SPT {exactly like me}
I once gave up chocolate just to see how long I could go without it. I went sans chocolat for thirteen years.
When I was a kid, my grandfather used to tell us he went to school at the Corncob College. And, for many years, I believed such a school existed.
I can be very moody. One year my mom gave me a mood ring for a gag gift at Christmas, but I think she secretly hoped it would work.
In high school, while on vacation in Myrtle Beach, my friends and I befriended some fellow spring breakers at the beach. One of them had a really long name, which we somehow expanded to Pedro Paco Pete Fernando Fernandez Chico La Cucaracha. I have an odd tendency to swiftly recite that name over and over again during mindless tasks, like doing housework or waiting for the computer to power up.
May 27th, 2006 at 12:33 am
i love this post. i love the picture and the quote…and these delightful details about you (13 years - wow! - I want to hear the story about when you started eating it again).
May 27th, 2006 at 12:44 am
wow!! :) love these! 13 years-holymoly..
May 27th, 2006 at 12:46 am
wow such unique things about you! Love it!
May 27th, 2006 at 12:47 am
13 years? I’d have died. Thanks for the chuckel.. I may soon learn Pedro Paco Pete Fernando Fernandez Chico La Cucaracha and say it to myself too. LOL
May 27th, 2006 at 2:22 pm
that quote moved me.
always a pretty picture of you when you post.
xo,
boho
May 27th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
this is so great melanie. isn’t funny the things we believe when we’re kids. so what was it that made you come back the chocolate?
May 28th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Corncob College, how delightful!
May 29th, 2006 at 11:41 am
heehee
i love these little snippets
of you.
cool
:)
and when i was in new york
on a school trip
people kept asking me what my “nationality”
was, for some odd reason…
my nickname became
olga lagosta lagumba…
which i still recite occassionally
for no apparent reason…
heehee
:)
May 29th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
delightful learning these obscure bits about you - i especially love how you recite the ‘very long’ work while doing mindless tasks. The way you combined your photo and the quote is beautiful.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:00 pm
I love this picture… And quote. So true.
My brother once told me there were sand sharks(of course there are)BUT not in the sand that we were sunbathing on! I believed this for years.
May 31st, 2006 at 8:21 pm
Wonderful and intriguing snippets! I am completely amazed that you went without chocolate for 13 years…I can’t imagine ever doing that! The image is very telling…it shows a part of you, but not all…just like these bits of information…and your glance is away. It’s up to us to put the clues together!
June 16th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Great Quote and photo!I can’t go a day without chocolate, you are amazing!!! I did once take a dare from my husband not to eat at a certain fast food restaurant for a year and it was surprisingly easy once you have your mind set on something, I have only been in there twice since and that was six years ago!
July 11th, 2006 at 1:38 am
This piece is so beautiful. You’re so talented. I go so long without writing my journal which means I go even longer not reading others’ blogs. It’s a treat catching up with yours tonight…Happy belated birthday@ My mom and daughter both have June birthdays.
oxox, tracy
July 11th, 2006 at 1:38 am
This piece is so beautiful. You’re so talented. I go so long without writing my journal which means I go even longer not reading others’ blogs. It’s a treat catching up with yours tonight…Happy belated birthday@ My mom and daughter both have June birthdays.
oxox, tracy