The 7×7 meme
January 22nd, 2006 by Bill
I done got tagged by Little Man in a Toque. He’s a guy from England who has found himself here in Alberta and is trying to make sense of it all. I particularly like this meme because it involves three things I love - Canada, books and movies. So, as this seems to be meme month, here I go:
Seven Things To Do Before I Die:
Take an eating tour of Italy - north to south (or the other way around)
Quit my job
Spend an entire summer on water front property
Laugh till my ribs hurt (haven’t laughed that hard in a while)
Skate again on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal (hopefully not fall on my ass)
Get drunk in New Orleans
Stay healthy
Seven Things I Cannot Do:
Organize people
Care about corporations
Back flips
Stay off my computer
Stop writing
Play the violin
Feel comfortable in large crowds
Seven Things I Say:
Sort of like
Anyway
Whatever
Kinda
Fuckin’ _________ (could be any other word)
Horseshit
I dunno
Seven Books That I Love:
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs from Antproof Case - Mark Helprin
Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut
The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe*
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany
The Sotweed Factor - John Barth
* This is actually made up of four books.
Seven Movies That I’ve Loved (at different times):
My Man Godfrey
Once Upon a Time in the West
Million Dollar Baby
Serenity
Rebecca
Sullivan’s Travels
All 3 Indiana Jones movies
Seven Things That Attract Me to…Canada:
The water
The sky
The trees
The people (even the assholes)
The beer
hockey
The cross-bred language - a bit English, a bit American (sofa? couch? chesterfield?)
Seven people to Tag:
I’ll have to get back to you on this one. I don’t want anyone beating me up.
Another good one!
I love these things.
Yes, I like them to. Though I can understand why some people get tired of them. And some are definitely better than others.
I’ll get drunk with you in New Orleans. It is without a doubt, the best place in the U.S. to be drunk. Not the best place to be hungover, but best place to be drunk.
I think Montreal may get the vote for best place in Canada to get drunk in. Hangovers suck no matter where you are.
Hockey is definitley one of the best things about Canada. Oh, and let’s not forget the accent, gotta love the accent.
Here’s another thing you should do today… VOTE. Have a good one Bill.
i can soooo see you saying “horseshit”. it makes me laugh just thinking about it.