I’ve been hit in a game of virtual tag by my friends Andrew Fielding and Ryan Graves and now one more time by my friend Phil Baumann. I never  knew that such a thing existed, but apparently it’s an online phenomenon and this is how it works. When you get tagged, you’re supposed to share 7 things about yourself that people don’t know. I’m a pretty open book so it’s very likely that if you know me at all, you probably already know these things. I have to say thought, I’ve really enjoyed learning the 7 things each friend has shared. So here goes my 7:

1. As you can probably tell, family is really important to me. I’m the youngest of 4 kids and the only one born in the United States. My Dad immigrated to California in the late 60’s and after getting settled he sent for my Mom, brother and sisters. I was born years later. We’re all adults now, but I’m still treated like a little sister. I usually don’t mind, but sometimes I do.
2. I’m a big fan of 60’s and 70’s Hindi films. My favorites are Kabhi Kabhi & Silsila (even thought it’s early 80’s) and in my opinion, Rekha is by far the most glamorous actress ever. My parents get some Indian television stations, so when I’m home visiting them I get a major fill of Desi video content. I think both my parents are addicted to Indian soap operas.
3. I love chocolate and ice cream and eat one or both every day ( but only a little bit =). Sticky chew chocolate from Swensen’s is the ultimate ice cream flavor and salted caramel from Bi-Rite is second.
4. Basketball used to be my favorite sport. I even played in high school. Now I prefer yoga, running and when I can, hitting the slopes with my snowboard.
5. Green is my favorite color. My birthstone is emerald and my Mini Cooper is British Racing Green.
6. For quite a few years I worked as a local Bay Area traffic reporter.  I was myself on the TV morning news shows but when I did radio reports I had other names! I was Liz Green and Liz Brown. My reports sounded something like: “Heavy traffic at the the MacArthur Maze, especially west bound on the Eastshore Freeway. Bay Bridge is light and the metering lights are off and Bart is reporting all trains on time this morning. For the Bay Area’s best traffic coverage, I’m Liz Green, KGO radio news!”
7. I’m really good at parallel parking. One time I parked my Brother In Law’s rental SUV at night,  in a storm on a steep hill without a problem. It’s not unusual for me to pass up a big parking spot for a smaller more challenging one. It’s crazy, I know, but I like the challenge.

Part two of this game, is that I get to tag 7 other people and ask them to share 7 things…. I’m not usually one to respond to chain emails or forward things that are meant to be spread. I just don’t do that… but in this case, I think it’s actually a great way to get to know people. So now that I’ve shared my 7 secrets, now I ask these 7 friends to do the same:

Kiki Valdes

Phil Moneypenny

Wanker Girl

KeeptheFunkAlive KDFA!

Ohdoctah

Mayjah

IamKat

Here are the rules of the game as copied from Andrew’s 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.