There have been numerous people doing the More Homework
Meme and a few folks have tagged me. However, I am complying with the homework
that my Twitter Best Friend For Life, Lyn Hilt, assigned me, as she was the
first to tag me. I think it is a great way to get to know our fellow
bloggers/tweeters, so here it goes.
For starters, here are 11 random facts about me many
people may not know.
1.
I was a collegiate triple jumper at North Central College and
won 3 indoor and 2 outdoor conference titles in that event as well as finished
9th in the country as a junior.
2.
When in high school, I worked on a dairy farm
where I milked cows twice daily as well as other odd jobs on the farm.
3.
When I was 10 years old, my younger brother and
I ran away from home. We returned about an hour later.
4.
I am constantly terrified about parenting my two boys.
5.
For the past 708 days (and counting) I have not
missed a single day of running.
6.
When in college it would not be uncommon for me to sit and play video games for 5-7 hours at a time.
7.
I was a sports reporter for my small local paper
when I was in high school. I wrote under a pen name because I was playing in
some of the events that I covered. The coaches always found it interesting that
the reporter was aware of half time speeches and such because they didn’t know
it was me.
8.
I hate berries…all of them.
9.
I am an Eagle Scout.
10.
I have never watched a single episode of Lost
but have seen every episode of Seinfeld more times than I can count.
11.
When I was young (don’t quite recall the age) I
flunked swim lessons and to this day am petrified of being in deep water.
Here are Lyn’s questions and my attempts to answer them
the best I could.
1.
Do you have a middle name? If so, what is it?
Anything special about it?
My middle name is Daniel and it is a family tradition as
my father’s name is Daniel. My oldest son’s middle name is Joshua.
2. What color are
your eyes?
Funny you should ask that. J
I actually have one blue and one green eye. It is always a fun conversation
starter.
3. Where would you go in a time travel machine? Would you
stay?
As a history teacher, I am not sure I can really just
pick one time period to visit. If I had to pick one, I would say that being in
Egypt as the Great Pyramids were being built would be pretty amazing. It would
be so valuable to see how the aliens really came down and built those for the
Egyptians. Yet, I would not want to stick around.
4. Who is the person you most trust in the world?
Without a doubt the person I trust the most in the world
would be my wife Christie.
5. What high school activities did you participate in?
In high school I played basketball all four years and
baseball for one. For clubs, I worked with student council and yearbook. Hard
to believe but I also had some minor roles in our school productions of Guys
and Dolls as well as Grease. No, there are no known videos of those floating
around.
6. If Twitter ceased to exist tomorrow, what would you
most miss about it?
I would miss the people and the conversations I have at
any given time. I greatly value the people I have met and the relationships I
have formed. That and I would miss knowing when Dean is taking a nap.
7. Seriously, what do you think of the Miley Cyrus song,
Wrecking Ball?
Not a fan but as soon as Steve Anderson does it for
karaoke I will probably like it.
8. Do you cook or bake? What is your specialty?
I will occasionally cook and make a mean Chicken
Parmesan.
9. What is the first concert you ever went to? (Excluding
school concerts)
In all seriousness, I am not sure if I should really
admit out loud the answer to this question. When I was a young adolescent, I
was a big fan of the New Kids on the Block. Yes, you read that correctly. One
year for Christmas, Santa brought me and my older brother tickets to go see
their concert and I am man enough to admit I had a blast, sang along while
wearing my NKOTB concert shirt and may still have a button from those boy band
years.
10. Have you ever been “starstruck?” Explain.
This was a tough question as I have been fortunate to
meet some pretty amazing people in the past few years. I was surely starstruck
when I was fortunate to meet some Chicago Cubs players as I threw out a first pitch at Wrigley Field. However, I would have to admit I was more starstruck
when I met President Barrack Obama in the White House last year. It was a bit
overwhelming and a moment I will never forget.
11. How far away
from your birthplace do you live now?
I currently live about ten minutes away from the hospital
where I was born.
Next Up:
Here are your questions:
1.
What was your favorite children’s book as a
child or favorite to read as a parent?
2.
If you had won that insane lottery jackpot, what
is the first thing you would buy?
3.
Can you touch your tongue to your nose?
4.
If I were to meet you up at a bar, what drink
would I buy for you?
5.
When was the last time you laughed so hard it
hurt, and what was it that made that happen?
6.
What is that one movie that shows up on TV that
even though you have seen it a hundred times you still leave it on and watch?
7.
If you could sit down and interview one person,
living or dead, who would it be?
8.
Paper or plastic?
9.
What is something you have always wanted to do
but continue to procrastinate and make excuses as to why you have not done it
yet?
10.
Have you been able to unlock the code and figure out what a fox says?
11.
If you could pack it all up today and move,
where would you land?
Here’s how it works:
- Acknowledge the nominating blogger.
- Share 11 random facts about yourself.
- Answer the 11 questions the nominating blogger has created for you.
- List 11 bloggers.
- Post 11 questions for the bloggers you nominate to answer, and let all the bloggers know they have been nominated. Don’t nominate a blogger who has nominated you.
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