I had never heard of this term till yesterday (it sounds rather sinister and Big Brotherish), but I have now been blogtagged by the Divine Ms Baroque
(she who must be obeyed). All I have to do is reveal six random things about myself. Since this may be my one and only celebrity-style request, it would be churlish to refuse. So here are the six, illustrated:
1. My Other Genre
![Allen the Alien](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sXN5uyCjoNYhm8aWhsCj267Q_PIXM4Rx9hzA9Era_n3qsPlnYGA6xbNBpZmE6rwsyihTgyTBIHuO3mLx5hSLF4zlpsSvOvXgz1MKAZlEI746m75Wkh8FAn5x9e2aS2tvDQ=s0-d)
Alien is one of my favourite movies. I love a good ghost, horror or sci-fi flick.
2. Reshuffle
![runner on the East Pier, Dun Laoghaire](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tDlSD99QmXxXUFePPFY85xYtIFnCMOXRJdN9Lwke8LXhHKCbzRmXCaDdZ3HFmij4mCe_l0Ks5tSX8ATdbUVdlSBwiEM-fmncwd7yzKKip5UBc0xc-1kRru6dqM3GkS9v8S=s0-d)
After a four year hiatus, I've finally resumed running/fast walking, and have suddenly discovered what the iPod Shuffle my wife gave me as a birthday present over a year ago is REALLY for: Bowie, Bach, Santana, Tori Amos, Négresses Vertes... I'm rediscovering them all.
3. Hairy
![passport & cat](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u2lSDaIs6C47QWYedzmcEzQLjMJUZaE2KBtJRcfNaDOfsC-YIyTUAqTikVX438DY3rfbVgHl6Fdka2WvcGj8RN9AKtB4wFVHUM3kDV41lGdZi2CXc-EhtKqZo6jGqwqduEyw=s0-d)
I used to have VERY long hair, right down to my waist
(now it's the Roddy Doyle look, what Billy Connolly called 'the Millennium Comb-over').
4. Superstition
![Gutter Grate](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tqLyo1Kjd9G8udxuNcOe3wjllBZj6_8KxY8fUtxojAwp5L7kA16j9Wt9MlC2vfuCalnlEYqjtZPiODat_t2wZjUZ7BVizIzQs1lhc3nMRNRE4Ztn8xVOX-iStsXi9IEmN5=s0-d)
There is one particular drain-cover I drive over nearly every morning. If I can get it to make a satisfying 'clunk' I tell myself the day will end on a happy note.
5. Clouds
![Iona Tce. Blackrock, Dublin](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tiElSDEcUFCfwlqxtWR1qCn1Ak9cBbg1o4CDhS8Cm8CPO7rBeTgDbXROdOamnw3vHyazDKFQBCxgOPzeACRVfz0ME4pi-XGQHrjzBUSqPdyzRfQtKxCP7UwadCrgtd5gyx=s0-d)
If there was a vacancy for a cloudwatcher (a vacancy for vacancy) I'd fit the bill.
6. Tartness!
![Lemon Light](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uNQrSoJKOv2YoJ-HZ7HdYrAeU_YaBtcD5wuLSD5Od87NmsEHTznzEe7zDyJmOMwurmjlEankm9nacZgMTxxlCvtcEEZBn1vePwEGmD_UY0kh8aYcSnHyHd5Zw_SWR7-t7X4A=s0-d)
When I finish a G&T I eat the lemon.