Six Random Things About Me

Precie tagged me with this "six random things" meme. (Meme, by the way, is a word I find overused by bloggers. I'm not even sure they're using it correctly. Be that as it may, I am flattered that anyone would take the time to do such a thing to me.)

The rules:
a. Link to the person who tagged you.
b. Post the rules on your blog.
c. Write six random things about yourself.
d. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
e. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment at their blog.
f. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

So, here are my six random things:

1. Back in high school, I lettered in four different field sports. I was among the tops on our track team in long jump, triple, jump, pole vault, and javelin. All this despite being among the shorter kids in my class.

2. My favorite candy is sour patch kids, though anything sweet, sour, and chewy will do. I also love the regular old jelly beans and spice drops. yum.

3. I have never broken a bone. My eight-year-old has already broken his arm and been to the ER for three different things. The worst I've done is slice my finger on a sharp knife, requiring three stitches, while washing dishes once.

4. I appeared on television in 1997 demonstrating the revolutionary Nokia 9000 smart phone, the first phone that incorporated a PDA and a cell phone in one brick (I mean, unit). While working as a consultant for Nokia, I was invited to Finland to meet the team. One of them invited me to "the lake" to meet his family, where I had the pleasure of a genuine Finnish sauna and a corresponding naked swim in the lake.

5. In college, I was a reporter, anchor, engineer, and producer for KALX radio news. One morning no one else showed up, and I did the entire show myself, including running out to People's Park to do an interview with a homeless guy about some sort of controversy, and then using that story and the sound from the interview in the morning newscast.

6. I came >this< close to switching my major from Electrical Engineering to English in my junior year of college. I didn't, but I still got to take a creative writing class from Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. No idea if he'd be proud of my Unlucky 26 or not. I suspect not.

Now, the people I'll be tagging:
maria
ch@ndy
j@na
JaneyV
tumblewords
sarah

I will be notifying these unlucky winners in short order.