Seven stings

[pjthompson]

Since Dr. McKibblestein (kmkibble) tagged me I must obey, so here is the seven things thingie.




Seven Things to Do Before I Die:

1. Publish a novel (or ten) (stolen from raecarson but equally true for me)
2. Go back to Italy, go to Scotland, go to Greece
3. Go to India, go to Egypt, go to Peru
4. Finish Night Warrior/Born to Darkness
5. Go to Ireland, go to Turkey, go to Thailand
6. Go back to England, France, Mexico
7. Did I mention finish Night Warrior/Born to Darkness?

Seven Things I Cannot Do

1. A triple lutz
2. ski
3. skydive
4. milk cows
5. flip pancakes/omlettes
6. operate a forklift
7. trapeze flying

Seven Things That Attract Me To My Mate

(We'll have to go with the ideal and past mates on this one.)

1. Sense of humor, the quirkier the better
2. Likes to clean house
3. Likes that I'm smart and isn't jeopardized by it
4. Doesn't need to prove anything/comfortable with himself
5. Open-minded about things of the spirit (though he doesn't have to believe)
6. Good hands
7. Compassionate

Seven Books I Have Loved

1. Sunshine by Robin McKinley
2. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
3. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
4. In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
5. Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliffe
6. The Anubis Gate by Tim Powers
7. Somewhere To Be Flying by Charles De Lint

Seven Things I Say

1. Dude
2. "a bit"
3. F--k
4. A-----e
6.My angel my darling my pet (usually when I'm about to ask my friends for something) (when they hear this now they automatically ask, "What do you want?") (Transparency saves so much time and fuss.)
7. PUH-leeze (not when I'm asking for something but when I'm in my "sarcastic phase")

Seven Movies I've Loved

1. Wings of Desire
2. The Mummy (yeah, I know)
3. Dead Man
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. Apocalypse Now
6. Pirates of the Caribbean
7. Notting Hill (yeah, I know, but it was either that or While You Were Sleeping in the Romance category) (sue me)


I tag anyone who wants to be tagged and untag anyone who doesn't wish to be tagged.

Comments

[merebrillante.livejournal.com]

Hey, just wanted to let you know, I'm about 100 pages from the end of SB.

[pjthompson]

Oooo!

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

The Mummy is one of The Niece's favorite movies, too... the fact that this became one of her favorite movies at the age of three or four worries us a little bit.

[pjthompson]

Either she's very advanced or I'm...