I sooooo in love ♥ with this line in a weekend issue of Foxtrot:
Comic © Bill Amend, published on 6th of January, 2008. Did I mention that Foxtrot is one of my favourite comic strip? Haha :mrgreen: I dig its sarcasm (plus the nerdy Jason and the rather stupid Paige)! Anyway Foxtrot has ceased dailies a few years back, but Bill Amend is nice enough to bring it to us on weekends!
Random Facts Meme
Vivacious, cute, lovely, artistic but evil :twisted: Ivy tagged me for it because she wants revenge for the five vices meme that I’ve tagged her for. Okay, as you wish, here it is!
Once you’ve been tagged you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random facts, habits, or goals about yourself — at the end choose 5 people to be tagged. Don’t forget to leave them a comment saying “You’re It!†and to go read your blog. You cannot tag the person that tagged you.
So here we go.
I have a toy that is older than me – it’s Mr Potato! And HELL NO it’s not the Mr Potato Head you find in the stores or in Toy Story, nor is it the mascot of some random potato chip manufactuer. It’s authentically mine. My mom bought it to add it to her collection one year before I was born – this makes my dear Mr Potato 20 years old! It has been a good listener and comforter i during my childhood years. When I was five, a male flight attendant saw me carrying it around and joked that “Oh my why do I see still young boys carrying dolls?” which inflicted an angry stare from me. I remembered bringing it to my middle school dorm by hiding it in my closet (I don’t want anyone to know I keep a doll), but one day one of the nastier friend got hold of it and tore it’s legs apart. I cried for a week after that, and finally mom got her friend to stitch it up for me – she’s so nice that she did not only repaired his legs but also gladly donated an old pair of denim jeans for the new shirt he’s wearing! Since then I kept it safely in my closet away from curious hands and prying eyes, and I’ve brought it out today to have it photographed for you :)- I am afraid of mannequins – I find that rather spooky! Being extremely similar to humans, the plastic bearing humanoid shapes and curvatures simply evokes a strong sense of revulsion within me. I find the sight of people dismantling mannequins into smaller parts (limbs, head, torse and etc.) very unsettling. My reaction towards mannequins made me to somewhat believe in the Uncanny Valley theory – when robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost, but not entirely, like actual humans, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers.
- My BEST dreams always end at the BEST part – this theory stands true since the day I told it to my mom when I was seven. It was a Sunday morning when I suddenly woke up from a dream of having my parents bring me to a huge waterpark. I was about to splash down the longest ever water slide on earth… and realising that I’ve just wet my bed. And then a few weeks ago when I was angry when my mom woke me up because I dreamt about being invited to a friends’ wedding where they’re a lot of good food (the last time I checked, I remembered dreaming about drumsticks, Korean barbeque, Japanese udon, pizza, breezers, sandwiches and etc). When I was about to dig in she woke me up. DANG!
- I am short and light – At 160cm I’m one of the shortest 19-year-olds you can ever find on the street. I’m reluctant to reveal my weight because if I ever, ever do that, you’ll probably report my parents to the child protection services for fear of them abusing me. I eat a lot, swim a lot and cycle a lot, I just can’t figure out why I can’t get some extra height and put on some extra fat (or muscle, I don’t care, I just need more MASS). And I have narrow shoulders, a very un-masculine trait and people will probably see me as infertile (well, scientific study says that females prefer guys who have wider shoulders. I’m doomed!)
- I can pull my hand through a ring formed using your palm, thumb and middle finger – I’ve tried it on many friends and my hands can gracefully squeeze through almost all of them (except for a few who have stubby and ‘obese’ fingers). That’s one unqiue trick that I can pull but you can’t!
- I have a creative and a scientific mind – a very weird combination. That’s my diagnosis when I sat for not one but several career tests. I scored very high in artistic / creativity and logic / analysis, and the person who conducted the test had a hard time finding a list of suitable jobs for me. And at last he settled for Environmental Engineering, Urban Planning and Architecture. I went against all the choices and opted to get into Life Sciences in university.
- I don’t watch horror flicks – my uncle said it right – why waste money on something that will scare you, make you sleepless for nights and make you think that it’s better to wet your bed rather than to go to the toilet at midnight? After watching my first horror flick, Darkness Falls (which gave everyone a lousy scare as it was one of the worst movies ever made, but I was genuinely scared!), I vowed never ever to watch anything that has to do with ghosts.
- I bought my one and only HTML bible at 13 – and it punches a big hole in my piggy bank. It costs around MYR180+ (I know, I know, it’s a rip off because I could’ve just learn HTML myself online), and I finished reading that 500+ pages thick book in a week!
- I could speak Javascript… back then – after purchasing my first HTML bible (see above!), I got interested in webdesign and layout – I surfed the web for countless Javascript tutorials and finally, I mastered the language and was able to speak Javascript as if it’s my second language. BUT after 5 years of disuse, I can only call for the document.write and alert function using Javascript – nothing more than that. How sad.
- teddY-risatioN is going to be my first and final blog – when this blog turned three last July, I told myself that I shold never let anything stop me from blogging since then. And I swear not to change my blog title (and URL, if I can restraint myself, since teddy-o-ted.com sounds like kids stuff) until the day I stop blogging.
And the sky falls on…
- Han – for tagging me to do the evil Five Vices Meme! Remember, revenge! :twisted:
- Aisyah – for being a great designer and a wonderful blogger!
- Brandy – for introducing me Naked CSS Day (thanks!) and I heard you love doing memes!
- Nel – for getting her new contacts!
- Cherngyo – for being one of my greatest friends!
For the people who have the sky falling on their heads, do inform me if you don’t do memes – I’ll get another innocent victim to replace you :) and if you’re in a dire need to do meme, feel free to tag yourself AND inform me, I’ll be linking you as well.
I don’t watch horror flicks too!
Find it a waste of time and money and stupid stupid got scared and don’t dare to go to toilet alone.
LOL. Javascript language!
This is what my friend put as his nick in MSN too.
[ if ] : [ Items Done By Monday == NULL ] := SuicideByHanging( Alex );
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Thanks Mr Teddy for the meme! I completed it successfully and have now passed it on to 5 more “victims”
Thats a funny comic strip, I’ve never come across the foxtrot series before. and your meme was interesting to read as I know all these things about you ;) Its so sweet to know you still have your mr potato stuffed animal, he looks so cute.
And don’t worry about your stature, so many guys I know that grow into it. You don’t stop growing till your mid-twenties anyway, don’t worry about it :)
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Ah, you just had to pull this one over on me, didn’t you!? lol. Although, it’ll probably be pretty easy for me, since all I’ll have to do is grab a few of my favourites from my facts page, and work from there. And of course, Memes are grand.
I used to look at the Sunday newspaper just for the comics. Why Sunday? Because on Sunday’s, they are in colour! Woo hoo.
I’m definitely a shorty too. Now, I’m not sure what my height would convert to in cm, but I’m 5 foot 1 if that helps. But, I love my height. I’ve always enjoyed being short. lol.
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Wow, I cannot wait to answer this Meme because I can see how much I am alike to other people! Teddy you took the words right out of my mouth when you mentioned the fear of horror flicks, dreams that end at the best part and the teddy bears. For one thing, I do not bother to invest in movie tickets for or watch any scary movies. I stay as far away as possible! And I haven’t had many teddy bears from my youth, I took a look at one that my father bought for me when I was a baby and today…well, lets just say that time got the best of it. The doll can no longer blink her eyes because the dust of time sealed them closed. I do have a big monkey teddy bear that I use as a pillow slash cuddle buddy. So cute with his missing eye. LOL!
But I tagged you. LOL
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@Nonnie: Precisely! Being pretty frugal (but I’m definitely not a miser!), I am reluctant to spend money on something that only makes my life more miserable – watching horror flicks, that is! The money could be better spent on… saving up for my future dSLR / iPhone / Wacom tablet, or even Starbucks Coffee :mrgreen: It’s just simply not worth it to pay to scare yourself. And your friend is such a funny javascript geek! Haha. I know there’s a command line called ‘explode’ in php, I find it rather amusing!
@Nel: Thanks for doing the meme! Maybe I should also check out what have your five victims write for their memes! Anyway I’m not sure of the popularity of Foxtrot in the US, but we don’t have it printed on weekend issues in the local papers. How sad! I adore Foxtrot because of it’s unique style of drawing and a lot of sarcastic humour. Teehee. It is only published on weekends as the creator, Bill Amend, has creased dailies since 2002 (I think). Puberty was late for me, so I hope I can stretch a few more inches before my bones decided to stop lengthening!
@Brandy: I love reading your memes because you write really funny and interesting stuff! Same here, my brother and I would rush for the weekend papers when they’re delivered because of the coloured comic strips! How nice if they could do that every day. One thing to make short people like me to cheer up is that we have a lower risk of developing certain kind of cancers! And we don’t fall down easily because of our low center of gravity, and even if we do, it won’t hurt that much!
@Melle: You can tag yourself if you feel like it, and I’ll be more than happy to link you :) just spreading the meme-love. I actually won a teddy bear two years back at a fun fair, but one of its eyes fell out after my friend played WWE with it. He glued it back before I could stitch it back on, so the eye is a little out of place now, but heck, it’s one of the best thing to huddle with when it’s raining outside at night :wink: wow you’re still keeping that doll your dad gave you when you’re a child? How sweet! It must be of a great sentimental value to you.!
[...] I’ve been tagged by Teddy. I hate doing Memes. but oh, nevermind. I guess, I’ll pass this time, just like my previous, [...]
phew! I just did the tag.it’s an honour to be tagged by you. and you are so very generous to say that about me. :)
oh, if you come to my house, im sure you’ll faint. i have some mannequins at home! lol. and oh, i dont watch horror too. i wont be able to sleep for a week! hahaha.
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What an interesting meme- now i know so much more about you :)
Mr Potato Head’s cute. How sweet of your mum’s friend to fix him up for you.
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there’s a foxtrot where jason pays peter so peter would let him do his math homework. anyone know where i can find it?
i took a career test just last month and it wasn’t so difficult at all ::
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