Well, I haven’t been tagged, but I’ve seen this meme all over so I thought I’d jump in. Besides, I’m clavicle-deep in page proofs, so this will be an easy blog day.
Ahem.
Seven Things to Do Before I Die:
1. Go to Antarctica.
2. Hit the NYT Bestseller list.
3. Learn to speak Spanish and Italian.
4. Have my own house.
5. Return to New Zealand.
6. Learn to tap dance.
7. Run a marathon.
Seven Things I Cannot Do:
1. Deal with cockroaches.
2. Stay up all night.
3. Not procrastinate.
4. Like tofu.
5. Not read… anything.
6. Resist email.
7. Not be outgoing.
Seven Things that Attract Me to my Significant Other
1. His eyes.
2. His wit.
3. His hair.
4. His smarts.
5. His belief in me.
6. His great ideas.
7. His smile.
Seven Things I Say (or Write) Most Often:
1. I’m hungry.
2. 
3. Woo hoo!
4. Let me check my email.
5. My agent…
6. My book…
7. What did we get from Netflix?
Seven Books (or Series) I Love:
1. Narnia
2. The “Anne” books
3. A Girl of the Limberlost
4. Speaker for the Dead
5. On Writing Well
6. The Count of Monte Cristo
7. Pride and Prejudice
(Naturally, this is just seven. There are hundreds.)
Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over:
1. Working Girl
2. Pride and Prejudice (the BBC/A&E miniseries)
3. Casablanca
4. Holiday Inn
5. Notorious
6. The Terminator
7. Swingers
January 2nd, 2006 at 1:56 pm
I totally forgot about Working Girl — that should have been on my list, too. I can’t resist watching that one every time it’s on cable.
D, did you see that movie Little Black Book? They tried to do a Working Girl ref, which was like, the only good part of that should’ve-been-better movie.
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January 2nd, 2006 at 2:41 pm
No wonder we get along so well. HOLIDAY INN is one of my all-time, favorite, best movies of all time! Loves it! Great meme — here’s to an awesome 2006!
= )
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January 2nd, 2006 at 4:11 pm
I could watch Swingers every day and still love it…great meme, and happy New Year!
(And happy page proofing as well!)
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January 2nd, 2006 at 5:49 pm
Oh, I loved Girl of the Limberlost! And the Anne books.
Have fun proofing.
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January 3rd, 2006 at 5:37 pm
Yo! Diana! I tagged you a few days ago, so you needn’t feel awkward about jumping in.
Didn’t know you’d been slated for an anthology with Meg Cabot!!! WOW! Congrats!
Colleen
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