Absinthe & Cookies (a bit bitter, a bit sweet)

Seven Reasons To Strangle... Never Mind!

HUGE DISCLAIMER: I never do these tag things. Ever ever! The only reason I’m doing it is because Ilyka started blogging again, which made me very happy, which made me think she needed the positive reinforcement of playing along with her evil twistedness -- just this once. So if any of you think I’m getting soft, and think you can start tagging me with abandon, errr, don’t! [insert bone shivering glare] And if I've ever not done one of your tags, don't feel bad! You just need to quit blogging for a few months, and then come back! I'm much more pliable then.

Seven Things To Do Before I Die
1: Attend a Viennese Ball, maybe even in Vienna, complete with fancy dress. Escort optional, since I’m a realist and not totally in a fantasy world here.
2: Learn to Waltz, and Swing Dance, and Tango. I’m a very accomplished (she says modestly) Scottish Country Dancer, but modernish couple dancing has always been a mystery.
3: Take at least one college class.
4: Learn Japanese.
5: Visit Egypt.
6: Visit the moon.
7: Write a novel.

Seven Things I Cannot Do
1: Knit (I can crochet)
2: Play a musical instrument.
3: Stop a Nuclear Reactor from melting down.
4: Eat fish that hasn’t been deep fried and drowned in malt vinegar.
5: Drive a car without being terrified.
6: Speak Chinese
7: Do these tag things!

Seven Things That Attract Me to My Mate
Don’t have one, never have, so I’ll skip this.

Seven Things I Say Most Often
1: Dang
2: Bloody hell
3: Moron
4: Duh
5: April, please remember to clean the kitchen.
6: It’s not rocket science!
7: Blast!

Seven Books That I Love
1: The Lord of the Rings
2: Jane Eyre
3: The original three Pern books
4: Anne of Green Gables
5: Downbelow Station
6: The Silmarillion
7: The Bruce Trilogy
(That was a hard category! Only seven….)

Seven Movies That I Watch Over and Over Again
1: Pirates of the Caribbean
2: Bridget Jones’ Diary
3: Lord of the Rings
4: Local Hero
5: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
6: Dangerous Beauty
7: Force Ten From Navarone

Seven Songs I Play Over and Over Again
1: Annachie Gordon – Loreena McKennit
2: Laddie Lie Near Me -- Connie Dover
3: Something More Besides You – Cowboy Junkies
4: Full of Grace – Sarah McLachlan
5: Song for A Winter’s Night – Sarah McLachlan
6: Whiskey Lullaby – Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
7: Sweet Dublin Bay – Silly Wizard

Okay, that’s enough positive reinforcement for a lifetime! No, I’m not passing it on. So feel free to tag yourself if you’re into that sort of pain.

Next Day: Question in the comments on the Bruce Trilogy. You can check it out here.
It's by Nigel Tranter, and all of his books are pretty darn good.

Posted by Ithildin at December 28, 2005 3:42 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE