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behold the slacker…

January 8th, 2008

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!

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