I recently met my blogger doppelganger. Actually, like the movie Looper, I ran into the 20 30 40 50 years-ago version of me. His short little post was about
Five words that describe me
Listed below are five words I feel describe me and why I picked them.
Here’s what he has to say, and what I have to say about that.
- Determined. No matter what task it is I set out I am determined to see it through.
I too am determined, or perhaps stubborn, or obstinate, or even possibly obdurate. I feel if a thing is worth starting, it is worth completing. Please disregard any previous mentions of procrastination. It is perhaps why I have been married to the same woman for over 50 years. I please myself by thinking that a lesser man would have beaten, strangled, or divorced her. Of course, I don’t say that out loud. I am no great prize. She picked me off the “Reduced For Quick Sale” rack. All sales final – No deposit, No return. 😯
- Intelligent. I am fairly smart. Mostly just wordy.
So I’ve got a 147 IQ, so what? I wear slip-on/off boots so that I don’t have to know how to tie shoes. Then I spend paragraphs telling you about it….verbose, loquacious, garrulous, rambling. How alike we are! Let’s ramble on to the next point.
- Introvert. I like keeping to myself for the most part.
Did anybody actually hear me say that about myself??! No, of course not, I’m here at the computer, alone.
- Active. I love outdoor sports. Let’s go hiking!
Here’s where the 40/50 years ago comes in. When I was young, I swam, and sledded, and ice-skated and roller-skated. I biked all over our small town. I hiked through the nearby bush-lot, and walked across lake-ice to the island. Occasionally I would walk 5 miles home from high school, if I couldn’t get a ride hitch-hiking. Now, my exercise program is a little less hectic, and is accomplished mostly inside our house.
- Nerdy/Geeky. Love nerd geek culture. Video Games, yes please! Doctor Who, check! Debate Marvel vs. DC sure let’s roll!
The nerdy/geekier the better. I know a muon from a pion – and a prion….rare earths, noble metals, inert gases. I still play Solitaire and Mah Jongg, on the computer (Doesn’t everyone?), and I’m thinking of purchasing a copy of Tetris. It’s great for spatial manipulation practice. I’m not into the MMORPG type of games. 1 – I’m a loner, and 2 – I apply Occam’s razor. There is no need to make things unnecessarily complex.
Dr. Who??! Yes please! Been watching the show for almost 50 years – can hardly wait till the new lady Doctor is released in North America, in November. DC Comics had been around before I was born, but I watched the birth of Marvel, and read them both. I like Marvel’s flawed heroes better than DC’s brooding navel-gazers. I’ve seen several Marvel movies, including both of the Deadpool ones.
The printed comics were fun, but the movies are just getting out of hand. They’ve become only an excuse to make more money, like the Beach Boys. After exhausting every surfing and hot rod theme on the West coast, they came East, to sing about a Caribbean paradise named Kokomo, which I thought was in Indiana.
If you didn’t already, you now know some things about me – including the fact that I’ll plagiarize someone else’s theme, to get one for myself. I’m not the only one. Rochelle’s blog-site warns you to be nice, or you could end up in her novel. I’d like for you to end up back here again, soon. Seeya! 😎 🌯
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