My Seesmic buddy Dan Light tapped me to take part in the 8 random things meme that is going around (actually this is the first I have seen of it...maybe it’s mainly going in the UK right now). Anyway, here are my 8 random things...

1. I am an Eagle Scout...and strangely people respect that a lot. I can’t say that I would have gotten the Eagle Scout award if my parents had let me call the shots, but I’m glad they pushed me. My grandfather was an Eagle Scout as well, and I am the proud owner of his original Eagle medallion from his scouting days. It means a whole lot to me.
2. I have two tattoos...both of which I gave myself in high school. One is a blue dot on the base of my thumb, the other is a stick figure guy on my hip. If you’re wondering, I did it with India ink, a blow gun dart, and a whole lot of naivety.
3. I was nominated as prom queen my senior year of high school. Yeah, queen. It had a lot to do with the fact that I was (officially) the class clown of our senior class...so everyone banded together to get me nominated. Sadly, the school administration felt having a male prom queen was not appropriate. Oh, the lawsuit I could have had...
4. After one full week of college I pierced my chin and dyed my hair purple. It made a lot of sense at the time, OK? I still have the hole in my chin and always will.
5. When I was 20, I went for a random job interview to dial the phone for stockbroker and three months later I was a licensed stockbroker myself. I passed the Series 7 and 63 tests, all while going to college full time. I was a broker for around three and a half years and got to go through the dot com boom and bust...wild times to be in a Boiler Room.
6. I lived in Anaheim, California for a year, a five minute drive from Disneyland. That year I got a season pass and did my homework in the happiest place on Earth. There was nothing cooler than doing a bit of Biology and then take a ride on Pirates of the Caribbean. Highly recommended.
7. I never meant to get into the Internet marketing business. To be honest, when I started working for InsureMe, my plan was to work for a year, pay off debt, and then take a Peace Corps assignment doing business development in Bulgaria. I fell in love with online marketing though, and here I am...am online marketer. Couldn’t be happier I didn’t freeze my ass off in Bulgaria for 2 years, but I do try to help where I can to make up for the good karma I missed out on.
8. I’m getting married in October of this year. I’m crazy excited about getting hitched to the love of my life.

So that’s my 8 random things. To pass on the love, it would be great if the following folks could put together a list of their 8 random things:
Kristi (the love of my life, mentioned above)
Megan
Scott Jangro
Mark Weiglus
Sam Harrelson
Barry Schwartz
Gary V
Jason Calacanis (c’mon Jason, you know you want to take part!)

Thanks for tapping me Dan, and I look forward to what everyone has to write.