8 Things Meme

I was tagged by Ren, so here goes.

~~~Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.~~~

Having done the 100 random things meme, which was a lot of fun actually, I was at a loss on this one. Eight more things? Which eight? I started thinking about 8 secret things, or 8 desires. Then I started thinking about the number eight, infinity stood on its end, tarot card of strength, the number of Beatitudes -- but then again, none of the even numbers are easy. And then I started thinking of the people I would tag. That was the kicker.

1) I have a lot of approach/avoidance issues. When I was doing a lot of human interaction training stuff, I got tagged a lot for rising up, saying something hard to say, then withdrawing. It is true, which is why it is an observation about me that I haven't forgotten.

2) I have a fantasy of going to a beach house by myself but with a computer (no internet) so I could just write for awhile. I don't know if I could or not. And enough money to eat a lot of seafood.

3) I learned to drive on an old green Chevy pick up truck with three on the column. What a great ride. First time I had her out alone, I couldn't get it in first after having to stop at the one lane bridge going into riverview and must have killed it 10 times in third gear before I thought, just put it in second and go! Which did work.

4) My first pony was named Sugar. My second, Betsy. She raised me. My plastic one is Blaze. Dusty was a beautiful palomino, but just a grouch of a personality. When I sold him (when I left home), I heard he broke the guy's leg and never got ridden again. Lucky was a sweetheart who loved to be ridden. My current horse thinks I'm crazy when I ride him, but put the collar and harness on him and he's a happy guy.

5) I was friends in college with a Japanese student named Tadashi Hori. That name must be like John Smith in the US.

6) I went to the library today and checked out two books with "econ" in the title. I think I'm too serious.

7) I'm one of those "I'm for Fred Thompson and he hasn't even announced" people. If he's for the fairtax, I'm really for him. There's a Tennesseean Tennesseans could vote for!

8) And staying with politics, I remember Henry Howell. I worked the polls for Henry Howell. I remember Henry Howell taking the phone company to court because they charged 20 cents for a pay phone call, but didn't give change for a quarter. That was also back where there was A phone company. What an argument for a free market that is. Henry died 10 years ago, but I will always remember Henry Howell.

Bonus story: on the campaign trail, Henry said: "I sleep well at night. Like a baby. You know why I sleep so well? On my way home, I stop by the Piggly Wiggly and get me some angel food cake and a Coalfield Progress newspaper. When I get home I eat that angel food cake and I read that Coalfield Progress. I go to bed and sleep like a baby because I got nothing on my stomach and nothing on my mind!"

I tag these people who desperately need to blog!: Laura, Parrothead, Wondersoul & MadCap. I further declare that each of these people, because of their low blogging rate, count as two. I also count them as two because I'm not sure I know 8 real people who blog. And I don't see some people doing memes, ya know?