classic em

Jocelyn "tagged" me with a meme. I am instructed to tell you six unusual things that have happened to me. Normally, I would not participate in such a thing, but it's Jocelyn and the more of her blogging fabulosity that rubs off on me the better. So, here goes.

Six unusal things that have happened to me in no particular order

1. I blogged about this when it happened, but I can't post a link because my archives are broken (help). A couple years ago, I took Poncho to the dog park and when I returned to my car, there was an old man sitting in my car, asleep, wearing Depends. I reached in and honked the horn to wake him up to no avail. It was the only time ever that I didn't have my cell phone with me so I just waved down the first car that came by. A couple of girls stopped and I used their phone to call the police. The old man was somebody who wandered off from the Veterans Hospital and got in my car. As it happened, it was also the only time ever that I didn't lock my car. The weirdest part, was when the police came they asked me if I was sure that was my car. I was like, come on

2. One time when I was little, I was down the street playing with my friend Zachary. For some reason I was wearing my figure skating outfit, I think because I was pretending to be Wonder Woman and he was Superman. Anyway, while we were playing, Zachary decided to put his finger in the electrical socket. I told him it wasn't a good idea but he did it anyway. He was stunned, no serious injuries.

3. This is more an unusual thing that I did. When we were kids, in the winter we used to climb up on the neighbors garage and slide off into a pile of snow. Not even our own garage. Needless to say, our parents were not happy about this. Neither was our neighbor. I remember him saying he would get out his shotgun if we didn't get off his roof.

4. Mike hates it when stuff like this happens. I have a way of inuiting really weird things. Example A: We were driving to Rachel's wedding and I said, "What if we saw Rehana right now." And sure enough, when we looked over in the next lane there she was!. I swear I did not see her before I said that. We were just near her house so I thought we might see her on her way to the wedding too. Example B: We were driving home from some errands and I knew that George Bush was in town for something and I said, "what if we saw Air Force One today." Then when we passed the airport, there it was.

Man, is the quality of these stories any indicator that this is really hard?

5. This is what is known as "Classic Em." In college, we had a friend who was legally blind. At night after dinner, someone would always walk with her wherever she was going. We'd stand around and she'd ask where everyone was going so that she wouldn't have to walk in the dark alone. Everyone shouted out where they were going, the library, my house, Langan, the Forum. I was like, "hey! Who said Langan? I'm going to Langan [my dorm]. I'll walk with whoever said that." My friends just looked at me, silent. Then someone said, Em, you said Langan! Apparently, I heard my own voice and thought it was someone else.

6. When I was little, my mom worked at Especially For Children day care. I would go there after school. One time, there was a teenager wandering the halls. He appoached me and said, "Hey little girl. Do you know the D word?" And I replied, "Yes. Diarrhea."