May 09 2007
memeification
I’ve been tagged by Tiff! The rules:
1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
And now, down to business:
1. I love Estee Lauder mascara in a deep and lasting way.
2. I’m really hungry right now. I just ate half a cookie. That ought to help.
3. I have strong opinions about sugar, namely, I don’t believe that it belongs anywhere except in dessert items. I do not like sweet beverages, I don’t want sugar in my tomato sauce, and for fuck’s sake, keep it away from meat. Sweet and meat: an abomination in the sight of Jamelah. Sweet and sour chicken? Shudder. I like dessert. I like dessert a lot. But sugar does not belong anywhere else and I will not be argued with on this point, because I already know how right I am.
4. Right now I’m listening to Guns N Roses. No, seriously, I am. I’m also really enjoying it. I think I’m going to be Slash for Halloween. I just decided. Must. Buy. Top. Hat.
5. I am afraid of ladders. Well, not ladders themselves, I mean, I don’t cower in fear every time I see one, but I am afraid of climbing ladders. Specifically, climbing down them. When I was about 8, I went with my mom to her friend’s house and I was playing outside with my fellow children and we went into the barn and climbed up into the loft. Then either my mom or their mom called us inside and Brian and Dan climbed down the ladder and went back to the house and I perched on the edge of the loft, looking down at how far away the ground was, trying to figure out how to manage the situation without dying, and after a really long time, Dan came back and helped me climb down to safety. Brian would’ve made fun of me, but Dan was really nice about it, and he didn’t tell anyone that he found me still stuck in the loft because I was scared. He was my hero for the longest time, and then when we were in junior high, he tutored me in math. And I was cool because I was in sixth grade and this EIGHTH GRADE BOY would meet me at my locker after school and we’d leave together. Ah, Dan. Anyway, I have no problem climbing down from chairs, counters, cabinets, or rickety tables, but ladders? Forget it. I’ll just stay up there, thanks.
6. I once invented an interpretive dance to the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” and no, there is not a video. I’m not crazy, or anything. (Ha. I wrote that like it was really far in the past, but it was, like, two weeks ago.)
7. I like Twizzlers Pull ‘n’ Peel better than I like regular Twizzlers, but I neither pull nor peel. I just eat it. I am the same way with string cheese.
8. I like to read trashy romance novels. So there.
I’m going to cheat and not tag anyone because I never know who to tag for these things, so if you want to do this, have at you, then. Cheers.
So no Chicken Diane then, huh? Heaps of sugar in that. Along with raisins, tomatoes, garlic. I saw Dave Liebermann make it once, and I almost broke up with him right there on the spot!
Thanks for memeing with me!
you are very good at interpretive dancing. i have seen it. sadly, the only proof exists in my memory.
i have to say that i disagree with your string cheese eating choice. i don’t like how smooth it is when you eat it whole.
can i ask a dumb question? what does meme mean in blogging terms? i know that proves that i’m not hip with the kids, but whatever. i assume it means something like list or chain list or something, but i ain’t clear on it.
Tiff — Raisins and tomatoes and sugar on chicken? (Garlic is of course okay.) That sounds like the most horrifying thing ever.
wifey — Heheheh… it’s because I FEEL THE MUSIC. And I think the string cheese thing is just because I’m too lazy to sit and peel it. You know me: laziness personified. As for the meme thing — yeah. It’s like these specific ways of talking about oneself… 30 questions about me, 7 songs I’m listening to and liking a lot right now, 4 colors my hair has been, etc. MySpace is a meme breeding ground, esp. the bulletins. And then one person does it and then another person does it and it just keeps propagating itself.
I think you should do review one of those trashy romance novels. I’m in a demanding mood, apparently.
Can I ask another question? And this is just the loser in me (who loves sitting around libraries reading the OED) talking, but where does the word originate? I googled it but came up short. Do you know? If not, that’s okay.
Ask all the questions you want. As far as I know, it comes from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. A meme is like a gene, but instead of being a physical trait like blue eyes or curly hair (genetic information) that gets passed on via mating, it’s a little bit of cultural information that gets passed on from via imitation. Like making cowbell jokes or wearing stilettos or how hearing the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” makes you have to dance. Though maybe that last one is just me. Internet memes are usually all in the form of surveys, but it’s a broader concept than that… it pretty much fuels pop culture.
Also, Fraulein N — what a good idea!
Until now, I thought that meme came from the french même, which made it mean “doing the same thing as someone else” to me. Thanks for the lesson
thanks wifey! i am glad to be informed. you are a genius. total eclipse of the heart, i think, makes everyone want to dance. how could it not?! it makes me want to pretend i have a microphone as i belt out the lyrics and sway my arms in an interpretive dance type way.
Wifey–I’m an etymology geek, too. You can find a bit more background on “meme” here:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meme
Thank you, Lesley! I love me some word research.
Ha, I thought it was like “me me” as in, all about me. Me.