Blame Tara On Christmas Eve

It’s Christmas Eve and in our house it’s tradition to get drunk on Vodka first thing. Of course it goes without saying, only the adults get drunk, not the children. We’re not that irresponsible!

No, the children are all given cigars to smoke and the eldest child (eight years old) is put in charge for the day. It’s a responsibility he really enjoys, because it’s the one day a year he gets to drive the car without a parent sitting in with him.

OK, so all of that was just a big fat lie. But what follows is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

I’m finally finishing my reply to a meme foisted upon me in May 2009(!!) by Mrs Sticky Fingers Tara Cain. Can you believe how lazy I am? May ‘09!!

This meme became known as the Blame Tara Meme for reasons I can’t remember, as it was soooo long ago.

Thinking I was being clever, I turned my reply to the ten questions into a multi-parter. Little did I know I’d abandon blogging several times before I ever got to complete it.

The first two questions:

1. Who is the hottest movie star?

2. Apart from your house and your car, what’s the most expensive item you’ve ever bought?

are answered in a post entitled Hot Movie Actresses.

The next three questions:

3. What’s your most treasured memory?

4. What was the best gift you ever received as a child?

5. What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made?

are answered in a post that sounds like a jail sentence Three To Five.

And here are the final five questions and their answers:

6. 4 words to describe yourself.
mischievous, quiet, resourceful, helpful

7. What was your highlight or lowlight of 2008?
Highlight: Being home as a stay at home dad and enjoying family life. Not too many men get to do that.

8. Favourite film?
Matrix. I don’t want to be a battery.

9. Tell me one thing I don’t know about you.
I crash landed a MD-82 flight simulator at DFW Airport. I bounced it 50ft off the runway. Needless to say, I wasn’t offered the job of chief pilot.

10. If you were a comic book/strip or cartoon character, who would you be?
Superman. I like to keep a secret identity and I have my own very disabling kryptonite.

I’m not going to pass this one on as that notion is even sillier than children smoking cigars, and besides, there’s no one left in the world who hasn’t done this one.

Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas!

Dave