More Useless Oaken Trivia

[oakenguy]

My church had Bible Quizzing competitions with all the other churches in the state. I competed for three years. The first two years (the Books of Matthew and Acts) I was in the junior division, where it's multiple choice and we just hold up cardboard numbers, and I was one of the state all-stars. The third year (Romans) I was in the teen division, where you sit on a little electric pad and jump up when you know the first answer. My reflexes weren't fast enough, and I went down to become possibly one of the worst scorers ever.


When I was little I slept with about 9 stuffed animals. My parents thought this was because I was a big softie, which was partially true. However, I also did it so that when (not if, when) the vampire attacked, the odds would be good that he'd bite the wrong neck and get stuck while I scooted out of the bed and ran to safety.


My first job in community theater was for a production of The King and I. I and the other non-musical drama club kids had to help out backstage by sponging brown makeup on the backs and limbs of all the pale middle-aged chorus members, some of whom REALLY needed to bathe more.

I still can't look at one of those little triangular makeup sponges without shivering.