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Matt at Confessions of the Guy at Weight Watchers tagged me in a recent post. So, now, I’ve got to tell “random facts or interesting things about myself.” Here goes!

1: I’ve got an Osage name: not many people know this, as I look like a generic white guy, but I’m part Osage (Wikipedia article). My great, great grandfather was Jim Bigheart – an all around remarkable individual who was chief of the tribe around the turn of the century and key in securing the Osages’ mineral rights to the natural gas and oil under the reservation.

So, though I may not speak of it a lot (because I look like a generic white guy), I’m actually very proud of this part of my past. And part of that is my Osage name. I was given this name five years ago in a naming ceremony by Harry Red Eagle back in Oklahoma, and it is something I hold very dear. I am Leh-Mah-Zhe, which roughly translated means “Little Sacred Hawk.&rquo;

2: I’m a total geek. I read epic fantasy novels, and in particular love the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. Combine that with all the RPGs I’ve played on the Super NES, occasional forays into Dungeons & Dragons, and the comics I read (The Goon, Hellboy, Nocturnals), and it all ads up to one thing: geek. …But I make it cool.

3: I’m going to beat Tolkien at his own game. I read Lord of the Rings in high school, and then I read through the numerous appendices. I thought the detail J.R.R. Tolkien put into his fictional world was the coolest thing ever. So, for the past few years I’ve been diddling away at my own world and fiction series. It is awesome… so very, very awesome.

4: Billy Joel was my favorite musician as a kid. It all started when my older half-sister made a mix tape for me in elementary. While I didn’t like most of it (Elton John, pm dawn, Indigo Girls, etc), there were some songs that I really liked. And as it turned out, they were all by Billy Joel. I still like him today.

5: I’m a Green Player.If it’s a board game, I’m taking the green pieces. Think not? We’ll fight.

6: My dream car is a Jaguar XK… …or other European grand tourer. But, an XK would be sweet. I’d drive all over America in that thing.

Who’s Next?

Like all great internet memes, I’ve got to keep this thing going. Good thing I’ve got a lot of blogging buddies:

Gage (Ripx180), Jason, Dale, Andrew #1 (Roder/RodeDaddy), and Andrew #2 (…isgettingfit.com) – you guys are pretty active bloggers (or once were before you got skinny!), so you get passed the meme batton. Now get to it!