My Duty, As Being "Tagged"

I won't go into the connotations and so forth, as Chris did on his blog. I will, therefore, just get to the meat of this meme.

Once you have been tagged, you have to write a post with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself and say who tagged you. In the end, you will need to choose the 6 people you tag and list their names. No tag backs. Here are 8 things you may not know about me:

Thanks, Chris, for tagging me... Now I have to think of eight facts...

1) I like music, but I don't like music enough to actively seek out new bands or styles. Every cd I purchased this year (admittedly, it's been like, two) have either been bands that I love and have all of their other cds, or they have been cds that I had experienced through Chris and genuinely liked. I don't know how to change this habit of mine... I don't really know if it's THAT bad, either. Obviously, Chris has good taste, and I don't know how to go about looking into new music.

2) I wish I had read more this summer. I read like, eight very early in the summer, but that stalled in July and I've only read two books since. I'm less than 100 pages into my current book, and would like to see it finished by the time school starts next week.

3) I wish I could write more. I sometimes feel like a failure as a writer when I don't (or can't) write. How can I expect to write for a living if I can't now when it's for fun and without the pressures of it being my only means of income?

4) I'm desperate to go back to school. I don't know what to do with myself here. And I want to stop working at the bookstore, which is only 2 shifts away. But I know that I'll miss everyone horribly. On a related note, only like, five people are coming to my goodbye party. I guess others aren't as worried about missing me, or saying goodbye. Sigh.

5) I feel bad about losing touch with friends in my past. I'm trying to make an effort to keep in touch with everyone, even if I don't often see friends in person due to our schedules. I recently found an elementary school friend's email on Facebook, and we've been emailing each other twice, three times a day since then.

6) I have an unhealthy obsession with The Price is Right, and obssessing over what MY decisions would have been, and whether or not I would have won that fancy new car.

7) I have a cycle of blogs/websites that I visit daily. I rarely deviate from this list, and I rarely visit any other websites. I look forward to Thursdays the most out of every day of the week, as most cartoon websites and other update-able sites update on Thursdays.

8) I bought an agenda for school that says "Slacker" on it, which is funny because I never EVER use an agenda although I buy one every year. It's cute, hardcover and the size I wanted. I wish, for one second, I could convince myself to BE a slacker, though. I hate feeling such pressure and stress to always be doing something, and feeling like a failure when I procrastinate.

What were the last 10 books you read?
1) Athena - John Banville
2) Headhunter - Timothy Findley
2 1/2) 200 pages of Ulysses - James Joyce. I know it's not a full book, but I thought (given the book and its reputation), it was worth mentioning.
3) Son of a Witch - Gregory Maguire
4) The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
5) Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
6) Mean Boy (advanced reading copy) - Lynn Coady
7) V for Vandetta - Alan Moore
8) In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
9) The Sandman Series (Volumes 6-8) - Neil Gaiman
10) Fidelity - Michael Redhill


I tag: Ashley, Gillian, Justin, Melissa and Tiffany, as no one else with a blog reads this, or they have already been tagged. Apologies for not having tagged 6 people. Please do not harm me, meme God!