5 Things You Might Not Know ...

... about me.

A fun post highlighting five things I've never talked about on the blog, and that you probably didn't care to know.  Then I think I'll pass it along to someone else in the blogosphere, so that we can learn completely useless and trivial knowledge about them, as well.  Here goes:

5 Things You Might Not Know About Me

1.  As a kid at summer camp, I was voted Dirtiest Camper.  I used to go to a camp called The Triple R Ranch every summer, and one year they created a deal where they pitted all the cabins against each other, and each cabin participated in various week-long contests.  One of the competitions was to have the dirtiest camper - I'm a team player, I hated showers (at the time, I promise that's changed - my wife made sure of it), so I figured it was for me.  I mucked horse stalls, jumped in mud puddles, rolled around in the dirt - at the end of the week, it was Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.  But my folks made me ride home in the back of the truck.  Sorry, mom and dad.

2.  I played the piano for years as a kid - hated it.  The Mother seemed to think it was a good idea, which only made it WORSE of an idea in my mind.  We fought about it for years, until one day she figured out I was watching "SportsCenter" after she left for work and not practicing.  Geez ... was it really that tough to figure out?  The lessons ended soon thereafter.  You know what?  Wish I had kept it up.  Don't tell The Mother.

3.  In high school and college, I worked for a BBQ-joint in Virginia Beach called "The Beach Bully".   Honestly, some of the best BBQ you could ever ask for outside of North Carolina, and it rivals even that.  We catered a lot of private events, and worked a lot of festivals - including an Elvis festival one summer.  Guess who got to don the one-piece, polyester suit, complete  with fake rhinestones?  Yours truly.  Best damn Elvis Virginia Beach ever saw, I was.  There's photographic evidence, somewhere, I guarantee never to be found.

4.  My wife and I have a cat.  Her name is Cho Cho.  Interesting story how she got her name ... my wife, Natalie, lived in Korea for a few years as a child, and learned some of the language.  "Booger" (as in, you've got a booger hanging from your nose) in Korean is translated as "Cho Cho".  Or so we thought.  My very Korean boss at the time almost snorted the first time I told her how we came up with that name.  So now, my wife and I have a cat with a made-up Korean name.  Fantastic.

5.  Like many teenagers, I looked forward to getting my drivers license.  My first car was a 1989 Hyundai Excel hatchback, 0 to 60 in 24 seconds.  A speed demon.  Three months into my driving "career", I pulled a 58 in a 25 reckless driving charge, which meant that in the first six months I had my license, I was only able to drive for three of them.  It really sucked, having to be dropped off at school by your mother while all your friends drove in.  And it really put a crimp on my first job, driving an ice cream truck.  Maybe that's a lead in to another "Things You Didn't Know" post for some other time.

So there you have it.  5 Things You Might Not Know About Me.  Since this is a meme, I've got to pass it along, so I think I'll tag Stuart Mease and Alison Whittaker.  A brief note - Alison is just starting her blog and this will be her VERY FIRST POST, so make sure to check her out, subscribe to her blog, and help her get started.  There you go, 5 Things You Might Not Know about Stuart Mease & Alison Whitaker, be looking for their post.  Have at it guys!

Photo credit to:  Slavie Studio

Comments

[Eric]

I took piano lessons for about a year, I too wish I hadn't quit, however, mom pulled the biggest mistake of her life, took me out of an ALL-STAR baseball game when I was 11 or 12 for piano lessons, I think that was the last lesson I ever had

[Pam]

One thing you don’t know about Pam.

I am the #1 Elvis fan. Saw him twice and got a scarf from right around his handsome neck. So, while you won’t show your pics to the general public, you really should share them with me. I promise not to use them as blackmail booty.

I think you should incorporate Elvis’ personal motto into your marketing strategy – TCB – Taking care of business.

[NRVLiving's Mom]

nice job - all true - but where's the credit for the mother's wall of tears, where-have-I-failed wailings, years of slaving in the down and dirty classrooms of America, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, - I demand equal time.

[horse property gal]

I wish i had kept up piano lessons too! I think i will start again! thanks for the inspiration!