Anyhow .....I have chosen to make this post a special sign off post as I have been hit in a game of virtual tag by my friends and fellow Runcast.Tv runner Sukhjit (check her blog its awesome) in a apparent online phenomenon. Now I must point out that I avoid chain type stuff, its one of the main reasons I shy away from Facebook. But as I have the upmost respect for the her and she tagged me I have paid attention and decided that infact is the motivation to continue the chain. Asking the question..."Who else do I hold with high regard?" I've used this as my benchmark to continue the chain and acytually struggled to keep it to seven in a bid to make a couple of golden links :-)
Ok so it works like this, when you get tagged, you’re supposed to share 7 things about yourself that people don’t know. With Social Media promoting transparency I have found it really hard to find 7 facts I havent already shared but I think, ive dug up some quite big but yet undisclosed facts. So here goes my 7:
- Iam the eldest of two Monepenny children and my younger sister is called Vicky. I love her to bits because she is totally Nuts and was so shocked when she joined a British Law enforcement agency know as the Police ( I always asumed she would have gone into TV). She can be found on Runcast.TV but has yet to post anything and this year she is training for her first half marathon in October. My Father is a retired Police officer and my Mum is a Teacher. I chose to rebel and went into Civil Engineering ( Later findig out that my grandfather was a civil engineer and it this is something that my mum was very proud of -doh).
- My music taste was shaped after visiting IBIZA as a 11 year old, I became a big fan of 80s and 90s Techno music from the USA, cities like Detroit,New York and Chicago where the Musical meccas that I dreamed of visiting. When I was 12 I got my first Skateboard and soon after added San Francisco was to the list. By the age of 15 I was spending most of my time dreaming that I would be as good as Geoff Rowley who i spent most weekends learning from. Geoff went on to become one of the best skateboarders of our generation and still is a Signature rider for VANS skate shoes. I went on to finnish my A-Levels and Study Civil Engineering at University and gave up skateboarding but took up DJing as a sutiable substitute:-) (My favorite Dj and producerof all time is Ritchie Hawtin a.k.aPlastikman).
- When I was young I was the forth best Runner in my county... Gavin Marsden was the best, Mark Lionnett was second best and Mark B (my oldest friend) was third, I sometimes used to beat Mark B (occasionally) but i never beat the other two. :-(
- My Great Grandpa was Italian and I blame him for my love of Pasta, Pizza and Ice Cream (I just love ittalian food). I have no Indian relatives so i cant blame anyone for why I love Indian food but curry is the best food ever.
- The weirdest fact i can think of is....I have Brown hair and blue eyes and when I grow a beard it grows Ginger :-S.
- I love Science Fiction and Philip K Dick is my favorite author ever. Everything he ever wrote is brilliant and with out him we wouldn't have movies like The Matrix, Blade Runner, Total Recall and Wall-E. I blame him fully for my obsession with Social Media and the root of my mania which is basedon my mantra that "the future is already amongst us".
- Last but not least and definately the most important thing that I am guilty of not telling the world enough is that I love my girlfriend of 13 years Emma. My job takes me all over the world (literally) to the ends of the earth, but my dream is to find work on my doorstep and be in a position to make Emma my wife... This is my ultimate motivation and drives everything i do :-) Here is a recent picture of Emma taken at Christmas dinner with Megan who is the coolest kid you will ever meet and and also Emmas niece, and I would also class her as my neice also :-)
Part two of this game, is that I get to tag 7 other people and ask them to share 7 things…. like i said at the start I’m not usually one to do this type of thing but in this case, I agree with Sukhjit and think it’s actually a great way to get to know people. So now that I’ve shared my 7 things, I now tag these 7 friends to do the same:
Barb from kelownagurl.blogspot.com
Matt from rundiggerrun.blogspot.com
Becky from chicklovestorun.blogspot.com
Halesb from okirunner.blogspot.com
Fredrik from fredrikbroman.com
Kristina from www.runninglikeabreeze.blogspot.com
Sue from cafelewuillemet.blogspot.com/
BTW Here are the rules of the game as copied from Sukhjits blog:
- Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
- Share seven facts about yourself in the post - some random, some weird.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
- Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.
