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1. I recently changed my name to Kirsten (Man) Noelle Turkey School Lindquist, legally.

False. I may seem like a complete whacko thanks to recent events, but I haven’t totally lost it. And besides, it is really difficult to change your name on the basis of desire. The Internet told me that.


2. While in India, I almost lost the tip of my toe during a tragic encounter with the front door of the hotel gym.

Semi-True. We were looking for “right index finger” here.

My India scar


3. I own a drum set.

True. I’m not a huge believer in material objects possessing sentimentality (except for pä pä) - but after my Grandfather died 3 years ago, I requested his drum set. I'm also a bit of a minimalist... so I’m sort of kicking myself for that now.


le drumset, in the attic of the barn
(with the rest of my belongings)


4. I’m allergic to Raspberries.

False. I’m only allergic to poison ivy and bee stings, like my Dad.


5. I strongly considered going to college for Paleontology after seeing the first Jurassic Park movie. I was so obsessed with dinosaurs that I adorned my teenage bedroom with various dino-related paraphernalia.

True. I was one interesting 17 year old.


6. When I was 3, I received an immunization for Meningitis during an outbreak at the Montessori I attended in Auburn, New York. We lived next door to the prison.

True and True. There was (and still is) a Montessori in Auburn, NY. Montessori is where I decided that I liked school, and since I thought you could change your name to reflect the things you like - I officially added “school” to my name. Imagine my surprise when I showed up for school one day only to be administered a vaccination into my tailbone region. Not cool Montessori, not cool.


7. I enjoy the smell of new tires and pool chemicals.

True. As much of the holistic/earth friendly freak that I am, I love these two smells. Lawn fertilizer is also nice.


8. The last person to hit on me was a chick, at a drag show.

True. Which I found pretty rude considering I was wearing a t-shirt clearly indicating that I was one of Olivia’s bitches.


I have no idea I'm doing in this pic...
which is interesting because I was completely sober


9. For some reason, I cannot sleep or nap on a plane. It’s as though I need to stay on guard in the event something should happen. How very Owen Meany of me.

True. And if I do manage to doze off, my body violently jerks myself back awake, much to the amusement of the other travelers.


10. I refused to serve Allen Ginsberg fresh lemonade at a Café I used to work at.

Semi-true. My boyfriend (at the time) was the one that refused to make him lemonade, from scratch. I just sort of stood there all, “hey… isn’t that guy like a famous writer, or something?” (I was heavy into the Sci-Fi) He passed away a year later.



Well, that was fun. I tag the gal formally known as bucky D, Twiggymin and my Sister E (who already posted this meme on her myspace blog - it counts!)