I've Been Tagged!

This is a defining moment in a blogger's life. I've been tagged for the first time by ramblingrose to do one of these list things (as I call them) or memes, the proper blogosphere term for the "list things" (click here for more definitions of blog jargon). Here goes:

7 things that scare me
1. Not living up to my potential.

2. Being stuck in one place forever.

3. That presentation they showed us in Senior Camp back in the day about how rock music is satanic and they had like recordings of 80s rock with that backward masking stuff they would do. Like, that Queen song played forward would sing "another one bites the dust" but played backwards it sounded really freaky and said stuff like "try suicide, take a snort, take a snort" (like of cocaine or whatever). It scared the life out of me and brings tears to my eyes even now.

4. The thought of something traumatic happening to my teeth. I always have dreams of them being crushed because I bit down on something too hard or of them all falling out.

5. The thought of being separated from God. Like if one day I woke up and realized that He wasn't on my side any more. That He was just going to leave me to go at it all alone.

6. Walking out into the ocean barefoot and possibly stepping on some kind of slimy sea creature, sharp stuff (like glass or a sea urchin) or a really textured creature, like a starfish.

7. Something terrible happening to people that I love or myself. More specifically, the thought that since I haven't undergone anything absolutely devestating in my life thus far, that it's on its way and might catch me unawares.

7 things I like (aw, this one is easy!)
1. Iced chai tea lattes.

2. Reading for pleasure.

3. Traveling.

4. Long, leisurely showers.

5. Attractive male attention.

6. Knocking everything off of a to-do list.

7. Feeling like I fit in.


7 things I plan/hope to do before I die
1. Learn another language fluently.

2. Learn to play the guitar.

3. Visit all of the continents of the world (so far I've only done North America and Europe).

4. Contribute significantly to the work of God.

5. Get married to a man who will cherish me and have at least 2, maybe 3, fat, laughing babies. I don't want any of those skinny, long babies. I want cute, fat ones.

6. See the California Redwoods and think, "What is man that thou art mindful of him?"

7. Maybe before I die, technology will have advanced enough for people to have jetpacks, and we could personally fly, instead of driving or catching flights, to get from place to place. I've always had dreams of flying over the city, and I'd like to do that before I die, if technology and the good Lord allow.

7 things I can do
1. Speak Spanish fluently.

2. Recite the general prologue to the Canterbury Tales in Old English. "Here begynneth the book . . ."

3. Make a pound cake from scratch.

4. Make an origami frog that jumps.

5. Laugh at myself.

6. Try weird looking food.

7. All things through Christ which strengthens me. (I couldn't resist!)


7 things I can't do
1. Be cool with people who look down on other people.

2. Cook. (Yet.)

3. Eat blood sausage. I like rare steak, and I usually have an open mind about trying weird food, but that stuff is hands-down nasty.

4. Completely forget about all the dumb things I've ever said and done.

5. Drive a stick.

6. Juggle.

7. Say "toy boat" 3 times fast. (Bet you can't either. Just try.)

7 things I say the most
1. Adding "or whatever" after a possible activity. Example: "We're probably going to go to the mall or whatever."

2. Adding "and such" and/or "and stuff" when trying to describe all included elements of something or trying to capture the essence of something or some action. Example: "I thought she was all about traveling the world and such."

3. "No, I didn't mean it like that!"

4. "Why?"

5. Using the phrase "for real" instead of "really." Example: "He didn't show up looking like that for real, did he?"

6. Saying "You know what?" before making a decisive statement. Example: "You know what? I'm just going to go ahead with my original plan and not worry about the extra stuff."

7. This is not really a phrase or anything, but I always give disclaimers when I'm explaining myself. It drives my friends nuts. It's like I have this need to cover all my bases and give this preamble before I get to what I'm actually trying to say.

7 books I love (I have to mention plays and short stories too.)
1. Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

3. Pepita Jimenez by Juan Valera

4. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

5. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe

6. Cane by Jean Toomer

7. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

7 people I want to tag
I don't really feel like tagging other people because honestly, most, if not all of the bloggers I know have already done this, if not something very similar. But if you read this, and you're a blogger, please feel free if you want to do this and leave a comment letting me know so I can read yours!