I was tagged in the “Beautiful Blogger Award” meme by Jillian, over at Finishing is Winning recently. Part of the game is to post 7 random facts about yourself in a post on your site.
- I am slightly obsessed with the idea of barefoot running. I really want to try a pair of Vibram Five Fingers, but I don’t want to buy them for myself! [Side note: check out this video of a Time magazine reporter giving the barefoot running stuff a test.]
- I am thoroughly grossed out by handling raw meat, especially chicken. I do it because I’m a good spouse and my hubby is definitely a carnivore. Otherwise, I would probably be vegetarian.
- I have an inner-desire to be a bad-ass roller derby chick, but I don’t know that I could actually pull that off.
- I am not a risk taker nor do I ever do anything spontaneously. In most cases, I’ve probably over-analyzed every angle of a situation before doing something.
- I wish I knew how to dance. The “I’m performing in a musical” type of dancing, not “hanging in da club” type of dancing.
- I love music. Most kinds of music, but I’m not into country much. Mainly alternative rock and indie-alternative rock. I was a DJ on my college’s alternative rock radio station back in the day, which was fun.
- I wish my house was a little more styled, but I do not really enjoy decorating. It has taken me a long time to feel comfortable admitting this because I always felt like I was just supposed to know how to decorate a home simply because I’m a girl. But I don’t, and that’s okay.
The other step is to tag 7 other people to pass along this award/meme:
Alissa at A Runner’s Balancing Act
Terri at Middle-of-the-Pack Girl
Lisa at Discovering the Meaning of Stonehenge
Penny at Planet Ynnep Running
AKA Alice at HefferBlog
Irish at Do It
Doug at iRunnerBuzz
Thanks Jillian, for tagging me and giving me the opportunity to think a little about myself and come up with some random facts about myself.
Similar things like this are always floating around the blogosphere. In fact, in 2008 Terri tagged me with a similar meme… so read my 6 random things from that time! It was kind of fun for me to glance back and see what “random” personal trivia I felt like sharing at that time!
Jill Will Run 
OMG, have we been reading each other’s blogs for that long now? Wow! I totally agree with #3 and #7 above – that must be why we get along! Oh, and I totally can’t dance – either one – in the club or “real dancing.” It’s pathetic.
I’ve GOT to go back now and see what I must have posted – I’m sure if I tagged you, I was tagged too!
Here’s your “random things” post from 08 Terri! http://tgorourke.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/thunder-and-lightning-please-go-away/
It cracks me up how many things we always seem to have in common. We just share a brain on different sides of the country!
I am so with you on #2!!! I wear gloves!
As for number 3, I used to roller skate for years… and also have this inner dream. I even have a name for myself. Perhaps I will save that for a future random meme.
A derby name picked out huh? Sweet! I suppose “Jill Will Roll” probably wouldn’t be bad-ass enough.
It’s funny, lately I’ve been seeing a lot of (well, it’s all relative, I guess I should say only 3-5) runners wearing Vibram five fingers. They just look…odd to me. I even saw someone wearing a pair on the subway. Call me conventional, but I just feel like I need more than a thin layer of something between my foot and the floor in situations like that!
Thanks for sharing all that 🙂
I don’t think I’d wander around in public places wearing them and I also have the feeling that I need more protection… thus part of the reason I’m hesitant to spend money on them!
There was a story in our local news paper yesterday about barefoot running and I was totally intrigued. I haven’t heard much about it. I’d like to try it but I’m worried I’d step on a sharp object!
I’m totally with you on #7. You’d think as a graphic designer some of those skills should carry into interior design, but nope! I think I’m just too cheap to spend my money on expensive crap that just sits on a shelf to decorate! Ha!
Thanks for the tag!
I think sometimes design skills just don’t transfer across mediums! I have a co-worker who is a brilliant print designer, but if he has to do any digital media (where he doesn’t have absolute control on the paper, display, user settings, etc.) he can’t handle it.
#1…I am totally with you on this. Wish I could wear those things.
#3…That cracks me up. I actually used to roller skate all the time in my younger days. In fact I was even competing down in So Cali in speed skating competitions back in high school. Of course I hung around the roller derby chicks too. Kind of went with the territory.
#4…No! Really?! lol.
I am soooooo giving you a derby name now.
Ever since reading that book, I have thought about the barefoot running too, but I’m too chicken to go bare and too cheap to try the Vibrams.
And I am right there with you on #7. I see other houses, get ideas and then can never translate those ideas to my house. I need to get a handle on all my clutter first!
Thanks for the tag! I am going to go find my 6 random things post too! It will be fun to check out (after I re-read yours and Terri’s)
i am totally with you on so many of these! 🙂 raw meat – blech! i am a risk-scaredy-cat too, though i do like to do *some* (small) things spontaneously. and dancing!! i wish i could do that period – car dance, club dance, musical dance… ohhh and house decorating, you already know where i am on that one. haha. very fun jill!
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