“Ate things” Meme -forgive me!

I’ve been tagged by the dog for an “8 Random Things About Me” meme. And when the dog barks, people listen! The rules are:

• Post these rules before you give your facts
• List 8 random facts about yourself
• At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them
• Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they’ve been tagged

Ok, here are my 8 random facts:

1. I may have one of the world’s most comprehensive Smurf collections (including collector’s cases, boxes, colorforms, you name it)
2. The first three movies I saw on HBO, in this order, were Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Grease, and The Omen
3. During my undergraduate years I spent a Summer in Alaska working on a crabbing boat and got fired for “insubordination” (perhaps one of the few people who went to Alaska to make money and came back owing my brother $300)
4. When living in NY I ate pizza at least once a day
5. I recently bought the original Weeble’s Haunted House on e-bay
6. I saw The Wild Bunch at the Cinerama Dome in LA -possibly the best movie going experience I had in my adult life
7. My brother and I built an 8 foot high and 16 foot wide half-pipe for skateboarding in our backyard on Long Island
8. I wore a cast on my arm for 3 1/2 of the 4 years of high school

And as a bonus:
I am not the fakereverendjim!

OK, now that I laid myself bare, it’s time to hear from the DatLat faithful:

• Martha Burtis
• Patrick Gosetti Murray John
• Andrew Rush
• Jerry Slezak
• Joe McMahon
• Shannon Hauser
• Serena Epstein
• Craig (I do love this blog!)