A friend of mine, Deanna, recently posted some things about
her that helped us get to know her a little better. I thought it
was a great idea! So now I'm going to subject you to the same
thing.
So, many of you who have been following know a few things about
me: I'm a little mental about linen, I wanna be a shop girl,
and I created an entirely new library cataloguing system at one point in my
life. But what are some things about me that you may not
know from what I've told you so far? Am I young or old or wierd or
nerdy? Let's find out:
1. I am a Canadian Born Abroad. Yes, I'm a broad hahaha..., but
although I've lived in Canada for 85% of my life, I wasn't born
here. I was born in the small town of Potsdam, NY, which is only
about an hour from where I live now in Ottawa. My parents (mother:
Canadian, father: English living in Canada most of his life) were
both teachers, and at the time my father was teaching at the
university there. Knowing that they'd eventually be moving back to
Canada, they simply registered my brother and I as Canadians born
abroad. I'm still trying to figure out how to become a citizen of
the world with a Canadian, and American, and an EU passport!
2. I'm a bit of a clown. Well, since I took a course in it, I
guess you can call me a certified clown. In the past few years,
I've taken a few acting courses - the main reason was to get beyond
my inhibitions, my shyness, my fears of failure - basically, I just
needed to get out of my head and into my body. Once I started
to feel comfortable in the classes, it was one of the
teachers who suggested I take a clown class, since he could
see there was a goofball hidden deep in there that popped out every
once in a while. It was the Scariest Thing I've ever done - trying
to get a whole room full of people to laugh, trying to channel that
inner Harpo Marx without looking like you're trying? Yeah, some
walls came down that weekend.
3. When no one is looking (ok, even sometimes when people
are looking), I blast the music and dance like
Molly Ringwald in the dance scene from The Breakfast Club. I
am almost the same age as Molly, so I grew up basically
learning to dance that same way. Sure, my dancing has changed over
the years - I don't usually do the "Molly" dance to Lady Gaga or to
Metric, but if something retro comes on the radio? Oh yeah, Molly's
out! In all truthfulness, I often dance like Ally Sheedy too.
4. I love games! We had a little party at work a while ago and
people brought video games that we played in the big boardroom.
People are used to a fairly professional Tania at work, and so were
a little surprised to see me rocking out to Guitar Hero on level
Expert. In high heels to boot, oh yeah. I've always loved games -
Tron and Pac Man and Centipede when I was a kid, Tetris and Raidon
later at university, and Bejewelled and Guitar Hero even later. I
love board games of all kinds too. I may be a little competitive
but that has not really been officially proven yet. My friend
swears that I once spilled a beer on a game board when she was
about to win. My plea remains the same - it was an accident. Yup.
That's my position.
5. I'm a procrastinator. Just wait till tomorrow and I'll tell
you all about it....