This is my first meme tagging, and I’ve never heard of it before. A meme (according to my friend Agnes Varnum) seems to be kind of like a chain letter but instead of passing on worthless information, the hope is that you’ve added something of value to a continuing thread, or blog wave if you will. My blogger friend Agnes tagged me with 8 Things so here goes…

Rules:
1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged write their own blog post about their eight things and include these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged and that they should read your blog.

8 Things about Danielle (that are non-film related…)

1. I have an identical twin named Alana who is two minutes younger than I am. She is married to a British dude named Nick Neyland.

2. I lived for 5 years in a small town in Western Maryland called Cumberland. Along with my best friend, another NYC transport, my sister and I were the only Jewish people in the entire school system.

3. Jordan and I took an audio tour of Alcatraz together.

4. Two of my favorite books are THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG by Norman Mailer and BLINDNESS by Jose Saramago.

5. I’ve lived in Rome and London for periods of more than 6 months. My favorite cities, not including those, are Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, Valparaiso, and Glasgow.

6. I could eat hummus for every meal.

7. Two of my favorite experiences 1) My three days spent at Ralf Forsstrom’s 60th birthday party at his self-designed complex in Northern Finland. Skinnydipping in a private lake, two saunas, a fishing hunt, a red velvet tent (designed for a production of Siddhartha) where we ate clams, pig roasted over a spit, sleeping in a teepee, chatting with Jimmy Carter’s former speechwriter and watching the daughter of Finland’s former President dance. 2) An evening Vespa ride along the Appia Antica in Rome; the sun setting and ruins strewn through the fields.

8. I watched LOGAN’S RUN in a hotel room in Pecs, Hungary, while recovering from Strep throat.

So now I guess I am supposed to tag 8 more bloggers?

Okay — Sorry guys.
Mike Tully - BOREDOM AT ITS BOREDEST
Eugene Hernandez at Indiewire
Karina Longworth at Spout
Matt Dentler
Mike Lerman at Lincoln’s Blogs
AJ Schnack at All These Wonderful Things
Jordan at Indiepix.net
James Israel at JUMP CUTS