Just for Ketty: 7 x Seven
All of these are in some order of priority. That is, not.
1. Seven things to do before I die
a. Star on Broadway.
b. Raise a person.
c. Access my potential -- only not as vaguely as that.
d. Live on all continents.
e. Touch a star. (And maybe sleep with one, too, hahah.)
f. Write a beloved book.
g. Play an instrument from every group, including the piano, guitar, violin, and oboe.
2. Seven things I cannot do
a. Think an original thought.
b. Separate myself from my viewpoint.
c. Learn without firsthand experience.
d. Accept things at face value.
e. Write without pretentions.
f. Discipline myself.
g. Play that Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game.
3. Seven things that attract me to [East Brunswick, NJ]
a. My heart is here.
b. The more it changes, the more it stays the same.
c. Driving -- holding hands in cars.
d. Clean air -- at least cleaner than anywhere else I want to live (e.g., Taipei, NYC, Cali., etc.)
e. Surface homogeneity, underlying heterogeneity.
f. My wonderful house.
g. Location, location, location. Convenient to NYC and airport, small city next door, convenient to major highways.
4. Seven things I say most often
a. Hahah. (A gyp, I know.)
b. I know, right?
c. Whaaaaaaat?
d. For real.
e. ...
f. I understand (usually used in conjunction with something like "Hahah").
g. I know what you mean.
5. Seven books [or series] that I love
a. The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
b. The Giver, Lois Lowry
c. Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
d. The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm, Nancy Farmer
e. Encyclopedia Brown, Donald J. Sobol
f. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
g. 1984, George Orwell
6. Seven movies I watch over and over again
a. Tanari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)
b. The Incredibles
c. Back to the Future series
d. The Little Mermaid
e. Sier Shenxiao (The Twelve Chinese Zodiac)
f. Infernal Affairs
g. Zoolander
7. Seven people I want to join in, too