I’ve been tagged for the 8 Random Facts About Me meme by Michele Martin and Karyn Romeis. It comes with a set of rules and you’re supposed to pass it on.
Well, one random fact about me is that I don’t like to follow instructions. Interesting for someone who spent 23 years in the Army. For instance, when I wrote my military French language aptitude test in 1978, we were supposed to read a list of Kurdish words and commit them to memory. We were then asked to write down as many as possible. I thought the whole thing was absurd so I didn’t read the list and then failed the short-term memory test. I was placed at the lowest ability level and spent my Summer of language training in what we called, “Sandbox French”. But I did finish the Summer fluent in French, with a lot of help from a belle petite Québecoise.
A second fact is that I’ve been in the training field ever since I was 14, when as an Army Cadet I learned Methods of Instruction and I still remember the picture showing the “sea of wasted effort” if you didn’t follow all the instructional steps. I don’t follow those rules any more.
Thirdly, I love sports that have few rules. I used to run every distance from the mile (4:21) to the marathon (2:38), but my knees won’t take it any more. I now enjoy nordic skiing and road cycling, and both have simple rules — keep going forward.
You might think that I should add five more facts, but I already posted to the Five Things Meme as well as the Five Goals Meme, so I think that I’m up by five ;-)
Remaining true to not following instructions, I won’t tag anyone else. Happy Friday.
You’re such a rebel ;-)
Thanks for playing along
Why am I not surprised that you’re no rule-follower? And I like how you pursued a theme here.
Perhaps I just couldn’t think of 8 random facts in the August heat ;-)