8 habits / facts

July 25, 2007

Jason decided to tag me

“list eight habits or facts about yourself, then tag eight more people.”

  1. I walk to work every day. I also usually walk somewhere for lunch as well for probably a total of 2 miles spent walking per day just to get to work, get lunch, and go home (I’m proud of it).
  2. I just got my first apartment/home of my own (no more roomies) this year, I’m 28.
  3. I love eating croutons. Forget the salad, just give me the croutons.
  4. In middle school, during our version of “home room” the teachers let me “tour” around to the other homerooms to perform magic shows. I had a table/carrying case for all my tricks that my dad built, and I actually was pretty good at it. I still have some of my tricks and pull them out at random times for friends.  If you don’t believe this, ask Jeremy, I did a performance for his home room.
  5. I was born in Fredericksburg, but was living in King George (30 mins outside of Fredericksburg) before I was even a year old. I grew up in King George, but briefly went to school in Spotsylvania (where I met Jason). Like Jason, I always just tell people I’m from Fredericksburg.
  6. I’m totally addicted to gadgets. Small list of some of them: MacBook, iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, Nintendo Wii, multiple digital cameras from low to high-end. I bought many of them when they first came out.
  7. I don’t go out enough on the nights/weekends (let’s get a beer sometime Jason!)
  8. I rarely respond to meme’s, but I figured if Jason was doing it, then all the cool kids were doing it, and I didn’t want to feel left out.

I’m going to fail on tagging 8 people, but I will tag a couple and see if they decide to respond:

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Five Great Albums

March 20, 2007

My friend, Jeremy, had a good idea and listed 5 albums that “meant a lot” to him. Not, “these are the best albums ever,” nor, “these are my all time favorites.” Just simply, five great albums, and he asked others to share. I briefly did so in his comments, but thought I’d put a few more moments into it here. So this is my list, based on the same basic criteria and in no particular order and just for fun, how I discovered them:

  • The Killers – Hot Fuss: Pat introduced me to this one, I’ve listened to this for hours and hours.
  • Ben Lee – Awake is the New Sleep: I was evaluating whether I wanted XM Radio or not, listening from their website and Gamble Everything for Love came on, one of the few times I’ve liked one song enough to go buy the whole album. Lucky for me I enjoyed the rest of the album just as much.
  • Pink Floyd – Dark Side of The Moon: Ross, my brother, has definitely influenced my music listening over the years. One weekend I went to visit him while he was in college (I was in high school) and he bought me Dark Side and Pulse (great live Pink Floyd album). Then either that weekend or soon after, me, him, and a friend of his, Scott, listened to the album straight through (only way to do it). I’ve been hooked ever since.
  • Neil Young – Harvest: This is another case of Ross influencing my music taste. He’d told me I would probably like Neil young, so one night I borrowed my step-dad’s CD of Decade. Been enjoying Neil Young ever since.
  • Son Volt – Trace: Jeremy and I used to be in a band with a guy named Nick. Jeremy had heard of Son Volt before but Nick mentioned them one night and let me borrow this CD.

Like I said, I won’t try to argue for these being the best five ever, and I’d probably re-arrange them forever even if I just called it my favorite list. But they are all albums that at some point in my life I’ve spent a great deal of time listening to, and have usually revisited time after time.

Along with Jeremy, I won’t be tagging anyone either, but if you care to share some of yours, I’d love to hear it.

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