The latest meme making the rounds is Blog Tag. Once tagged, you are supposed reveal five tidbits about yourself - especially those unrelated to your blog persona - and then tag five others. After a double-tag by Oliver Starr and Derek Scruggs, I'm it. Here are five lesser-known snippets about me, and a photo that I'll undoubtedly regret sharing later:
- I was an All-Ivy college cheerleader. At Columbia, being a cheerleader was not popular, which of course is one reason it was worth doing. Bonus info for trivia hounds: I was cheering during The Streak, and was not only at the football game that put Columbia in the record books in 1987 with 35 consecutive losses, but also at the game that broke The Streak in 1988 (Columbia-Princeton, 16-13) after 44 consecutive losses. Deep in the CBS Early Show archives, there is some very cheesy footage of 17-year-old Christine cheering and being interviewed.
- Automatic car washes make me laugh uncontrollably. I still remember the first time I went through one, since it was only ten years ago: First, there was a short giggle as the Hand of the Car Wash God took over our forward motion. As soon as the giant rubber noodles started undulating and smacking the car around, I lost it. And what about those giant soapy rollers and whirligigs? The hair dryer tornado? Who wouldn't laugh?
- I don't drink coffee or beer. Double yuck.
- One of my first hires when I started Mercury2 was my mother, Josie Herron - otherwise known as "M" on the team. Mom is a genius at both data architectures and requirements development. Since we were building complex database applications, and I knew she'd work tirelessly for me, Wheat Thins, and Diet Pepsi, moving her out was a no-brainer. "M" was our naming compromise - I didn't want to call her Mom at work, she refused to have me call her Josie, and frankly, the James Bond reference is a good fit for her.
- I learned to read when I was two years old (ask Mom), and so I think of books as friends. All of my books are alphabetized by author, then title. Except in the case of trilogies and such, which are organized chronologically within the set. Reference books shelved separately.
Now, the fun part where I get to tag: Rob Hayes, David Hornik, Kaliya Hamlin, Dave McClure, and Charlie Crystle. (I also wanted to tag Lisa Stone and Ross Mayfield, but they've already been hit.)
