8 Things About Me
Friday, August 24, 2007In a more adult form of the high-school "about you" chain letter, I present these 8 things about me. Next blog post: my thoughts on Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms."
Here are the Rules:
1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Players start with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their 8 things) and post these rules. (**if you’re a non-blogger, you can e-mail them!)
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 8 people to tag and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them, "you're tagged, now go read my blog."
I got tagged by SLAINTE.
And now... the things:
1. I'm vain. As much as I might present an aw-shucks persona, I generally tend to be rather vain. Finicky about my appearance, and careful about my image, I want to impress as much as I want to fit in. This had to be number one. This post makes it too obvious to not put it as number one.
2. For personal reasons, I have 5 tattoos. In an honestly non-vain move, I have gotten 5 tattoos on my back for extremely personal reasons. Out of sight of anyone I meet, and therefore not included in their judgement of me, I have recorded moments, ideas, or facts I want to keep in my mind. I tend to be a little everywhere at once. Scatterbrained. I dip my toe in every pool. Its nice to have something permanent.
Here are the Rules:
1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Players start with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their 8 things) and post these rules. (**if you’re a non-blogger, you can e-mail them!)
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 8 people to tag and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them, "you're tagged, now go read my blog."
I got tagged by SLAINTE.
And now... the things:
1. I'm vain. As much as I might present an aw-shucks persona, I generally tend to be rather vain. Finicky about my appearance, and careful about my image, I want to impress as much as I want to fit in. This had to be number one. This post makes it too obvious to not put it as number one.
2. For personal reasons, I have 5 tattoos. In an honestly non-vain move, I have gotten 5 tattoos on my back for extremely personal reasons. Out of sight of anyone I meet, and therefore not included in their judgement of me, I have recorded moments, ideas, or facts I want to keep in my mind. I tend to be a little everywhere at once. Scatterbrained. I dip my toe in every pool. Its nice to have something permanent.
3. I envy talented writers. I like studying Shakespeare, Hemingway, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, etc. because they could communicate so much that left a mark on the world. Can I? Do I even have anything to say?
4. I adore ambient music. You know Vangelis, the one who composed the soundtrack to "Chariots of Fire," and later "Blade Runner"? Well, my fascination started with Vangelis' "Opera Sauvage" then moved on from there. From Boards of Canada, to Mum to Telfon Tel Aviv, electronic ambient music calms me. It slows me down. It creates images of blissful, personality-filled little city neighborhoods on a sunny day.
5. I miss living two hours from my grandparents. The size of the world inspires wonder, but it also separates. I envy little countries like Korea because they will never know what its like to live more than six to eight hours from anyone else in their own country. Few countries are as big as the United States, and so I wonder how many peoples deal with complete disconnect from their loved ones like we do. When I was a child, a simple two hour drive put me at either grandparent's house. That was wonderful.
6. I secretly want to be a DJ. I even bought one DJ deck, confident I would have the money for the rest of the equipment and that I would soon be spinning at parties and clubs. I got married and had other things to worry about. But I still secretly wish.
7. Nothing beats a house party. My favorite thing in the world is just sitting with friends, listening to music, and drinking a beer. Sure, going out is fun, but some of my favorite moments involve being at a friend's, beer around, good music playing, and laughter.
8. I have a dead tooth. Yes, if you never noticed, it is true. One of my front teeth is dark. I got popped in the mouth as a kid, had a root canal as a teen, but it died on me anyway. So, I forever will have a dark, dead tooth in the front of my mouth.
5. I miss living two hours from my grandparents. The size of the world inspires wonder, but it also separates. I envy little countries like Korea because they will never know what its like to live more than six to eight hours from anyone else in their own country. Few countries are as big as the United States, and so I wonder how many peoples deal with complete disconnect from their loved ones like we do. When I was a child, a simple two hour drive put me at either grandparent's house. That was wonderful.
6. I secretly want to be a DJ. I even bought one DJ deck, confident I would have the money for the rest of the equipment and that I would soon be spinning at parties and clubs. I got married and had other things to worry about. But I still secretly wish.
7. Nothing beats a house party. My favorite thing in the world is just sitting with friends, listening to music, and drinking a beer. Sure, going out is fun, but some of my favorite moments involve being at a friend's, beer around, good music playing, and laughter.
8. I have a dead tooth. Yes, if you never noticed, it is true. One of my front teeth is dark. I got popped in the mouth as a kid, had a root canal as a teen, but it died on me anyway. So, I forever will have a dark, dead tooth in the front of my mouth.
Here's who I'm tagging:
