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The lovely Linda L Richards tagged me, so I’m interrupting my in comments debate with Stephen Blackmoore about Man On Fire to reveal 16 random things about me.
1. I was born in a hospital. That might not sound like much of an accomplishment, but my mom says I almost wasn’t because the labor was so short.
2. I was born just before midnight. Which may or may not explain why I was a nighthawk as a child.
3. I used to want to be shorter, but I’ve decided taller is better. You’ve got more leeway with your caloric intake.
4. The smell of coffee in the morning makes me nauseous.
5. I’m willing to consider castration as a suitable punishment for people who sexually abuse children.
6. I’ve never seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
7. I’m a multiple Science Fair Award-Winner.
8. The smell of cigarette smoke gives me migraines, so you can imagine how happy I wasn’t when the people in my apartment building in New Westminster were smoking marijuana.
9. I’m anal about child safety, which in part comes from supervising a summer camp program with 60 kids in it. I don’t believe in corporal punishment with kids but I could understand smacking people who don’t put kids in car seats, in the back seat or drop them in a pool by themselves without a life jacket when they don’t know how to swim, etc. etc. Don’t get me started.
Have I mentioned I’m anal about child safety?
10. I hated group work as a kid. Other kids always wanted to be in my group because they knew I’d do the work before I’d let their laziness and stupidity drag my mark down.
11. I’ve traveled to 25 different countries/principalities/territories. I’ve also been to 7 provinces and 2 territories in Canada, and I’ve been to 18 states and DC.
12. Around the holidays, I get misty-eyed when I see Canadian Tire commercials. I’m really a sentimental schmuck and cry easily at dogs and cats and cute kids and all that stuff.
13. I graduated college with an average of 97%. My highest marks were a three-way tie of 99% for the classes I took in teaching mathematics and working with special needs students. My lowest mark was 94% in behavioral psychology.
14. I also have a diploma in creative writing.
15. Craig Nolan drives a Red Isuzu Rodeo because that’s the vehicle I had.
16. The character Tain is named for Enabrain Tain, a minor Cardassian character in Star Trek Deep Space 9. Enabrain Tain carried a deep guilt for failing his illegitimate son, Garrick, and in his own way has to come to terms with that and either find a measure of redemption… or not.
Is this where I confess to being a huge DS9 fan, and royally choked at the cancellation of Enterprise, which was on track to quite possibly be the best Star Trek series ever?
Maybe while I’m at it I should profess my love for Cold Squad. If the people who did that show wanted to make a series with my characters I’d be thrilled.
Tag 16 people? Well, I’m tagging Linda L Richards. Who else? Stephen Blackmoore, Grant McKenzie, Andrea Koerner, Patrick Shawn Bagley, Chris Holm, Daniel Hatadi, Deslily, James Oswald, Kerrie, Russel D. McLean, Steve Mosby, Steve Allan, The Bearded Wonderboy (aka Stuart MacBride), Vincent, and Tom Piccirilli.
If you don’t have a blog, you can use the comment trail to post your random facts.
January 5th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Okay. Mine is up.
January 6th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Thanks for giving me yet another excuse to avoid the real work, Sandra.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:54 am
[...] got tagged by Sandra. The idea is to reveal 16 random facts about yourself, and then pass it on to 16 other people. [...]
January 8th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Well I’ll give it a shot, just a matter of baby girl cooperating.
January 15th, 2009 at 1:10 am
I just did it. Feels like such an achievement.
February 8th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Better late than never, right? Mine’s up now.