The rules of the “game”: 1. Mention the person who tagged me – it was Coffeegrl, whose blog I love and finally today got around to adding to my Reader. Yeah, I suck at the basic mainenance chores of life. 2. Complete the lists of 8. 3. Tag 8 more bloggers and tell them they’ve been tagged – I’m skipping this part cause I think everyone has done it and this particular meme went around months ago. As usual, if you’ve not done it and are looking for something to do, consider yourself tagged.
Eight things I am looking forward to:
- Finally going swimming in my new bathing suit that I scored at the consignment store for $12, because it is finally warm enough to swim (last week was absurdly cold) and I am starting to feel like an aquatic mammal on land. Best to return to my natural habitat, I think.
- Getting our guest bedroom and baby room somewhat organized – it’s a work in progress but we’re getting there. Sort of.
- Finishing the end of Brea.king D.awn because the writing is so appallingly bad. Yet I cannot stop reading. And holy fucking hell, *spoiler alert* the name of her kid is just so absurd, I laugh everytime I read it. Worst. Invented. Name. Ever!
- Re-reading H.oward’s End, since I just finished re-reading Za.die Smith’s On Be.auty, which is completely brilliant and an homage to the former and I’m curious to discover the connections for myself, and I love E.M. For.ster anyway.
- Hitting up a cherry festival with my husband this weekend.
- Getting my deep freeze cleaned out and ready for filling with summer fruit and tasty meals for after the wee bit arrives.
- Seeing one of my oldest friends next week – I haven’t seen her for 10 years and she now lives in Sweden, so it will be a rare treat to reconnect.
- Seeing I.ron & Win.e at our local folk festival in a few weeks. Although I will probably cry, cause listening to his songs always makes me cry – so much heart and quiet beauty in those songs.
Eight things I did yesterday:
- Picked up my new glasses. Photo coming soon – brace yourselves for complete optical sweetness! Think of what glasses Harriet the Spy might wear now that she’s all grown up, and make them tortoise shell with a touch of purple. Uh-hunh.
- Went grocery shopping and stupidly bought peaches, nectarines and a cantaloupe that will all ripen around the same time.
- Kegels.
- Walked the dog and talked to him while we walked. Don’t think anyone heard me.
- Drove around listening to flamenco music really loud and trying to sing along. Hope to G*d nobody heard me!
- Walked home and got blisters on my ever so slightly swollen feet.
- Talked to my mom and heard about her seeing a baby hummingbird. Cool.
- Saw a baby flicker perched in a tree while walking the dog. It’s been a good year for baby bird sightings in my family, I guess – a few weeks ago I saw a whole family of thrashers at my friend’s place.
Eight things I wish I could do:
- Sing really beautifully. I’m ok, but I won’t give you goosebumps or make you cry, that’s for sure.
- Be snappy with comebacks when people say something to piss me off. I’m always a day late.
- Teleport myself places so I could see my family whenever I wanted without spending a lot of money and time to get to where they happen to be.
- Salsa dance. I’ll probably take lessons someday, but since I’m married to a committed non-dancer, it kind of takes the fun out of the sexy partner dances.
- Read people’s minds when and only when I want to. Cause I’m a little bit paranoid and a little bit voyeuristic.
- Bring about world peace, cause that would be so nice. And also cause I’m starting to run out of ideas.
- Get over my aversion to financial things and anything that involves filling out a form.
- Fly, like in dreams where you just kind of swim and swoop through the air.
Eight shows I watch:
- Anything La.w & Or.der-related, although SVU is a bit too much for me sometimes, especially lately. L.aw & Or.der: UK is totally great and I am digging seeing the former Dann.y Baldw.in (from Coron.ation Stre.et) in a completely different role. Although they are recycling the American scripts and since I’ve seen virtually every episode, I start remembering the plots about 15 minutes into the show. Still great, though.
- Wh.at Not to W.ear – love it.
- The news.
- Cor.onation Stre.et – Best. Show. Ever. Although they’re going through a bit of an overly dramatic phase in the Canadian episodes right now, and I prefer the funny, mundane stuff. Still, it rules.
- Bei.ng Eri.ca – One of the great CBC shows destined to get cancelled because the CBC is run by asshats, apparently. Twi.tch City? JPo.d? Ah, the brilliance. And the waste.
- The Simp.sons. Cause it’s like Shakespeare or the Bible now – you simply need it to understand a huge number of cultural references. Plus it’s awesome.
- Iconoc.lasts – fascinating.
- Dog Whisp.erer – it has dogs, which is awesome, and he’s a man who clearly understands energy and emotions – that is just hot. Plus I super puffy heart Daddy the pit bull.
Eight favorite fruits:
- Cherries
- Apricots
- Peaches
- Cantaloupe
- Pears
- Pineapple
- Apples
- Lychee
Eight places I’d like to travel:
- North Africa – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
- Spain
- New Zealand
- France
- Australia, again
- Continental US road trip – pretty much everywhere
- Canadian Maritimes
- India
Eight places I’ve lived:
- Saskatchewan, Canada
- British Columbia, Canada
- Jo.etsu-shi, Niig.ata Prefecture, Japan
- Mui.kamachi, Niig.ata Prefecture, Japan
- Saskatchewan, Canada
- That’s it!
I thought that name was horrible too. Can’t wait to see the glasses. I FINALLY went swimming for the first time this past monday…it hasn’t been warm enough since. BAH! Where’s summer?!
I LOVE Iron & Wine!!! So jealous!
Which leads me to my next point- I’m with you on the wishing I could sing deal, except I am remarkably tone deaf.
What’s a kegel? Sounds like, a kind of nut. Or maybe a 50’s retro deck chair. Can’t wait to see your new glasses …. I’m on a fruitless search for a decent pair, they all make me look like a frickin’ aviator.
I am LOVING the baby bird sightings, Anna. It means Good Things are happening. The birds where I live are awesome .. colourful Rosellas, kookaburras, and cockatoos. (The black ones are seriously majestic).
I will hear you sing one day.
Totally just googled “iconoclast”, wow!!
Also, just deleted the whole comment and wrote it all out again, only better. This is how much I love you.
Oh … and, GOOD MORNING!!
XOX
Yes!!! Breaking Dawn is terrible writing and RENESMEE!!! Really???!!!!! Ugh.
Oh, do tell! I collect really horrible names! (the only reason I enjoy hearing about the Palins, for example) In fact, here’s one: I heard tell of a kid the next town over named Maverick. Ay ay ay.
Uh, I hope that isn’t on your list of possibilities.
That meme lets me know what we should do if we should ever meet: Hang out in Newfoundland singing and eating cherries while watching the Simpsons.
Mmmm, cherries and the Dog Whisperer…Sounds like a good time.
1. I pick up my new glasses in a week.
2. My husband keeps buying fruit, which is great, but I cannot eat enough to keep up with the flow of fruit coming in to the house. I love it, but I want to cry ‘Uncle’! Though Whole Foods has it’s cherries $1.99 a lb and I really want to go buy a cherry pitter and a whole bunch of cherries to freeze for pies or smoothies or whatever.
3. Oh, the Simpsons. Yes. I just saw an episode last week that has my favorite line ever- something about ‘unemployment isn’t just for philosophy majors anymore’… I crack up every time I hear it.
4. Oh, the NAME. Horrible, stupid, terrible, dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Of course, for other dumb, horrible made-up names, I highly recommend this site (in the event you haven’t perused it yet): http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/
5. I want to fly like in a dream, too.
6. There’s a string quartet (plus accordion) back in Austin that plays tango music and has a wide following of people who show up at their shows to dance, and I always feel so jealous when I watch them. But, I, too, am married to an absolute non-dancer. Sigh. And I am horribly uncoordinated, but that is beside the point.
You are so awesome, Anna. I loved these! I love Iron and Wine… hope you have a blast listening to them live! Also, I’m thinking about reading White Teeth — have you ever read it?
I’ve had many dreams where I was flying & it was like doing the breast stroke in the air. : )
Dh & I LOVE “The Simpsons.” All he has to do is give me a look & say “Nerds pummelled in football melee” (newspaper headline in the episode where Lisa enters the Little Miss Springfield pageant) & I’m reduced to helpless, tears-rolling-down-my-cheeks laughter.
thank you so much for offering to help me get started with my support group. I would appreciate any and all help!!!! you are wonderful!
I hope the things you were looking forward to were even better than the anticipation!
Now where’s the picture Harriet?
Group 6 answer #7 YAY!!!
So sorry I am so behind, you are onmy mind though. We need to talk soon!!!!!!