D tagged me for this and since I'm a cheap and sleazy meme 'ho' with a rather slow agenda today I of course jumped on it right away.
7 Things to do before I die:
1. eat in all the trois étoile restaurants in France
2. learn Spanish once and for all
3. have a wedding
4. make another baby
5. be in a play
6. sew some curtains for my living room so the neighbor will stop watching me
7. have a tiki bar in my back yard!
7 Things I can't do:
1. dance, no rhythm but so wanting to learn....
2. stop smiling when I talk to people, it's because I'm shy but it makes me look like a dork
3. lose my nasally American twang
4. focus on one thing... at a time
5. stand up straight,-- I slouch
6. keep my house clean
7. keep up with my friends, --I'm a terrible, awful, lazy friend
7 Things that attract me to Europe:
(focusing on France...)
1. little cafés with terraces for people watching, my favorite sport...
2. people who don't interfere when you do something...sometimes nice sometimes not (like when someone tries to steal your purse in Paris and everyone keeps walking while you're sprawled out on the sidewalk...misschris May 1998, ahem)
3. the low priced & very good food in the restaurants (but let's face it,--crappy service...)
4. people who are more globally informed, who regularly read newspapers & follow world news
5. the scenery...lots of "purty" in one small country
6. Paris! City of Lights (and apparently my home town...it seems)
7. rondpoints, those are awesome for getting home fast
7 Things I say:
1. GeT out! (adopted from Elaine on Seinfeld)
2. I mean...
3. It's like... (I'm always explaining myself)
4. quoi? (a lost in Francelation blurb)
5. Oh that's cool
6. no freaking way!
7. what an idiot!
*I've just realized that I speak like an 14 year old s8ter punk. Oh dear.
7 Good books:
These books are by my bed and I'm currently reading them all at the same time (see focusing on one thing at a time...) I actually do that a lot which is scary when I see them all here in print in all their diversity.
1. The Joy of Cooking 2004 revised edition (I'm studying soups right now...)
2. Homéopathie Pour La Femme Enceinte (no not preggers yet, it's just a good female medical reference book that I like)
3. The Americans - Daniel Boornstien (this is actually a reread... a good book)
4. The Making of a Chef - Michael Ruhlman (aka "in hell's kitchen'...funny book about going to cooking school at The Culinary Institute of America)
5. When Do The Good Things Start? - Twerski (a psych book based on the philosophy of Charlie Brown. V. amusing)
6. At Risk - Alice Hoffman
7. Existentialism & Human Emotions - Sartre (philosophy another passing interest...I will probably never finish this one but it looks good by my bedside. I seem intellectual...n'est pas?)
7 Good films:
1. Secretary (just saw this and I loved it...hilarious)
2. The Goodbye Girl (I love Richard Dreyfess in this)
3. Spellbound (all Hitchcock is great...)
4. The Godfather I and II (but not III...I've seen them both a million times)
5. When Harry Met Sally (I unfortunately only have the French dubbed version on video..."Quand Harry à Récontrée Sally"...it's annoying)
6. Shall We Dance?
7. Save The Last Dance (I collect dance movies...can ya tell?)
7 Bloggers to tag:
Riana, Em, Jemma, Sammy, Wendy, dilaïdo, and Sarah (Felix's mom)
10 comments:
Sorry for my ignorance but what is a "tiki bar"
Here's a tiki bar:
http://www.oogaboogatikihuts.com/images/w2/Tiki%20bar4.jpg
...a thatched roof made out of palm fronds, cheesy bamboo bar stools, and lots of accessories like totems and masks. It's almost like a cult. A lot of people collect tiki stuff.
HI! i´m surfing de net watching blogs in general when ive seen the yours. im spanish but i speak french and english good, that is because ive lived in belgium, now im in montain village in madrid. i like france as much as you. i guess you are from USA. i really want to go there. i think its a fantastic country, so big and and diferent from one place to other.
i guess you will read this comment.
i wish you to enjoy france (other fantastic country).
BORJA SERRA PLANELLES
(Sorry if i have written any gramatical mistake. bye)
Ok ok ok...i will do mine later today when I get back from Grandma force feeding me rabbits cooked in blood!
xxoo
What do you mean...have a wedding?
btw - is that Wendy you've tagged me? I'll do it anyway - yes or no - coz I'm braindead this week.
Yes Wendy that's indeed you girlie.
Riana sounds like grandma is trying to woo you. Yum.
Hi Borja thanks for the visit!
I have just realised that two of the people I tagged aren't expats so they'll have to change the What you like about Europe Q'...oh well have fun with it! Make up something :)
Eat at all the "trois étoiles" yum, yum that's a very good goal!
I'm glad you did it! ;o) You seem like such a nice person with a great sense of humor. "I mean, it's like...you're so cool!" LOL =oP
I must try this 7 stuff listening too... It seens to be fun. (:
7 things to do before I die:
1. eat scorpions in Thailand.
2. learn Spanish once and for all (I am latin american but only speak Portuguese and some English).
3. Find someone special that is easy going and spent some quality time with me (I already married twice, despise my age).
4. Make another babies (I have a daughter)
5. Do some travels to downhill with my bicycle.
6. Sew some curtais... Same reason as you. It seems that we are two lazy people.
7. BASE jump.
7 Things I can't do:
1. same as you (but I don't think I can learn that).
2. same as you.
3. stop eating chocolate
4. same as you.
5. seat straight
6. same as you (but I'm seriously working on it).
7. make my friends keep up with me, they are so very lazy.
7 things that attract me to Brazil:
1. diversity
2. freedom
3. low priced & nice food (service sux too).
4. at south of the Brazil: people do not trust the main stream media to be informed. we all search several information sources and try heard from the closest source as possible (like blogs).
5. nature
6. Fernando de Noronha
7. there is always a better/cheaper/faster way to do anything here.
7 good films:
1. The Deer Hunter
2. Falling Down
3. Trainspotting
4. Curdled
5. Dead Meat
6. Taxi Driver
7. Pulp Fiction
Well now I take my chance - this list brought back a couple memories, at least. Nice to get to know you again.
7 things to do before I die:
Knit an almost perfect sweater
Make a living from my art
Have my house up to par for 24 hours
Have an incredibe, edible garden
Visit Barcelona on my birthday
Make love in the summer rain
Learn to sew
7 things I can't do:
Run, bad ankles, though I try to an hurt myself every time
Read enough books
Focus on one thing at a time, even two things confounds me
Grow my fingernails like girly pretty
Keep my house clean for more than 24 hours
Give up even when the odds are against me
Stop noticing idiosyncrasies in others and analyzing them
7 things that attract me to St. Pete, Florida
The Dali Museum
A million little inlets and islands to explore on the jet ski
My wonderful friends
Little hole-in-the-wall restaurants with delectable food
The city is coming to life with culture, food, people and fun
A ton of places to do nothing, but people watch
Up-and-coming new ideas with a touch of southern hospitality
7 things I say:
Fuck it (non-aggressively, like "whatever"
Really?
Make that a double
Cool deal
Fabulous (it's not my fault, all my gay friends have me hooked)
Love you (Friends, lover, like saying "See ya")
Bite me!
7 Good books: (now this is hard, because there are so many good books out there - so this is just off the top of my head)
The Bell Jar - Stays with me year after year
The Little Prince - Another classic to make me smile
Eat, Pray, Love - New discovery that I fell in love with as I meditated and ate gelato at 9am
Anything by Maya Angelou - everything
The Time-Traveler's Wife - I started this on a flight from NYC and sat at the airport for 3 hours afterwards to finish it
Grimm's Fairy Tales - still chilling
Orchid Fever - Intrigue of orchids that I am reading now
7 Good Films (same disclaimer as above)
You Can't Take It With You - Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur
The Philadelphia Story - Excellent cast that still is a great rainy day flick
The Pillow Book - Peter Greenaway is a genius filmmaker and Ewan McGregor is rather sexy too
Godfather I and II - same as your notes
Harry Potter movies - not high brow, but oh so lively
The Rutles - great soundtrack and every time I see it I can't stop laughing
Sid and Nancy - I saw this so many times that I can't even recall - still a favorite
Thanks for the notes and I shall peruse some of your favorites.
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