A Countdown Meme

Long ago in a galaxy far away (and by "far away" I mean our galaxy) I ran across a meme here that I thought was interesting. I mean, the countdown concept is interesting. I can't decide whether to do it as is, or to change it to an entertainment-oriented meme. Perhaps I shall do both.

Yes.

Both it is.

TEN Random Things about Me:

1. I love to play Trivial Pursuit but I can never get anyone to play it with me. Boooooo, everyone!
2. If I take a shower before I go to bed, I can't sleep unless I've done a satisfactory job washing my ears. An unattended-to ear can make the whole rest of me feel gross.
3. I once seriously thought I was going to marry Jonathan Brandis. (The story about how we met (a meeting which was unsatisfactorily one-sided) has to do with Stephen King movies and scary clowns and that's all I have to say about that. Boooo, scary clowns!) And I was surprisingly sad when he died.
4. I also thought I was going to marry Ralph Macchio, but I wasn't as serious about it.
5. I was raised on country music and was a big singer when I was little (like, three.) My repertoire included songs like Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line by Waylon Jennings (lyrics, iTunes), Tiger by the Tail by Buck Owens (lyrics), The Gambler by Kenny Rogers (lyrics, iTunes) and Brown-Eyed Handsome Man by Waylon Jennings (lyrics, iTunes). But when I was 10 and I saw the video for Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard (lyrics, iTunes), I vowed that I'd never listen to country music again. I totally broke that vow, of course.
6. I'd rather eat raw batter or dough than the actual cooked confection. Mia says that my microbiology degree makes my raw batter-eating like a drug counselor who does crack. Heh.
7. When I was 16, I was kicked out of JCPenney for aiding and abetting an acappella performance of Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (lyrics, iTunes). I felt really bad about it and went back with another friend (not the singing one) and apologized.
8. I used to argue with people because I was convinced that the lyrics to Rock Me Amadeus by Falco (lyrics, iTunes) included the words "potato salad".
9. When I was about four, I threw a giant rock backwards and hit my cousin in the head. Ooops. Maybe that's the unfortunate incident that turned him into Discoman™.
10. When I was little, I was absolutely terrified of hippopotamuses.

NINE Ways to Win My Heart:

1. If you say you're going to be right back, then for crying out loud, don't leave by the back way.
2. Don't smoke, drink, or swear.
3. Be a faithful Christian.
4. Be honest.
5. Make me laugh, clown!
6. Be responsible, but be fun too.
7. Love your momma and the rest of your family.
8. Buy me flowers or a card just because it's Tuesday.
9. Remember what I wore on our first date.

EIGHT Things I Want To Do Before I Die:

1. Run a marathon.
2. Sell some of my photographs, or have them published.
3. Raise kids who love the Lord and are responsible and honest people.
4. Lead as many people to Christ as He sends my way.
5. Visit Israel.
6. Be a prepared mind, a pair of hands, and a heart that God can work through to ease the suffering of as many people as possible.
7. Figure out two more things that I want to do before I die.

SEVEN Ways to Annoy Me:

1. Pull out RIGHT in front of me and then drive 20 m.p.h. below the speed limit.
2. Go through a drive-thru and order something that is not only ridiculously complicated, but it's also hard to articulate. On a sunny day when you could have easily gone inside instead. And then pay in pennies, while I slowly dehydrate in the car behind you.
3. Be this guy that I work with who manages to annoy me with almost every single thing he does - like be lazy, and dishonest, and rude, have a sense of entitlement, and take advantage of everything that anyone does for you.
4. Cheat. On a test, on a person, whatever.
5. Ask me to sit down at a concert. Grrrrrrr!
6. Every time you use your turn signal, leave it on for at least ten miles (or until my head explodes, whichever comes first.)
7. Get in the passing lane on the interstate and drive EXACTLY the speed limit.

SIX Embarrassing Moments:

Silly, most of them that I can remember are still embarrassing so I'm not going to tell the whole world! There are a couple, though -

1. When I was in 7th grade, I was wearing this new outfit and was having good hair and thought I was amazingly cool. So I went strolling past the guy from the other day's post, thinking that he would just faint dead away from my beauty, or something. He said, "Hey Kim, c'mere." Well, I almost fainted dead away at that. I went over to him and he said, "What's two and two?" I said, "Uh, what?" He said, "What's two and two?" I said, "Uh, four?" He said, "What's two and two?" I finally just stared at him blankly, and then he said, "Your pants are unzipped." Aaaaarrrghhh! I wanted to disappear. And to this day, 1.90 college degrees later, I still have no idea what "two and two" has to do with a pair of unzipped pants. If anyone can figure it out, please enlighten me.
2. I asked my high school Spanish teacher if the Spanish language used the same alphabet as English. Duh.
3. On New Year's Eve 1997, I went to church with Scott and then went back to his house to set off some fireworks. This was the first time I'd met his family and a couple of his friends. Standing on the porch step, I noticed some white stuff falling and thought it may be ashes from one of the rockets or something. So I said, "What's this white stuff falling?" It was SNOW. Scott and those friends (which are now our friends, I guess) still make fun of me over that.

FIVE Things I'm Afraid Of:

1. Willem Dafoe
2. The scary-voiced guy who does the voice overs for horror movie previews.
3. Spiders, snakes, anything with an inappropriate amount of legs. I will accept two and I will accept four. Any other amount of legs won't work for me. Spiders have altogether too many, snakes have not enough. But a three-legged dog? Now that's funny.
4. Falling down the stairs.
5. Losing one of my parents or Scott.

FOUR Favorite Items in My House:

1. My computer
2. My bed or my couch
3. My books
4. My photo albums

THREE Things I Do Everyday:

1. Brush my teeth, a lot.
2. Read something.
3. Thank God for blessing me waaaaaay beyond anything I deserve. That sounds cheesy, but I do.

TWO Things I Want To Do Right Now:

1. Remove several pounds of fat from my giant rear end/thighs and my sausage arms
2. Finish burning my mp3 collection to discs for the people I've promised - but I just can't stop adding stuff! I can't!

ONE Person I Want To See Right Now:

1. My grandmother. She died before I got a chance to ask her advice on so many things.

Holy crap, that took forever. I'll do the other version later. Tomorrow, or something. And basil, I'm fully aware of your meme tag. I'm getting to it. :-)