Somehow, I’ve been tagged — by Katyola, no less.

I usually don’t go for these meme-ish exercises. But just this once, I’ll be sport. Let’s start with the somewhat-disjointed 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 need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

I’ll try to be as random as I can:

1. I hate tomatoes and tomato byproducts — with the sole exception being the tomato sauce found in pizza.

2. I regularly take procrastination to bold new levels.

3. I consider myself to have absolutely no personal fashion sense, and yet manage to draw compliments almost daily on my wardrobe choices.

4. My personal pet is a blue betta fish, residing by himself (as betta should be) in a five-gallon desktop tank. He has no name.

5. Years after kicking the habit as a child, lately I find I’m back to compulsively biting my nails (or one, at least, on my left thumb).

6. Between the two, I’m having more trouble coming to terms with my graying hair than with my thinning hair.

7. Despite closing in on two years of living in New York, I refer to other U.S. locales as if I’m still geographically oriented in Florida (example: I wonder what an acquaintance is doing “up in Nashville”, i.e. north of where I am, instead of the proper south).

8. What I consider to be my dirtiest personal secret: I’m actually an optimist.

What the hell, I gave it a shot.

Now for the forwarding to others part. I figure these eight thrill-seekers will take the bait:

- Better Living Thru Blogging!
- Dustbury.com
- When Tara Met Blog
- Hit Coffee
- Thudfactor
- Journeys of Jack Tripper
- In Theory
- douglas.nerad

And, we’re done. I feel so used.

UPDATE: Turns out Dustbury’s already swung through this. So, let’s sub in Gary Said… instead. Order restored.