I have never been tagged before–I was a little uncomfortable at first, thinking about it as I read memes on other blogs. Would it hurt? Would it be messy? Will I be able to face everyone in the blog-world afterward? And the big question: would I be able to do it right?
Fortunately, there are rules: Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. Write a post about your own random things. Post these rules. At the end of your blog, tag 8 people and post their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged.
I should be pretty good at this one. After all, my nickname in school is “random”. If you don’t like it, complain to MonkeyGirl.
1. I like my coffee with two sugars and some heavy cream–not half and half, not milk, not coffeemate–CREAM. I prefer it raw, but there seem to be laws against that sort of thing these days.
2. This one is similar to MonkeyGirl’s “I’m a nerd” confession. I’m a geek. A random geek. In fact, I’m the one who coined the phrase (speaking of cliches) “geeking out”. Or maybe that wasn’t me. You just don’t know, do you?
3. I can carry a 6′1″, 185 lb man on my back. Seriously. Sans epinephrine, just because I wanted to. Oh, okay, so he was hurt. But honestly, I think he could’ve made it.
4. I watch House, MD. And I like it. And yes, at least once per episode, the mind, she boggles. But usually I’m able to skip right over it and continue watching. But I can’t watch Grey’s Anatomy or Scrubs, by God. Some errors are so glaring, I gotta wear shades.
5. My office is in my closet. It’s a walk-in closet, bigger than my cubicle at the SOUL-SUCKING HELL that is a company I cannot mention, lest I be sued. And yes, I think proving malice would be pretty easy…but let’s not get into that. For your information, any company that will refer to a time as “THE union scare”, and upper management will use that phrase as a swear word, is not a company you need to work for.
6. I think GMO’s & cloning should be proven safe in long-term studies, not assumed to be. And no, a single study of shoddy construction and high error rate does not a proof make. Take that, Dr. Must-Not-Be-Named!
7. I use some “alternative therapies”. If you were in pain, and something made you feel better, would you care if it was due to the placebo effect? (Give me a good massage over a Vicodin any day.) Furthermore, lumping people who drink ginger tea when nauseated with those who believe that there’s a government conspiracy to promote AIDS among the black community, is irresponsible, and I reserve the right to delete your comment if you get mouthy. Fore-warned is fore-armed, as my grandmother would’ve said if I’d asked her.
8. I have faith in science. That sounds stupid, but, well, look at the speed of light, for example. In many physics calculations (and some chemistry, for that matter) you need to know that “c”, the speed of light, is 2.998 x10 to the 8th power metres/second. I have never measured the speed of light–I take it on “faith” that 2.998 x 10 to the 8th m/s is, in fact, the speed of light. Put another way, I believe that those who wrote the textbooks and did the original calculations, and reviewed those calculations, did so correctly. Therefore, I have faith in their work, and will continue to use 2.998 m/s without feeling that it is necessary to calculate it for myself. I don’t, however, extend the same faith to the calculations of others, particularly those whom I tutor. I am skeptical of their answers until they are proven to be true.
Now, I’m not tagging anyone. I view memes as the blogging version of spam emails, the spawn of chain letters. And yes, I was the booger who always broke those suckers in dayschool, and I never had bad luck, so keep your “And may be you dont beleive me, but its true!! It relly works!!” to yourself. Tbbpb.
ETA: I don’t have enough “friends” to tag, actually. So there, I’m really just being mouthy to cover for my own insecurities. Tbbpb again.
