Seven Things are swimming

Welcome to the 6^th floor.

Today's contributors are: Ann, Sara, Tabitha, Frank, Billy and Scott.

Subject: Seven Weird or Random Things About Us

Occasionally we do these memes or tags or whatever you call them if we’re tagged. I always adapt it to the unique style of this six-person blog. This one from Brave Astronaut’s Order from Chaos requests seven random things about you. I was thinking about how to get seven things out of six people, and it just so happened we were all drinking at Catalina’s Saturday night so I decided to ask Clarence, our favorite non-Ann server, to answer the question also, although I didn’t tell him why or what it was for. First the rules, as requested by the rules.

THE RULES:
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

“So Brave Astronaut has requested we all reveal one random or weird fact about ourselves. I know how you all tend to dislike my little round-robin sessions, but I hope the alcohol will loosen you all up.”

“So you liquored us all up and now you’re going to pry information out of us? That’s sneaky!”

“You’ll probably get weirder things out of us this way too.”

“That’s kind of the plan. It can be anything, random, silly, weird..whatever. It’s just a silly internet meme.”

“Oh, I’ve got one! I once fell asleep during work.”

“Fell asleep!? While driving a subway car? Billy!”

“It’d been a rough night the night before. Relax, we were stopped in a tunnel and I kind of drifted off. I woke up to ‘Yo, Billy. The light’s green, get us moving!’ I think they just thought I was zoning out.”

“I guess that’s better than sleeping through a stop or something. I once dated someone that had Triskaidekaphobia.”

“No way, there are actually people out there like that?”

“Definitely. He avoided anything with military time, because he never wanted it to be 13:00. If I asked him to pick up a dozen bagels, if the bagel shop measured it in baker’s dozens, he’d always insist they leave out the 13^th bagel.”

“Wow. Crazy. I’m not surprised you’re no longer with him.”

“His thirteenth birthday must’ve been a nightmare.”

“I’m not positive on this, but I think he referred to it as his second 12^th birthday.”

“Kind of like how my aunt keeps celebrating the anniversary of her 49^th birthday so she’ll never turn 50.”

“Ha! That’s kind of cool.

‘How old are you this year?’

‘It’s the 11^th anniversary of my 49^th birthday.’

‘That’s..60? Happy Birthday!’

‘No! the 11^th anniversary of 49. I’m not 60!’”

“Kind of like that, yes. My uncle’s been teasing her and saying he’s celebrating the 40^th anniversary of his 18^th birthday and silly stuff like that.”

Clarence: “Hey guys! You all good on appetizers? Need drink refills?”

We order drink refills and more breadsticks.

“Clarence, tell us something random or weird about yourself.”

Clarence: “Something weird huh..Why?”

“Just curious. Come on!”

Clarence: “Okay, I’ll think about it and come back with a super answer with your drinks okay?”

“Excellent!”

“Something weird for me…how about..I didn’t get a computer until 1998. I was the last person I knew to get one and be on the Internet.”

“Wow, that is late. You almost missed Y2K altogether.”

“Y2K..EVERYONE missed Y2K. Nothing happened!”

“That’s not true. I actually contracted a virus at Y2K.”

“Seriously?”

“I probably got it before Y2K actually. But New Years was the first time anything happened. My computer would crash every night at midnight on the dot for a long time after that.”

“You never got it fixed or anything?”

“I tried once or twice and couldn’t figure it out. I wasn’t quite as technically savvy at the time. And it was no big deal really, I just restarted at midnight if I was using the computer. Eventually I reformatted, but that was at least a year later.”

“Wow, I’m impressed. That’s the first time I’ve heard of something actually being affected by Y2K. And I can’t believe we’re talking about Y2K at all in 2008.”

“I once fell asleep on the LIRR visiting a friend out on the island. This was a while ago and I guess for what ever reason they didn’t feel like checking tickets. I ended up out by the Hamptons somewhere late at night.”

“Like that Friends episode where Ross is dating that girl upset and falls asleep on the train and ends up in Montreal?”

“Yeah. Kind of..except it was late at night and the next train back wasn’t for two hours. I’m just glad it was summer and not freezing cold.”

“Could’ve walked to the beach.”

“I was afraid of getting lost. I didn’t have a cellphone yet.”

“Ahh. I see.”

Clarence: “Here are your drinks!”

“You think of something interesting to tell us?”

Clarence: “I thought of something. It’s not that unheard of here, but I don’t know how to drive.”

“That’s not that weird in Manhattan. It’s probably better than all the other people who have licenses but haven’t driven in years. Then they get behind the wheel on vacation or something and are totally out of their element.”

“I'd miss driving. I always feel like it's getting back on a bicycle; I pick it right back up even if I haven't driven in a month.”

“Not everyone has the same muscle memory. I barely have driven more than Driver's Ed and the road test. You had years of practice before you moved here.”

“I guess I have. It's your turn Scott, don't think you're weaseling out of it now that we've all answered.”

“I've never been on a plane. The farthest from here I've ever been was Washington DC on a school trip once.”

“One day we should have a 6^th Floor Road Trip!!”

Clarence: “Do you invite 6^th Floor Servers on your trip?”

“Of course. That would be a terrific idea Sara.”

Frank leans over and whispers towards Clarence. “No Cindy though.”

Okay, so that's done. Seven things. I'm not going to tag anyone else, because I don't like doing that, however if you want to, feel free, let me know and I'll link to it even. Does anyone have any suggestions on where would be fun for Scott's inaugural plane trip for a 6^th floor vacation?

The Wizard of Meme

Welcome to the 6^th floor.

Today's contributors are: Ann, Sara, Tabitha, Frank, Billy and Scott.

Subject: The Wizard of Meme

So we've been tagged by Artful Dodger, in his blog Rants Raves Life and Anything Else That Comes. Instead of just having one of us randomly answer, or trying to do it as a big group, we've decided to answer them more round robin style. It calls for eight answers, but we're going to cheat and make it six.

“The first one is 'six bookish things about us'. Sara likes fantasy books, and just recently started reading the Dresden Files books by Jim Butcher.”

“I've only just started, so I can't say how good they are yet, but they were recommended to me by Ebonmuse at Daylight Atheism. As for Tabitha, she likes to read those trashy romance novels.”

“They're better than you think! It's a fun read. I don't see Frank read much, but he is very bookish about his poker. He takes notes and keeps stats on a lot of his playing.”

“It's a game of probability and numbers, and I want to make the right calls. I rarely see Billy read, but when I do it's always something different. I've seem him read things from one of Tabitha's trashy novels, to books by Issac Asimov.”

“I don't usually read at home, I'll read on the train after work or when I stop somewhere. I'll pretty much choose what to read by chance. If I need a book and it's sitting out, I'll borrow it. If something catches my eye at the store, I buy it. Scott doesn't really read, but what he does enjoy are little books that are funny. I know he likes The Meaning of Liff, by Douglas Adams, and those worse case scenario handbooks.”

“Yeah, I like to be able to pick up a book, flip to any page and read any part of it. I'll skip the obvious things about Ann and say that she really likes catalogs. She often flips through catalogs or weekly circulars with her lunch.”

“At least I don't buy a zillion things out of them.” Ann says, while looking at Sara.

“Next, '6 musical notes'. I don't know if this counts as musical, but the station Sara always has on the radio is 660AM, WFAN. She listens to sports talk and the crazy callers that have nothing better to do than scream over the radio.”

“Tabitha still has a cassette player in her room that she listens to.”

“Frank, like most poker players, always has his Ipod on when he's playing with real people. I was at Atlantic City with him once and picked up his Ipod to see what he was listening to. I was expecting some rock song or something, but he was listening to an audio book of 'The Hobbit'.”

“Well it's a good book. Billy used to play the violin in high school.”

“I was never that good at it though. Scott recently discovered this podcast called For Parody Purposes Only, by Mark Day. He's got a scottish accent and is actually very funny.”

“Yeah, you should all listen to him, whether it's on youtube, myspace or itunes. Ann likes to sing in the shower, she's actually pretty good as far as shower singers go.”

“What are you listening to me sing for? Stay on your side of the apartment!”

“Six things about us, boring plain regular uneventful things. Sara's father's name is Mitch. I think Mitch is a funny name. Wasn't Donna's father in That 70s Show named Mitch?”

“No. Her father was Bob. There was a character named Mitch that went to school with them, played by Seth Green, but I think that was only one episode. I don't know what you're thinking of. Tabitha's in the middle of getting her master's degree in psychology.”

“I certainly am. Frank makes a really good shoofly pie.”

“I love that pie. Billy has a sister that joined the circus.”

“She's always been a clown. We're not very close actually. Scott doesn't have his driver's license.”

“I've lived in Manhattan all my life. Ann's never seen the Wizard of Oz.”

“What?”

“Seriously?”

“I've got it in my room. We're watching it now.”

“If you insist, I'll go make some popcorn.”