I saw this over on Josh's blog, and while he didn't tag me, I'll consider myself tagged, and tag a few other folks like John and Brian, perhaps Vickie (if she reads this - post a comment!), Aunt Mary, and Dad. Steph, since you got that snazzy laptop for Christmas, you need to jump on here too. That oughta be an interesting list.

The gist - it's a virtual cocktail party, and you list 5 things about yourself that (you think) most people don't know.

1. I'm into art in many forms. I've always been a sketcher, mostly drawing comic book characters. In fact, every once in a while I review my college and high school notebooks, and find that I really did more drawing and doodling than note-taking. I've dabbled in other art forms too: painting, sculpting, throwing pottery, etc. My favorite? Still sketching.

2. I don't like 80s music. In fact, when New Wave music was big, I listened to very little of it. I was heavily into classical music at the time, mostly because I was playing a lot of classical piano. So, I know next to nothing about 80s bands, song titles, albums and the like. Unless it's any of my favorite bands who were around before, during and after the 80s, like Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, etc.

3. I'm an ordained minister. Yep, an honest to God Reverend in the Universal Life Church. And I've even performed a marriage.

4. I love the ocean. I'd love to spend all my vacations near a tropical locale, but I also like travel and Steph isn't much of a sun-lover, so I have to compromise. But every other year I get to go someplace tropical, and get in some quality scuba dives. Most recently? Curacao - check my pictures. Other tropical places I've been: Trinidad, Tahiti, Jamaica, Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Belize.

5. I collect patches from places I've been. Generally just flag patches, but there are other emblem-type patches, from all over the place. I haven't attached them to anything yet - still trying to figure that out. A banner, perhaps? Or a bag? I don't know.