A Musical Meme

After almost a year of blogging, I've finally been tagged for a meme. Just call me Mr. Popular. Here are the rules, missing punctuation, it seems:

1. Link the person(s) who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged

The blogger who tagged me was Pentimento, "a mother, musician, graduate student, and Catholic revert trying to make sense of how I got from there to here." In honor of our musical friend, I'm going to turn this meme into a musical. The rules don't forbid it, and even if they did, I, the spectacular deconstructionist, would find creative ways to mold the signified meanings into meanings permissive of my project.

So, now on to the unspectacular quirks. Really, is there anything about me that is unspectacular? Okay, I'll suspend my disbelief for a second, and you do the same. To make this a musical, I will follow each "unspectacular" quirk with a music video loosely corresponding to each quirk.

1. Despite my being just a few years shy of when hobbits come of age, I still play videogames, or would if time and the wife unit allowed.



2. I ride my bicycle to work, half dressed for the occasion. See here for details and sock-rockin' pictures.



3. I bounce when I walk. Like Tigger.



4. I like my vices.



5. Despite my cheerful personality, I shy away from "feel-good" movies, preferring tales that take their characters to the brink of despair and beyond.



6. I sway all the time while I stand.



Now for some tagging. No worries if this ain't your game, and remember the musical bits are not part of the rules - emanating from penumbras, perhaps? I know Death Chic(k) despises memes and I've read how she responds to wimps who annoy her, so no way I'm including her. Instead, I'll tag Shakespeare's Cobbler, Connie's Daughter, the Darwins, Jenny, the Sojourner, and Chad.