8 Things

Okay, okay, okay... I know it's been about 200 years since I posted last, so I'm going to provide all kinds of groovy art and entertaining tidbits for your viewing pleasure. Here we go.

8 THINGS: (There weren't actually 8 questions, you were just supposed to list 8 answers to the provided questions. I thought that was lame so I added a couple to make it 8 questions of 8's. That's 64 for those of you scoring at home.)

8 Things I'm passionate about:

• My family
• My faith
• My country
• Literature
• Knowledge
• Humor
• The Arts
• Movie quotes (Who doesn't love those???)

8 Things I say a lot:

• "BLAST! Sorry for using such strong language. I was just really upset."
• "Why won't everyone just do what I say?"
• "That's so rad." (Or, "That's awesome." It depends on my mood.)
• "Oh, my gosh... Sometimes, I'm even jealous of myself."
• "No problem!"
• "Don't worry! I'm okay."
• "Oh SNAP!"
• "I'm not trying to tell you your business or anything... I'm just saying."

8 Things I would like to do before I die:

• Be a dad
• Maybe cut down on the number of stupid actions committed by yours truly instead of acting like it's my hobby.
• Travel (Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, London, Venice, Athens, Jerusalem, Cairo, Sydney, Tokyo, Manila, Hawaii, Rio de Janiero, San Juan, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Hogwarts.)
• Visit Washington D.C. (The White House, the Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, the Library of Congress, etc.)
• Own a house
• Love my job
• Sell something I've written
• Convince Heather that Miracle Whip is truly evil and wrong.

8 Books I've read:

• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
• God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
• Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
• Naked by David Sedaris
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

8 Movies I've seen 8 times:

• The Big Lebowski
• Rudy
• What About Bob?
• Rushmore
• While You Were Sleeping
• Fight Club
• Elf
• The Goonies

8 People I tag: (If you've been tagged already, just ignore this part. It's not my fault I don't know that many bloggers.)

• BriAnne, Kyle and the Crazy Kids
• Dan and Amanda
• Joey, Sarah and Kennady (Although I don't expect Kennady to say much.)
• Wendy and David
• Emily-bo-bemily
• Amy and Jon
• Raya and Nathan
• Kim and Andrew

BONUS QUESTIONS! (Cuz you gots to have 8!)

8 Songs that you totally dig:

• "Humble Me" by Norah Jones
• "Adam's Song" by blink-182
• "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters
• "In a Sentimental Mood" by Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• "Christmas Time is Here (Instrumental)" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
• "And So It Goes" by Billy Joel
• "Ooh La La" by Faces
• "Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin

BONUS-BONUS SONGS: (Cuz I'm a cheater. Sue me.)

• "Short Skirt / Long Jacket" by Cake
• "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John
• "Blessed" by Martina McBride
• "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White T's
• "Santeria" by Sublime
• "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King
• "Story of My Life by Social Distortion
• Basically any song that involves the musical stylings of Weezer

8 Restaurants that have food you'd describe as DEEEEE-licous:

• Happy Teriyaki - Olympia, Lacey, and Centralia, WA
• Chehalis Deli - Chehalis, WA
• Palermo - Seattle, WA (Capitol Hill)
• The Bagel Deli - Seattle, WA (Capitol Hill)
• Olive Garden - (Only the one in West Olympia with my good friend Shanna Banana for lunchtime soup, salad, and breadsticks.)
• Shanghai - Centralia, WA
• Casa Ramos - Centralia, WA
• IHOP - (Only in Bellevue, WA with Maira Crazy-pants)

Peace, I'm out.