June 28, 2007

Eight Things About Me

Posted at 6:19 pm by Richard and tagged personal. Popularity: 8% [?]

I just got tagged by the Friendly Atheist, and while I generally ignore chain letters, it’s probably about time I put something a little more personal up here anyway… so here goes.

The Rules:

• We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
• Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
• People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. (I’m changing this rule - please feel under no obligation to continue this)
• At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
• Don’t forget to leave them each a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

So, eight things, huh? I’ll try and stay away from anything that might otherwise get covered on this blog, so… here we go:

1. My first favourite author was Agatha Christie - I read many of her books while I was still in primary school.
2. I like learning new and interesting (read: different) things. I took up Auslan (Australian Sign Language) back in high school just because I could, and continued it though to University! I’ve also (for varying lengths of time - weeks to years - and reaching various levels) studied Swing and Latin dancing, capoeira, drums, piano, guitar, flute, trombone, violin, singing, music composition, drawing, speed reading, and probably heaps more that I can’t think of at the moment.
3. I take things very personally when I feel “wronged” - even little memories stay with me. One example that sticks out is when I got my results back for my 1st grade music theory exam - I only got 99%, and the question I got “wrong” was not actually wrong¹
4. I lived in Ohio, USA for two years when I was young, but other than that I’ve lived my entire life in Melbourne, Australia.
5. My Grandmother has traced my family’s history back to (and well past!) the Second Fleet which arrived in Australia from England, and we weren’t convicts.
6. I fidget constantly (apparently, it’s a good way to loose weight - at least, that’s what I keep telling myself)
7. My favourite colour is green, and for my birthday one year (8th? 9th?) I wanted to have a “wear something green” party. Only problem was, the day before the party, I realised I had nothing green to wear.
8. I love Thai food (followed closely by anything else that’s spicy)

And here’s who I’m tagging:

Some Atheism/Science/Etc Blogs I read (some of the only ones I could find who hadn’t already been tagged!):

• Pharyngula, Daylight Atheism, Shamelessly Atheist, A Thinking Reed

And Some Friends’:

• Kel, Paul, Simon and Ev&Jo

1. For any musos who care (and I’m sure you don’t) I was asked to write a “C above middle C” on a blank stave (no key signature, etc.) - the mark was taken off because I didn’t write a “natural” sign [↩]

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