EGM Unplugged.... Sort of

Thanks to Aco and Princess, I get to do this open-a-bit-of-myself-to-the-world activity. I had better get it done with now before someone else does it and I'm told I need to do more! So here goes...

minë
I've been taking pictures since forever. I met a friend I hadn't seen in close to 12 years about a month ago, and when he saw me with my camera, his first words were, you have always been taking pictures! I seem to have gotten that from my father, who my mother says was attached to his camera back in the day.

atta
I have operation scars on both my wrists at the exact same spot due to fractures. Both fractures happened within two years of each other. The first one happened December 31st 1989. I'll never forget that one since I ushered in a new decade in a hospital theatre! The second one happened in June of 1991. Can't remember the exact date though!

neldë
I LOVE all things Tolkien. Lord of the Rings shares honours with Alexander Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo as my two all time favourite novels. I love that Tolkien was able to create such a vast world out of his love for languages. I love the richness of cultures he came up with, the different peoples, their histories... I have read most of the books in the History of Middle Earth series. That's including The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. The Silmarillion is required reading if you want to have a deeper appreciation for the Lord of the Rings. It's a very difficult read, but very very worth it. In it he condenses most of the material expounded on in the History of Middle Earth books. As for how much of a fan of his I am, if you want to know what the G and M in EGM stand for, watch any of the extended edition dvds to the very end. And by that I mean including all the credits. I know, I need to get a life!

canta
Given a choice between Las Vegas, Paris, Tokyo, London on one hand and Yosemite National Park, The Himalayas, The Amazon and the Victoria Falls on the other, I'd go for the latter in a jiffy! I feel more alive and at ease in nature and natural surroundings. I once went on a trip to see the Niagara Falls, and my expectations of a rustic area were dashed to the rocks at the base of the falls when I instead found Disneyworld!

lempë
It took me the longest time to learn how to whistle. My siblings picked it up from way back, and I was frustrated that I was the only one that couldn't do it. And when I finally did, I started whistling from the side of the mouth, instead of the normal way forming an 'O' shape with the lips. I can do that, but I find it much easier whistling from the side.

enquë
I cannot watch a horror movie. I refuse to watch a horror movie. Completely. My overactive immagination would make sure I was hounded by it for a very long time! The few times I have gone against this and watched one have mostly been in the company of others doing so. And all times I say that it can't be that bad. It's usually never bad while watching. It's what happens long afterwards that affects me seriously. And so now if I find it playing, I'd rather go sit outside in the dark cold than subject myself to that.

otso
I am a very adventurous eater. Infact I was working on a post about this very thing, but since this is here, I might as well mention it. My motto is, so long as it is not homo sapien, if an animal is eaten by a group of people somewhere, I will try it out before I knock it. If I like it, I'll eat it again. And again. And again. If I don't, nothing on this earth will make me take a second bite. My favourite dish that grosses most people currently is Steak Tartare. I'll have to update that should I come across something that's more gross in the eyes of most.

There ya go!

My victims? Mobiusstrip, Kirima, Mwari, Unyc, Don Q, Mama shady and 69MB

Aaaaaannnddd that's a wrap!