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That’s a big fat lie, in case you didn’t catch it. I am totally addicted to the internet. As many of you pointed out after my stint at BUI (coined by Michael). lol This was of course, before, I went on my hiatus. And even though I took this quiz before said hiatus (from when Lady Banana took the quiz) and got the score below.. I still didn’t I think the that the questions were accurate for what they’re trying to interpret.

I do have a life outside of the internet, but I would still consider myself terribly addicted. For example, as I am sitting at the desk of my temp job trying to read my book or do my crossword, I can’t help but have my gmail, twitter and facebook pages open.

I don’t get addicted to other things easily though. I did smoke one summer. It was definitely a conscious choice, but I blame the fact that I was working 14-16 hour days and was living off of caffeine, 3 hours sleep (a day), adrenaline, a tiny bit of food, and mad hangovers. And of course there was the captain of the ship I was managing who smoked like a chimney and was the most charming man ever. If you smoked, you could stay in the wheelhouse for the entire cruise with him.

Back to point, the last summer I worked with that company was almost 3 years ago and while I touched cigarettes during my final year of University, it was again a conscious choice and the affair ended before my final exams even begun. I know people say it all the time, but I can go years without having a cigarette and one day if I feel like it I may one… I may not. I don’t get the ‘I need to have one’ jones’.

Gracious tagged me, and I’ve recently been realising even more weird things about me since I last did this meme, so I figured I’d play again.

Don’t forget to post the rules too:

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’ve been tagged, and to read your blog.

My 8 Random facts/habits:

1. (With reference to my last list’s #4) I used to come off as being more confident than I really am, now I am exactly as confident as I appear.
2. I can do a word jumble in less than 10 seconds (more if I have to write it down), but it takes me a minute to do 20 calculations.
3. I used to drink very little water (only about 500ml a day, if that), but Chris told me to shape up and drink more water and I’m glad I have because I’ve been feeling better in may ways ever since!
4. I am extremely glad that Crocs decided to come out with footwear that is not a clog; they are the most comfortable thing in the world - but I refuse to wear clogs!
5. I have been blogging since 1998, when my first boyfriend in Canada dumped me and promptly ripped my heart and my self-confidence out of my shell and trampled all over them, and then fed them to the sharks. My (then) journal and I have come a long way from that point in my life.
6. I only wear thongs (yes, the underwear), I can’t stand wearing anything else because they will get eaten up by my ass. However, I can’t wear thongs when I’m sleeping, I have to wear boyshorts.
7. Another underwear fact: I hate wearing mismatched bra & panties. I feel like an idiot. And yes, it is just in case I have to go to the hospital and someone’ll get to see my underwear.
8. (Ok so this is about us, and not just me, but it’s still about me) We used to do the crossword together every night before bed, and it was the most relaxing time of the day for us. I miss those days.

My 8 tags: Ate Maeyo (even though Gracious tagged her already), Beeker, Monique, Periapex, Jillian, Canucklehead, Erica (@ Five Blondes) and Chie.

Do you remember Thunder cats? I don’t know why I just remembered them when I started this post. But anyway… here’s another tag from Ate Maeyo that I neglected to comply with because of all the hoopla a few weekends ago. And as this post has been sitting in my scheduled queue, the lovely JoanJoyce tagged me with a similar meme (like last week)! I’m not sure how this works now because obviously the two tags included different people who had previously participated in the list… so uh… so I’ve combined the two lists together here, and am hoping for the best!

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I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. You will have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes we hope it will be a long list!)

It’s real easy! Tag others and see your Technorati Authority increase exponentially! The benefits of Viral Linking:

This is the easy way and the fastest way to increase your Technorati authority ranking, increase your Google Page Rank, get more traffic to your blog, make some new friends.

Instructions:

1. Start copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy” to your blog.
2. Put your own blog name and link.
3. Tag as many friends as you can.

The list:

Picturing of Life, Juliana’s Site, Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future., Jeanne-The Callalily Space, Starz in De Sky, Denz Techtronics, Denz Recreational, Frechie’s World, Life’s All That, Touring-England, Rainier and Katrina, Life! Learn it. Live it. Love it., Colour Our World, Blognation, Pinoytek, Reyna, Bluep, Kotsengkuba, Buraot, Iris, Banco De Reyna ,Mitch, Melai, Malen, Beng, Sasha, joanjoyce, Just because, fragileheart.com [next please...]

I’m tagging anyone who would like to play along!

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Now, I’ve read about a few instances where Google has penalised people for doing things like this but uhm… I don’t care? ;P

No, I haven’t gone cocky on you. It’s a link love meme! I was tagged by Ate Maeyo more than a week ago, but with all the hoopla over my four day weekend and having too many posts to sort through I’ve only been able to comply with the tag now. Without any further adieu:

Instructions:

• Copy the entire list and add your name at the bottom.
  • Thea, my scrappy side, Childstar, abie, aggie, alpha, apple, apols, jacqui, jane, jody, joy, mike, kelly, mich, peachy, dorxie, Butchay, lena, anna, sheryll, pat, gracie, cheche, thet, Heidi 2, Heidi, Maeyo, fragileheart.
• And tag at least 5 friends (but you can tag as many as you like):
  • My tags: Jillian, Elle, Chris, Beeker and Michael.

…so quickly at least. But I just HAD to post this one up… not just because I found the results accurate and interesting but because the recommendation for who I get along with so funny.

You Are a Semi-Colon

You are elegant, understated, and subtle in your communication.You’re very smart (and you know it), but you don’t often showcase your brilliance.Instead, you carefully construct your arguments, ideas, and theories – until they are bulletproof.You see your words as an expression of yourself, and you are careful not to waste them. You friends see you as enlightened, logical, and shrewd. (But what you’re saying often goes right over their heads.) You excel in: The Arts You get along best with: The Colon

What Punctuation Mark Are You?

Hehehehe I get along best with the colon. Now, would that be my colon or someone else’s?