How ironic. I was staring at the (admittedly beautiful new version 2.5) “Write Post” page in Wordpress, wondering what to write … and I discovered that Ginny had tagged me in her latest post. Never shying away from a challenge, I submit henceforth.

The rules of this particular tag are:

• Post 10 random things about yourself
• Choose five people to tag and a reason you chose them and make sure to tell them
• Don’t tag the person who tagged you

And without further adieu …

1. I’m neurotic about mail. Within seconds of arriving home from work I get my mail and flip through it with feverish delight.
2. I have a “piece” of ever car and bike I have ever owned - including the ignition key to my ‘61 Ford Falcon, the grille emblem to my Volkswagen Golf Diesel, the “Scirocco” emblem from my Volkswagen Scirocco, the ashtray from my ‘97 Volkswagen Golf, the handlebar cover trim from my Honda motorcycle and the old rear wheel from my Harley Davidson Sportster.
3. As much as I hate the idea of people owning guns, I love going to the range and shooting paper targets. The bigger the caliber, the better.
4. I only watch television when I’m traveling and staying in a hotel room. And for some reason, I gravitate towards crime shows like CSI and Law and Order.
5. When I was 19 I had a removable retainer (made by my orthodontist) to help keep my teeth in place after I had my braces removed. Out of the blue I stopped wearing the retainer one day, and I never went back to the orthodontist again.
6. I technically have (had) two sisters. One is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto. The other died seconds after birth.
7. I only wore track suits and running shoes until I was 15. Overnight I became the Doc Marten, blue jeans and white T-shirt phenomenon that I would remain until my estrangement from Doc Martens many years later.
8. My first cellular phone was a Nokia 121 that I bought in 1995. The first call I made on it was to 911 to report a rather serious car accident I witnessed on my way home from work.
9. In 1995 I put a personal ad in a newspaper and got a single response. We went on exactly one date. I still have that letter.
10. We had to recite the Lord’s Prayer for the first few years of my public school career (a practice they thankfully abolished). Keeping in mind that I was only 5 or 6 at the time, I actually thought the first few lines were “Our father, who does art in heaven, how be thy name?”

The following friends may consider themselves tagged:

• Mini Nerd
• Stacey
• Mel
• Bianca
• Jen

3 comments
Posted in Blog
Written on Thu, 20 March 2008 at 10:24 am
Tags: braces, cars, Doc Martens, family, guns, mail, motorcycles, personals, phones, prayer
If you liked this post, then consider subscribing to our full RSS feed.