The 7 Things Meme:A Few Things That May Surprise You
Alrighty, here we go. Good friend, Ken Burbary, tagged me in a rotating blog meme that states I need to outline 7 random/odd things about me. I like this idea and think it's a hoot - so here we go.
On to the 7 Things!
1. I once met John F. Kennedy Jr. As a media intern at the Troy office of McCann-Erickson, my job was to attend the weekly Media Rep meetings. I was the designated body to sit, listen to the sales pitch and gather data for the media team, should they not be able to attend. I usually wasn't the only person at these meetings, but I was the 'set' body. On one particular Wednesday, I wasn't allowed to sit in on the meeting. After a quick call from my mother (she worked at GM), I learned that John F. Kennedy Jr. was in Detroit promoted his magazine, George. The junior media team wasn't allowed to go to the meeting, either. Being 'the intern', I decided to use some of my sub-junior sass and ride the elevators until the meeting was over. After all, the rest of my department wasn't working, right? Like clockwork, I timed my elevator perusing until I landed on the floor where JFK Jr's meeting took place. There he was, leaving the meeting and held a door open as I walked through. He was so handsome and eloquent in person, that I almost fell over.
2. I sailed across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2. After my brief student stint in Lyon, I sailed from Southampton to New York City on the Queen Mary 2. Of course, I chose to travel at a time of year when the ocean was rockiest. I was so seasick that a nurse had to come to my room and give me a shot in the rear. After a two hour nap, I felt just fine. Those 7 days were some of the most memorable of my entire life.
3. I don't like olives. Crazy, right? Given what part of the world my family is from, you'd think I would gobble of olives like candy. Nope.
4. I like to do Don Corleone impressions. With the right hat and scarf, I manage to scare my husband into not wanting to come close to planting a kiss on the cheek. Ever since I saw "The Godfather" trilogy a few years ago, I can't get enough of walking around the house and trying to be the best Don possible.
5. I was a Resident Advisor in college. First starting my career at WMU's Garneau-Harvey hall, then moving on to Smith-Burnham, I was an R.A. and took my job seriously - sometimes TOO seriously. I had an academic scholarship to Western Michigan and didn't want to tarnish anything with not being the best RA possible. My residents weren't the biggest fans of me - though I DID enjoy watching them pour out their Natural Light bottles:).
6. Jay Leno brought me on stage at The Tonight Show. I was with close friend, Angela, as we had a week-long California vacation. We waited all day to be first in line at The Tonight Show. During his warm up, Jay brought us up on stage and asked where we were from and what we did for a living. At the time, my team at Giant Step was launching the new Maytag web site, so I belted to the audience 'Maytag.com'! Jay followed with, 'Get a life dot com'. Nice.
7. I love ghost stories. Throw in some real American ghost stories and I'm hooked. Thanks to my AP History teacher, Mrs. Voss, for being such an amazing story teller and taking me to Washington D.C. for the first time. I can't get enough history and I love walking the Freedom Trail in Boston whenever I get the chance.
I tag:
The Rules:
- Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
- Share seven facts about yourself in the post - some random, some weird.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
- Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.
