Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Tim Bray tagged me today for the "five things not widely known about me" meme. I thanked him, in his comments — hey, it's always nice when the boys ask you to play — but declined, saying that the whole Internet already knows the most interesting things about me.
They also know lots of mundane things about me, too.
Then I thought about it some more, and decided that what I'd do is this: I'll tell you five things you already knew about me, and add one thing you didn't know. Here goes:
1. You knew: The man in my life is named Jack. You didn't know: I've never been inside his San Francisco apartment.
2. You knew: I'm a pretty good karaoke singer. You didn't know: I run screaming from the room whenever anyone sings Journey.
3. You knew: I love my Daddy. You didn't know: I hate his step-children.
4. You knew: I used to work for an Internet search engine company. You didn't know: I invented paid search results two years before Google was born, and was fired for it.
5. You knew: I am a university professor in California. You didn't know: I'd rather be a high school teacher in Toronto.
They also know lots of mundane things about me, too.
Then I thought about it some more, and decided that what I'd do is this: I'll tell you five things you already knew about me, and add one thing you didn't know. Here goes:
1. You knew: The man in my life is named Jack. You didn't know: I've never been inside his San Francisco apartment.
2. You knew: I'm a pretty good karaoke singer. You didn't know: I run screaming from the room whenever anyone sings Journey.
3. You knew: I love my Daddy. You didn't know: I hate his step-children.
4. You knew: I used to work for an Internet search engine company. You didn't know: I invented paid search results two years before Google was born, and was fired for it.
5. You knew: I am a university professor in California. You didn't know: I'd rather be a high school teacher in Toronto.
13 Comments:
I knew 3 out of the 5
But you are one of only a handful of people on the planet who know the secret of the Great Library Caper of Beamsville District Secondary School.
Ya.....sorry,.... 4 out of 6
THAT made me laugh!!!!!
I don't know any of those, but I'm sure I'm not the only person who's not surprised by the last item.
Karaoke frightens me... but I can't carry a tune in a bucket. You do know that Journey started out there in San Francisco...
Obviously, the dot com you used to work for is one of the less than successful ones... if they had patented paid search results... think of how well they'd be doing.
Those were quite interesting.
Thanks!
Those are all new to me. But, I don't know you at all, really. Followed a link from ongoing.net.
Btw, what exactly is wrong with Journey? I can only dream of having the right register to sing Journey songs, though I think I do a decent “Stone In Love.”
My three faves: “Paranoid/War Pigs Live,” “Blue Eyes Cryin’ In The Rain,” and “Take On Me.” How’s that for a karaoke triumvirate?
Chris, I could go on for hours about what's wrong with Journey, but in the interests of brevity I'll ask you to recall your second grade teacher, writing on the blackboard the day after she'd gotten a manicure.
I would love to hear you karaoke "Take On Me," though.
You knew: people would stumble on this randomly, like drunken peacocks at a fancy-dress prison. You didn't know: all the sarcasm would be wasted on a pointless exercise in copying already pointless 'sass'.
"MERRY XMAS" (ironic detachment, imagine a smiley, fade-to-black).
Why haven't you been to Jack's apartment? Is that your choice or his?
Dear News: I have no email address for you, so I can only reply here, but actually I didn't know people (like you, I assume) would stumble randomly upon my blog. I'm awfully glad you did, though, because I just love that image, "like drunken peacocks at a fancy-dress prison."
Hey, you know, some day love will find you... break those chains that bind you. One night will remind you how we touched and went our separate ways.
I'll tell you what: if he ever hurts you... well, true love won't desert you. You know I still love you, even though we touched and went our separate ways.
Chris: You light up my life! You give me hope, to carry on.
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