I had to look up the word "meme", by the way. I had never heard of it. Now I'll be able to use it when I'm in the middle of a game of Scrabulous on Facebook, and I'm stuck with only m's and e's. Yes, I'm on Facebook. I actually have a couple of friends there, too, which is nice.
1. My initial feeling on this was, "I'll never be able to think of seven things that I think are unique enough about me to even bother mentioning." ...but, okay. I'll play your game...and now I only have to think of six.
2. I've collected baseball caps for as long as I can remember. I only wear a baseball cap occasionally, making it easily the biggest waste of money and just a stupid quirk...They're everywhere, and my wife is annoyed by it, but she accepts it. I have about 300 of them. I know, I know. Don't worry, my wife has already said it, whatever it is you're saying.
3. I miss playing hockey. I miss being a goaltender - especially now that I feel I could play closer to my former potential, since having my hip replaced. Most people won't ask me to play anymore because they think I'm going to break because of the hip replacement, and maybe they don't want any fingers pointed at them, yet I feel better than I've felt in about ten - maybe even fifteen years, and the irony is I played through pain all that time. If I were to give any advice, it would be to not play through pain unless someone is paying you rather well to do so. It's why I ended up needing a hip replacement at 50. Did I mention how great I feel now?
4. I am head over heels in love with my children. But you knew that.
5. I am occasionally hit by a wave of regret relating to career. I feel like a failure because I am not pursuing my original passion, playing music for a living, and that gets driven home every once in while by the fact that my current career has me playing other people's music instead of my own.
6. I'm very sarcastic. Ridiculously so - but almost always meant in a joking, fun way. Unfortunately, I feel that my sarcasm is misinterpreted and misunderstood by someone at least once a day.
7. My mother's middle name was Raith. I have never known another person with the name, and I absolutely love it. I find it haunting and beautiful all at once.
I'm not going to tag anyone else (sorry) but I've enjoyed reading everyone else's.
...an' dat's me meme, b'y.
