Seven Things (to avoid getting on with your real work)
Tonya meme’d me yesterday. I have no idea what that word means, but I get that I’m supposed to answer questions. So here they go:
Seven Things to Do Before I Die:
1. learn to surf
2. write a book
3. be with someone at their passing
4. be that mentor-y type person who changed someone’s life
5. prep my girls for a successful relationship-and-sex life
6. live in another country temporarily
7. do right by the people I love
Seven Things I Cannot Do:
1. anything requiring precision
2. percentages
3. stuff involving computer snafus
4. learn new technical processes quickly
5. focus on one passion at a time
6. keep a clean house
7. sew
Seven Things that Attract Me to My Husband [romantic interest, best friend, whomever]:
1. political and theological ballsyness
2. smart guy glasses (and how he looks when he takes them off)
3. willingness to grow up and explore together
4. patience towards high maintenance women
5. brains
6. rebellious nature
7. trustworthiness
Seven Things I Say Most Often:
1. Girrrrrrrls!!!!
2. Catie, sit down and eat.
3. My head hurts.
4. I’m tired.
5. “Like” (which I hate.)
6. Ohmigosh!
7. You know what I’d like to do if I had more time….?
Seven Books (or series) I Love:
1. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
2. Operating Instructions, Anne Lammott
3. The Wonder Worker, Susan Howatch
4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
5. Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott
6. Holy Fools, Joanne Harris
7. The Gift of Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1. When Harry Met Sally
2. Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrman)
3. Romeo and Juliet (Baz Luhrman)
4. Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrman)
5. Dogma
6. The Matrix
7. Peter Pan (I do believe in Fairies, I do! I do!)
Most of my favorite movies I wouldn’t watch over and over again because they rip me up too much…. so here’s a list of those:
1. Cry Freedom
2. Romero
3. The Constant Gardner
4. Dead Man Walking
5. Fight Club
6. Farenhite 911
7. Saved
I think I’m supposed to tag seven bloggers now, so here it goes: Pat, Jen P, Jennifer, Mis, Jen B, Becca, Alicia
Wow, I’m honored. I’m meme’d, and I’m the only GUY to be meme’d (Do I count because I think I’m a Soul Sister?)
I keep meaning to return Holy Fools to you. Very good - especially liked the ending!
I didn’t like Moulin Rouge when I first saw it. I thought “Oh no, this is just La Boheme with pretty sets - Pft!” Then I caught a reference to the real Molin Rouge in a James Joyce Story (I don’t remember which one) and I began to wonder about the significance of excess in the film. Then I noticed bits of “Camilla” were in the movie, and I also learned more about Henri Toulouse. Somewhere in there I went, “Ohhhh…” and a little lightbulb went on. Once I “got” the movie I started to watch it a lot. Even after this many viewings, I still see things I haven’t seen before.
hey, thanks for participating. i don’t know what “meme” means either ; )
p.s. maybe i could teach you how to surf someday… used to be a surfer girl in a past life.
i really love prayer for owen meany.
have you seen simon birch (based on that book)…my friend plays simon.
i am small so i can relate
thanks for the great time at your house yesterday.
Here’s an exploration of what memes are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme. It’s a bit convoluted, but the basic idea is that memes are to culture as genes are to bodies. A meme is a thought that can be transmitted from one human being to another, primarily by imitation. Memes are, supposedly, a fairly stable element in the evolutionary transmission of culture.
“The meme as a unit simply provides a convenient way of discussing “a piece of thought copied from person to person”, regardless of whether that thought contains others inside it, or forms part of a larger meme. A meme could consist of a single newly-coined word, or a meme could consist of the entire speech in which that word was first uttered. The “word itself” meme will most likely survive many more generations (after transmission alone or in other sentences) than the “speech in its entirety” meme will survive (due to errors of memory, abridged versions, etc.).”
So chances are, Rachelle, that your triad memes could be true memes after all!
The Gift of Asher Lev. So nice to meet someone who considers it a favorite.
I would add by Chaim Potok too “The Chosen.” And of course “My Name is Asher Lev,” the previous book.