you got me

tagged by sharon

5 random facts

1) hoimin is a reference to the mouse in the short cartoon "Herman and Catnip" from "Huey and Friends". the mouse was named Herman and he had three nephews (just like Daffy Duck and Toucan Sam) who all had severe linguistic disabilities. everytime Catnip trapped them they'd squeal, "uncko hoimin! uncko hoimin! catnip's got us! help! help!"

2) i was a relationship counselor in grade 8 and made business mainly by causing the ruckuses myself.

3) i wanted to be a birdwatcher back in grade 3. when i realized the utter lack of financial gain, i ditched that dream for becoming an astronomer. then a baseball player. then a comic book artist. then a paleontologist.

4) my earliest childhood memory was of my first trip to hong kong in 1986. i kissed my aunt's dog (i think it was a black lab.), in a spontaneous display of joyous affection, right on the nose just as he greeted me when the door opened. i acquired a lip infection as a result. however, i do not recall the flight on which i walked up and down the plane aisle charming my way to bits of cheese from other passengers, but i apparently did so and was good at it.

5) i had the biggest crush on this girl named jessica. she had hazel eyes and luscious, curly brown hair -- easily the prettiest girl in grade 1. we were usually the first ones to finish our handwriting assignments (grade 2 stuff!). one time i barfed in the hall after an assembly and she was the one who wrapped a jacket around me and patted my back. in grade 2 she taught me how to braid her hair, but i got in trouble for doing it during story time and had to sit a two-minute time-out staring at the paper towel dispenser. we were split up into different classes in grade 3, after which i changed schools and never saw her again.