<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Ballastexistenz]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Mel Baggs]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/author/ameliabaggs/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Five weird things]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Five weird things about me:</p>
<p>1.  I used to climb fences and &#8220;defend our territory&#8221; against neighbor cats by using cat postures, staring them down, and, if necessary, hissing or growling.  I also used to &#8220;mark my territory&#8221; the same way cats do (indoors and out), and it always got blamed on the cats.</p>
<p>2.  I love country music (weird for my geographic region and political persuasion anyway).</p>
<p>3.  I can climb things easily and perch precariously without falling, but if you try to get me to walk on flat ground I get confused and may bump into things or fall unless it&#8217;s totally familiar.</p>
<p>4.  I&#8217;m on <a href="http://www.secondlife.com">Second Life</a> with as close to an exact replica of my offline body as possible (this is quite definitely weird for there).  (Might post more about SL sometime.)</p>
<p>5.  I can wiggle my scalp.</p>
<p>(I wasn&#8217;t tagged, never have been, for anything, for whatever reason.  But this has been going around the <a href="http://www.autism-hub.co.uk/">Autism Hub</a> for awhile now, so I&#8217;m joining in, tagged or not.)</p>
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