Yesterday when I read Rory's[1] blog and Jason's[2] blog I wondered how long it would take me to get tagged. Tagging is chainmail pressure to reveal 5 private things in your blog that you shouldn't talk about, nobody wants to know about and are just bandwidth eaters.
Today I found myself tagged by Eric[3], Wouter[4] and Ramon[5]. This could either mean that I am really popular or I am the last when choosing sides for basketball... Anyway here goes:
- Arts. I am a bass player. I used to play double bass[6] but although these things are pretty cool to have in your living room, a good one costs a fortune, so now I am confined to playing my electric bassguitar. I love playing jazz because on the bass, to me, it is the most exciting and challenging. I prefer to play the oldies but also love the funky basslines of the bassplayers that played with Miles Davis[7].
- More Arts. I like to draw. Just black/gray pencil stuff. No colors, I've never liked coloring (my) drawings since I was six years old. Sometimes I consider starting a weekly cartoon on this blog... who knows...
- Culture. My two favorite countries are England and Sweden. Sweden because physically I fit right in (tall, blond, blue eyed) and I love the landscape/space. England because I love the language, humor and country side. I guess one of my great, great, great ancestors was a Viking[8] that conquered England and then decided to conquer a bit of The Netherlands as well...
- Language. Most people know that I read/write/speak English... <duh> But I also read Technical German! Way back when I was programming a Amstrad Schneider CPC 6128[9] the only magazines (there was no www back then) that were available were in German and although I flunked German (and French as well) badly in school (I still blame the teachers who I was terrified of) technical (computer related) German has but a few secrets for me. And last but not least I read (and speak a little bit) Hebrew[10] (not the modern but the classical Hebrew). Not that I am fluent in it... I have the level of a 3 year old... but I enjoy it very much.
- Science. I like math. Especially fractal[11] and chaos theory[12] but most of all geometric construction. E.g.: Draw an angle of 72 degrees while only using a a straightedge and compass[13].
So... who to tag... I'll take a little time to think of a few (most have been tagged anyway)
[1] Rory
[2] Jason
[3] Eric
[4] Wouter
[5] Ramon
[6] Double bass
[7] Miles Davis - Kinda blue
[8] Viking
[9] Amstrad Schneider CPC 6128
[10] Classical Hebrew
[11] Fractals
[12] Chaos Theory
[13] Geometric Construction