behold the slacker…
Ok, so months ago (yes, almost two now), Frances tagged me to do a meme. And being the slacker I am, I’m just now finally getting around to it.
(Here’s a little hint about successful slacking — if you wait and then finally do something, but come up with a good reason for waiting, it doesn’t seem so bad, right? Right?!)
So now, on the eighth day of 2008 (see? see what I did there?!), I present to you…
8 things I am passionate about:
- my kids
- my family
- design
- art
- type
- learning
- creativity
- letting kids be kids
8 things I want to do before I die:
- See my kids grown up and living happy lives*
- start another business
- help our small town grow
- bring more arts events into our town
- travel (it’s a toss-up between New Zealand and Italy)
- run a marathon
- figure out how to balance it all
- finish our basement remodel
8 things I say often:
- Hurry up or we’re going to be late!
- Anna! Let go of the cat.
- well… crap.
- Guess what? Cat** Butt!
- I have *no* idea.
- Anna, those shirt/pants/socks/rain boots don’t *really* go with each other…
- stop WHINING!
- no, I mean it… STOP WHINING!
8 books I’ve read recently:
- Olivia
- Dr. Seuss’s ABC
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- a pile of inane Disney Little Mermaid books
- Stick Kid
- Follow the Line
- some of the 412 magazines we get every month
- more of the 412 magazines we get every month
8 songs I could listen to over and over:
- Ray Charles, Old 97’s
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Rolling Stones
- Stoned, Old 97’s
- Three Little Birds, Bob Marley
- I’ve Got A Woman, Ray Charles
- Good Hearted Woman, Waylon Jennings ***
- Santa Monica, Everclear
- Holiday, Green Day
8 things that attract me to my best friends:
- a sense of humor
- intelligence
- a healthy dose of sarcasm
- honesty
- loyalty
- an appreciation for the arts
- curiosity
- tolerance ****
So now I’m supposed to tag eight more people to do this, but you know what? I’m not sure that I know eight more bloggers. Ok, I may, but I’m sure being the upstanding netizens that they are, they’ve done this eons ago. So instead, I want all of you, my eight loyal readers, to go be friends with me on Facebook. (And don’t be writing me nasty comments about why don’t I have a MySpace page instead… MySpace burns my sensitive designer’s retinas.)
* control-c, control-v from Frances, but it is really, truly the most important thing to me also
** insert whatever being with a butt has just sauntered by
*** yes, despite the cheesy 70s chorus behind him — shut up.
**** many of these also copied from Frances, but I guess that’s why we get along so well!
3 comments January 8th, 2008
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