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I've been tagged! Gasp!

Apparently, these are the rules of having been tagged.

1. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.2. At the end of your blog, you 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.

Except that, aside from my tagger (Aaron) and a couple of other friends (a few of whom were tagged pre-Aaron), I don't know anyone else who writes and would actually post this.

(Does that count as a random fact about myself?)

Ok, so here goes:

1. When I was a kid, I used to call pillows "pellows." My friend Sherri Berglund called me on it once and when confronted with the truth, I lied like a rug. "That's how Swedish people say it," I claimed.

Um, yeah, Sherri Berglund was also Swedish.

2. This is creepy. Aside from a rug, a bookcase and a shelving unit in my kitchen, I have not purchased any of the furniture in my house. (Awesome roman shades do not count.) Most of it has been passed down in my family, given to me as a gift, inherited from old roommates or boyfriends, or simply picked up off the street.

3. Sometimes my pantyhose are so tight that they give me a tummyache.

4. I have a rabid fear of puke. If someone on the subway looks green, or a kid nearby starts to cry and cough, I change locations. I haven't seen someone puke in years, and I have absolutely no desire to see it again any time soon. (I mention this only because I almost barfed in a cab today. I didn't! But it was definitely an option.)

5. I loathe reality television, and yet I'm secretly addicted to The Biggest Loser. I am rooting for just about everyone on that series, because, really, who doesn't want an unhappy fat person to be a happy thin one?

6. My favorite parts of a man's body are his hipbones and his upper arms/shoulders. However, my only physical requirement of a man is that he be able to pick me up and carry me. (Not into the next county, for example, but at least into the next room.)

7. I don't always flush the toilet every time I use it.

8. I can put leftover frosting in the freezer and forget that it's even there. However, once I re-discover it, I usually can't walk away from it and end up having to throw it out. (Why save it in the first place, you ask? Hmmm. Good question.)

So here's the part where I tag people, huh? Well, how about these fine folks:
Sara
Romero
Christina
Ian
John
Marcia
Bonnie

Bring it on, guys, bring it on!