Been tagged by the red queen, who was tagged by ZenMaster.

I tag Onkar Joshi, Postcards from Paranoia and Piyush Sharma.

Will add the hyperlinks to above blogs and to the stuff in lists below soon. Gotta rush right now.

Edit: Hyperlinks now added.

Eight things I am Passionate About -
1. Books
2. Technology
3. Freedom of expression
4. Being "alive" and being on the edge of it ever so often
5.  Writing
6. Having a dream - its an active passion cause I still don't have a fixed one!
That's it actually. Wow, I' m passionless huh.

Eight Things I want to do before I die -
1. Backpack across Europe, preferably without a time frame.
2. Have a near death experience
3. Sing a completely kickass song on stage in rock and roll leather boot up style, song I'm thinking of right now is Cherry Lips by Garbage.
4. Have a good stable marriage with kids who know they're well loved (sorry I know how lame this sounds but its true!)
5. Be in a powerful position and do something useful with it - preferably in the media side of things
6. Teach
7. Get a tattoo
8. Reluctantly putting this down..have a lesbian experience, even if its just a kiss.

Eight things I say often -
1. Brilliant, That's just brilliant, How bloody brilliant and the similar.
2. Oh God or Oh for God's sake
3. Walk afraid if you must, but keep walking (I don't say it but I think it a lot)
4. Yeah, well, I'll live.
5. You don't say?
6. Well just lump it.
7. Tough luck.
8. And?

Eight Books/Blogs/Journals I Have Read Recently -

1. Stephen Fry Moab is my Washpot
2. Genesis code, some obscure person
3. Dexter - all 3
4. Dangerous Minds
5. Marie Clare mag, does it count?
6. Mr Barton's Bartender guide
7. Getting rid of Matthew
8. Londonistan

Eight Songs I Would Listen To Over and Over -
1.  American Pie (Don McLean)
2. Forever young (Youth Group)
3. Mama I'm coming home (Ozzy Osbourne)
4. Don't let me be misunderstood (not the Animals original, the Layer Cake version)
5. Gimme shelter (Rolling Stones, wink to TRQ)
6. Mad world
7. Painted on my heart (from Gone in 60 seconds)
8. Still of the night (Whitesnake, oh that solo...!)

Eight Things In Others That Attract Me -
1. Sparkling conversation
2. Intelligence
3. The chemistry! Gotta be there.
4. Ambition - or any kind of worthy pursuit which doesn't involve material gains as an end result.
5.  Spontaneity and a love of adventure
6. Honouring a commitment - in friendship or otherwise, through thick and thin, through special and normal days.
7. Someone who can let go and just enjoy themselves, laugh and be in the moment no matter what is going on in their lives
8. The ability to cheer me up and to know what's in my head