Another 8 things...
David Lowery "tagged" me with this 8 things thing. It seems a little silly to do this, but I did enjoy David and Matt Dentler's contributions. So here's mine:
Rules:
1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged write their own blog post about their eight things and include these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged and that they should read your blog.
1. I started taking flying lessons starting when I was 14 and received my pilot's license when I was 18.
2. I have what is sometimes called a Simian Crease on my hand. It's a line that goes all the way across your palm (instead of two lines that divert at the center). According to Wikipedia such a crease appears in approximately 3% of the world population. It usually shows up in people with Down Syndrome. I do not have Down Syndrome.
3. In sixth grade I stupidly let my haircutter give me a perm, but just on the front part of my hair. The perm formed a set of curls that supposedly would help me shape my hair into a classic part-down-the-middle, wings-on-the-side look that was so popular in '86. It did no such thing. I looked ridiculous and was justifiably skewered at school the next day. And the next day after that. And for a while after as well because...well... it was a permanent.
4. My great great grandmother started a restaurant called El Chico that went on to become a national chain.
5. I might be related to General Robert E. Lee.
6. I went to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1987. The movie had come out the previous year. Alan Shepherd, the first American in space, pulled some strings to get me in because there was a super long waiting list.
7. My birthday is on Earth Day.
8. I started a novel when I was 14 called Bullet Train Pursuit. I think I wrote ten pages before starting my next project: gluing a fly to a small balsa wood glider.
I don't think I should tag anyone. I choose to be a cul-du-sac for this meme.
