Tagged again!!

I have been tagged again - that makes it two times in quick succession. Let me start with the tag description ....

Rules of this tag:

1. Name the person who tagged you.
2. 8 things about you.
3. Tag 6 people.

A.I. (action item) 1 :
I was tagged by Cuckoo. She says she has been here for three months only, and I am amazed that in this short while she has gathered a large fan following :-) And not without reason. I enjoy reading her posts, as do so many others.

A.I. 2:
This is rather difficult, given the detailed introduction I have already written in my profile. So, I guess I will have to go into finer details. Hold your breath, all ye who enter here, as I lay my soul open before you ....

1. I am a Gemini. I am not into astrology (and/or sun-signs), but my friends who are, have told me that I do not have Gemini characterstics. Whatever that means. What I have inferred is that Geminis are supposed to be dreamers, but I am rather practical person.

2. I am quite organized. I prefer to have everything at its right place. My place usually is not in a bad mess, and if it is, this state does not last long. Sometimes this works in a negative way, when I tend to take it a bit too far. During my college days, sometimes my friends used to deliberately mess up my hostel room, just to tease me. At that time, I used to get rather angry about it, but looking back at it now, I just laugh.

3. I am a simple and straightforward, and rather reserved person. I have poor PR skills, most unfortunately. I find it difficult to talk beyond normal courtsies, to people I am not well acquainted and comfortable with - I dont know what to talk about. And I take time to be comfortable with someone. At times, it gets misinterpreted.

4. I cannot sit idle. I always need something to do, that requires either my hands or my head. I love to dabble in painting and crafts, but I don't do it often, now. I also love to solve puzzles - crosswords, cryptograms, sudoku.

5. Reading has been my passion for as long as I can remember. I remember reading hindi edition of Reader's Digest when I was hardly 5 or 6. My forte is fiction, and I love to read thrillers. My favorite authors are Alistair McLean, Erle Stanley Gardener and Desmond Bagley. I still love to read children's books like Ruskin Bond's stories, and The Three Investigators. I follow comic strips like Dennis the Menace, Beetle Bailey, Hagar and Peanuts on the net, and will read Calvin and Hobbes, Archies, Asterix whenever I can lay hand on them. And I love to watch Tom & Jerry.

6. I do not like watching Television. Earlier, during my school days, I used to like watching old hindi movies on TV, but not any more. I do not watch movies on the comp, either. In fact, I watch very few movies - when I have had good recommendation. At times, even though I get good reviews for a film, and intend to see it, I am not able to do so; but I do not mind it.

7. I have rarely ever done typical "girly" things. As far as I can remember, I never owned dolls or "kitchen sets". I was happier playing board games - learnt to play scrabble at the age of 7. Later, when my contemporaries were starting to get inetersted in things like soap operas, cooking and dancing, I was busy taking walkman apart, and learning to solder. Now, I take little interest in embellished dresses and jewellery, and often get chided by family and relatives :-)

8. I can keep secrets. If anyone confides in me, they can trust that I will not divulge it even to my best friend. I can lend a sympathetic ear to a friend in distress, without feeling compelled to offer my opinion or advice.

When I started to do this tag, I found it difficult to find eight things to write about myself. As I added to the list, I realize there are so many things more I can tell about myself. But I decided to save them for some other time :-)

A.I 3

Now this is the most difficult part, as I do not have that many regular visitors to my blog. So, I'll try to find as many victims as I can :-D
GincoLeaves - I know a bit about you, but I am sure there is a lot more to learn.
VJ-Ditto. Though I'd like you to do it, but if you think this does not fit in your blog, feel free to give it a miss.
Pooja - We do change with time, grow. So I think there should be quite a few things new for me to know :-) And perhaps other who admire your posts would be thankful to me for passing this tag to you. But as with VJ, if you think this tag doesn't fit in, feel free to give it a miss.
Adi - Ditto. But you have been around here for much longer, so you are excused if you have done this sort of thing before :-)
Ambrosia - I hardly know anything about you, but I love reading your posts. Also, havent seen much activity on your blog for some time now; hope this tag results in an update.