The gauntlet is on the ground and the first challenge of the 2nd Writers' Platform-building Crusade has been issued.
In 300 words or less, Crusaders must reveal tidbits of themselves that include:
· one secret
· one lie
· one interesting quirk
· one annoying habit
· one of your best character traits, and
· one of your favorite things in the whole world.
The post must include the random words, “bloviate,” “fuliguline,” “rabbit,” and “blade.”
I have accepted the challenge, so here are some randoms facts about me, in no particular order, without rhyme or reason.
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I exaggerate. A lot. Not that I bloviate, but I like descriptive detail and sometimes I get a little carried away with embellishing the facts. Recently I convinced co-workers that the armadillo living in my backyard was 4 feet long and weighed 100 lbs. In all sincerity, I believed it myself because that's how big the darn critter looked in the dark with Brave Little Basset perched on its back and barking in its ear.
On a cruise to Jamaica, our ship had to wait several hours before coming ashore in Montego Bay because fuliguline had congregated in the port. We ate duck for dinner.
I hog the covers at night. Professor X now keeps a blankey close by so his knees don't knock whenever I wrap myself up like a mummy.
I could never be a real spy because I love pizza. If I were captured by the enemy, all it would take to break me would be a slice of pepperoni pizza loaded with mushrooms and black olives waggled beneath my nose. My mouth would run like a faucet.
At fourteen I was published in a children's magazine and was paid $25.
I think my best trait is the ability to "think outside the box." It made for interesting, if not heated discussions in theology classes.
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I'm quirky about movies. I love bloody, gritty vampire flicks like BLADE, UNDERWORLD, and VAN HELSING. Although, natural disaster films like TWISTER, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, and NIGHT OF THE LEPUS give me panic attacks. Professor X doesn't understand this, even though I've explained that I'm not afraid of fantastical beings such as vampires and werewolves because they are kindred spirits. I am, however, scared to death of tornadoes, apocalyptic storms, and killer rabbits.
I may have revealed something about me that isn’t strictly true, can you guess what it is?
I'll reveal the untruth in Wednesday's post.
