Some Guy just tagged me!

Chris over at Some Guys Blog tagged me with this:

TO DO: List 5 things you do, did or like that some may consider “totally lame,” but that you are totally proud of. Tag 5 others:

Well Chris, "totally proud of" probably isn't the first descriptive phrase I can think of, but "totally lame" works quite well! So away we go...

1. First thing that comes to mind is my taste in music. I like some pretty off the wall stuff, such as Acapella groups, big choral groups, Big Band jazz, and grew up on folk tunes when the rest of my buddies were rocking out. It always kind of set me apart from the rest of the crowd.

2. Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, hunting was a part of life there. I tried it once, and didn't have the heart to kill a deer. My friends gave me a lot of shit, you can imagine the whole routine... But you know what, I don't mind having too big of a heart to hurt an animal. Now, another human being, especially parking illegally in the handicapped spot, well that's another story.

3. I have been in a couple of different music groups. The first was in High School, singing with a group a teacher started doing folksy tunes for benefits. Later on that same teacher asked me to join some of those old members in doing the same thing for shows around town, and more importantly, the kids up at the easter Seals camp outside of Idaho Springs where I grew up. I really liked it, got a lot out of it, but caught some crap from a lot of my rocker friends.

Then just before we had Skyler, I spent a couple of years in a large Acapella group doing tunes for Christmas and a summer tour around different events in the Denver area.

4. I have no fashion sense, nor have I ever had any fashion sense. Growing up I wore Levis and T-shirts in the summer, Levis and Flannel shirts in the winter. I detest getting dressed up, and since I have not had a job where I had to wear a suit/tie for quite some time, I don't have either. I dress to keep warm and comfy, that's my only requirement. Someday I will have to attend another funeral or wedding and be in big trouble. Most of you are probably unaware I used to work with GetKristiLove, we were cube mates. She always looks like a million bucks, and to her credit never gave me much grief. I am not totally proud of this, but when you look like me you can pull off crazy homeless really well!

5. Last but certainly not least is my propensity for tears. I have always cried very easily, and my emotions run close to the surface all the time. Show me a sad movie, and away I go. Hell, all it usually takes is a sappy commercial! But you know what? I am really OK with this. I say let it out and it doesn't build up inside and come out as hate or evil. I was really only called on it once in the Navy, when another guy in our division didn't think I was quite a man. Being a guy, and being in the Military, it had to come to blows. That I am not proud of, but I kicked his ass...