tagged!

i haven't done one of these in a while, but bry has tagged me so here goes...

1. All right, here are the rules.
2. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
3. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
4. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
5. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

(um, eight people? i lost all of my readership when i went on major blog hiatus, so i'm not sure i have eight people to tag...)

random fact no. 1: i am a frog person. most people are dog people or cat people, right? well, i'm a frog person. i have a lovely pet frog named wade (and formerly had pet frogs named picasso and van gogh, both of whom are, sadly, no longer with me). i also have a collection of frog paraphernalia, since my friends all know i like frogs. (i am, for the record, also a dog person, and i don't mind cats too much either.)

random fact no. 2: i'm about to become an aunt for the first time! my kid brother and his wife are expecting in october. i'm also going to be a pseudo-auntie soon, since bry's wife is due tuesday, july 17! exciting times.

random fact no. 3: if you know anything about me, you know that i'm a sportsaholic. i spend a lot of time watching games, at games, and playing games. i play on two soccer teams myself, i'm an active booster of my alma mater, and i'm a big fan of my pro teams-- the a's, 49ers, and sharks (and formerly the earthquakes, who will hopefully be reborn soon). this year i also added the sj giants and the connecticut defenders.

random fact no. 4: my job is cool! through my job, i have helped a former undersecretary of the UN, the father of conservation biology, a well-known earthquake geophysicist, and brilliant pediatric oncologist secure research funding. (they do all of the science, of course.)

random fact no. 5: my family has such a history of knee problems, we think they're genetic. in my immediate family, we have four acl reconstructions and various other arthroscopy (yes, one of the acls is mine).

random fact no. 6: despite the knee thing, i come from a family of athletes. we have an olympic swimmer, two world-class runners (including my grandfather, who held the world record in the 10,000- and 20,000-meter runs in 1941) and currently a minor league baseball player. my dad was also on track to be a high-level soccer player, if not for that knee thing...

random fact no. 7: i have a planet named after me. okay, okay-- it's not a real planet, it's a planet in the star wars universe-- but i even have my own wikipedia entry! the capital city of the planet is also named after me (my last name), and one of the four ruling families on the planet is named after me as well (my last name, minus the last letter). someone at lucasfilm likes me-- or used to, at least. i haven't heard from him in a while. (someone also told me that my planet got blown up in one of the more recent books, but i can't find any confirmation of that online.)

random fact no. 8: i have to admit it: i'm a spandy-in-training. i still wear running shorts over them, but i'm getting out on my bike more and more. someday soon i hope to look into training for a century ride. we'll see.

tagging:

liz
anne
judy j.
judy n.
big daddy d, who i know won't touch this with a ten-foot pole unless i tell him it's a writing assignment :)