Kintropy In Action

Terry over at Counting Sheep tagged Janette and I for 7 random things about us.  So here are mine (and check out Terry's blog if you haven't already - very cool):

1. I have four Lasertron (lazertag venue in Beaverton, OR) sitting to the left of my keyboard.  Gabriel and I played two games over the weekend.  Despite being on the same team, we both managed to tag each other at least once during our last game.  So much for accuracy.
2. When I write by hand, I prefer pencil to pen.  When I write by hand, my hand also cramps terribly.  Did we really use to do this all the time?
3. My best Chanukah present received was the holiday where my parents bought us office supplies.  No joke.  We opened gifts and had reams of paper, pens, and our own manual typewriter.  Very inspiring and off beat.
4. I am not sure what the best gift I ever gave was, though.  I so try to delegate the whole picking-out-the-gift thing to Janette.  But if you are family or friends reading this, my favorite gift was the [insert here] I gave to you.  It really meant something to me.  I hope you liked [insert here] and still [play with it, listen to it, use it] reguarly.
   
5. Head trauma runs paternally through my family.  My grandpa was shot in the head (survived).  I had brain surgery following a car accident (survived, too).  Gabriel fractured his skull at nine-months (healed up fine).  My dad, somehow, got skipped.  And that's okay.  Hannah still beats us all, hands-down.  She's quite competitive.
   
6. I have over 2,000 vinyl albums and 12" records from the late 70s to mid 80s.  Came in handy when I was a wedding DJ.  Even got to play Rain Tree Crow's "Blackwater" once.
   
7. I used to write "poetry."  Must put in quotes because it was really, really awful stuff.  Several friends will confirm.  Should you find some, burn it.  The fire will feel dirty and used, but will get over it.

As far as tagging seven people, should you like to write seven random things, how about Jodi, Jacqui (if/when you have time - hope Sumo is doing better), Coma Girl, Kailani, Steph (one who can definitively tell you how awful my poetry was), and, ah, anyone else that wants to voluntarily submit to this challenge ;-). 

And if you've recently done a random list and I've retagged you, many apologies.  Still catching up on my reading.

-- Dad