8Tagg – a blogospheric answer to fb…

… and a lot easier than running around the school yard!

So there’s this meme floating around the blogosphere – let’s call it 8Tagg, seeing as how it requires you to reveal 8 things about yourself that people don’t know.

First you list aforementioned 8 things.

Then you “tagg” a string of your blog-buddies. (This is apparently done by hotlinks, pingbacks and somesuch. I’m placing my hope on Technorati to inform those I tag, seeing as how Blogger doesn’t support pingbacks – as far as I know.)

Tagging someone makes them “It” (fond memories right there…), which means they now have to do the same.

So, in the spirit of Twain’s first meme, here goes:

1. I never ended an educational phase (pre-primary, primary, secondary, tertiary) in the same school I started it. With my Dad being one of the few Land Surveyors in SA, we moved around a lot. I guess it became a habit.

2. I’m a Geminian Earth Horse (Gemini sun and rising, Sagittarius moon, year of the Horse etc). This apparently also explains my bouts of wanderlust.

3. I love writing, but I suck at correspondence. (Okay, maybe you knew that *lol*)

4. I have an immense urge to snap my fingers over the flame when people light their cigarettes with a candle. (Somewhere deep inside, my inner child still believes that fairies die if you don’t.)

5. I joined AA at the beginning of 2008. (Not very anonymous of me, is it?)

6. I’m addicted to puff pastry – especially if it’s baked around a Russian. (But I try to avoid all starch in my diet.)

7. Quitting smoking was harder than quitting alcohol or starch. (1 month and 20 puff-free days now!)

8. I fall in love with faces. (Flickr breaks my heart every week ;0) hehe.)

Now, who’ll be “It” then? checkitout:

– Geoff – my best blog-buddy, all the way from Idaho,

– Jayx – one of the zaniest characters to’ve lit up my life since my move to the Garden Route,

– Tresblue – he who got me blogging for real,

– Jockohomo – I’m a fan! A giant of the online world and my daily dose of provocation/inspiration,

– Warrior Scout – he who’s kickin tina and inspiring me along the way.

I’ve tried not to tagg people who’ve already been 8Tagged. If I inadvertently did so, please accept my sincere apologies.

(Please advise if I’m somehow not adhering to proper online conduct in tagging you, or transgressing in any other way for that matter.)