I usually don’t appreciate being tagged, but it’s from Darla, so it’s hard to ignore. I will share things relevant in this context (see random item 7). Also, this is a good time, as you will see below.
In any case, I’ll post the rules, though I might have to ignore a few (sorry for being a spoil-sport, but it’ll be evident below, why).
8 Random Things About Me: Darla Mack – Nokia S60 News and Reviews:
RULES
* We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
* Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
* At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
* Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
1) Origins: My parents and I all come from different continents, and I have lived on all three of them. And I’m proud of it.
2) Interests: I am deep into my second career (maybe third), which all seem quite different from each other, but I do see a thread through them all.
3) Vices: I am addicted to writing. It’s a compulsion. I have a ton of books I want to write and never got to write one last summer (though I wrote it all down in a concentrated version that seemed to purge the need to write the book). I am trying to do a writing project this summer, though, and actually have made some significant progress (that’s a good sign).
4) Changes: I’ve lost my lust for gadgets. Yes! Or at least it seems that way. I’m more interested in the user.
5) Near future: I’m in the middle of some big things. And we’re all excited.
6) Now thinking: This site is not about ME, but about some things I think of around the Mobile Lifestyle theme. It may continue that way, even as it wends away from the current topic to the topics that are now getting my attention. My publisher-self has been thinking hard about this site and where I want the writing to go, since I use this site also to be able to point folks to what I’ve been thinking. The Mobile Lifestyle still dominates my thoughts, but other threads are making their way in and I know it will soon dominate my thinking. I thoroughly enjoy all my readers coming by and discussing things, and I am thinking that maybe as I drift, I will hold everyone’s attention, teaching them new things outside their field, interesting things, I hope. Let’s see. I think this random nudge is a good time to voice these thoughts.
7) Now people: What’s more, I am stressing more my ‘first life‘ connections rather than my ‘second life’ connections and the conversations that arise in the real world, so I am increasingly tightening my attention channels (with regular ‘attention purges’ to borrow a phrase from Matt Jones). No offense, but it’s really what fits my life best at the moment.
8) Tagging: Hence, I, myself, am leery of any threads that not only rope me in but make me bang my head to think of folks who would enjoy such a thread. So, in the interest of my sanity, I am flipping the last two rules above on their head to read:
* At the end of your blog post, ask eight people to tag themselves and list their names in the comments.
* Don’t forget to leave them a comment, thanking them for tagging themselves and leaving a trackback on your blog.
So, eight of you might feel inclined to post 8 random thoughts about you on your site. Be more creative than me. Just remember to leave a trackback here (I’ll approve it as soon as possible) and a comment that you posted it so I can go read it too and leave a ‘thank you’.
Tchau.
