If you’d told me a year ago I’d be a “blogger” I would have laughed, and if you’d told me that blogs are like potato chips and one is never enough I would have laughed even harder.
And yet, here I am, away from My Cool Job to say a little something about movies, life and a few other things that you might be interested in.
So how am I doing?
UPDATE: OCTOBER 24, 2008
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE (OR FALSE!)
As requested by thedailydish, I will now leave some detailed personal information about myself on this page. Just to keep you guessing, though, I’m listing 20 facts…but only half of them are true and I won’t tell you which is which! Guess right on all of them and you win a prize! (Note: Obviously, pannonica is not eligible because she knows me in “real life” — and no fair cheating by asking her for help!)
Also: No fair cheating by looking at everyone else’s answers people — play fair!
1. In 2002 I lost a bet and dyed my hair bright blue for six weeks.
2. I have a family member who retired from the FBI after 22 years as a Special Agent.
3. I met singer Dwight Yoakam in a bar in Nashville and ended up spending the weekend at his house.
4. I spent six months living in Switzerland in a student foreign exchange program.
5. I have a pet blue-tongued skink named Taco.
6. I was Camp Director for a day camp attended by over 150 kids.
7. I competed in the flair bartending contest at The Big Apple Showdown in 1992.
8. I performed live with Prince at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
9. I drove a hansom carriage in Central Park in NYC for six months.
10. I own a rare book that is currently worth between $800 – $900.
11. I have a handpainted dinosaur mural in the spare bedroom of my house.
12. I have posed nude for an artist.
13. I have a vanity license plate on my car that says “I ROCK”
14. I have a size 10-1/2 foot and NEVER wear heels.
15. I went to high school with Mira Sorvino.
16. I am left handed.
17. I have a collection of 353 Beanie Babies, including a rare Orange Crab from 1995.
18. I am one-quarter Shoshone American Indian.
19. I own five different Tarot Card decks.
20. My great-great grandfather murdered my great-great-great grandfather in a dispute over a hog.
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September 29, 2008 at 2:40 pm
S. Le
You are doing well but I’d like to see more of your thoughts on various subjects instead of only films. You are a clever writer and I enjoy your comments on my own contributions to Bloggersville.
October 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Tony
Does this page mean that I’m Nosey???
October 24, 2008 at 1:36 am
thedailydish
I am nosy, and NOW UNFULFILLED> DISH IT BABY!!!
October 24, 2008 at 1:37 am
thedailydish
Where’s the innermost secrets??!! The outpouring of stuff? The je ne sais quoi which will keep me transfixed and coming back?
Carrie, even PANNY has more on her about page than THIS!
jimsmuse sez: I am going to update this page and give you some more info about me just because you’re awesome, but you know me…it’s not going to be simple!
October 24, 2008 at 4:03 pm
planetross
I think numbers: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, are true.
I will play your little game, but I won’t cut off any fingers if I lose.
jimsmuse sez: You have 5 right out of 10, but of course I can’t give anything away until other folks have a chance to guess. Well done! You have the best score so far!
October 24, 2008 at 4:05 pm
pannonica
It hasn’t been conclusively proven that you and I know each other in “real” life, whether we are the same person, or if we are perhaps twins separated by the midnight threshold (plus two years).
I think (21) should be “Pannonica knows Carrie in real life.”
p.s. For anyone who wants the answers, I accept PayPal.
jimsmuse sez: I like to keep everyone guessing so don’t ruin my fun…and as far as bribing everyone via PayPal, don’t make me retaliate via blackmail. I’m sure I could think of 20 facts about YOU that the Stalking Ladies of Blogdom would love to find know!
October 24, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Khyri
I’m going with 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19
jimsmuse sez: Update! Khyri is now in the lead with SIX correct answers! (I had previously miscounted – sorry, hon!)
October 24, 2008 at 4:45 pm
pannonica
Annotations:
1. It was her pubic hair.
2. When she says “Special Agent” she means it like “Special Olympics.” The “Special Agents” are a little-known division of the FBI.
3. …chained to a tree in the backyard.
4. She worked at the Swiss Colony catalog company for six months, but was fired for stealing chocolate-covered pralines.
5. It’s an imaginary pet that she talks to as if it were real. If you refuse to acknowledge its existence she excommunicates you.
6. She was an assistant goatherd in charge of 150 young goats.
7. It was of course the flair drinking contest. Mighty fancy shooters.
8. She saw Prince in the ladies’ restroom at the hotel.
9. She was the back end of a pantomime horse in her high school’s production of Man of La Mancha.
10. I can’t think of anything for this one.
11. She has a dinosaur molar that is handpainted like an Easter egg. She keeps it under her pillow.
12. She has posed for an artist who painted only in the nude.
13. She once owned a 1989 Isuzu IROC-Z.
14. She has a size 10½ foot and ALWAYS wears heels.
15. She got high with Mira Sorvino at Dwight Yoakam’s house.
16. She is missing her right arm.
17. They are all headless.
18. Her shoeshine guy is Indian Indian.
19. She’s allergic to taro root.
20. It was the very hog that was the origin of the joke that ends with the punchline, “A pig like that, you don’t eat all at once.” Great-great-great-grandadito thought otherwise.
jimsmuse sez: You are as mean as your cat Ernestine. Fortunately, you don’t spend quite as much time licking your butt. Now play nice!
October 24, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Hayden Tompkins
I SO hope #13 is true. Because it is.
jimsmuse sez: C’mon, Hayden! You can’t win if you don’t give me 9 more guesses so don’t wuss out now! (You know I’m secretly rooting for you, don’t ya?)
October 24, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Susan
I won’t play b/c that would probably also be cheating…but how could you leave out your songwriting stint with Pete Buck?
jimsmuse sez: LMAO Do you know that the Peter Buck adventure never even came to mind when I threw this together?
See peeps? The strangest things about me are the most likely to be true…you have it on unsolicited authority above from someone who’s known me for over 25 years. Thanks for mentioning it Susan!
October 24, 2008 at 6:24 pm
jimsmuse
jimsmuse sez: I am still patiently waiting for regulars CurlyWurlyGurly, thedailydish, Tony from Tasmania, the always mysterious S. Le and a few others to chime in with their votes — if you see them around the net, tell them to stop by. I know you are all dying to have the truth revealed at last…
October 24, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Another Susan
I can’t play either because I know too much…..
jimsmuse sez: I think you are one of the people who know TOO much! Can you believe the answers you’ve seen so far? I’m laughing my butt off and can’t wait for more responses…hope you be sure to leave another comment with a strange but true fact about me that isn’t on the list!
October 24, 2008 at 7:10 pm
curlywurlygurly
some of us stay up all night and sleep all day.
jimsmuse sez: I hope when the “day” is over you come and enter the contest. Now go back to sleep, cranky girl!
October 24, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Kimberley
Wah, I can’t play, but I can share something else dubious about Carrie: Peter Pan once lived in her house for several months.
jimsmuse sez: Thanks, Kimberly — I thought about mentioning it, but I knew no one would actually believe it. (And no folks, she isn’t talking about the Peanut Butter!)
October 24, 2008 at 7:30 pm
curlywurlygurly
okay…okay. i’ve gathered my thoughts enought to try this. i’m not promising anything but here i go…these are the “FALSIES”. ahem.
#15 (i don’t think mira went to watchung hills)
#4
#18
#16
#13
#6
#17
#11
#19
#10
jimsmuse sez: Congrats, CWG…your stalking has paid off! You have 6 correct answers and are tied for 1st place with Khyri!
October 24, 2008 at 7:31 pm
curlywurlygurly
how did i do? do i get a prize for getting the most WRONG?
jimsmuse sez: Nope…planetross is still trailing by one incorrect answer.
October 24, 2008 at 7:34 pm
prairieflounder
Ok, I will gladly play your silly game.
I say that numbers 1. 2. 5. 6. 10. 11. 14. 15. 19. 20. are true.
BTW I find that Bright blue hair is really attractive on women. However, men look like idiots with blue hair. I wonder why?
-PF
jimsmuse sez: WTG prairieflounder — you have 7 correct answers and have edged out Khyri and CurlyWurlyGurly for the lead…but we’re still waiting on a few entries so you’ll have to hope you can hold on to the top spot!
October 24, 2008 at 7:51 pm
curlywurlygurly
damnation.
October 24, 2008 at 8:04 pm
pannonica
One-Hundred-and-One Damnations?
October 24, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Dania
Most of the stranger things in your life have probably happened Since High School, when I last saw you!
But here are a couple of things I remember (I think):
1. You worked at Linder’s French Cleaner’s at some point?
2. You had a half baked plan to move to Hoboken right after High School.
3. You were interviewed by Linda Dano and/or Nancy Glass on the Lifetime channel during the first Gulf War. The program was titled “Women who lost weight and left their husbands”.
I vaguely remember a rumor about you being taken to some Middle Eastern country by a prince who was smitten with you. Is that true?
jimsmuse sez: 1) Yes, probably part of the reason my brain is so frail these days is the carbon tetrachloride that I breathed in every day after school for 2 yrs;
2) I came pretty close (since I ran away to NYC instead) – you may be recalling my folk song masterpiece that included the lyrics “Hoboken, Hoboken – it’s the place to be broke in!”;
3) That is true, it WAS Linda Dano, and I can’t believe how many people still remember that!; and 4) I wish that were true, but alas, I merely met a very rich Arab gentleman in Paris who invited me up to his room to “eat snakes” but I chickened out. By the time I figured out an hour later that he he meant SNACKS and not “snakes” it was too late….ah, what might have been!
October 24, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Curlywurlygurly
do you ever work?
jimsmuse sez: I work ALL THE TIME (in fact, I’ve been in the office since 6:45am) but if it is a quiet day at the answering service like it has been today, I have plenty of time between calls to get a few internet shenanigans going. Being in charge, there isn’t really anyone to tell me I can’t play on wordpress all day. Weeee!
October 24, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Curlywurlygurly
one more try….these are TRUE:
1 2 3 5 7 9 11 14 18 20
October 24, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Curlywurlygurly
i meant PANNY. lolz.
jimsmus sez: She GOES to work pretty often, but what she actually does no one knows….
October 24, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Ben McClymont
HEY AUNTIE CARRIE…….i KNOW MOST OF THE ANSWERS……WOULD IT BE CHEATING IF I ANSWERED?
jimsmuse sez: Hey Ben! The rules are that if you know me in person you can’t give away the answers, but you do have to make a comment that tells everyone a silly fact about me that you know that isn’t on the list! (For instance: “Carrie is my auntie, and she rocks!”…I’m sure between you and your Mom you can come up with something interesting!)
October 24, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Curlywurlygurly
you were on ATTITUDES?!?!!?
jimsmuse sez: Yep! Linda Dano spent 15 minutes in the green room before the show telling us all about her anorexia — good times! And by the way, your latest guess only has 5 correct answers…you’re heading in the wrong direction! Hee hee! This is so fun!
October 24, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Curlywurlygurly
ooops…you must have gone to ridge hs…not watchung.
jimsmuse sez: That is also true, and I hated every minute of it. See how much you are learning about me today?
Oh, dishy, you’re the nosiest one of all…where are you?
October 24, 2008 at 9:32 pm
thedailydish
Okay — here are my guesses.
1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 17, 18, 20.
jimsmuse sez: I have NO IDEA why your comments ended up in my spam, but I have retrieved them and am glad you are finally here to join me! Do you see all the havoc you’ve caused? Aren’t you proud of yourself? Did you know that you got 5 right on this attempt?
October 24, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Curlywurlygurly
husbandito and i went to different high schools that are each less than 15 miles from where you went to school.
that’s enough information. i wouldn’t want you to figure out my top-secret identity and where i grew up.
jimsmuse sez: Fine. Be that way. Meh.
October 24, 2008 at 9:36 pm
thedailydish
I just tried leaving my answers – musta timed out. Here goes:
TRUE: 2,4,5,6,7,9,14,16,17,18
jimsmuse sez; I see that your second attempt includes a different set of guesses…you are headed in the wrong direction, dishy…now you only have 3 right! Hee hee…keep guessing, peeps!
October 24, 2008 at 9:37 pm
thedailydish
Oh well I give up!
jimsmuse sez: Don’t give up — I finally saved your poor comments from the Spaminator! Hugs!
October 24, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Susan
OMG, I remember the talk show!!! And didn’t Dee Snider come into the laundromat?
jimsmuse sez: Yes, Dee Snider’s mom lived in town and he used to come pick up her drycleaning. I had no idea who he was until later, but I was in love with his hair. I didn’t realize I’ve had such an interesting life! Keep ‘em coming, folks!
October 25, 2008 at 1:17 am
Curlywurlygurly
1 2 5 6 8 10 11 14 19 20
(OCD much, cwg?)
you should know i’ve got all kinds of theorems and statistical data here–i made charts and researched things online. sad life, right? husban-dito ditched me for the night. he went to a horror convention and is then sleeping at his mom’s. i’m all alone with a giant bowl of candy.
jimsmuse sez: I don’t know whether to be flattered that you’re making charts, or calling the police to make sure you are not hiding in the bushes outside my house. You are now up in rarefied territory as far as the guessing goes, but really CWG — all this guessing and you still don’t have all 10! At this point I realize if I let you know exactly how many you have right it would give you too much information. so I’m just going to say you have 7,8 or 9 correct.
October 25, 2008 at 1:44 am
Curlywurlygurly
you’re thwarting my efforts. at least tell me if i’m WINNING. oh, and can you pass a mug of hot cocoa out the living room window…it’s FREEZING in the shrubs.
jimsmuse sez: Well, you are in first place at the moment, but I’m still not telling you exactly how many you have right — it’s 7, 8, or 9. Sorry it’s a little chilly up here in Northern NJ — but at least I haven’t released the hounds!
October 25, 2008 at 11:31 am
Angela
I know Carrie in person, so I’m not allowed to play….but, I will add a weird fact about Carrie which is true…
Carrie once had the snot scared out of her by Judge Judy.
jimsmuse sez: I forgot I told you that story! When I worked in a law office in Brooklyn, NY in 1989 my boss sent me to the Brooklyn Family Court to deliver some paperwork to Judge Judy’s courtroom. She was feared by all even back then (and wore those cute lace collars on her robes as well) and I found out why when I handed the paperwork to the wrong clerk. After the tongue lashing I received from her on “proper conduct” I left the courtroom in tears, and still can’t bring myself to watch her show!
October 25, 2008 at 3:29 pm
thedailydish
HAHAHHAHAHAHHH!! Carrie this is too funny. I feel honored to have inspired such insanity!
Okay – I will submit another round of guesses at random. (AKA I am not scrolling up to look at any of the information, I’ll just type random numbers 1-20) Let’s see if I can do any better.
TRUE: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17
PS: Have you ever met Tim Curry??
jimsmuse sez: Nope – you did better the first time. You have only gotten 3 correct! LOL I bet you all can’t wait until I give you the answers! Ha!
In other news, I HAVE “met” Tim Curry — he came out after a performance of Spamalot to speak to the High School Drama Club group that I was a chaperon for (he was joined by Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce as well!) and answered one of my questions!
On the downside of celebrity meetings, in 1987 I knocked Matthew Broderick right on his ass on 6th Avenue in New York City due to my being completely oblivious. And no, he did not give me an autograph… Other than that unfortunate incident (he was on crutches at the time after the horrible car accident he was in with Jennifer Grey), I have had AMAZINGLY good celebrity karma in my life!
October 25, 2008 at 4:35 pm
thedailydish
RATS! Oh well. I am not cut out to be a stalker, too much damn work. Curly’s got this thing in the bag.
OOOooHH! You DID MEET HIM. WOW. Sorry to hear about your run-in w/ Mr. Broderick though – too bad (for you both). Have you ever met any of the Pythons?? Now trying to think of anyone I’ve wanted to meet, since it’s seems likely you’ve had some sort of interaction w/ them. I’m not one for celebrity crushes. I just like funny people. What about Tom Waits? Ever meet him?
jimsmuse sez: You’ve got me there, I haven’t met Tom Waits….YET.
October 25, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Yella Ojrak
This is totally fun!
Here goes my answer:
Number 1 2 3 4 6 7 12(you really have to if you haven’t. Heheheheh…) 15 18 20 are true.
^dancing silly little dance^ I’m so gonna win!
jimsmuse sez: I like your silly dance, but alas, you only had 5 correct.
I think you will get the prize for person who entered from the furthest away from New Jersey, though — let me check my Google maps on that!
October 26, 2008 at 7:33 am
Tony
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 16, 20 are true
jimsmuse sez: Hi Tony! You got 5 correct, but you only guessed on 9, so it is possible your score could go up to 6 if you make another guess! You’re the last “regular” (I’m thinking of calling y’all “Carrie’s Castaways” or something equally ridiculous) to make your guesses, so now the truth can be told! Head for the main page to see an entry revealing all!
October 26, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Khyri
Well, I’m happy that I was only one short of the number that the single-guess winner got! I knew I should have gone for the valuable book, given your fascination with words.
On a side note, Raptor Free Flight season started yesterday at the museum yesterday, and I’m probably going to head out there today and see how the new birds are doing. Of course, I’ll be thinking of you as I do so.
jimsmuse sez: Just make sure you don’t let Flat Carrie get eaten by a raptor! I thought your guesses were great, and you were one of the very few that actually guessed right about the Tarot Cards! I don’t read Tarot at ALL (I think NewAge rhymes with “sewage” when it comes to this sort of thing generally), but I saw a very unusual deck online a few years and got hooked on collecting them as an art form, so I buy a really out there deck from time to time when I see something awesome. Now that it’s come up, though…should I will do a reading on my blog and see what the card have to say? Hm.
October 27, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Connie
Since attending the S.L.O.B.S. Halloween party together, here is my guess…
true #1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18 19
jimsmuse sez: A valiant effort, and I see that shoe thing fooled you just like it did everyone else! For the record, the answer that the the most people guessed correctly was #2 and the answer that most people guessed incorrectly was #5 — I meant to mention that earlier! I’m sorry you were late to this one, but I hope you will be entering CurlyWurlyGurly’s pumpkin contest!