Territorial Bloggings

I’ve been meme-tagged by Ste. Em (aka The Girl Theologian).

So, without further ado, here are the requisite 5 random facts about me, the territorial blogger:

1. I’m a dog person. Boston Terriers, to be precise. I’ve been around the little fur people my entire life, and I can’t imagine not having at least one of them running around. (Cats, by the way, are devil-beasts — I prefer my pet to be someone who loves me unconditionally…)
2. In Spring, 1982 I was the first student to turn in a term paper on computer printout at Mt. Clemens Lutheran H.S. North (in Mrs. Headapohl’s 7th Hour Freshman English class).
3. I’ve been known to enjoy watching Pro Wrestling. And, of course I know it’s fake/scripted. But it’s not like the “reality” TV I also like is all that real itself. Besides, reality is, as some have observed, overrated…
4. I’ve given serious consideration to attending seminary. For myriad reasons, however, I don’t believe that I come anywhere close to measuring up to that task.
5. My son is very, very much like me, but there is one personality trait that he has that is almost exactly the opposite of me, and which I’m extremely jealous of — he happily goes about his business, cheerfully interacting with people without a bit of guile and/or worry about what they might think about him. As far back as I can remember, there’s always been a part of me that has been deathly afraid of what “they” might think, and so I’ve always had that hanging over me. My son, thankfully, doesn’t seem to have that particular baggage. He is truly an amazingly cool, independent, and self-assured little dude — far more so than I was at the same age (or now, for that matter! :grin:).

Now, while I’m grateful that Ste. Em thought to tag me, and whilst I’ve tagged folks in the past, I’m going to do something that TK has done in the past (IIRC), and that’s just leave an open tag sitting here for those of you who’ve read this far, and haven’t yet been tagged by someone.

-ghp