Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Me
I was tagged by Linda Ld Jacobson who was tagged by Richie Escovedo to take up this writing exercise. This is a good thing, because I need some exercise right now.
1. I weigh 265 pounds. But I carry it well. Most people are surprised to hear that I weigh that much. I tell them that it’s because I’m dense in every sense of the word.
2. I don’t have many secrets. I’ve even published most of the intimate details of my financial life right here so that hopefully people can learn from me.
3. I made a total ass of myself in front of Bill Paxton during the inaugural Lone Star International Film Festival. Essentially, I behaved the way I do around everyone and immediately assumed the role of best friend with people that I had just met, and let’s just say that Bill wasn’t open to me tagging along with “his crowd.” There wasn’t an ounce of Hollywood celebrity haughtiness to be found, just 265 lbs. of local yokel who doesn’t know when to shut the hell up. I’m surprised they didn’t yank my press pass right there and then.
4. I get weirded out when people take sports seriously enough to actually come to fisticuffs with fans of opposing teams. That’s just stupid shit. If you want to fight an “enemy,” join the military. I like to win as much as the next guy, but unless it’s life or death, losing isn’t the end of the world. Projecting that level of import on a football (it’s always football around here) game THAT YOU’RE NOT EVEN PLAYING IN is just juvenile.
5. I’m seriously overwhelmed by all the web 2.0 social-network-media-web stuff that I feel obligated to wrangle. That’s just one small reason why I’m making the move back to analog in ‘09.
6. I had never eaten anything with jalapenos in it until about 6 years ago. I couldn’t manage even mild wings — too hot for me. My mom used to make tacos with ketchup. (I still think they’re awesome, mom, but I like the spicy stuff now, too.) My favorite meal as a child was beef (canned beef, natch) & noodles with mashed potatoes and corn. Yellow, white, and beige, with a hint of brown and drowned in salt, shoveled into my mouth with slices of County Line Colby Jack cheese.
7. I’m still genuinely surprised and flattered when people tell me that they read West and Clear. Doubly so when they give it a compliment!
I’m supposed to tag seven people, so I’ll give it a shot… (I’m not even sure I know seven bloggers!)
Kevin Buchanan
Steve Smith
Suzette Watkins
Allen Patterson
Pete Geniella
Aaaannnddd that’s it! Bernie doesn’t have his own space anymore, so I’m stuck with just the 5 people.
The rules:
• Link your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
• Let them know they’ve been tagged.
- Kept on the mantle for maximum shock value. Never read it.
- This was given to me as a gift recently. I guess I mentioned to someone that I liked post-apocalyptic fiction of the “I Am Legend” sort, and so this came along. Unfortunately I have no time for fiction in my life right now, so it’s been sitting on my shelf since whenever it was given to me.
- (Mine’s autographed!) Prof. Lessig (of Stanford) spoke at UTA on intellectual property and how our current copyright law is making the creation of new content increasingly impossible and costly. At one point I wanted to be a lawyer (I might still go to law school), and I had wanted to focus on public interest law. Then I found out that it costs more than my house cost to go to law school, even to some of the bad ones, and decided that if I did it I’d be better off becoming a slimy corporate lawyer type.
- A treatise on how the next industrial revolution (it’s in the title, see?) will be one that helps the planet instead of taking advantage of the planet. It includes lists of specific companies and upcoming technologies to watch. I’ve only read the first chapter or so, but I could tell right away that it wasn’t really what I was hoping it would be. I wanted ideas and inspiration, instead I got “Go see these guys for product X.”
- David (no relation, that I know of) is a coauthor of “Affluenza,” a book I also haven’t read and a movie I haven’t seen. Jenna has seen the movie (during a Sustainability class at UTA), and said I’d like it. I don’t think I’ve even read the first sentence in this one, but what I’m hoping to get is affirmation that living simply and ignoring the pressures of “Mother Culture” to consume and waste is good for me and the planet.
- Priorities, man! Which is more important? I mean, REALLY more important? How much money do you need to have those things and people that are really important to you in your life? I’ll bet it’s a LOT less than most people think. There was 
, since I fancy myself a budding Apple Systems Administrator. Surprisingly, I only recommend these books for their overview value. They’re really not particularly good training tools.
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- I’ve actually read every word in all three of these, but you wouldn’t know it if I sat down to play poker with you, so I suppose it’s the same as if I hadn’t.
