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While browsing around this morning, I discovered that I had been tagged by Ovedya whose blog I don’t get to frequently enough – as is the story with many others. He has a tidy space over there, filled with lots of goodies for one and all, and it’s more than worthy of a visit. You won’t be disappointed.

I’ll use this good timing to announce, here and now, that I’m not thrilled with the whole tagging practice. For some reason, when asked to cover a specific topic, my mind sees it almost instantly as “Okay, you won’t think of a damned thing to say about this.” Something happens to the normal cross over of my optic chiasm, leaving the poor little axons and dendrites perplexed beyond all reason.

Okay, so that was all a load of hooey to put off spitting out that I just don’t like to do memes. I don’t mind reading them on other’s sites … I would just prefer to remain an observer. In this case, I’m the girl at the dance who hugs the wall but enjoys watching the moves so I can take them home and practice them in a mirror.

This tag, however, is simple enough ~ lends itself to introspection and has allowed me to make my point ~ not bad for free, right?

In any case, thank you for thinking of me, Ovedya.

Top Ten Turn-ons (non sexual and not in any particular order)

• The aroma of coffee brewing first thing in the morning (I don’t drink it)
• That cool feeling of walking into a room in which the furniture has just been rearranged after a long, long while
• Christmas morning (hot cinnamon buns in the oven, presents begging to be opened, and hearts filled with love – no matter how sleepy they are)
• Thunderstorms ~ the more obnoxious the better
• Cheese ravioli parmigiana (this one, for me, is borderline sexual)
• Joni Mitchell’s voice and lyrics back in the 70s and 80s
• The smell of gasoline while filling my car
• People who are wise and say things that make me think, “Damn, I wish I had said that.”
• Playing board games that test my vocabulary, my memory, or my creativity
• Staying (and using room service) at hotels. This is a tough one because I hate to go away from home, I just like hotel rooms!

Top Ten Turn-offs (in no particular order)

• Having to stop making a list of top ten turn-ons just because the ‘rules’ say so
• Being mistaken for someone who cares at times when I really and truly do not
• That nobody ever asks me to get in a picture just because I’m the only one who remembered to bring a camera (Ed not included; he usually does ask)
• Being put on medication number two just so that it will offset the way medicine number one affects me
• Bureaucratic bullshit (in the form of seemingly endless red tape)
• People who go around saying the Yankees suck just because it’s the sexy thing to say at the moment. Keep your opinion to yourself about the Yankees; I doubt they care and I know I don’t. Come tell me all about it the day your team wins their 26th World Series. No really, I’ll make tea and pie. We’ll talk.
• The Red Sox. [made myself snicker on this one]
• People who say nucular instead of nuclear. It’s phonetic. It’s really not that hard. There’s only ONE ‘u’ in the word. (sorry Ed … you know this is a pet peeve – hadda say it)
• Getting into the shower only to realize that my new shampoo and conditioner are sitting in the closet down the hall.
• Anything or anyone scented with that smell from hell – patchouli. It’s offensive. It smells like (I would imagine) the inside of Lance Armstrong’s sneaker after a bike-a-thon. It shuts down my sinuses and initiates a migraine faster than anything else. It smells like decomp on a hot, humid day. It could make a skunk hurl his lunch. There is nothing pretty or pleasant about this stenchification. If you got it as a gift, toss it and never speak to the giver again. If you bought it by mistake, you can be forgiven - once. If you like it – there is little hope. (sorry best friend Betty – but yuck)
  

Now I’m supposed to tag five people. This is the part I hate the most; choosing. How about anyone who is up for it, offering one turn-on and one-turn off in the form of a comment?

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!