a meme
Sunday, September 23, 2007
A friend of mine posted one of those memes tonight, and tagged me to complete the same and ping back. She tagged me because I don't post often enough for her liking, and truth be told I don't post enough for my own liking either, so I owe for calling me on it.
I have been busy with the new job, hanging out with the Brother-In-Law at the hospital after his bike accident, and dealing with all the little details involved in getting a house built. And I have also had that lousy dialup internet to deal with that has just made me tired thinking about posting, knowing how long it is going to take to load up the blogger ui. But I think I just make excuses too much. What the hell is the point of having a blog if you don't post in it? And I am fast running out of excuses anyways: The B-I-L is back at home convalescing until his next surgery, the job is turning out to be no more or less exciting than any jobs I've had previously, and the house won't be ready until the middle of fucking November now, so those little details have all but disappeared. And I do have a reasonably fast connection now that we have set up this rural wireless deal here at the Out-Laws' place.
So here we are.
The meme in question uses each of the first letters of your first name as the first letters of a word that says something about you. I usually try to stay away from these things as a rule, but I decided to do this one for two reasons. One, I owe Jenn for nudging me to post more often, and I will endeavour to do that more in the near future. And two, I take this blog (and myself) way too seriously sometimes. I know better than most, I think, how short life is, but I think I often forget that that fact should make it so much easier not to over think things too much. After all, it all goes away sometime. See, look at me being funny and madcap already!
Not sure how creative or open I am feeling right now, but here goes anyway.
D = Dad. I both have one, and am one. My Dad and I are not as close as I would like for us to be, because I hold a lot of resentment towards him for the way things went down in my childhood, mostly from the time I lived with him and the abusive woman he had married after the divorce from my mom. Sad, I suppose, but true. As far as being a Dad goes, it is the single greatest thing that I ever have been or ever will be responsible for, and I am one of the proudest Dad's I know.
E = Ericsson. The model of my best gadget, a Sony Ericsson K790a. I use it to take pictures all the time, it is my back up mp3 player, and I surf the net or play games on it whenever I am stuck somewhere with a few minutes to kill.
R = Reading. One of my all time favourite pastimes. I picked it up very fast and very early when I was a kid, and have been a voracious reader ever since. I always have at least one book on the go, and will often re-read books multiple times. My all time favourite book is Neuromancer by William Gibson.
E = Echoes. My favourite song by Pink Floyd. At a concert of theirs I was at way back in '94, the show was opened with that one single piano note that begins the song. That was the only part of the song that they played, but everyone there, including me and my now dead best friend Jon went absolutely batshit.
K = Knight Who Says Ni t-shirt. My favourite article of clothing ever, I wear this Jinx.com shirt every chance I get. Its a pic of a knight on horseback with a dialogue bubble beside him with only Ni in it. Either you get it or you don't and if you don't, you need to watch more Monty Python.
Ok, so now the part where I tag a person for each letter, and try to convince them to take this thing as well:
Michael - The best friend I have that I have never actually held a real conversation with. Also a kindred Superman fan.
Joe and Em - A couple of Floridians that I met through this blog and have been friends with since. They are just recently new parents again and will very likely never even read this post let alone get a chance to take the meme themselves.
Dawn - A much more conscientious blogger than I am, Dawn is a very witty, insightful gal whose posts I always look forward to reading.
Kristi - A self described free thinking cancer survivor and fellow atheist who I only recently came across. The chances of her even knowing she's been tagged by me are less that the chances that the aforementioned new parents will do this thing.
Bundy - An old pal that I only keep in touch with via each of our blogs. Sensing a theme yet?
I have been busy with the new job, hanging out with the Brother-In-Law at the hospital after his bike accident, and dealing with all the little details involved in getting a house built. And I have also had that lousy dialup internet to deal with that has just made me tired thinking about posting, knowing how long it is going to take to load up the blogger ui. But I think I just make excuses too much. What the hell is the point of having a blog if you don't post in it? And I am fast running out of excuses anyways: The B-I-L is back at home convalescing until his next surgery, the job is turning out to be no more or less exciting than any jobs I've had previously, and the house won't be ready until the middle of fucking November now, so those little details have all but disappeared. And I do have a reasonably fast connection now that we have set up this rural wireless deal here at the Out-Laws' place.
So here we are.
The meme in question uses each of the first letters of your first name as the first letters of a word that says something about you. I usually try to stay away from these things as a rule, but I decided to do this one for two reasons. One, I owe Jenn for nudging me to post more often, and I will endeavour to do that more in the near future. And two, I take this blog (and myself) way too seriously sometimes. I know better than most, I think, how short life is, but I think I often forget that that fact should make it so much easier not to over think things too much. After all, it all goes away sometime. See, look at me being funny and madcap already!
Not sure how creative or open I am feeling right now, but here goes anyway.
D = Dad. I both have one, and am one. My Dad and I are not as close as I would like for us to be, because I hold a lot of resentment towards him for the way things went down in my childhood, mostly from the time I lived with him and the abusive woman he had married after the divorce from my mom. Sad, I suppose, but true. As far as being a Dad goes, it is the single greatest thing that I ever have been or ever will be responsible for, and I am one of the proudest Dad's I know.
E = Ericsson. The model of my best gadget, a Sony Ericsson K790a. I use it to take pictures all the time, it is my back up mp3 player, and I surf the net or play games on it whenever I am stuck somewhere with a few minutes to kill.
R = Reading. One of my all time favourite pastimes. I picked it up very fast and very early when I was a kid, and have been a voracious reader ever since. I always have at least one book on the go, and will often re-read books multiple times. My all time favourite book is Neuromancer by William Gibson.
E = Echoes. My favourite song by Pink Floyd. At a concert of theirs I was at way back in '94, the show was opened with that one single piano note that begins the song. That was the only part of the song that they played, but everyone there, including me and my now dead best friend Jon went absolutely batshit.
K = Knight Who Says Ni t-shirt. My favourite article of clothing ever, I wear this Jinx.com shirt every chance I get. Its a pic of a knight on horseback with a dialogue bubble beside him with only Ni in it. Either you get it or you don't and if you don't, you need to watch more Monty Python.
Ok, so now the part where I tag a person for each letter, and try to convince them to take this thing as well:
Michael - The best friend I have that I have never actually held a real conversation with. Also a kindred Superman fan.
Joe and Em - A couple of Floridians that I met through this blog and have been friends with since. They are just recently new parents again and will very likely never even read this post let alone get a chance to take the meme themselves.
Dawn - A much more conscientious blogger than I am, Dawn is a very witty, insightful gal whose posts I always look forward to reading.
Kristi - A self described free thinking cancer survivor and fellow atheist who I only recently came across. The chances of her even knowing she's been tagged by me are less that the chances that the aforementioned new parents will do this thing.
Bundy - An old pal that I only keep in touch with via each of our blogs. Sensing a theme yet?
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posted by raistlinsghost at 9/23/2007 03:35:00 AM
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