"Meme" - The Tagging Blogger Game?

Yes, we have succumb to some sort of tag on the internet, courtesy of Sienna's mom, Mimi. Here's how it goes...

The Rules
-Link to the person who tagged you.
-Post the rules on your blog.
-Write 6 random things about yourself.
-Tag 6-ish people at the end of your post.
-Let each person know he/she has been tagged (or let them get tagged by reading your blog).
-Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

6 Random Things about Me

1. Like Mimi, I worked on interesting projects in school. I am a physicist and engineer by education (and yes, I know I don't practice either of those in my current line of work). In engineering school, I worked on a design for a quick release shot gun mount for police cars and a disability friendly speed hump. (Btw, a speed hump is different than a speed bump, if you didn't know.)

2. I will take a cheesecake over any other cake any day of the week, followed closely by carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. (Seeing a trend here?) At our wedding, we had a small traditional cake, but many single cheesecakes and carrot cakes. Sadly, by the time Rob and I made it to the desserts there was no more cheesecake left. I did at least get some carrot cake.

3. When I was in college, my dad was running a company that turned recycled paper into alternative products (think kitty litter, etc). On vacations, I would work in the warehouse and have driven a skid steer and used a welding torch. (Clearly, no gender bias issues in my family.)

4. In high school, I volunteered for the local opera company. My aunt worked there and in return for volunteering at various fundraisers, I got to attend the operas for free.

5. I'm a sucker for a good cop/murder mystery paperback. At this point, the only time I get to read is in airports and hotel rooms when I travel. Since my brain is typically dead during those times, they are also about all I can manage to intellectually process.

6. The most listened to items on my iPod are the "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" podcast and an assortment of audio books. Even though Mia is sleeping through the night at this point, my body still wakes up. So, I pop in the headphones and fall asleep to one of the books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series or Bill Bryson's assortment of books. I'm asleep in no time instead of laying awake in bed thinking about my long list of to do's.

OK, now that I've completely embarrassed myself to anyone who reads this blog, here are the people I'm tagging. (This is hard as Mimi took some of my best candidates so I am only putting up 5. Sorry guys.)

1. Susan (of Matt and Susan's Blog)
2. Kristen (of Santa Barbara Blabey's aka Cyanne's Blog)
3. Karen (of Introducing...Baby G aka Anna G's Blog)
4. Christine (of Kiera and Cody's Blog)
5. Laurel (of Adleigh's Blog)

Good luck Meme-ing!!