I got blogtagged, and I tag some more
My friend Andrew blogtagged me. (Hi Andrew… it’s been a while, eh.) If you don’t know it, “blog tag” is a game where you get “tagged” by someone and have to share five things that others (at least on the internet) don’t know widely about you. And then you tag five more people and the game continues. The game seems to have been around for a while, but got its current recent revival from Jeff.
Now… allow me to put in a meta-comment before the five things. I usually find these games silly and would discard them right away. But this one got me thinking. First, it has kinda caught on. I tend to be among the “second tier” adopters these days, I stand back to see if an idea works, and not to be among the first ones to try it out. (I don’t even have a Venice Project beta 
) If it does, I hop on.
And secondly, this game is not about the blogs and some silly networking technology and graphing, it’s about people behind them. Faces and real persons. In this crazy world, it’s never too much to take a step back and celebrate yourself and your friends.
#1
The first piece of English I ever learned was…
I have a dog
his name is Jack
his coat is white
his nose is black.
This was when I was six years old and we were having exams for this good school where my parents wanted to put me. This wasn’t the only exam, but I passed and looks like it turned out fine, at least I got admitted to the school.
#2
God knows I’m not a saint. But there’s one thing I’m truly proud of. I haven’t ever smoked. This means more than “I tried once, but I don’t currently smoke”. I haven’t ever tried either. I have never held a burning cigarette in my mouth. This also includes hash joints, bongs and what have you. You can recall me doing all sorts of crazy things, but you can’t recall having seen me smoking in the past, and most probably never will. It’s kinda cool to have at least a few of this kind of “never”/”ever” values.
(This also works the other way. I can take smoking when having to face the inevitable like in a pub or club, but if you’re together with me in some neutral setting and I’m annoying you and you can’t get the message across any other way, just start smoking and I’ll be outta there.)
#3
My first paid job was a summer job when I was .. uh .. 13 or 14? I was lifting boxes and crates of goods in a food store where my mom worked as an accountant at the time. It was for a month and hadn’t I been there with a good friend, it would have been incredibly boring and mind-numbing. The proceeds were enough for me to buy a computer game that was on 5.25” floppies, and since my PC had only 3.5” drive, I had to rip it open right there and get it copied to 3.5”-s right there in the store. (The game was Heart of China.)
#4
I have had poor “natural” eyesight since childhood and have had to wear spectacles since the age of 6 or so. One might wonder why not switch them for contact lenses that may be more convenient. I’m not using lenses because my mom once took to the ophtalmologist to try them on, when I had had spectacles for a few years. But at the time, the technology for lenses in this country was much less developed and the procedure to insert them was not convenient at all. In fact, it was quite a traumatic experience for me and this is why I don’t wear contact lenses. Maybe I’ll get “over it” and try again one day, but at this time, there’s just no practical need for me to do that.
#5
I very rarely share the whole story and this is also the case for this game. So #5 will remain a secret
My turn
Ok, it’s my turn now. I hereby tag Malthe, Ike, Siim, Andres and wolli. (I don’t think all of them will join the game, but oh well.)
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