Meme - The Tagging Blogger game

Okay, I got this from Mimi (Defining Sienna) and I'm passing it on! Because she already sent it to half of my blogging friends, I'm not going to ask anyone to do this.


Here are the rules: Link to the person who tagged you.-Post the rules on your blog.-Write 6 random things about yourself.-Tag 6-ish people at the end of your post.-Let each person know he/she has been tagged (or let them get tagged by reading your blog).-Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Here are the 6 random things about me.


1. I have the worlds longest tongue. Okay, not quite, because I found out the guy who has the world's longest tongue (in the Guinness Book of World Records) actually has a couple of inches on me (can you believe that?). But I was born without my Frenulum, the little piece of skin that connects the underneath part of your tongue to your mouth. SO... it appears that my tongue is really crazy long.



2. I love cupcakes, donuts, and Diet Coke. It's really an obsession. I try to hit all of the cupcake places I can. Just last night I had one of Best Buns vanilla/vanilla cupcakes. I'm a big fan of Magnolia Bakery (NYC), Cakelove (DC), and Crumbs (NYC).



3. I hate to cook. I really hate it. Thank goodness my husband is a GREAT cook. Otherwise I would starve. Not only do I hate it, I'm actually terrible at it. When someone says, "I can burn water" - it's really true with me. We have a flat top stove and I can always manage to boil the water so much that it overflows and burns onto the stove. I hate recipes that say things like, "Bring to a boil, then simmer." What does simmer mean? And please use words that I know and understand (and that match my stove) such as "Medium Low" or "High."



4. My college roommate Kristin is my 4th cousin once removed. We didn't know it when we met. I had never met her before we went to Auburn. She was from Georgia, I was from Florida, but we both had family in Indiana. We became sorority sisters, roommates, best friends, and little did we know, we were cousins too! My great great grandfather and her great great great grandfather were brothers (or something like that). Oh, and my parents are 5th cousins! Which probably explains a lot about me. I am my own cousin!



5. I love to write books. Not just stories, I mean full novels. 400, 500 pages. Typed. No one has ever read them. I would be way too embarrassed for anyone to read them, because the main character is always me. They aren't very good, but I love writing fiction and being able to escape into another world. When you have a toddler, sometimes you just need to escape!


6. When I worked for XM, I was the first person to ever give a traffic report on any satellite radio medium. Word got out that XM was going to start their traffic and weather stations on March 1, 2004 (at midnight). So it was somehow leaked that Sirius would begin traffic and weather reports on February 29, 2004 (at midnight). Secretively, XM jumped ahead, and I was the first person to give the traffic reports (for Washington DC) at midnight on February 28, 2004.