I’ve been tagged...5 things you didn't know about Dave Bascom

I was excited to see that I was tagged by Ryan Williams. It's this virtual chain letter thing going around the blogosphere lately where you say five things that people might not know about you and then tag five more people to do the same.

Here are my 5 things you probably didn't know about me:

1. My first job was selling donuts for Granite Bakery in Salt Lake City. I started when I was about 12 and sold them every weekday during the summers until I was 16. My boss would drop us off on our route and we would go door to door to businesses and sell half-dozen bags of donuts. I would work about 2 hours a day and make between $13-20, which I would usually spend that same day.
   
2. I started taking Taekwondo classes a few months ago. I just earned my Yellow belt this month. I'm learning a lot and I really enjoy it. Plus it's nice to be able to punch and kick people every tuesday and thursday night and not get in trouble for it.
   
3. My favorite restaurant is Benihana. That's the Japanese restaurant where they cook the food on the table right in front of you. I like the food, but mostly it's my favorite because of the whole experience. My earliest memories of going there was when I was in 1st or 2nd grade and my parents took me there for getting good grades.
   
4. I was an offensive and defensive lineman when I played little league football in junior high. The funny thing is that I was even skinnier back then and a lot smaller than other guys that I beat out because I was quicker than the chubby kids--and I guess I was tougher, or at least I tried harder. Once I got to high school I had to quit because I was too small to compete at the line and I wasn't coordinated enough to play of the skill positions.
   
5. One of my favorite pasttimes in high school was climbing things I wasn't supposed to climb. The highest one we ever climbed was the now demolished Murray Smokestacks that were just across the street from Murray High. I climbed the taller of the two stacks on several occasions. It was a very exhilarating climb and a heck of a view. I hated to see those landmarks come down, but I guess you can't stop progress.
   
6. (bonus) My wife was a nationally top-ranked inline speed skater when she was a teenager. (I know this isn't about me, but she doesn't blog and it's cooler than anything I ever did)
   

I'm tagging Gary Angel, Josh Steimle, Chris Sandberg Jon Kerby, and Nelson James.