I never do memes. I don’t know how to pronounce the word or how to explain it in non-technical metaphors. Unless, of course, a meme is like playing idea tag, where you have to answer a question before you can tag someone else. Or it’s like an ice breaker at a party (which I don’t like).
That said, both jenhames and chris brogan tagged me and so I will write. My version, however is to make five lists of five things.
5 things I was doing 10 years ago:
- going to soccer games for an 11-year-old son who still wanted to be a professional soccer player. (Now he is a writer. About sports).
- learning how to be 40. (never figured it out. Gave up after 10 years.)
- dealing with a daughter in second grade. (actually, she was dealing with second grade. She spent the next 6 years dealing with school. And then she got to high school and figured it all out.)
- helping figure out how to keep college students in college. (I gave up.)
- having no clue that I would be a pastor now. (Nope. No idea at all.)
5 snacks I like:
- orange slice candy
- honeycrisp apples
- corn dogs
- peanuts
- coffee (Hey. It’s a snack. and a food group.)
5 places I’ve lived
- New Hope, MN (went to the same elementary school as Rick Mahn).
- Carol Stream, IL
- Austin, TX (1982-85, UT-Austin)
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Goshen, IN
5 jobs I’ve had
- hauling the garbage at a camp (camp closed)
- operating an IBM 370/125 mainframe computer (1974-1980) (Yep. I was in IT before it was called IT) (organization closed)
- production helper for marketing department at company that made gravity-flow racks for coolers in convenience stores. (Company closed)
- college professor (College was acquired. Now it’s closing)
- late-night program host at college radio station (students don’t run it anymore)
5 updates on posts I’ve written
- Hope got her license and is now driving.
- I finished the deck.
- I finished the bondo-ing the car. Rust hasn’t showed up yet.
- I haven’t lost any weight
- I’m still not good at managing my time (but I’ve talk a lot with Chris since this post.
Okay. Time to pass on the tag: Paul Merrill? Five pictures. Rick Mahn? Five happiness reasons. Rob Hatch? Five of anything. Amy? Five family stories. Jim Hughes? Five things about visiting people in the hospital for non-hospital people.
Thank you for playing.
