8 Random Things

I was tagged by the lovely Tamzen.

Here are the rules:
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.
3. At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment on their blog and tell them they’ve been tagged, and to come back and read your blog for the whole story

1) I absolutely do not allow anyone to tickle me (except for my daughter).  My husband has learned the hard way that I instinctively kick/knee/elbow in the face when a tickle attempt is made.

2) I have one brother who is 14 years older, so we both had only childhoods, though obviously still share our parents.  I like to look at it as a best of both worlds scenario, though growing up I did wish for a sibling closer in age.

3) I've always had a fairly mellow temperament, so I don't get angry very quickly.   However, when I do in fact lose my temper, you really don't want to be the object of my wrath.

4) My first job out of college was Assistant to a Producer for an independent film.  I only had to fetch coffee once, and never had to pick up his dry cleaning, though I did have to find out the total on his phone bill by calling Verizon and pretending to be his live-in girlfriend several times.  I do believe he had a drug habit as he would be suspiciously energetic and cheerful, then on other occasions would say he had a migraine and sleep on the couch in his office most of the afternoon.

5) My most enduring dream is to see at least one novel written by me on the bookshelves at Borders/Barnes & Noble.

6) I spent most of my twenties single, wandering (literally lived in several different cities/towns), and fairly certain I would never get married, have children, and/or live in suburbia and drive a minivan.  So far, I don't have a minivan, but if I end up having more kids it may end up happening (gasp).

7)  When I'm in a city I love exploring their mass transit system (especially subways) even if it seems dirty, sketchy, or otherwise undesirable.

8) I taught myself how to ride a bike when I was 18.  I never learned when I was a kid, and found myself at a University that had a sprawling campus.  I wanted to live off-campus my sophomore year so it was either 20 minutes to walk to class or 5-10 minutes by bike.  The idea of sleeping-in outweighed the fear.  I learned by pushing myself off the curb down a hilly cul-de-sac.  I surprisingly did not sustain any major injuries and mostly learned how to ride a bike.

I tag anyone who loosely shares any of the 8 random facts/habits in common.