A Gluten Free Guide » MEME http://aglutenfreeguide.com Your guide to living deliciously gluten-free. Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:34:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tag, You’re It – 8 random facts http://aglutenfreeguide.com/tag-youre-it-8-random-facts.html http://aglutenfreeguide.com/tag-youre-it-8-random-facts.html#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:05:00 +0000 A Gluten-Free Guide http://aglutenfreeguide.com/?p=120 Sea, the talented gluten-free chef behind the ultra-delicious Book of Yum, recently tagged me for a MEME. According to wikipedia: “a meme is defined within memetic theory as a unit of cultural information, cultural evolution or diffusion that propagates from one mind to another analogously to the way in which a gene propagates from one organism to another as a unit of genetic information and of biological evolution. Memes, like genes, do not purposely do or want anything — they either get replicated or not.” I agree, that this sounds like a lot of fancy jargon for a chain letter.

I was always one to ignore the flood of memes in my email inbox in college or more recently on Myspace pages. For some reason, I feel compelled to keep this meme going. Thanks for thinking of me Sea. Here are eight random facts about Ms. Gluten-Free Guide:

1. My brother and I share a birthday, born two years apart within an hour of each other
2. I speak Italian fluently
3. When I lived in Rome, I could see the Coliseum outside my door every morning as I left my apartment
4. Yoga brings me peace
5. I worked in a medical lab doing research for two summers
6. I was on the math team in elementary school and Jr. high – other kids had awards for sports – I had “Math Trophies” (don’t worry I wasn’t a complete recluse, I was on the swim team too)
7. I don’t have a middle name
8. I can fall asleep in any moving vehicle

I’m supposed to tag 8 people, but it’s a big step just to get me started so here I go with six (sorry if you’ve already been tagged):

Allergic Girl from Don’t Pass the Nuts
Bea from La Tartine Gourmande
David from Gluten Free NYC
Erin from Gluten Free Fun
greenfrog from Inlimine
Kelly from The Celiac Chicks

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Happy Valentine’s Day, originally uploaded by A Gluten-Free Guide.

Happy Valentine’s Day! I am leaving for a trip today – sure to return with new recipes, food and travel experiences to share with you. Before I go, I wanted to respond to Jeff’s MeMe tag. (Since I already perpetuated this chain letter tradition in my first MeMe post, I won’t be tagging anyone else.)

So here are a seven random facts about Ms. Gluten-Free Guide:

1. I love being an aunt. My adorable nephew lives in Texas now and I miss him terribly.

2. I live far away from my family but I talk to them on the phone almost everyday.

3. I am an eternal optimist.

4. As a yoga instructor I can now do backbends, forearm stands, handstands and all kinds of crazy things. But growing up, I couldn’t even touch my toes.

5. I started eating sushi before eating cooked fish.

6. I helped Matt Damon get dressed once (you’ll have to talk to me for the full story)

7. I overcame my fear this weekend, and chopped off my hair. It was scary, but now I love it.

It’s a day to celebrate the important people in your life, go tell someone you love them!

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