Wherein I Am Tagged, and Against My Very Nature, Tag Others.

Sun, 01 May 2011 07:23:53 GMT

Okay, so these are the conditions of the meme for which I was tagged by tielan:

1. People who have been tagged must write the answers on their blog and replace any questions they dislike with a new original question.
2. Tag eight people. Don't refuse that. Don't tag who tagged you.

I don't particularly to be a party pooper. I'll gladly do the meme. I replaced a question I thought was a little silly with some alternate silliness. I'll even tag eight people. But since I ~~hate to~~ won't demand that people pass it on if they don't want to, and there are no stated restrictions on changing the rules, here are my rules for the meme, changes bolded:

1. People who have been tagged may write the answers on their blog and replace any questions they dislike with a new original question.
2. If you want to, tag eight people. ~~Don't refuse that.~~ The originator would certainly like you to, if you could do it in good conscience. Don't tag who tagged you.
3. If you see this and want to play, but I didn't tag you, join in! The more the merrier!

All right and tight? Okay. Ready, Steady, Go!

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( meme here )

Tagging:
sue_c because she seldom posts here. Come play!
beatrice_otter because you often have very thinky thoughts.
draco_somnians because she enjoys a good meme from time to time.
a_loquita because I'm sure her answers will entertain.
not_a_zatarc because sometimes she forgets to come and play on live journal.
wanderingsmith because your recent post on seal slaughter lead me to a headline about the mention celebrity's forthcoming album, story here dated April 15th not April 1st and that's just wrong on so many levels!
ansostuff because she enjoys a good meme from time to time.

and last, but certainly not least:

bluewillowtree because she too often likes to join in and play, and somebody needs to join in!

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Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:20:34 GMT

Wednesday was the Third Time of Asking for our phone company. We would kind of like a consistent and stable dial tone. We've been without that for more than a week. They were supposed to send someone out to the house today. I haven't seen anyone, but then I haven't been home all the day long. We haven't been without dial tone since 3:15 or so Friday afternoon, and it is Saturday at 2:50 a.m., so maaayyybeee they actually fixed it this time. Or not. We'll see. Kinda hard to tell when the problem is of the "now you have it, now you don't" variety.

I come bearing a meme to celebrate. I stole it from the lj of tarimanveri who knows me not, but upon whose journal I lurk because her tails of grad student life are a pleasant reminder of what it was like when I too was a grad student, once upon a time, and she shares some common interests, and seems to be an all around Good Egg. The meme is about books and what I read and what I like. It was obviously designed originally by an academic, or at least someone fairly highbrow in their literary tastes, so if you are expecting to find out all about what I read when I'm slumming it, you'll be largely, but not entirely, disappointed. The upside is, if you are looking for ammunition to make the case that I am a geek, you will be amply rewarded. Amply. Be warned that I have an irritating habit of not choosing just one single book in answer to the question. There are too many in my world for that. ( T.M.I. here. )

Edited because I misspelled "tarimanveri". Bad Thothmes! Do unto others, Thothmes!

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Wherein I Am Tagged, and Against My Very Nature, Tag Others.

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