7 Things List

I decided to take a break from Latin and fill out this list for fun, which I was tagged to do by my friend Alexandra.

7 THINGS I HATE DOING OR SCARE ME:
- Going to social events where I don't know anyone.
- Going to the dentist
- Republicans, neo-conservatives, Christian fundamentalists..etc
- Ignorance or Fear of the unknown
- "Intelligent Design"
- heights
- Egomaniacs

7 THINGS I LIKE:
- Star Trek
- Everything about beer and brewing
- pubs
- goofing around with Sarah
- backcountry camping and hiking
- playing hockey
- late night jam sessions fuelled by whiskey

7 IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY ROOM:
- very fat old cat named Annie
- my lovely fiance Sarah
- usually a pile of clean laundry needing to be folded. (I guess I should have added folding laundry to my hate list!)
- A pile of books, each of which I'm reading, none of which I ever seem to finish.
- a little tv on which Sarah and I watch CSI while we fall asleep
- a fan that I love running even in the winter, I think I just love the sound when I'm sleeping.
- Sarah's antique desk that used to belong to her grandfather.

7 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME:
- I have dual citizenship because I was born in Montague, Massachusetts, but grew up in a small town in Eastern Ontario called Perth.
- I have asthma and allergies.
- I played ice hockey every year from when I was four until I was fourteen, then quit to join the drama club.
- My middle name is David, which is the name of my Grandfather.
- I was once almost arrested by mistaken identity outside the Vatican in Rome.
- I worked for two months as a dishwasher in Edinburgh, Scotland, then was kicked out of my apartment and moved to Newcastle.
- I get teary eyed in the movie Armageddon. Ok, now that is lame.

7 THINGS I PLAN TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
- play with my grandchildren.
- climb Mount Everest, or at least hike to basecamp in Nepal.
- write, direct and edit a feature film.
- visit all the continents of the world
- dance with Sarah at our wedding and not step on her feet.
- write a book
- go at least one week speaking any other language than English.

7 THINGS I CAN DO:
- play guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, (and badly play the harmonica, banjo, piano and the recorder.)
- lots of really boring computer stuff that I'm still not sure why I learned
- edit, shoot and light 35mm motion picture film
- set up a tent in the dark
- soder a circuit board
- name every major star trek movie in order, with plot lines and references to episodes
- waterski

7 THINGS I CAN'T OR WILL NOT DO:
- watch an episode of "Everybody loves Raymond"
- suck up to people
- stay silent when anyone is being a racist, sexist or homophobic in my presence.
- visit a nudist beach
- base jump, unless my life depended on it. That stuff's crazy...
- take a yoga class
- eat zucchini, ever, ever again...

7 THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
- What are we going to have for dinner?
- That was the most cheeseball thing I have ever seen..
- for gosh sakes
- doughheads
- Anniepants
- Going out for a quick pint!
- Ohhhh I wish I hadn't gone out for that pint...


7 CELEB CRUSHES:
- Jodi Foster (Bilingual, plays strong female characters, directs and is sexy!)
- Juliane Moore (Gotta love the redheads)
- Nicole Kidman (ibid.)
- Marissa Tomei (me and George Constanza)
- Carrie Fisher (When I was a kid, Princess Leia was the most sexy woman in the world.)
- Emily Watson (just a great actress)
- Cate Blachett