Vox Lucens

When I was little, I hated the game “tag.” OK, I take that back: I was never little, and that is precisely why I hated the game “tag.” It wasn’t that I was slower than everyone else; I lost because of the physical laws of momentum and inertia. Simply put, once I got going, I couldn’t maneuver, making speed worthless.

And if we’re playing word associations, the word “It” reminds me of a game I played one Christmas Eve with a friend whose family had a tradition of opening one present on that day. Besides thinking that this tradition was weird, I thought the game was horrible. It consisted of a motorized puddle of green goo, from which the hand of “It” would extend sporadically in an attempt to drag your playing piece off of the board. The game was apparently a complete flop, as a few poignant Google searches turn up absolutely nothing.

All of this is a long introduction to the following: I have been tagged, and my hatred for being “it” behooves me to untag myself ASAP. So here I rise, like the monster from the goo, to rid myself of this portion of my identity.

This particular meme being what it is, I therefore offer 7 random facts about myself and/or my habits, and tag 7 people to do the same.

Random Factoid the First: I have an aversion for greased pigs. I mentioned this the other day, but now I have evidence.

Random Factoid the Second: I have a birthmark over my eyelid–mostly on the upper eyelid, but incomplete unless I close my eye.

Random Factoid the Third: In all of my travels I have only found one place in the world that absolutely terrifies me, and that is the hardware store.

Random Factoid the Fourth: Today I found the actual grave for a real-life young lady I sang about in a high school recital. Talk about disturbing.

Random Factoid the Fifth: I have gone from being a happy non-bloggerist to a personal blogger, educational blogger, and work blogger, all in less than a year.

Random Factoid the Sixth: I have good reason to believe that I am the only OBCL student to have ever done flash cards on a bus in the middle of Sudan while listening to the ravings of a fundamentalist Imam over the PA system.

Random Factoid the Seventh: I REALLY need to do UCC now.

I hope that is less painful for you than it was for me. And the people I wish to tag, if for no other reason than I am interested to read their seven random facts:

Mr. JC O., Mr. Jonathan J., Miss Naomi J., Mr. Joseph M., Mr. Alex M., Miss Jenny H., and Mr. Peter S. I know Pete has already been tagged, but I’m trying to up the pressure.

Get crackin’, blogging seven. You have been marked by the blogosphere’s honor code.

 

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