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July 25, 2008
Appeasing the Memers
Here you go Ange and other gracious memers....
RULES:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
And here you have it:
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2. I was in pre-med for 2 years in college, but I dropped out after I was forced to pith a frog's brain and dissect it WHILE its heart was beating. I left the lab crying and ended up a Lit/Theatre major. I know-bit of a jump.
3. I have had stitches 8 times, broken two bones, and have chipped my front teeth twice---yeah, I was VERY rambunctious child!
4. In high school I ran a 6:02 mile my senior year, which was one of my happiest moments of my life! But I'm lucky to run a 7 something now.
5. I've belly danced for 7 years, but have never belly danced for anyone other than my husband, close family, and international groups that my troupe was paid to dance for. I stick to salsa, tango, swing and folk dance.
6. I had coffee with Sufjan Stevens and band mates when I was in College, but didn't know he became famous because I knew him as "Sue fee on" and people called him "Suefuh John". My friend Shannon was actually the singer of his first band called MARZUKI (I've got the CD for those who are curious). Sufjan played the flute and various stringed instruments.
7. I have a weird thing with my twin sister. We often call each other at the same time. Like to the minute, and at REALLY random times.
I don't know who to tag that hasn't already been tagged! So I'm tagging my favorite blogs to read in St. Louis: Angela, Heidi H., Kirk, Nate G., Neil, Sarah W., and Tanya Mark,
| By Heidi V. | 6:30 PM
Comments
Hum, I can't get my links to work. What's up with that?
Posted by: Heidi Vincent at July 25, 2008 6:38 PM
I memered you too.
Posted by: Sarah W at July 27, 2008 8:57 PM
Hi, Heidi. Pardon the late response :) So, with number 7, why do you think that is? Is it physiological/psychological, a response to similar stimuli or times of the year even if you are far apart, or is it a spiritual/psychic thing (if such things even exist).
I am not a twin, but, my goodness, I watched Batman with my brother and we frequently turned and looked at one another at various parts. It may sound weird, but I enjoyed it so much, because it bespoke an intimacy and a shared way of looking at the world based on past experience.
I was pre-med then English too, I think we have talked about that before. In one of our classes the teacher pithed a turtle. It was pretty amazing to watch the heart beat and respond to epinephrine. Now, I wasn't all "Yay" or anything, but I handled it OK.
Posted by: Neil E. Das at August 2, 2008 12:07 AM
I'm not sure what the connection consists of with my sister. It’s intense in a way that actually manifests. For example, I often will get on a wavelength with someone and feel like I don’t have to explain things, because they “get it”. That’s kind of the joy of knowing someone and being known in return. However, with Heather, she not only gets it, but we have all these wild encounters that are far too strange to be coincidence. For example, a few nights ago I was up late--too caffeinated to sleep. Most people that would call our apt know that Jacob and I wake up at 5:30 am, so we turn our ringer off at 9 or 10. Heather knows that too. Well, that particular night I popped out of bed and sat by the phone at like 12:45ish FOR NO REASON. As I was sitting there, I imagined Heather calling me. Seconds later she did! What prompted her to call me at 1AM on the one night I couldn’t sleep? NO IDEA. Why would she break that unspoken “no late calls rule” on that night when I wanted to talk to her more than anything? I JUST don’t know.
There are other ways that we are connected that can be explained by familiarity: we give each other knowing looks a lot, and can guess what kind of candy the other person will pick, and laugh about the same random things that nobody else finds funny…
Part of me thinks there is something to the theories of deep consciousness in the brain. I don’t think of it as telepathy; more like a part of the brain some people use more than others. I have no science to back that up, but that’s what I think.
I'm sure siblings that are not twins have this too, I just hear more about it from twins.
P.S. I’m hoping to see a short story or poem on your blog soon. :)
Posted by: Heidi Vincent at August 2, 2008 11:39 AM