crazy 8s
8 things i’m passionate about
1. my kids
2. my family & friends & lovers
3. food
4. snake & butterfly chocolate
5. swimming/surfing
6. writing/reading
7. making high school students miserable with my impossibly hard grading standards
8. being right !
8 things i want to do before i die
1. go back to sicily
2. run another marathon
3. punch someone really hard in the face (not any someone in particular, honest! i just wanna know how it feels.)
4. feel rested
5. be financially independent
6. eat completely organic
7. smoke a cigarette (don't ask. i have a recurring dream wherein i'm a smoker...)
8. get another tattoo
8 things i say often
1. yo (gee, thanks for that d, i sound all la ghetto-like now...)
2. goddamn it lorenzo, get off the table!
3. goddamn it lorenzo, take that out of your mouth!
4. goddamn it lorenzo, let go of your sister's hair/the cat's tail!
5. i'm going to count to three.
6. i love you too parker.
7. goddamn it lorenzo!
8. what's up?
8 tv shows i've recently watched (i don't own a tv, i watch online!)
1. american idol
2. moment of truth
3. cops
4. flight of the conchords (lovin' youtube)
5. brothers and sisters
6. anthony bourdain: no reservations
7. zoboomafoo
8. how i met your mother
8 questions you refuse to answer on these lists (okay, this wasn't actually the question)
1. songs you could listen to over and over again (this might have been the actual prompt)
2. best movies of all time
3. most important qualities in a person
4. favorite HOT actorz!
5. the order you actually love your kids/siblings in
6. britney spear's stories this week
7. okay, these are harder to write than i thought
8. pizza toppings
8 things that attract me to my best friends
1. sense of humor
2. intelligence
3. honestly
4. loyalty
5. a willingness to love and be there for my kids
6. a tight ass
7. just kidding
8. they have lots and lots of money
8 things i've learned (or been reminded of) this past year
1. you can never know a person completely
2. people can change, a lot
3. true friends will stand by you when you're being a weenie and going through a nasty divorce
4. it is impossible for parents to not be parents even when you're 25 and think you've got it covered. same applies to grandparents, incidentally
5. things come into your life when you most need them (er, sometimes)
6. there's nothing i wouldn't do to protect my kids
7. being poor isn't the end of the world
8. i like the new 'lightened-up' version of me
8 things i’m passionate about
1. my kids
2. my family & friends & lovers
3. food
4. snake & butterfly chocolate
5. swimming/surfing
6. writing/reading
7. making high school students miserable with my impossibly hard grading standards
8. being right !
8 things i want to do before i die
1. go back to sicily
2. run another marathon
3. punch someone really hard in the face (not any someone in particular, honest! i just wanna know how it feels.)
4. feel rested
5. be financially independent
6. eat completely organic
7. smoke a cigarette (don't ask. i have a recurring dream wherein i'm a smoker...)
8. get another tattoo
8 things i say often
1. yo (gee, thanks for that d, i sound all la ghetto-like now...)
2. goddamn it lorenzo, get off the table!
3. goddamn it lorenzo, take that out of your mouth!
4. goddamn it lorenzo, let go of your sister's hair/the cat's tail!
5. i'm going to count to three.
6. i love you too parker.
7. goddamn it lorenzo!
8. what's up?
8 tv shows i've recently watched (i don't own a tv, i watch online!)
1. american idol
2. moment of truth
3. cops
4. flight of the conchords (lovin' youtube)
5. brothers and sisters
6. anthony bourdain: no reservations
7. zoboomafoo
8. how i met your mother
8 questions you refuse to answer on these lists (okay, this wasn't actually the question)
1. songs you could listen to over and over again (this might have been the actual prompt)
2. best movies of all time
3. most important qualities in a person
4. favorite HOT actorz!
5. the order you actually love your kids/siblings in
6. britney spear's stories this week
7. okay, these are harder to write than i thought
8. pizza toppings
8 things that attract me to my best friends
1. sense of humor
2. intelligence
3. honestly
4. loyalty
5. a willingness to love and be there for my kids
6. a tight ass
7. just kidding
8. they have lots and lots of money
8 things i've learned (or been reminded of) this past year
1. you can never know a person completely
2. people can change, a lot
3. true friends will stand by you when you're being a weenie and going through a nasty divorce
4. it is impossible for parents to not be parents even when you're 25 and think you've got it covered. same applies to grandparents, incidentally
5. things come into your life when you most need them (er, sometimes)
6. there's nothing i wouldn't do to protect my kids
7. being poor isn't the end of the world
8. i like the new 'lightened-up' version of me