5 Things You Didn't Know About Me
Tag! I’m it.
Ben Yoskovitz shared his five things that the blogging community doesn’t know about him, and has chosen me as one of five people to continue to spread the meme. So here goes:
1. I can read Korean (phonetically, at least), even though I have no idea what I’m saying out loud most of the time. Try it for yourself; it only takes about three hours or so to learn.
2. I have a healthy dose of Acadian (Merci, Grandpa Arsenault) mixed in with my Irish and English heritage, mais mon francais n’est pas bon.
3. After college, I spent an entire calendar year as a bike courier in Victoria. Having my bike stolen from outside my friend Erik’s pizza shop was the beginning of the end of that memorable time for me, and was the wake up call I needed to start growing up.
4. My first name is actually Patrick, inherited from my father and his father before him and his father before him. And all of us first born sons, all with middle names starting with “J.” If you’re keeping track, that would make me Patrick Jordan Behan, and Patrick J. Behan IV.
5. Although I did play rep hockey up until Bantam, due to a late-blooming ability to skate well enough and a complete lack of “hands,” I had a much more successful career as a referee (even appearing in the stripes as a linesman for a game of Junior “A”) than I ever did as a player. Ask anyone who ever played hockey with me, and you won’t get much of a dispute on this point.
So there you are, five things that you didn’t know about me before that I am comfortable sharing with the ‘internets.’
Now, I want to find out five things about:
Jeremy Latham
Nathaniel Steven Henry Brown
James Sherrett
Linda Bustos (a hip noob)
Kris Krug
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December 10th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
What… you couldn’t think of ten?
December 11th, 2006 at 2:36 am
Now that I know you can play hockey you’ll most certainly be getting an invite to come and breathe life into my div 7 team!
December 11th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Linds, you’re just disappointed because you knew all of these already. The meme calls for five, and frankly it was a bit tricky to think of five that weren’t too revealing, and yet still mildly interesting. That’s why I linked to people that I don’t know that much about yet. That way, we can get to know our “internet friends” a little better.
Jeremy, I’d be happy to come out for a skate sometime. I’ve been looking for a good excuse, and the right kind of invite. Plus, you’ve been fairly warned about my lack of skill.
I know we joked about it, but there’s a better-than-good chance we’ve been on the ice together before, in a classic Powell River vs. Campbell River rivalry showdown, as wee ones.
December 11th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Hey Patrick, I’ve posted a reply over here: http://smogger.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-me/
Cheers!
December 12th, 2006 at 1:02 am
Cool, will have to get down to writing a list, no holds!
December 12th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
I missed your list??? You think you know everything about me or something?? 😛
December 12th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
I think if there was something I wanted to know, I’d ask during one of our almost daily conversations, Rob. I’m finding out a lot about people I hardly know, it’s pretty cool.
Three have responded already, and when all five are in, I’ll update my post with their links, too.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:50 pm
Actually I didn’t know about the first two, but I remember the third like it was yesterday… Stoopid junkies, think they’re so smart… I hate bike thieves!
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 am
Hi Patric.. Great to know you.. yah, now i know 5 things about you… thats great hah.