January 13th, 2006
Found this meme or whatever they're called on
tate_hallaway 's blog, and it seems informative for the curious, so why not?
Seven Things to Do Before I Die:
- Go to Mexico and see the ruins
- Go to Greece and see the ruins
- Actually go to a WorldCon or World Fantasy convention
- Get back on an exercise regiment
- Sell lots of a books and stories for actual money
- Win a World Fantasy award
- Conquer the earth and outlaw cheerleading
Seven Things I Can't Do:
- Open those cans of biscuits that pop.
- Be in the same room as someone opening a can of biscuits that pop
- Calculus
- Stop chewing my fingernails
- Stop popping my knuckles
- Stop playing with my wedding ring (all nervous habits I rarely aware I'm doing unless someone points them out)
- Listen to rap music
Seven Things That Attract Me to Men:
- Red hair (not bright red, but rather mixed in with brown)
- Goatees
- Broad shoulders
- Kindness
- Understanding
- Reads and knows a lot about a lot of different books
- Doesn't dress like a yuppy
Seven Things I Say Most Often
- "Don't make me come up there!"
- "Prepare to get your ass handed to you" (usually in reference to playing video games against Jeff)
- "How dare you call me nice!"
- "You're so evil!" (actually always said to me by Jeff, always followed by me cackling with laughter)
- "Get off it!"
- "Dana Kathryn! Leave your brother alone!"
- "Pull your head out and drive!"
Seven Books or Series I Love:
- Sharon Shinn's Archangel books
- Lyda Morehouse's AngelLink books
- Blackburn by Bradley Denton
- Looking for the Mahdi by N. Lee Wood
- The Harry Potter books
- Aztec by Gary Jennings
- Homer's The Iliad
Seven Movies I Could Watch Over and Over
- Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban
- Shrek
- Gladiator
- Toy Story
- Minority Report
- My Girl
- Jurassic Park
I guess I'm supposed to tag some people to do this, but I'm too lazy for that. If you want to do it, go ahead and let a comment and I'll go read it.
Some good stuff today. I cut an extra three pages. I'm working from page 36 of a 54 page manuscript and am at page 22 on the current draft. Sweeeeet!