Tag I'm it!

OK, so Luna, my dear friend finally got tagged and tagged me, here are the rules:

The Rules
1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Noel's eight facts, habits, kernals of wisdom and otherwise silly stuff:

1. I've been stuck with some form of needle over 73,000 times. 25 years of diabetes will do that to you. Breakdowns? OK.
Traditional insulin shots = 365*25*3=27,375 insulin shots
Blood sugar pricks = 365*25*5=45,625 blood sugar pricks
Blood drawn at Dr's office visits= 25*4= 100

2. On my 30th birthday I went blind. True story, I was thrown this amazing surprise birthday party with friends I hadn't seen in a long time. We were playing pinochole and by the end of the 3 hour game I couldn't tell the difference between the face cards. Since then I've had 7 eye surgeries. 4 laser treatements in which they burned 3819 spots into my retinas to stop the bleeding, 2 reattachments of seperated retinas caused by scaring from the lasers, and one cataract surgery to fix my left eye after that. Prognosis is good, I will never see as well as I did but at least I can see. I'm trying really hard to be glass half full about the whole thing.

3. I hate exercise.... I'm an active person, but I hate to exercise for the sake of exercise. I go hiking, love martial arts, biking, swimming, being outdoors. But going to the gym or a class drives me nuts.

4. I love to read. I average about a book a day, and I'm talking 300-600 page novels. My favorite genre is sci-fi/fantasy but I'll read anything. My mom used to have to take the cereal box away from the table in the morning or I would read every edge of it. It's an addiction I have my Great-grandmother hooked me on at the age of 2. Yes, 2. My first book was "Rabbit and the Four Seasons." My second book was "The Giving Tree." My last book was "Confessor" by Terry Goodkind.

5. I'm a nerd.... classic sense.... I like comic books, japanese cartoons, esoteric facts and figures, debating Star Wars versus Star Trek and loving both, TI-86 graphing calculators (still have mine from high school) and computers. My first computer was the Apple ][ and the one I have now is a custom built that I'm putting in this case. My Dad is the one I have to thank for being technically astute and interested.

6. I've been playing around in SecondLife since before our avatars could kiss!

7. Shhh, it's a secret, but I can script, I hate doing it in SecondLife because it makes my 'fun' feel like work, but I am capable.

8. I secretly wish I could make a living doing this.... wait, that's not a secret.

9. Bonus wisdom: Never do any of the following - work on a motherboard with the power supply plugged into the wall, play spiderman by tying one end of a rope to the banister and the other around your neck, climb the fence your mom told you not to climb, promise to do something big for a temporary reward, loan money, borrow money. Always do the following - what you say you will, say what you mean, love hard, learn always, laugh often, and remember all things in this life are temporary, it's about the journey and the memories you make.


Who to tag, who to tag.... Serra's already been tagged, so has Luna cuz she tagged me, but I supposse tagbacks are out of the question, so.... I'm going to be obnoxious and hit the big blogs;

Akela Talmasca, Tateru Nino, Pixeleen Mistral, Robin Linden, Torley Linden, Jeff Barr, Amras Alder, and Serra! (Lame I know but I couldn't come up with an 8th one who hadn't been tagged and now she can say she's been tagged three times!)