This is my first meme! I was tagged a while back by Free From Broke, but I was too busy welcoming my 3rd child into the world to respond… until now!
Here are the Meme rules:
1. Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
2. Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged.
7 things you never knew you didn’t know about me.
1. I’m a classical music fanatic (technically, baroque through classical and into the romantic period), but my first real exposure to classical music didn’t come until 8th grade music class. I vividly remember complaining to my mother at the time that classical music was stupid and old and nobody cared about it anyway. I told her it was music for “old farts”. She basically told me to suck it up and try it. I think her actual words were “you may actually like it.” Anyway, I heard Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and was changed forever. I literally couldn’t get it out of my head! I was still listening to it in my mind through health class, next period. Ever since then, I have had an ever growing appreciation for the genre. I guess that makes me an official “old fart.” 
2. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. My day job is in the software field.
3. I’m a total science fiction junky, and have been since childhood. One of my fondest television memories growing up was watching the original Star Trek series reruns with my grandfather.
4. I grew up hardly knowing or seeing my father. In fact the only father figure during the first half of my life was the grandfather I was named after. Since becoming a father myself, my dad and I have reconnected and actually have a great relationship.
5. I never cared much for sports in school, but I am a NY Rangers hockey and NY Giants football fan now.
6. It took 22 years and three children, but I finally understand and appreciate the simple lifestyle of a bygone age as portrayed in The Andy Griffith Show. I used to think it was a show about a bunch of hicks from the sticks. Now, I understand better the things we have lost in our modern lives.
7. I play guitar, but not classical and I’ve never been in a band.
To continue the fun I’m tagging (in no particular order):
Frugal Dad
Money Ning
Think Your Way to Wealth
The Wisdom Journal
Money Grubbing Lawyer
Man Vs. Debt
The Amateur Financier
Tag, You’re it!
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Hmm, using your kid as an excuse…
Congrats on the third!
I totally love Beethoven’s 9th. I have a great recording conducted by John Eliot Gardiner recorded on period instruments. Take a listen if you get the chance.
FFB,
Thanks ever so much for the recommendation! I will definitely track a copy down. I’m always up for period recordings..
(oh yeah, thanks for the congrats on the third
)
Geeky but informative. Great piece.
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