Tagged?

OK so there's this viral thing going around where you get "tagged" and then hafta say 7 random things about yourself. Because this is a neat demonstration of principles from The Tipping Point and virality I'll try to dream up something for me...

1. I hit left handed in softball because when I was little, I read that left handed hitters have an advantage over right handed pitchers. Since most pitchers are right handed, I chose to hit left. I was too smart for my own good. In slowpitch softball, it doesn't matter.

2. When I shop, for groceries or otherwise, I tend to use the "inspiration" approach rather than a list approach that most people do. What then tends to happen is I find myself going back and forth throughout the store as a new inspiration hits me and I need to go back and find a complementary product. A layout that would help me a lot is one where products are grouped in needs for a whole meal instead of by type of food.

3. I was deathly afraid of car washes when I was little, especially on Sesame Street. I can't remember why at all. And when I go through car washes with my parents to this day, they remind me about it.

4. My sister and I on road trips would always ask "I wonder if they serve waffles" whenever we passed a Waffle House.

5. I'm an economies of scale person... i.e. I like to wait until things become a huge pile before taking care of it all at one time. For instance, I tend to buy more dishes instead of wash my dishes more often. I also refuse to mow my lawn more than every other week. I figure putting a huge load into the dishwasher is much more economical. Now there's definitely a downside to this; I tend to get pissed off when the sink is full of dishes or when the grass is so long I have trouble pushing the mower.

6. People with unique names or unique accents intrigue me. I like to know how they got their name, there's just some sort of artistic-ness to the name itself and the story of how they got it.

7. I'm someone who really needs a regular sleep cycle. I've pulled an all nighter once... and that was for a high school post-graduation party. I hate waking up when it's still dark. I hated working third shift for one of my plant trials. If I go to bed real late, I want to sleep in the next day.

I only know one person to tag, and it's Winston!