{"id":718,"date":"2008-02-05T12:27:38","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T17:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=718"},"modified":"2008-02-05T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2008-02-05T18:44:28","slug":"i-figure-8-is-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"I figure 8 is enough."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was tagged by the inimitable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.headlesshollow.com\/\">UniversalHead<\/a> himself, and when such a man as he makes request, you make good or forever be known as a lesser being. So, here are my eight most unusual qualities that I can remember at this moment. I will attempt to avoid things laready discussed in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?page_id=270\">100 things post<\/a> from a while ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each player starts with eight random facts\/habits about themselves<\/li>\n<li>People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules<\/li>\n<li>At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names<\/li>\n<li>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to leave them a comment telling them they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re tagged, and to read your blog<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"padding: 0 0 8px 0;\">I love to get beat up, provided the pain is dull and does not lead to dehabilitating injury. This has brought me to stunts, martial arts and stage combat and away from professional wrestling, boxing and sports. I lose my stage fights when I can and I particularly enjoy being thrown around. I still worry about falling off high things, though, as a small mistake at that height can result in some terrible things.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0 0 8px 0;\">Like my web-friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.headlesshollow.com\/\">UniversalHead<\/a>, I have played drums in a band for a number of years. My friend Bjorn and I started playing together in early college, and I had played a little in high school in an ill-fated band. I have some technical skills owing to my girlfriend&#8217;s extensive skills in percussion, but mostly I play by feel. Recently, both of our girlfriends have begun to play with us, filling out the sounds considerably and freeing me up for more vocals. We switch instruments a lot between us, but I&#8217;m only really capable on the drums or the mic. Bjorn is a man of infinite talents and plays everything with equal alacrity and ability.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0 0 8px 0;\">I have two webbed toes on each of my feet, specifically those that correspond to the forefinger and middle finger of the hand. I inherited this from my biological father whose name was Church, a Welsh name. I only mention this because I dated a woman for a short while in college who had the same exact &#8220;condition.&#8221; She said that one of her parents was Welsh and that it was tracked to in-breeding in Welsh royalty. So&#8230; I might be in line behind a few thousand people to inherit the throne, I guess.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0 0 8px 0;\">Together with my girlfriend, I have a zeal for Steampunk and Victorian pseudoscience. Someday, I would like to have a home where all the modern conveniences are masked in that sort of decor. Unfortunately, another part of me prefers spartan, utilitarian home design, so I am not sure how to satisfy them both simultaneously.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0 0 8px 0;\">No matter how full I am, no matter how disciplined about my nutrition, I do not think I have ever refused ice cream. I have to avoid it entirely or eat it begrudgingly.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0 0 8px 0;\">I am staggeringly poorly traveled. I have never left the U.S. and have only visited a few places outside of the midwest. I hope to change that, probably this year. If nothing else, I need to see New York and see if it enchants me the way it does many of my friends.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0 0 8px 0;\">I value intelligence and education, but have never graduated from college. And while I need acting training, a formal education in theater seems a bit frivolous to me. I would like to instead finish my Bachelors in literature or even chemistry and then pursue theater as my career. And I sometimes fret over my discovering this at age 30, rather than 20.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0 0 8px 0;\">Years ago, some friends and I read from a giant astrology book which had every birthdate in it. Mine read like most of these things do, vague enough to be accurate, allowing you to fill in the blanks. One word stuck out at the time as completely wrong and we all commented that happy-go-lucky 20-year-old Chris may be moody but never <em>jaded<\/em>. Well, that has certainly changed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There you have it. If you were bored by this, I am sure that the people I&#8217;m tagging (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.czelticgirl.com\/\">Czeltic Girl<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bblinks.blogspot.com\/\">BB<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneplusinfinity.com\/weblog\/\">OnePlusInfinity<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raggedyandroid.com\/\">Raggedy Android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/k-co.steelbuddha.net\/\">K-Co<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/brian.steelbuddha.net\/\">Brian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavysigh.net\/\">Linus<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/formyselfandstrangers.blogspot.com\/\">Sherri<\/a>) will resuscitate your faith in the blogosphere, such as it is. No pressure, guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was tagged by the inimitable UniversalHead himself, and when such a man as he makes request, you make good or forever be known as a lesser being. So, here are my eight most unusual qualities that I can remember at this moment. 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