The meme you might want to read

So I'm finally getting around to doing a meme I was tagged for a while ago by Audrey: 6 weird things about me.  But since I've actually done this meme before, I thought I might spice it up following the lead of my best hockey bud Sarah.  Sarah had been tagged by Beth to answer a bunch of embarrassing questions chosen from Beth's comment section (I know, it's complicated, you might want to read Sarah's post for the full explanation.)

Anyway, since I enjoyed Sarah's answers to this unique meme, I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone by providing Six Weird Things About Me, Bizarre Question Style.

Q: Where were you when you lost your virginity?

A: My college dorm room, freshman year.  Not the ideal setting, but it was my first love.

Q: What is your secret, comfort food indulgence that you are embarrassed to admit because some may find it disgusting?

A: Milk toast.  I stumbled across the recipe in a favorite cookbook once when I was looking for something simple to make, and now when I need a comfort food pick-me-up this is what I make.  It sounds gross but I love it -- kinda like very soggy french toast.

Q: Name an item you secretly covet, but haven't told anyone about because it doesn't make any sense for you to want such a thing.

A: Camping paraphernalia -- tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, survival gear.  I love to go browse at REI and pick out all the stuff I would take with me on a camping trip.  The thing is, I haven't been camping in real life (since girl scouts, anyway) -- I just like the idea of it.

Q: What is the scariest place you've lived (i.e. scary neighborhood or scary apartment, etc)?

A: Oh, this is an easy one.  When I reported for my first job, my government agency arranged for those of us in their special employment program (mostly college and grad school students) to live in an apartment complex near our workplace.   I'll never forget driving in to the complex the day before reporting for work.  The apartments were off a commercial strip in a seedy neighborhood, directly behind a pawn shop.  You could always hear sirens in the area, and there were more bizarre happenings there than I can even recount.  For example, there was an armed robbery at the grocery store we used to frequent.  And on New Year's Eve one year, J's upstairs neighbors decided to ring in the new year by firing off their handguns directly outside the apartment.  Good times.

Q: What was the first thing you felt when you had the first inkling you might be pregnant?

A: When I was pregnant with Mimi (*just* pregnant, like maybe a couple of days), I went on a business trip to California.  For the week I was there, I had terrible heartburn, which I'd never really had before.  Also, our first night in CA, I was drinking margaritas with my boss -- which I usually would do when on trips -- but I had a weird feeling after the second one that I should not drink any more.  It was like my body was trying to tell me something.  I did not drink at all for the rest of the trip, and I took a test as soon as I could afterward.  Sure enough, my body had known. 

Q: How many partners have you had?  Have all been male?

A: Yes, I have only been with men.  And let's just say my number of partners is somewhere between the Virgin Mary's number and Ron Jeremy's number.

Ahhh, nothing like a TMI kind of meme to get the adrenaline flowing.  Anything else embarrassing you want to know? 

Comments

[Karly]

Milk toast? Really? I love french toast and I love bread dipped in soup, so you would think that would sound good...but I think I puked a little when I read the description of that.

[Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah]

I don't think I've ever even had milk toast.

I didn't answer the comfort food one, but my answer would have been grilled cheese.

[Tug]

ewww, milk toast. I don't do soggy. ;-)

LOVE your "#"...LOL.

[mayberry]

A year or so ago a friend got married and registered at REI. One of the items was titanium sporks. I HAD to buy them!

[Suzanne]

I think that my life would have been complete had I NOT clicked on the Ron Jeremy link....

Nothing says Happy New Years like bullets whizzing by!

[mamatulip]

Milk toast? *shudder* I can't handle French Toast, so when I read that you compared it to soggy French Toast I couldn't click the link. LOL!

And I love how you answered the last question. ;)

Very interesting, Nancy...I really enjoyed this post.

[Kristi]

I love how you didn't give up the goods in the final question!

[mothergoosemouse]

I had a similar experience when I was first pregnant (as in, less than two weeks after conception) with Tacy. I was in South Beach on business, where I would've normally partied like there was no tomorrow, but I kept it to one drink each night. And on the way home, my connection from Dulles to JFK was cancelled, so I spent the night with my parents and turned down a beer, which tipped off both my parents that something might be up... ;)

eAnd hey! We have the same # of partners!

[Baby Expat]

I woke, startled, in the middle of the night a few nights after conception and a voice -- seriously! -- told me that I was pregnant with a girl. I ignored "the voice" as my husband had been told his sperm were dodgy and we were getting ready for IVF. Then I too did a work trip and suddenly didn't feel like a drink with the boys at the end of the day... THEN I realised something was REALLY up!

[Mom101]

Ooh, I love the Virgin Mary/Ron Jeremy answer (and not just because it's funny seeing the two in the same sentence). I might just have to borrow that one.

[Misty]

OH! See I feel like I know you so well now. Such an interesting sharing experience, thanks :-) I'm actually quite impressed, it will probably be on my deathbed when I'm ready to come clean on some of those subjects!

[Audrey]

I think that milk toast sounds delicious! We have a favorite chicken dinner that calls for cream, but the first time we made it we didn't have cream so we just used milk and cooked it a little longer so the sauce would thicken. And it was DELICIOUS! Now we make it with milk every single time. I don't know what the recipe is actually called -- we just refer to it as "Milk Chicken." Sounds gross, but tastes amazing.

[ali]

milk toast? this is the first time i have EVER heard of this!!

[Karen]

Some day I must try milk toast if only because through my entire life my mom has occasionally uttered, 'milk toast' and shivered. My grandmother made it for her brood of four every time they were ill, and though they appreciated it, none of them liked it. It actually sounds like a loose bread pudding, and that stuff is the kicks.
I've never been pregnant, but I knew my cousin was before she realized it.
Ginger ale and saltines are my sickness comfort foods- otherwise it's chocolate chip cookies (bakery or homemade).
Very smart answer to the partners count!