8 Facts You Didn’t Know About Me
You already got to see the wizard behind the curtain, but now I have to share eight things you didn’t know about me. I was double-teamed by Don and Roberta to participate in this meme, so I’ll be a good sport and join in.
Here is how this thing works:
- Each player must post these rules to begin the meme.
- Each players starts with eight random facts or habits about themselves.
- People who get tagged must blog about their eight things and post these rules.
- At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
- Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
- I am a workaholic. I could work sixteen hours a day and still not feel like I got enough accomplished. No one in my family is as driven as I am and they continually wonder where it comes from. My Dad gives me the heart attack speech at least once a month.
- I am an Eagle Scout. I spent my formative years in the Boy Scouts with my Dad as the leader. By the time I reached high school, I really didn’t want to be in the Boy Scouts anymore because of peer pressure but I’m glad my Dad kept challenging me to achieve the Boy Scout’s highest honor. The experience certainly taught me a lot about character and I got to do things that other kids only dreamed about.
- I’m obsessive about loading the silverware in the dishwasher. Each type of utensil has to go into its own slot; you can’t mix spoons and forks and butter knives do not go into the same compartment with kitchen knives. Personally, I think this helps me unload the dishwasher faster buy my wife calls it OCD. I’m a weirdo, I know.
- I am a list freak. I love making lists: to-do lists, shopping lists, material lists, whatever lists. I keep a spiral notebook handy at all times just in case a new list pops into my head.
- I was an electronics prodigy in high school. I attended an industrial electronics course at a vocational school while I was in my junior and senior years of high school. I was awarded the “Outstanding Student of the Year” award when I graduated and received a scholarship in Electronics. I went to college part-time and worked full-time as an electronic technician doing component-level troubleshooting of hard drive circuit boards.
- My biggest pet peeve is improperly spoken English. I will correct you in a second if you don’t use English properly. Slang is one thing, but I can’t focus on what you are saying if you can’t communicate it clearly to me. I will laugh my ass off if you continually try to use big words and don’t know their meaning.
- I have two toes stuck together on both feet. My two middle toes never separated in the womb; I guess this bun wasn’t fully cooked in the oven. As a kid, I was really self-conscious about this and always wore shoes everywhere I went. My parents considered having them surgically separated while I was still a baby, but the doctor said it wouldn’t affect me.
- I have crabs. Marine crabs, that is. I also have saltwater fish, shrimp, and snails. I really enjoy the beautiful colors of marine fish and can sit for hours watching them swim around.
This is where I get to make my life a living hell and tag other people so they can in turn tag me for something else. I’m only tagging four people because I can. Here goes:
Dennis Bjørn Petersen of The Beta News
Stiletto at Eat My F-ing Stilettos
Lis at About Every Little Thing
Peter at Peter’s Useful Crap
You have crabs?!?? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..lol
I hate it when that happens.
I couldn’t resist. I crack myself up.
Now your (sic) tempting me into breaking my “no personal blogging on my blog” stance. I’ll try to find a way around it and make a similar list: “8 facts you didn’t know about [insert topic]”.
I totally understand. Do whatever you feel comfortable with.
Eeps, I just did an 8 random facts meme a couple weeks ago. Let me see if I can think of more… uhm… fascinating facts about myself. I don’t have crabs though.
Damn, I don’t know how I missed that. I tried to make sure no one had been tagged with this meme before. Sorry about that.
I have a bad feeling that I’m gonna be remembered as the guy who has crabs.
And now I’m going to write comments with purposely pour grammar or spelling just to bug you
I’ll secretly correct the spelling and grammar, late, late at night. I won’t be able to sleep and will probably need counseling just to get over it.
Oh, the torture…
Nice list of facts, much more interesting than average. Semi-webbed feet and venereal disease innuendo, don’t read that every day.
You know what? It hasn’t really affected you as far as I am concerned. I really never noticed and have seen your feet quite a few times.
AHEM….(note to self)….next time Donovan is laughing around you, consider what you might have just said….could be he is actually laughing AT you….LOL
Thanks for sharing these facts with us. It amazes me how much more there is always to learn about one another!
I like your post. Very funny! Any advice for my page (although its not humorous)? http://www.workoutreview.blogspot.com
Smarter Self Improvement: Thanks. I thought it would be more interesting if it were a bit funny. Looks like it worked!
Ladonna: Honey, I know you well enough that I would tell you if I was laughing at you. You’ll get a kick out of my feet; I’ll show you next time you are over.
John: Thanks, I’m glad you liked it. It looks like your blog is off to a good start. Nice quality articles so far.
I happen to work in the sports and nutrition supplement industry and I can tell you that you are right on track for the serious bodybuilding crowd. We can discuss it further if you like, just use my contact form to reach me.
oh don’t even GET me started on dishes. all of the bowls and cups have to be facing down so they don’t get that ring of minerals on the bottom. OCD? i’m fine with whatever you call it…as long as my cups and bowls are clean!
Ms. Danielle: LOL! It’s good to know I’m not alone.
If you are a blogger part time and work a fulltime job you have to have a workaholic mentally to ever become successful.
Hi! I read your …8 things and I dare to comment on the fact that you’re an workaholic:) I don’t think that working is the best way to live your life…I mean, maybe you find a lot of satisfaction in work, but I think there are far more valuable and important things to do…Maybe you should read my article about down shifting
Anyway, I liked the article and keep writing this way:)
Best regards!
Jason: While I agree with you, I’ve found myself questioning my decision to start blogging. It’s taking more of my valuable free time and adding pressure to my already high-stress life.
I won’t quit blogging, because it’s proven to be a good outlet for me to express myself. I just haven’t found my groove yet, but once I get there I think I’ll feel better about it.
Marissa: Your point is very well taken. I’ve needed to down shift for several years, but I just haven’t committed to it yet.
I read your down shifting post and you make some very good points. I’m not sure that I’m ready to take a job with less responsibility, but there are certainly things I can do to simplify my work.
I’m glad you liked my post. I’ll do my best to keep it up.
Ah! You did not play by the rules! You better dig up four more!
Thanks for making my life harder by tagging me hahaha - ok I’ll get to working on it as soon as I can.
Hmm, you sound like an eccentric person. Separating the silverware in the dishwasher? That is something people on meth do lol
I’m an outside-the-box kind of guy. Who needs rules anyway? Okay, okay, I did wimp-out on the eight tags, so I’ll see if I can scrounge up a few more victims.
You betcha! I’m eager to see what you’ll write. No pressure!
Eccentric, huh? Maybe a little I guess, but not quite meth addict eccentric.
You like making lists of things? Who’d have thought
You should see my other blog. It’s got lists galore, but it’s a how-to site for new bloggers so it fits.
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Maybe I can do an “8 Facts You Didn’t Know About Me” thing spread across (relevant) comments on your blog! #1 is that my day job is as an editor!
Peter: Go for it.
It will be interesting to see how you integrate comments and facts about yourself.
That sounds a bit too much like: “Look at me! Look at me!” Oh well. I’ll sandwich them between other people’s comments on popular posts…
Peter: I’m just giving you a hard time. You don’t really need to go through all that trouble.
Ha! Sorry, I seem to be making things too complicated. I guess I’ve now labeled myself as untaggable.
Fact #2: I’m in denial about having a blog. For years I told my friends that I wouldn’t join them in the blog “movement” (if you can call it that). So when I couldn’t resist any more, I justified my blog by making it a “useful” blog, with little or no personal stories.
Fact #3: I’m in denial about having a cell phone. For years I carried a pager and lots of quarters. Now I carry a secret cell phone on the pay-as-you-go 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless plan (which rocks…).
I’m finding this quite fun
Good stuff Peter. Hell, I’d tag you again just for the fun of it.
You seem to be doing quite well with your blog from what I can see. Who doesn’t like useful crap?
You cell phone story reminds me of a commercial I saw on TV a while ago, about the guy carrying around the 80’s style cell phone.
You’re not afraid of technology, are you?
Yes, this is fun!
I am a list-aholic, too! But rather than grammar, I cannot stand un-spellers. If you’re online and you plan on communicating with others through writing, LEARN TO SPELL.
shaving will help
LisaCate: I’m totally with you on the spelling thing. I don’t necessarily mind if a word here or there is misspelled, but I won’t continue reading if it’s obvious you can’t spell.
Hello: Spell Check!
It perplexes me as to why so many phishing emails are misspelt. Those things are pretty hard to believe anyway, and they’re always riddled with mistakes (I wrote about that), If I was actually trying to get someone to respond to such an email (I’m not), I would spend at least a few moments with a spell checker.
Some of the language and spelling in spam messages cracks me up too. I think it stems from two major things:
1. A good portion of spammers are not native English speakers.
2. Some misspellings are intentional to circumvent spam filters.
The real problem is that there are some incredibly stupid people out there that respond to spam messages. Enough of them buy products or give our their personal information to make it worthwhile for the spammers to continue.
A friend of mine bought some software from a spam message one time. I wanted to bitch-slap some sense into him.
If you are a blogger part time and work a fulltime job you have to have a workaholic mentally to ever become successful.
Rus: I agree with you. It takes a fair amount of discipline to work more hours on your blog after a long day.
At the same time, I think you should be deriving some personal benefit from your blog at some level in order to sustain both for a long period of time.
Great. thanx…
It annoys my wife to no end that I come behind her and rearrange the dishwasher. She just doesn’t have a very good sense of order and can fill the dishwasher up when it’s only halfway full. Hi, my name is Mike and I’m obsessive compulsive.
Finally one more person with the proper English use problem! I’m not an English native speaker, but I hate (sometimes love) the persons who are and do mistakes which I correct. It gives me a good feeling .
I’m not a native englis sepaker, but I can communicate with everybody who speak a little bit in english. To known in english is must.
Definitely an interesting post! Don’t worry about your toes, I have a friend who’s pinkie finger didn’t grow enough skin so it is permanently slightly curled in. I did like your other post about improper grammar! And as far as OCD goes, I think I could beat you on that one. I have a place for everything! I also enjoy lists, I’ll spend more time making them than actually needing to use them.
good list
You really have to watch salt water snails. They will reproduce if conditions are right. Snails will take on the gender needed to reproduce. The only way to cut back on the snail reproduction is to cut back drastically on how much you feed them. Also, snails will reproduce when they are stressed. It is best to add snails to your taken one at a time, so they can acclimate.
this is some kind of fun.thanks.
I like workaholics.. thats very imp for bloggers..
realy huge post. Always a pleasure to read your blog.