People I Used To Know

This morning I was going through my stuff, trying to figure what I would and would not take with me to California, at least at first... and I stumbled upon my cedar boxes. I kinda made a habit of leaving keepsakes and old letters in them... a little bear-pouch-thing that Claire gave me, hand-written letters from my dear cousin Kate, an old address of a lost friend, the picture of a friend I no longer even remember... It got me very nostalgic, in a sad way, as these things tend to. Pictures of my 7th grade birthday, with Julia and Miranda and Mike (yes, that one, the one with the photo-that-never-was). Pictures from 8th Grade, of Tori and Mike, and one of Jean taking a picture of me taking a picture of her. And even one with, like, Jean and Denise and Nick and whoever that one kid was. Which is funny, because Nick always tormented me, rather viciously at times. Later on, his uncle married my cousin, if I recall correctly...

I talked to Jean just now. She's living in Morgantown; got a set-up at some school where she teaches a couple classes, and they pay for her physical-therapy/athletic-training graduate degree. She had been going to Virginia Tech, if I recall, and now it seems like she's so much closer -- she's not, I think, but I know where Morgantown is, I used to drive through there a lot going to visit Leslie and Beth in Salem. But, because I'm watching the kids until the 7th, and I'm flying out on the 12th, and she has her own life, and gas is getting so expensive... She seems so close, and I won't be able to see her. The last time I saw her in person, we were at WalMart getting her a mini-fridge to take to school with her, just before Freshman year.

Anyways, I got to talk with her, and now I miss her desperately. I'm feeling very lonely today.

Attempted Meme-smithing: three years and $500 if convicted.

So, the other day, I was talking with my friend Eileen and I sumbled over to her Userinfo page -- and I was shocked by all the bolded interests, meaning that they were shared between us. In fact, I don't think anyone I know shares as many (lj-professed) interests as she does.

But it got me thinking, "how many interests DO I share with people." It's an interesting though, especially if you consider what differences you might find between RL-friends and net-friends. So, I thought I'd make a little poll-thing of it.

Step One: Go to my Userinfo and list all the Interests that we share.
Step Two: Pick an Interest (or three) from my list that you're surprised to see there, considering how you know me.
Step Three: Pick an Interest (or three) from my list that we don't share, but that you might want to hear more about.
Step Four: Pick an Interest (or three) from your list that we don't share, but that you think I might find, well, interesting.

And hey, if you want to yoink this and spread it around your own circles of friends, go ahead; I won't say you have to, though. Unless you're raen. She has to.

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Ok, so a while ago I did this, and just got to filling out my end of it all. But, I liked it so much that I thought I'd bump it up here -- and if you'd like to put your name on the list, you can just comment here and I will:

1. Respond with something random about you.
2. Tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. Pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in. I reserve the right to name a champion.
4. Say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. Tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. Tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. Ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal. You MUST. It is written.