A while back I was Tagged by the marvelous Leigh @ Create, and I am finally getting around to doing this fun meme. Thanks Leigh!
The rules:
Link to your tagger and list the rules
List 7 random facts about yourself
Tag 7 people (and make sure you check back and see what they say!)
If you're tagged, play along and pass it on!
So here are 7 random things about me...
1. Although I am not a vegetarian, and I love to cook, I have never cooked any kind of meat.
2. When I was 13, I won a national competition to design the logo for a t-shirt advertising the National Geographic Geography Bee. My design was worn by hundreds of kids who made it to the finals of the Bee that year and I was profiled in National Geographic WORLD Magazine. Coincidentally, I also competed in the Geography Bee and was amongst the top 100 state finalists two years in a row.
3. My least favorite food is raw celery.
4. I witnessed the home birth of my little sister. I was nine years old.
5. As a kid, I was a classically trained pianist: I took lessons for 13 years, entered piano festivals and competitions, attended piano camp every summer, performed a very formal solo "senior recital" when I was 17, and as a teen I was paid to accompany the choir at my church. I listened exclusively to classical music until I was about 14, at which time I fell hard for the album August and Everything After by Counting Crows and became obsessed with pop music. I rarely play piano anymore, and I haven't listened to Counting Crows in eons (has anyone?).
6. I have, on more than one occasion, shaved my head.
7. The farthest I have ever traveled from home is Bucharest, Romania. I went there in 2001 to visit T when he was on location for a film.
I tag...
Steph @ Adventures in Babywearing
Kelly Anne @ Have Degree Will Travel
Madeline @ My Boy and Me
Meg @ Use Your Words
Jennifer @ Gardenymph
Jill @ Keyboard Revolutionary
Thanks ya'll, and have fun :)
August & Everything After remains one of my favorite albums to this day. Does anyone still listen to anything else the Counting Crows have done? Probably not :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I lived in Ro for two years. Did you make it outside Bucharest at all while visiting? If not, that's a bummer as the capital is pretty much the crappiest place in the country (in my humble opinion).
I am in the mood for one of these. And how funny- was I killing you with my celery cravings during my pregnancy!?
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Jo, that is so cool that you lived in Romania! I found it to be a fascinating place. I was only there for about a week, and I never left the city. T was there for a longer period of time and he was able to travel a bit.
ReplyDeleteSteph, aw! I'm glad you don't mind playing along with the tags :) And, as for your crunchy cravings, I would be lying if I said it didn't gross me out a little -- but to each his own! xoxo
Wow, I would say that those are seven fascinating things!
ReplyDeleteI don't mind celery so much. :~)
Thanks for the tag. I'll do some thinking over the next few days... :~)
You have such cool things to tell about yourself. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat was it like to witness your little sister's birth at age 9? Was it frightening, empowering, exciting...? I have yet to witness a birth, but I know - from giving birth - that it is an extremely powerful and moving experience.
ReplyDeleteHey, that's me! LOVE the photo! LOVE THE DOOR! Now, let me think...
ReplyDeleteOoo...fun! I'll be posting mine soon. Loved reading your seven.
ReplyDeleteI remember the geography bee shirt! You were in the newspaper. I probably still have that newspaper clipping somewhere. Have an awesome trip, by the way!
ReplyDeleteNow I feel an urge to listen to Counting Crows
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