An Incomplete List

I'm not feeling 100% today. Sore throat, sinus pressure, achy muscles, the whole nine yards. I don't think the fact that I stood on my feet (in non-supportive sandals, mind you) in the blazing sun for five hours yesterday at an Obama rally helped. I was seriously exhausted when I got home. So, no pictures today. Instead I'm going to finally post a list I've been tagged with a couple of times (first by FashionDisciplexxx).

First let me start by saying I am a list-maker by nature. Everyday I write a list of things I want to accomplish and get great pleasure in marking those things off my list. I've been known to write down something I've already done just so I can mark it off. However, when it comes to making lists that define who I am, what my likes and dislikes are, I am none too accomplished. The list is constantly changing, evolving. This incomplete list has been sitting in my computer for a least a week and I haven't been able to finish it yet. I fear I never will, so I'm just going to share with you what I have. Enjoy!


8-ish Things I am Passionate About

  1. traveling
  2. photography
  3. music
  4. fashion
  5. starting my own vintage store
  6. spicy food
  7. Silk soy chocolate milk

8-ish Things I Want To Do Before I Die

  1. learn to speak another language (German? Spanish?)
  2. learn to play the cello
  3. travel the world
  4. be financially independent
  5. own my own vintage store (a real brick & mortar one, not just online)
  6. fix up an old house

8-ish Things I Say Often

  1. What, am I an idiot? (said in a Seinfeld voice)
  2. I’m hungry.
  3. Where’d I put my phone?
  4. Y’all (I am from the South after all)
  5. Fixin’ to (another Southern staple – as in, “I’m fixin’ to go to the store. Do you want anything?”)
  6. Buddiieee! (The cat. She gets blamed for everything that goes wrong in the apartment.)

8-ish Books I Have Read Lately

  1. The Man in the High Castle – Philip K. Dick
  2. Encounters with the Archdruid – John McPhee
  3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
  4. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
  5. In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
  6. (next) – The World Without US – Alan Weisman

8-ish Albums I Could Listen To Over and Over

  1. Beatles – anything post-mop top years
  2. Killswitch Engage – Alive or Just Breathing
  3. Joy Division – Substance
  4. Boysetsfire – After the Eulogy
  5. The National – Boxer
  6. Fiona Apple – When The Pawn…
  7. My Morning Jacket – Z

8-ish Things That Attract Me to My Best Friends

  1. loyalty
  2. the ability to listen
  3. a dry sense of humor
  4. willingness to laugh at themselves
  5. loves to thrift shop
  6. doesn’t mind sitting at home
  7. loves Belgian beer
  8. wearing a size 6.5 shoe doesn't hurt
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