Just call me a cheater-ass but I’m taking this meme (I won’t tell you where I got it from) and using it as part of my 100. Even though it’s 77 things, we’ll just count this as our usual 10.
7 Things That Scare Me
1. Scenes from The Exorcist
2. Pennywise, the clown from a Stephen King book
3. tornado warnings – although I’ve never been in one and have no immediate plans to do so
4. getting lost in bad neighborhoods
5. gaining a lot of weight
6. cancer
7. being homeless
7 Things I Like
1. Brownies
2. Surfing the ‘net
3. Reading a good book
4. finding old friends online
5. My Cookie and related Cookie friends
6. Bookstores
7. massages and mani/pedi’s
7 Things I hate
1. chit chat near my desk at work
2. passive aggressive individuals
3. drama (someone else’s)
4. close-mindedness
5. cruelty (especially to animals)
6. arguing with people / confrontation
7. phoniness
7 Things In My Room
1. Books
2. clutter
3. a journal
4. my laptop
5. a cat
6. a radio
7. clothes
7 Things About Me
1. I’m content with my own company most of the time
2. I am getting more introverted as I get older
3. I love the rain
4. I can see both sides of things unless I feel really, really passionate about something. (Even then, I can see both sides. I just pick one I like!)
5. I won’t wear a winter coat until about mid-January and only then because I have no choice. Yet, at home, I’m always freezing and wear socks and a sweatshirt around. Weird.
6. I’d give up coffee but I really do like it. So, I try to just have it in moderation.
7. There is a whole side of me that almost no one sees. And I ain’t about to show it here. (And no, I’m not a dominatrix on the side.)
7 Things To Do Before I Die
1. Go back to Italy
2. fit back into my skinny jeans
3. de-clutter my house
4. publish a book
5. Get a GOOD picture with David Cook
6. Finish all my Seminary assignments
7. Tell my family how much I love them
7 Things I Can Do
1. wrap my heart around you and share my love
2. write a kick ass thank you letter
3. keep a blog going for seven years (I didn’t say it would be interesting)
4. make people laugh
5. get ladies to let me hold their babies even if they don’t know me
6. write some interesting stories
7. communicate with angels, guides and occasionally, people who have passed away.
7 Things I Can’t Do
1. Advanced math and science
2. Ice skate
3. Sing with a semblance of a melody
4. Pretend to be competitive
5. de-clutter my damn house
6. pretend to like being domestic
7. stop missing Lauren
7 Favorite Movies
1. Bridget Jones’s Diary
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. Ali G in da house (don’t ask. It makes me laugh when I’m sad)
4. Enchanted (LOVE this movie!)
5. Barefoot in the Park
6. Shrek
7. Love, Actually
7 Things You Say The Most
1. Chello!
2. “Sophie, where is you?” (Kitty cat & I have our own language)
3. Well, fuckety.
4. Oh, for fuck’s sake (I like the word fuck. Sue me.)
5. See ya later
6. Hey! (That’s my way of saying Hello)
7. It’s raining like a big dog.
7 Favorite Songs
1. Straight Ahead / David Cook
2. Babylon / David Grey
3. I can’t make you love me / Bonnie Raitt
4. Angel / Sarah MacLaughlan
5. Float On / Modest Mouse (this one’s for you, La)
6. Ghost / Indigo Girls
7. Into the Groove / Madonna
PENNYWISE! The ultimate, uber scary clown. Remember why he terrifies children? Because they taste better when they’re scared! OH! I hate Pennywise!
I’m also like you in that as I grow older, I appreciate my alone time more and more.