Alright, it appears the Seven Random Things meme is rampant in the mom blogging circuit these days. Not only did I do it last month, but I’ve now been tagged twice: by Cheryl and Lissa. Rules are as follows:
- Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
- Share seven facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
- Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
So, I suppose I’ll try to come up with seven more random things about yours truly. Today I’m going with a music theme. I suppose that makes it a little less random, but so be it. I need structure.
- My very first live concert was Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. I think it might have been 1987, and it was at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Illinois. We had lawn seats. I’m pretty sure I saw her a second time a year or two later.
- I was a huge New Kids on the Block fan around 6th and 7th grade. Strangely, my middle school seemed otherwise immune to the phenomenon. So I was the only weirdo in my school (practically) who was into them, and suffered a fair amount of humiliation. It did not deter me from literally covering every inch of my bedroom wall with posters from Teen Beat and the like. I will not be going to the reunion show, though I did see them in concert back in the day… 1990, I think? Holy shit, that was 18 years ago. Wow.
- Other… interesting acts I’ve seen in person: Paula Abdul, the aforementioned New Kids, and Barry Manilow. I later redeemed myself with U2, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, the first Lilith Fair, and many others.
- I still remember the date of the U2 show I saw: September 15, 1992. ZooTV “Outside Broadcast” tour. I was a freshman in high school, went with my friend and her mom (friend and I were on the lawn, her mom and mom’s friend were in the pavilion…), and it was the first time I ever smelled pot. We thought it was so scandalous!
- In the first half of high school, I went through a strangely concurrent U2 and Peter Gabriel phase. Many a mix tape were born. U2 lost me with Zooropa, and Peter Gabriel, it turns out, is kind of a weird dude.
- I have seen Barenaked Ladies eleven times since my first show in 1998. Hands down, my favorite concerts. They’re awesome live, and are easily my favorite band.
- Speaking of BNL shows, I once bought tickets to a show in Rochester, New York. I was new to Boston, hadn’t made many friends, so had a little too much time on my hands to become a tad obsessed with the band. In between the purchasing and the actual show, I started dating M. We had been together less than a month, and he drove to Rochester with me and we went to the show (front row!). If that wasn’t crazy enough, my dad, stepmom, and stepsister happened to be in Rochester (of all places!) visiting colleges, so M got to not only go with me to a BNL show (which he liked just fine, but he’s not a concert person), but meet my parents. Not bad for dating about three weeks.
Hrm, now I have to tag seven people… let’s see if I can find that many who haven’t done this recently!
