get to know her better, even if it’s the weird stuff.

Fast Cars and Freedom, because she, being my niece and an English major, might like this sort of thing and perhaps will help her to think that her auntie isn’t such an old fogey after all.

After all the niceties, here are the rules to this thing…
Each player of this game starts with the ‘6 weird things about you.’ People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment that says ‘you are tagged’ in their comments and tell them to read your blog.’