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Diva tagged me with the 8 random facts meme, and it made me remember that I still hadn’t done that meme I’d been tagged for by both Bill and Kendall.

It turns out, it’s the same meme. So HAH. I get to kill three birds with one stone. Err.. not that I would actually kill birds. No, fracas loves birds. Now Mr. Fracas, he would kill a bird. He hates birds. So if you’re a bird and you don’t have a therapist of your own, it’s probably best not to hang out at the fraccy mansion farmhouse, because it will probably just lead to some kind of mental health crisis…

Bird #1 – No, no.. I swear it’s safe. That lady has a kickass yard. There are dozens of good worming spots, at least five different kinds of berries, the occasional slug just waiting to be caught and free housing in any one of several different trees.

Bird #2 – Yeah, yeah… say what you will, there’s that mean ass guy who can’t fraccin’ stand us. I swear I saw him out there with a bb gun last night. And that teenage girl hates me too. I heard her yelling at me at 4 am the other day. Geez.. whad I do? All I did was chirp and she wants my head.

Yet again… I digress. (And note to all you PETA’ers out there who will email me… there was no actual bb gun incident. It’s called creative license. Go eat a burger, okay?)

Now.. I’ve checked back at Bill’s blog, and noticed he had a reminder of the rules. I thought it a good idea to re-print them here even though lately I have taken a shining to that song by Pink, ‘Cuz I Can, in which she sings:

“I don’t play your rules I make my own
Tonight
I’ll do what I want
Cuz I can”

A reminder of the Rules:

One: Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. Two: People who are tagged need to write their own blog entry about their eight things and post these rules. Three: at the end of your entry, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names/pseudonyms/blogs. Four: Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Here I go…

1.   I am over 40 and I have never broken a bone in my body.
2.   There are currently 73 1/2 people who would like to break a bone in my body. (That half is one person who still can’t make up their mind. I’ll annoy them a bit more and see if we can’t make it a complete 74.
3.   I have never had surgery. Well, that is if you don’t count episiotomies. I did have one of those. LOL to the poor saps who click that link.  What? I fraccin’ warned you, didn’t I?
4.  I’ve lived on my own since before I was even finished high school. Indeed, I worked a full time job (evenings) and went to school all day. Paid rent, bills and all that even before most kids know how to wipe their own bums properly.
5.   I have driven an 8 hour trip (in good weather) in the middle of a blizzard the likes of which mean you stay behind the Semi in front of you or you wouldn’t know where the road actually was. Oh.. and did I mention I was travelling with my five year old at the time?
6.  I love Barry Manilow.
7.  I lie. Okay, so #6 wasn’t true. That means I have to include two things in #7 to be fair. So… I don’t often find the “typical” male hunk-of-the-day to be all that hunk-of-the-day; I have an offbeat sense of what makes a man attractive or appealing. And… I hate just lying in the sun. 
8.   The stunts people are willing to do on shows like Fear Factor… for a fraccing measly 25K, make me mad. I can’t watch the show because I just get mad. Not grossed out… mad.

Now.. I’d felt badly for repeatedly tagging people on my blogroll to try get myself out of the meme hell I was in. Even before Kate teased me about it, I’d felt badly and wondered how I would deal with the rest of the memes without actually offending someone.

Tonight, brilliance happened somewhere in behind the fraccy forehead, and I thought to myself… it’s a meme about random facts, so why not tag random people? These random people will perhaps like the fraccy family and friends, and might actually like to stick around here too! So.. if you’ve been tagged for this meme, know that I saw your blog and thought you’d be a great fraccer, and would like to welcome you to the fraccy fun. If you don’t choose to do the tag, that’s ok too; I just want you to know that I spent time looking for great fun blogs and you were one of my picks!

1. Big Green Box  - Because I did actually read the Sweetcornphobia post and yes… it’s a good domain name.
2. Irregular Bones - Because I loved #8 on the 25 Things My Mom Taught Me Post. Okay, #9, 13 and 14… oh just go read it.
3. I Torched His Shed/ My Boyfriend Is a Twat - Because anyone who names her ex’s current wife as Pretty Horrible Tits just needs to end up here at fracas.
4. Pass The Chocolate - Not just because of the title, but because she has a tag called my boob stories. You know she needs to be here since I have tons of posts about boobs and bras. Chocolate, boobs and an NC-17 rating on her blog. Kindred spirits, we are.

Okay, holy keee-rap but this hasn’t been as easy as I thought. There are a lot of blogs out there that I am totally not interested in. I’ve been browsing for hours and so if you’re on this list of 8 “random” blogs, then you’d better damn well be pleased to have been chosen because I’ve fraccing well spent a lot of time kissing a lot of frogs to find you!

5. Swimming Upstream - Because her #20 on her 100 Things list sealed it for me. Me too!
6. The Sacred Frosted Cheerio - Because she listed Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2 on her favorite movie list. Me too!
7.  Homeless Family’s Blog - Okay, so John isn’t a random pick, he’s on the fraccy blogroll. But, but… I have to tag him because he’s all over the internet  claiming to be having my child. That’s gotta be worth at least one tag.
8. Wiping The Crazy Off My Face - Because according to Sher, nothing says loving like a trunk full of tampons.

And I think that I am finally now… completely out of meme hell.  Now, I can get back to raising some hell in my own way!

Look out.