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Uh, Oh--Another list of Challenges from Jacklyn!

7 things I plan to do before I die
1.) Travel everywhere--I haven't travelled outside North America!
2.) Publish a novel and some short stories laying about
3.) Be wise.
4.) Get to the point where I can actually USE the languages I learned.
5.) have a child?!? (Maybe?)
6.) Finish my doctorate/get tenure/inspire students to go further than I ever could
7.) Work on an archeological dig or two

7 things I can do right now:
1.) A cartwheel
2.) Find interesting connections between seemingly
unrelated topics and come up with new solutions and possibilities to examine.
3.) Write entire books that don't completely suck
4.) Plan a study
5.) Love well
6.) Laugh at just about anything
7.) See situations from multiple points of view

7 things I can't do
1.) Change the past
2.) Make someone love me who doesn't
3.) Refuse a cat
4.) Forget folk who mean something to me
5.) Make myself not have MS
6.) Feel like anything except like an asshole for being petty, cruel, or using a snappy comeback
7.) Be normal (I've tried, really!)

Phrases overused:
1.) "it's all good" 4.) "I'll keep that in mind" 7.) Heh, heh, heh
2.) "What fresh Hell is this?" 5.) "(insert curse word here:)"
3.) "Howdy" 6.) "Meow?"

Celebrity crushes:
Honestly, celebrities don't turn me on. They're pretty, but that's about it.

Now--other Dandelion Folk--YOUR TURN

I was tagged by my college roomate cats who was tagged by the boston pobble who was tagged by jaded. If you are reading this consider yourself tagged as well. Fortunately, this is NOT one of those good luck / bad luck things, but another way of getting to know each other. No shortcuts on this! It took me a while to come up with 7 for each, but it's worth the thought.

7 things I plan to do before I die:

1. Cook a full meal without panicking
   
2. Write another play
3. Learn how to do something crafty (ie sewing, crocheting, welding)
4. Be an amazing aunt to my brother's future children
5. Take a geology class so I can understand what Pros is talking about
   
6. Live in the mountains
7. Let my hair go back to its natural white color

7 things I can do:

1. Recite the opening of Canterbury Tales in Middle English
2. Sing up to a high B Flat when I'm warmed up
3. Teach seventh graders how to enjoy reading and writing poetry
4. Run a radio station for four hours completely by myself
5. Plunge a toilet
   
6. Select a great bottle of wine
   
7. Break a pine board with my forehead
   

7 things I cannot do:

1. Learn foreign languages
2. Read music (I'm a functionally illiterate singer)
3. Drive a motorcycle
4. Change the oil in my car
5. Run a mile without slowing down
6. Reach the top shelf over my kitchen sink
7. Keep my desk organized

7 things that I say most often:

1. "Oy..."
2. "Take care"
3. "Hiya!"
4. "You're kidding"
   
5. "Okay, class..."
6. "Oh, shite!"
7. "What's new and exciting?"
   

7 celebrity crushes:

1. Trent Reznor
2. Adam Glasser (from "Family Business", don't ask)
3. Owen Wilson
4. Jon Stewart
5. Stephen Colbert
   
6. Eddie Izzard
7. Kevin Smith