Six Unremarkable Things

I think I was tagged on doing this thing; I usually think it’s a bit vapid but I’m doing it for the same reason most people do: I’m bored.

1. I have a mild yet extremely frustrating case of OCD. It takes a couple of forms — mainly it causes me to strongly squint my eyes uncontrollably, all day every day. This generally means after 1 or 2 pm I have a horrible headache from it. Every day. Ugh.

Ironically people who see me do it usually ask if I have a headache; I do, but it’s caused by the squinting. It’s been getting progressively worse over the last year or so, enough so that I’m contemplating seeking some kind of treatment for it. I also rub my face a lot, which in turn makes me want to wash my hands more than normal.

2. I’m addicted to catchy, thuggish rap songs. Especially when performed by an incredibly attractive British artist of Sri Lankan Tamil descent (I’m looking at you, M.I.A.)

3. I’m addicted to the TV show Jon and Kate Plus 8. I generally don’t watch much television, and have known for as long as I can remember that I do not ever, under any circumstances, want children. Yet, this show of all shows, right? And if I get the chance to kidnap Aaden or Leah, I will!

4. I almost never remember my dreams. On an average of 2-3 times a months, usually. It’s been that way my entire life.

5. I’m extremely judgmental and usually unapologetic about it. For instance, I judge almost everyone on what they read. If you read Dan Brown or any of the ‘Twilight’ series, I think less of you. Much less.

6. Somehow along the way I became a hardcore fan of both Notre Dame (first and foremost) as well as Ohio State football. Because of this, I’m fairly certain that if I ever step foot in Ann Arbor I’ll be lynched.

09.16.2007

I’m not even going to talk about yesterday’s ND vs Michigan game. I’ve officially lost all hope of enjoying any of the season. Even if they lost every single game, as long as they played well and the game was somewhat close at least I could say it was fun to watch, instead of aggravating and embarrassing. I’m a fan though, and watched the game beginning to end, though with healthy intervals of watching my other team (OSU), and they did pretty well. Congrats on Tressel’s 200th career win. Also, West Virginia (my tertiary favorite) dominated on Thursday, so I guess I’m coming out ahead for the week.

Oh, and the Colts won today, though barely. The Titans were sneaking into field-goal range in the closing seconds which would have put them ahead by 1, but luckily they turned it over at the end. Manning threw for like 300-something yards I think…that guy is phenomenal.

I love how this has turned into my football blog instead of a creative one. Honestly I just haven’t written anything since a spurt a couple weeks ago. I’m also in a submission lull as I’m still waiting to hear back on 4 or so before before sending more out. My first creative blog post is written and will be going up as soon as the art director at the company I’m doing it for finishes up the blog template. It should have been up Saturday, but it sounds like the company is hitting a rocky patch and things are hectic, so I let them know it was good to go and to just let me know when the template was done and I’d start posting away.

I must apologize for my absence at the Writer’s Meeting this past Friday — I thought about saying something like ‘I wasn’t feeling well’ or that ‘Something came up’, but honestly there’s no specific reason. I was even up in the area meeting someone for lunch, but was simply having one of those lethargic, antisocial, blah sort of days where I just batten the hatches of myself and wait out the mood of the day. I tend to be irritable and unpleasant on those days, and didn’t want to get on anyone’s bad side because of it. I’ll make the next one, moods allowing.

Also, in case anyone is interested yet so far uninformed, the first meeting of IUSB’s English Club is Tuesday in the SAC club room. I have no idea how ‘good’ the club is as I’ve never attended the meeting, but this one fits into my open schedule and I’ll most likely show up to see what it’s all about.