Seven things I love
1) Elephants
2) Getting handwritten letters, especially in the mail
3) Taking a really great photo
4) Having epiphanies
5) Astrology
6) Foreign language
7) The way my cat looks frumpy when he wakes from a nap
Seven things I hate:
1) Smelly people, myself included, at times
2) People who don't use turn signals
3) Talking during movies
4) Being talked down to
5) Melon, any kind
6) Being forgotten/ignored
7) People who talk about you like you're not right there
Seven things on my desk:
1) 1/5 of a knitted scarf, assortment of knitting needles
2) Drinking glasses full of colored pencils arranged by color
3) Lindt mint chocolate truffles
4) Le Tigre cds
5) 2 boxes of hair dye I don't want.
6) Letter to Andy not yet finished
7) Origami paper
Seven things to do before death:
1) Write a book, or at least short stories
2) Become a true health and gym-fanatic, just to see what being perfect is all about
3) Be part of an art show
4) Live in a foreign country, preferably Europe, preferably France or Belgium.
5) Build a darkroom in my house
6) Ride an elephant
7) Become fluent in another language
Seven things I can do:
1) Analyze you based on birth data (creepy?)
2) Talk like Meatwad and Butters, but not necessarily on cue.
3) Vegan-ize food and still have it taste great
4) Take competent photographs.
5) Cry on cue.
6) Read books fast
7) Make santa-land cookies, hello kitty style
Seven things I can't do:
1) Host parties
2) Draw
3) Eat melon or shiitake mushrooms
4) Be confident
5) Be really carefree
6) Hold grudges
7) Make friends easily. I'm picky.
Seven fave movies:
1) Ghost World
2) Buffalo 66
3) Evil Dead
4) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5) Amelie
6) Johnny Suede
7) Pi
Seven fave foods:
1) Indian food: dosas and samosas
2) Vegan baked goods
3) Middle eastern food: anything with garlic sauce, lentil soup
4) Super Pretzels
5) Frozen clementines
6) Crepes with strawberry jam
7) Baguettes and olives
Seven fave TV shows:
1) Arrested Development
2) South Park
3) Six Feet Under
4) Sex and the City
5) The Daily Show
6) The Simpsons
7) Travel shows
Seven fave books:
1) The Wind-up bird chronicle by Haruki Murakami
2) Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block
3) The Blind Assasin by Margaret Atwood
4) The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
5) Moomin books by Tove Jansson
6) The Aeneid by Virgil
7) Diary of a Teenage girl by Phoebe Gloeckner (I met her! She teaches at U of M now, too.)