I'd like to state for the record that I actually like these games. They're kind of fun, and you sometimes learn things about your friends you never knew. The thing I don't like is how they tend to rebound like a superball in a sealed room. I get hit by so many ricochets that it just gets ridiculous. That having been said, I fully plan on tagging everyone who's already been tagged. So that's it, that's the complaint, on to the game.

"The Rules" are simple, state eight interesting things about yourself, and everyone you tag has to do the same.

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1. I love music, and play the flute and drums. I've pretty much lost my ability to sight read, I read music very slowly to boot, but I can play by ear better than most anybody I know. If I've ever heard the song, and can figure out the right first note, I've got the rest.

2. I've had stiches in my head on 4 seperate occaisions before the age of 9.

3. I've been hit by moving vehicles twice (one van, one truck) while on my bicycle. No injuries sustained either time (although the bike was trashed after the truck).

4. I am eternally fascinated by sunrises and sunsets, and have never seen one without stopping to admire it. I used to try photographing them, but I used a cruddy disposable and they came out horrible.

5. I love early morning time, but hate getting up that early. I'm a nightowl and always have been. Someday I'll figure out a way to balance this.

6. I'm very ecclectic in my tastes, from music to art to movies to television to plays and opera, etc. I mostly like older styles and am a bit conservative to leap to new trends, but if I like it there's no second guesses.

7. I will debate anyone I meet over anything I can speak semi-knowledgebly about. If I can't, I'll make it up as I go along. I also enjoy verbal sparring. Sometimes this seems to upset people, as they don't understand I'm just having fun, and it's not serious. I don't know, must be the way I was raised. Big Irish-Catholic intellectual family, and we all love to argue.

8. My attitude and personality wax and wain between super-serious introvert and childish extrovert. It's always interesting to me when the switch flips and people all of a sudden wonder what happened. I'm the same guy, just a little different. Who knows, eventually I'll find a balance between.

Alright, that's enough from me...your turn

~N