I was tagged to provide a meme from my long-time friend Kel Smith. A meme is a concept, usually involving a list of personal revelations, that passes from one person to another via a social network. The rules are simple for this one:
- Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog
- Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog – some random, some weird
- Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog (or twitter page)
- Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. (or twitter account)
- If you don’t have 7 blog friends, or if someone else already took dibs, then tag some unsuspecting strangers.
So with that, I’ll do my best to dazzle you with weird and random facts about me (if you actually made it this far in this post.)
- I’m the youngest of 4 brothers and a sister.
- I once drove, alone, from Rochester, NY, to Des Moines, IA, and back in less than 30 hours. I would have made it in less time, but I forced myself to stop and sleep for an hour after seeing zebras and giraffes in the passing cornfields. (I’ve never been able to pull all-nighters, not even for important finals in college.)
- My wife and I were married on a cruise ship and have since taken at least one anniversary cruise every year to celebrate. We’ve cruised on Carnival, Norwegian, Celebrity, and Princess, but Royal Caribbean is our favorite. (This year will be cruise number 14 for me – and I cannot wait.)
- Though I’m partial to classic rock and alternative bands, I’ve often been caught listening to and enjoying Eminem, Ice-T, Public Enemy, and NWA. There are very few music genres that I don’t enjoy – except for the latest country hits. (Give me Tom T. Hall, John Prine, Merle Haggard, or Johnny Cash any day — but keep Toby Keith, etc. away from my iPod.)
- I once scrawled “Wash Me” in the dust coating a new, $30,000 drum scanner at a previous job. My boss wasn’t pleased – but then again, he wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. Nothing like coating the ceiling of a high-tech digital imaging department with a blown-on, flaky, popcorn-type paint. (Like I said, he wasn’t the brightest bulb in the package.)
- My first date with my wife was to an Ozzy Osbourne concert. Thanks, Ozzy.
- My affinity for a specific, Scottish beverage came from a lyric in a Crash Test Dummies song. (I enjoy the first one listed, but for some strange reason, not the second.)
Well, there it is.
Ok, so now I have to tag 7 poor souls such as: Mardy, Lee, Jim, Cheryl, Kristin, Chris, Jimbo.