6 Things about me May 7, 2008
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So my friend Guise was kind enough to tag me when I wasn’t looking with this meme thing where you have to tell everyone 6 things about yourself. I’d try to explain it but with the wonders of cut and paste I can just cheat. Here are the rules: 1) Link back to the person who tagged you. 2) Post the rules on your blog. 3) Write six things about yourself. 4) Tag six people at the end of your post by posting links to their blog sites. 5) Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their site. 6) And let your tagger know when your entry is up.
So to keep up with rule one, here’s the link to Guise’s page http://www.rogues.1me.net/blog/2008/6-things/ My link isn’t as pretty as the link he did back to Kittymao’s page (the person who tagged him, if you read any of the blog comments on X-E you’d know who these people are. Not that I’m telling you what to do or anything but you should really check it out). And hey look at that I took care of rule two already! Wo0t!
So without further ado, here are my six things:
Thing the first: I am a reality TV junkie.
I know it’s crap TV but it all started with Survivor, damn you Jeff Probst! I was undergoing chemotherapy at the time due to colon cancer (if you have a family history of the Big C kids it’s not too early to get checked, cancer knows no age) and if you’venever had chemo let me tell you it kicks your ass! Puking, nausea and other stomach ailments abound, it’s no fun at all. Survivor was hyped pretty heavily so I gave it a shot. It was so ridiculously cheesy I had to watch and in between bouts of trying to puke my guts out it was something to keep my mind off being sick. Sadly my infatuation with reality TV spiraled out of control from there, Amazing Race, Deadliest Catch…..I just can’t help it. I do have some standards however, I cannot and will not watch the dating shows, The Bachelor, Flavor of Love that crap can rot for all I care.
Thing 2: I beat the Big C
As I mentioned above I am a cancer survivor. I was 29 years old and was waiting for my sister to get out of cancer surgery for the second time when I was strongly urged by our family Dr. to get a colonoscopy just to be safe. Now I don’t know about you but the thought of having a camera shoved up my nether regions didn’t appeal to me but after much discussion and debate with my wife I decided to haveit done. Like I said above, if you have a family history of cancer do yourself a favor and get checked out. No it’s not a pleasant experience but if they catch it early they can treat it without surgery or chemo and believe me when I say that’s not something I would wish on my worse enemy.
Numero 3: I am listed in the credits of a major motion picture.
No seriously I am! No I’m not an actor or anything but when The Lord of the Rings was in production the company that runs the Star Wars and Star Trek fan club also started a LOTR fan club. I’m not sure if it’s still around or not but the deal was if you signed up for a subscription you got your name listed in one, two or all three films depending on how many years you subscribed for. My sister was a supervisor for the call center at the time and got em a one year subscription for my birthday so therefor my names are listed in the credits of Fellowship of the Ring. It’s near the end of the credits but if you look for the Fan club names, you’ll see me there.
#4: My kids are Pigs.
No not real pigs, guinea pigs. I don’t have kids of my own yet but I do have three guinea pigs they’re just as spoiled as real kids and I love them like they were. I got my first one a few years back on a whim, they run a pet line on a local news station here and the featured pet of the day was a guinea pig. My wife was enamoured with them but I wasn’t impressed, to me it was a rat. Anyway to make a long story short, she had a bad day at work and on a whim I picked up our first Guinea at the pet store and surprised her with Aahz. He turned out to be more my pet than her’s but we were both in love with him and lost him too soon to of all things cancer. We eventually got another one and have her still to this date along with two others we “adopted” from a local shelter. They really do make great little pets if your limited on space but want a loving little pet.
Numero Cinco: I am a reading fool
My bedroom looks like a library right now I have so many books stashed around it. I come from a family of readers tough, my Mom and Dad are both big into books. Granted the majority of my books are sci-fi and fantasy but I’m also a history buff. I love reading about World War II, the Civil War, the Titanic and things like that. I also have the obligatory Stephen King books as well as some stuff by Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. If you haven’t read Good Omens do yourself a favor and pick it up, it’s well worth the money and a great read.
Number Six: I love to write
Not that you can tell by my output here but I chalk that to the fact that I’ve had a lot of personal issues going on lately that have demanded my time. My problem with writing is that I am a very insecure writer, I’ll write furiously for hours and think it’s pretty good but then I get self conscious and then delete it and start over only to get frustrated and delete it all again and quit. Maybe one of these days I’ll try posting something up here and see what other people think. Only a handful of people read this anyway and the ones who do are people who’s opinion I truly do value.
So there are my 6 things, if your reading this and haven’t already done this then consider yourself tagged!
Wow, I had no idea you beat the Bit C. Good on ya! One of my best friends is dealing with it now–breast cancer. She’s hanging in there and doing the chemo thing but it doesn’t look that great. The doctors gave her 2 years, but that was over 2 years ago and she’s still hanging in there. She thinks she’s got at least another 2 years, so we’re all hoping for the best.
On a lighter note, I’ve worked quite a bit as a production assistant in movies and I’m in the credits of a few myself. My name isn’t in the credits for The Notebook, but the office I worked for at the time is. I interned at the SC Film Office and helped to secure some of the props that were used in the movies. I had to work with this guy who specialized in vintage construction and building equipment to get all the old saws and construction stuff that’s used in the movie. I was kind of the go-between for that guy and the art department.
Great taste in books you got there. Clive Barker is my favorite author in the whole wide world. Heck, my blog is named after what I think is his best novel ever and my personal favorite novel of all time. And yeah, I agree, Good Omens is a definite recommend to anyone who hasn’t read it yet.
I think I’ll do the “6 Things About Me” deal in a couple of days. I gotta think on it first.
Sorry, that was supposed to be The Big C, not the Bit C. D’oh!
No worries, I didn’t even notice until you pointed it out!
I’ll keep your friend in my thoughts, I know how rough the treatment can be. The biggest thing is don’t gove up, as long as you’ve got the will to fight you can do anything.
Can’t wait to read your 6 Things, it’s a lot tougher than it sounds. I really had to think about what to put into this one.
On the Big C, you have my heartfelt admiration on this. I lost my granddad at 11 and my Dad at 14 to it, both within my birth month…the irony not lost on what my actual star sign is…and my Mum had a recent related health scare too, so I completely feel for anyone who goes through it or knows people going through it. I also second towards DJ D’s friend, and hope for continual positive mojo.
On the books, Good Omens is my ‘at least once a year’ read, because I always find a bit that I forgot or that seems like I’ve never read before. Pratchett is such a great writer, the Discworld series is just a compulsive read at times.
I miss The Mole, Combat Missions and Murder Game (UK version of Murder in Small Town X).
Fuck yeah, Good Omens! I met Gaiman twice, and lemme tell you, he is really, really awesome (I got Coreline and his bio on Douglas Adams signed, both books I heartifly recommend). He also read something from M is for Magic at a signing awhile back, and I was just enthralled.
I’m a Dean Koontz fan, but not so much of his earliest work, nor his latest stuff. The Christopher Snow books were great.
I send a warm hug to you and your family. My grandmother was diagnosed w/ breast, then lung, cancer several years ago, and recently a great aunt and 2 other family members were hit with it (within the last year or so). Yes, I get checked. I can imagine chemo being straining, but really its the strength of will that gets people through it. It can be beat, you just can’t let it beat you.
I agree with you Dio, Koontz is good but some of his newer stuff is kind of meh.
And thanks for the hug and well wishes. I’m glad you take it upon yourself to get checked, surgery is no fun and yeah chemo just sucks. Your right though, as long as you have the will to fight you can do anything.
Yeah, I was a big Dean Koontz reader when I was in middle school and to some extent high school, and I agree his older stuff was much better. Phantasms and Whispers were just solid books all around, but I’ve read some more recent stuff that I didn’t care for at all. I would like to check out his Frankenstein books though. Those look pretty good, and have just been adapted into comic book form. I think the first issue’s coming out this summer.
Oh, and Dan, is that Omega Supreme on your avatar? If so, good job! I’ve still got my original Omega Supreme, in near perfect condition in the original box. I’ve seen them selling on E-Bay for around $300 before, and that’s in not-perfect condition without all the parts, and no box, so I’d bet I could get a pretty penny for it if I ever wanted to part with it. I don’t see that happening though.
Didn’t they actually make a movie out of one of the Frankenstein books recently? I thought I saw it advertised but didn’t actually tune in to watch it.
And yes it is indeed Omega Supreme as my avatar. I still have the one I wrote about, he’s a little dinged up but still works. I have to admit I’m jealous of the fact that you have one in the box. I don’t see myself selling mine either though, he means too much to me.