8 random facts meme

I’ve been tagged with the eight random facts meme by Birders on the Border.

1. I sit down in public toilets (one day, I will write an entire post about my thoughts on this topic).
2. In the fourth grade, I tested with a ninth grade vocabulary (as high as the test went at the time) but I refused to be promoted a grade or put in special classes.
3. I hate those useless, stupid bread-bag tags. What happened to twist ties?
4. Occupations of my closest friends: college professor, medical lab tech, elevator repairman, cop, environmental ed (3), zookeeper, museum collections manager, photographer (2), IRS agent, doctor, student, magazine editor.
5. I tend to think I’m not very likable because I’m blunt and opinionated.
6. This is one of three blogs I write for pretty regularly. I have a couple more private ones.
7. One of my (publicly-admittible) vices is celebrity gossip.  Where else but TMZ could you read a sentence like, “Wearing a tie-dye patterned satin mini made from curtains at the Days Inn Tehran [and] carrying a ‘My Lil’ Kidney’ purse…”
8. I’m getting LASIK done in November.

I don’t really like tagging people with memes…and most of the bloggers in our corner of the world seem to have done this one already.  However, I  think my friends at Birder’s World Field of View write a blog that is way too serious for their personalities. I’m going to mix it up: Jess and Chuck, post 8 random facts about each other.  Matt and Ernie, do the same for each other.