Me-me

The "5 Things Meme" is working its way around the internet, with people writing 5 things about themselves and then passing the baton to 5 others. Yep, exponential growth. I've been really busy with personal life recently but I'd better get this done before there's no-one left to tag! I've already been tagged by three different people (thanks Alexis, David and Todd) so I guess the signs of congestion are already becoming apparent! It's hard for me to write 5 things that you don't know about me, because I know many of my readers listen to the Java Posse, and we frequently talk about our personal lives and our past there. You already know about my Dragon 32, Commodore 128 and Amiga 500 days, as well as my kids and hobbies like paragliding. Anyway, I think the following list should hopefully be new and entertaining: When I was 18, I came to the USA as an exchange student in high school in Kansas. I joined the cross country running team, and the first week of school they had a rally during a football game where the new team was introduced. The coach (who was also a wrestling coach) introduced me to the home crowd as an exchange student from Sweden! (If you're not a regular reader, I'm from Norway). Well, we have this little national tiff between Norway and Sweden, telling "Swedish jokes" the way Americans used to have Polack jokes. So, I promptly took one step forward,...

Date: January, 07 2007
Url: http://blogs.sun.com/tor/entry/me_me

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