It’s been quite a while since I’ve been tagged in a meme; apparently, though, Pauline over at Perennial Student tagged me a couple weeks ago, and I missed it. (I’ll admit, I tend to be a bit erratic in my reading.) This one’s pretty simple: name six unspectacular things about yourself. This offers me a wide, wide field . . .
- I’m physically utterly unspectacular—moderate height, thinning medium-brown hair, glasses. (At least my beard is reddish.)
- I sing baritone in our church choir; I do not sing solos.
- I love baseball, but my best position is bench jockey. As a hitter, I used to be pretty good at getting on base, but in the field I’m strictly a utility player—I can make errors at all nine positions.
- I love Chinese food—the real thing, not the Americanized stuff (though some of that can be pretty good, too). In fact, I’m very fond of every Asian cuisine I’ve tried (Thai, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Malay, Indonesian, Indian, Lebanese). That’s one of the things I really miss about living in Vancouver, BC: all the authentic ethnic food.
- I’m a diehard Seattle sports fan. So far this year, the Mariners have lost 100+ games, the Sonics have been stolen by an Oklahoma robber baron, the Seahawks are 1-3, and the Husky football team is 0-5 on the season (and 0 for their last 7). I’ve pretty much stopped reading the sports pages.
- Having grown up mostly in the Pacific Northwest, I’m a complete weather wimp, especially when it comes to heat and humidity. I can deal with the winters here in Indiana, but summer’s no fun.
For this one, you’re supposed to tag six people, but a) it’s late, and b) I never have good luck with my tags, so I’ll just throw it open: if you want to respond, consider yourself tagged.
Hi Rob,
I did wonder how people would know they were tagged, but the blogger who tagged me didn’t leave me a note about it. I actually found it because my wordpress “dashboard” shows me whenever someone has linked to my blog in any way, which his tag did. But I didn’t know if blogspot did the same thing. Anyway, I figured, no hurry.
I don’t know how authentic the Chinese food is that I’ve had, but I actually got to like it while living in Spain, because a lot of Chinese had moved there from Hong Kong (before it reverted to mainland Chinese control), and opened restaurants there in Madrid. I loved the sweet and sour pork or chicken, which were much better than the stuff that goes by that name here – none of that thick overly sweet red sauce, though I can’t remember exactly what it was like.
It’s not the only way of letting someone know, but it’s the simplest and most direct. Anyway, I got there in the end. 🙂
From the sound of what you’re saying about your time in Spain, it sounds like what you had was, at the very least, a lot closer to typical Chinese food than what most Americans are used to. We actually have a couple cookbooks so that we can make the real stuff at home–when we can get the ingredients, anyway. (I’ve heard there are some great Asian markets in Fort Wayne, but I haven’t had the chance to get over there yet to see for myself.)