i got tagged, quite a while ago, by matt smith on a meme to list 6 random things about myself. i’ll play along. so, here goes:
1. my middle name is eric. my last name, “oestreicher”, means “austrian” in german.
2. i crave chips (particularly ruffles) and french onion dip. two food items i just don’t like, but really wish i did, are rye bread and bleu cheese.
3. i have lived in 11 cities, and 16 homes.
4. i have had, i think, 30 different jobs, starting with planting seedlings in a plant nursery when i was in 3rd grade. i was a draftsman for years, at four different companies. i worked in two restaurants (chinese and pizza). i had three paper delivery routes. i was an editor of a young teen sunday school take home paper. i worked in factories and cleaned offices. and, of course, i was a junior high pastor.
5. i was a drummer in junior high band, and one of the other drummers went on to play in the metal band, megadeth. in high school, i was totally into choir: i was in two choirs (was the president of my church youth choir, and the business manager of my school’s top choir), three or four select ensembles, and a male quartet, and took private voice lessons.
6. i have webbed toes: my second and third toes on both feet are partially attached; the left foot more than the right one.
there you have it!
first, i tag everyone! give me your six random things in a comment, or post them and link back here (so i can come check ‘em out).
and, since this is a six random things meme, i’ll tag six random youth workers: molly carr, terrace crawford, emily capes, kara szyarto, joel mayward, and william hartz.
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Funny stuff . . . And definitely random.
1. I have been a full-time youth pastor for 5 years at the same church that I grew up in. All in all, I have been here for just about 20 years and I’m only 28 years old.
2. I just graduated college after taking a 5+ year break with a degree in Business Management.
3. I have 10 toes, but only 9 toe-nails.
4. I’m a former professional wrestler. Before becoming a youth pastor, I wrestled for the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) in North Georgia. My name was Omega.
5. I have never seen the movie ET. At this point, I refuse to see it so I can maintain this strange fact.
6. I love spicy food. I frequently use red peeper flakes in the same manner that most people use plain black pepper.
Megadeth! What!
That’s awesome!
I had to look back through my past posts to find it, but I was tagged in an “8 random things” blog a while back.
I’m too swamped at this moment to come up with six more… but here’s that post.
http://blog.roogles.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
Here you go
DayouthGuy Thinks Aloud: 6 Random Facts
http://fess2.blogspot.com/2008/12/6-random-things-meme.html
I’m really not that original. Afterall Marko and I are more alike. We’re brothers … (In Christ)
i did it!
check out my blog
for some reason the link didn’t work in my previous comment…?
http://musicismydrug37.blogspot.com/2008/12/tagged.html
Which Megadeth drummer? (There have been a few of ‘em.)
chuck behler. he was only with them for one or two albums.
1. when I was hired as the jr. high director at our church, I was afraid of jr. highers. (I realized I LOVE them rather quickly.) I also was not hired by a pastor or the staff parish committee—the full time youth director hired me to job share with her.
2. I enjoy reading cookbooks, but not trying new recipes.
3. I want to be a race car driver when I grow up. (my husband, a police officer, says this is a contributing factor to the numerous times I have been pulled over.)
4. I have a college swimming record that can never be broken.
5. I can put my hands on my hips & touch my elbows together in front.
6. I teeter tottered on the continental divide in Yellowstone National Park
http://tashmcgill.blogspot.com/2008/12/6-random-things.html
actually hard to figure out six things, until you publish the post and they all come flooding to mind. Like my first crush was on Animal from the muppet show.
I happen to LOVE Rye bread. Gimme some Sourdough Rye and I’m in Heaven.