Say Anything Blog

I never do these meme things on the blog, mostly because they get repetitive and boring.  And because people mostly seem to do them because…people love talking about themselves.  But since it’s Saturday, I’m at a loss for what else to post and I’m bored, here it is.

Here are the rules:

1. Let others know who tagged you.

2. Players start with 8 random facts about themselves.

3. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.

4. Players should tag 8 other people and notify them they have been tagged.

My eight random facts:

1. People, up to and including my wife, tell me I look like Jack Black.  Personally, I don’t see it.
2. I love music.  My music collection is wide-ranging, eclectic and gigantic.  I cannot play music, however.  I have been trying off and on to play the guitar since I was six and still can’t play more than a few notes.
3. I am an absolutely sap for the “cheesy chick flick” genre of movies.  I cried like a sissy girl at the end of The Notebook.  Other movies I’ve cried during: Field of Dreams (the part where they play catch at the end really gets me), Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.
4. When I was in high school I got in a head-on accident on my snowmobile which landed me in the hospital for a month, and in a hospital bed at home for three more months after that.  This pretty much ended my high school sports career.  Up until then I like to think I was a decent defensive tackle on the football team.
5. I am a rabid baseball fan.  I root for the Yankees, and all but bleed pinstripes.
6. I don’t have cable television, mostly because there isn’t enough on television I want to see to justify spending the money.  But when I’m in a hotel, or at somebody else’s house, I usually can’t stop watching the History Channel.
7. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska.  I moved to North Dakota when I was ten and resented my parents for it.  Though I’ve come to love my adopted home, I still miss the mountains.
8. In the 2000 presidential election, which was the first one in which I could legally vote, I cast my ballot for Al Gore.  For this, I blame MTV.

I’m supposed to “tag” eight other people to carry this on.  I have no idea who to tag, so if you’re reading this consider yourself “tagged.”

And yeah, I know.  I’m breaking the rules.  Sue me.