8 things

So, I have the term "meme" set up on Google Alerts. Guess what has become a widespread pandemic? The 8 things meme, that's what. Here are the rules, thanks to Blanket in the Grove:

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

I hate the "8 things" meme but I also think this particular meme has brought memetics to the fore of popular culture. I especially love it when I find a mutation of the original meme, "what I am trying to tell you is this.

From the QuixtarBlog, "A blog meme is a type of Internet meme that requires active participation by the blogger and rarely traces back to an originating source. It's often a series of questions that a blogger answers to share some personal perspective or experience on random topics."

"Here are a few examples of popular blog memes:

Although there are many variations, the latest blog meme going around is the 8 things meme, "list 8 random facts about yourself." Check out a version from Comics Radar and Connecting Through Conversations.

Here are all the rules from Connecting Through Conversations: