The tag is on!

1) Post rules before you give your facts (these are they).
2) List 8 random facts about yourself (oh... oh dear...)
3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them (Like Margie, I am worried several have been tagged already, but I'll do my darndest)
4) Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they've been tagged. (Okay ... that's do-able).

So, eight random bits aboot me:

1) I really struggle with the concept of extreme wealth. I know many ridiculously wealthy people, and while several are good people (others are just arrogant fucks, pardon my language), I fail to see how one could morally allow themselves to wallow in such obscene luxury why so many many more suffer. In Canada alone, millions go to bed hungry, or live on the street, or in their car if they are lucky enough to have them, and to me the most obscene and heartbreaking of these situations, is the number of senior citizens who are homeless, HOMELESS, in their final years, their country that promised to care for them via pensions and old age security turning a cold and unfeeling back on them, most the bureaucrats turning said cold shoulder going home to a warm table of food after convincing themselves they’ve “done everything they can do.” May I burn in hell before I allow my parents to suffer so. And having said that, I cannot even comprehend the suffering in some third world countries.

2) My most favourite gift to receive is nice new socks and underwear.

3) I still want a cigarette nearly every day.

4) I am a Scorpio. Worse yet, a redheaded one. And as nears as dammit all the things they say about Scorpios ring true for me, most especially the passionate aspect of my personality. I love with true fervor, and should I happen to love you, whether friend, family or lover (okay, Ian’s my only lover), I’ll lay down my life for you. Rather not, mind you, so let’s not put that one to the test, shall we?

5) Like Margie, between the good or the bad in a (wo)man, I choose to believe in the good. But I have a freakishly sensitive bullshit detector, and am a pretty good judge of character.

6) I am something of a squirrel (mum says I was a gypsy in another life) when it comes to baubles. I love jewelry. Not so much diamonds and gold and that lot, but show me funky original stuff, ethnic or exotic looking, and I am all a-twitter. I LOVE LOVE LOVE open air markets, the best place to find funky such wee treasures.

7) Pot makes me violently ill. Can’t touch the stuff. Found out the hard way many years ago.

8) I believe in fairies.

Okay. I haven't checked to see if they have been tagged yet, but I am going to tag:

Gypsy: http://www.gypsynoir.blogspot.com/
Cheryl Ann: http://bloggersbest.blogspot.com/
Chantal: http://chontzies.blogspot.com/
Koos: http://koosfernhout.blogspot.com/
Margery: http://www.dinanbretagne.blogspot.com/
Darling Lovely: http://sleepingcurves.blogspot.com/
Ian of Nottingham: http://iangordoncraig.blogspot.com/
Dale: http://www.dalef.blogspot.com/

and hope I've left enough of us for you guys to tag, if I have not already re-tagged some of you!