My Seven of Sevens
I have been memed for the first time in my brief but lucrative(?) blogging career, thanks to John at Blogotional. Wow, I feel so young and 21st-century (sigh...)! In the interests of revealing the true inner workings of my warped psyche, I have responded with the first seven in each category that come to mind rather than overanalyzing them:
1. Seven things to do before I die
- African safari
- Tour of the Holy Land
- Learn to fly a plane
- Learn Greek and Hebrew
- Write that novel I've started four times
- Own a Harley (probably need a 3-wheeler by the time I get to do it.)
- Fire a machine gun (I would have said torpedo, but that's a bit unreasonable.).
2. Seven things I cannot do
- Sing (I tend to change volume instead of pitch)
- Dance (I look like I'm failing a DWI test.)
- Type (I am a fast four-finger typist.)
- Touch my toes.
- See my toes. (Working on that one.)
- Run. (Bad ankles.)
- Wake up alert and ready to go.
3. Seven things that attract me to my spouse.
- Her faith.
- Her practicality.
- She's been a terrific mom.
- She doesn't hesitate to call me on my crap.
- She detects nuances in people that go completely over my head.
- She's smart and competent, but doesn't flaunt it.
- Who else would put up with me?
4. Seven things I say most often
- Holy crap!
- So far, so good.
- Dang it!
- Seems to be working okay now.
- Somebody tell me, what kind of an equation is this?
- One last thing...
- Same here. (Usual response to "I love you" on phone from cubicle)
5. Seven books (or series) I love (Limited to fiction, skewed towards recently read.)
- The Way of a Pilgrim
- The Screwtape Letters
- All Hallow's Eve
- Moby Dick (Okay - I know that's a little weird.)
- The Grapes of Wrath
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch
- Lonesome Dove
- (Addendum - there really should have been a Stephen King book in here, but no single one comes to mind.)
6. Seven movies I watch over and over again (or would watch over and over if I had the time)
- LOR - The Fellowship of the Ring
- Independence Day
- Godzilla
- Miracle on 34th Street (the original.)
- Star Wars (The first one)
- The Passion of the Christ (Once a year during Lent)
- Terminator 2
- Mark - Wannabe Newbie Anglican
- Steve - Speculative Catholic
- Steven - Flos Carmeli
- Nancy - Flying Stars
- Fr. Daniel - Miserere Mei
- Scott - Magic Statistics
- Benjamin - Occidentalis
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