I'm it ...

Over the last few months, I've been watching the "five things" meme, mainly from a distance. Over the last 2 - 3 weeks, though, it has shown up regularly on blogs in my blogroll, so I was wondering if it might happen to me ... thanks to JP, it has.

One of the problems with being a Z-lister is that by the time this tagging meme gets to you, it's harder to tag someone else who hasn't been "got" yet - the five things is probably the easy bit - the next five will be tougher!

It's also interesting that a number of people playing the game have done so hesitantly, likening the meme to a chain letter (which would be summarily dispatched to a waste bin). I'm a little uncertain myself, but given that no-one is threatening me with  plague, pestilence or tonnes of manure on the front lawn, I'll play.

Five things you might not know about me:

1.
I wore these boots under my wedding suit - my mother-in-law suggested that "you can't get married in THOSE!", which virtually guaranteed that I would.

2. The only horror movie to give me nightmares is the 1956 version of "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers"

3. I read virtually all of Georgette Heyer's Regency romances when I was a kid

4. I dropped out of high school at fifteen, had 13 gap years, than spent the next 14.5 years in part-time study, ending up with a technical certificate in IT, a marketing degree and a graduate diploma in applied finance - I guess I wasn't interested as a teenager! In my defence, at that time in Australia, people were offering jobs on the street - earning money seemed more attractive than doing law (yes I realise that MAY have been a little short-sighted!).

5. I've been listening to music since I was three - I remember hearing when Elvis went into the Army (at which point he ceased to be the King of Rock'n'Roll) on an old bakelite valve radio ... and I still love finding new music.


And just 'cause I can, I'm tagging some locals: Tim, Ben & Trevor; project management guru Glen, and the always interesting Steph (I'll have to re-learn French to read the rest of her blog!).


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