ME! ME!

Tim tagged me for a meme, which appears to be some sort of hellish blog chain letter game for office drones who surf when they should be working. The rules, apparently, are this:

1: Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves. 2: People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules. 3: At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names. 4: Don't forget to leave them a comment and tell them they're tagged, and to read your blog. 5. If you fail to do this within eight hours, you will not reach Third Series or attain your most precious goals for at least two more lifetimes.

Of course the facts aren't really random. Self-indulgent, yes. And doing it properly takes EONS. So please, never, ever tag me again. But here goes:

1. I just sent an application to the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute telling them I'm coming 7/7/07. Then I looked at the calendar. 7-7-7 is a Saturday. There's no practice on Saturday. Oops!

2. I've never operated a TiVo or an iPod -- and until this Monday I'd never used eBay (I coudn't help myself; the tamboura CD was just $1.99).

3. I'm typing this on a flowered 2001 iMac. The most expensive thing I own is my car, which cost $900.

4. I've loved, but I've never been "in love."

5. A new Chicago travel guide for which I wrote a chapter (back in 2005) just hit the shelves.

6. Two of The Bad Seeds have stayed at my house. Yes, those Bad Seeds.

7. I've had editors named Chuck Taylor and Charles Shaw. But my role model is Chandra Om.

8. I used to review music for the Chicago Tribune. I had a column in the Reader. I was on all the guest lists. I couldda been a contender. I couldda been somebody, instead of a bum, er, aspiring yogi -- which is what I am.


You’re it:

Dreyfuss
CRON Architect
LoTus Keller
Queen Elyssia
Mars over Erlangen
Bad Lady
Alan Little
Yoga Beans



Those rules again:

1: Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves. 2: People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules. 3: At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names. 4: Don't forget to leave them a comment and tell them they're tagged, and to read your blog. 5. If you fail to do this within eight hours, you will not reach Third Series or attain your most precious goals for at least two more lifetimes.