seven random things

i've never done this before, but i have been tagged.  here goes:

1. if i have the middle seat on the airplane, i’d rather just not go at all.  i don’t care so much about being sandwiched between two people.  it’s the elbow wars that get me.  i almost smacked a grandmotherly type during my last plane ride because she couldn’t seem to take the hint that her elbow was poking me in the gut.
2. my grandfather was the first american indian to be elected to the state legislature in my home state.
3. i have a syrinx in my spinal cord.  the ramifications of said syrinx are not entirely clear, but i have no symptoms of paralysis at this time.
4. i have been hospitalized 9 times for depression since i turned 19.
5. i placed in the top ten in the nation for “original oration” in high school.  i was also a master debater.
6. i was once given a “vagina warrior” award.  my father was very proud, but couldn’t bring himself to say the word “vagina” when he bragged about me.  
7. when i was an undergrad, i got my kicks by running around campus at night with other self-appointed radicals and vandalizing the sidewalks by spray-painting things like “dead men don’t rape.”

i hope these are anonymous enough to protect my identity, but probably not.  i shall refrain from tagging others in order to protect the innocent.