Tagged, Seven Things...

Tagged by a superstar!

(1) Seven things I plan to do before I die
write a book
publish a book
learn to be more patient
travel to greece
ride my bike 100 miles without stopping
learn how to draw
hike the entire bruce trail

(2) Seven things I can do
I can ride a bike
I can skate
I can read
I can procrastinate
I can sleep in (sometimes)
I can play my guitar
I can think of seven things that I can do

(3) Seven things I can't do
I can't ride my bike very fast
I can't skate very fast
I can't read very fast
I can't get motivated to do things I dislike
I can't get to bed early
I can't play drums
I can't go back in time

(4) Seven things that attract me to the opposite sex
Eyes
Intelligence
An open mind
Smile
Friendliness
Independence
They dig me

(5) Seven things I say most
Eh
Hi!
How's it going?
That was hard work
I'm tired
I'm going to write about this in my journal
Nooooooooooooooooo

(6) Seven celebrity crushes
Sarah Harmer
Kate Fenner
Angelina Jolie
Natalie Portman
Scarlett Johannson
Kate Winslet
Neve Campbell

(7) Seven People I want to take this quiz
Sunnydayz
ZeroReverb
Spiltsville
LessThan3
BethB
Phyll
AllThingsJennifer

Tagged !

Kel tagged me with this:

List 5 songs you are currently digging:

1. Working Class Hero by John Lennon (from the Acoustic CD)
2. Come Pick Me Up by Ryan Adams
3. Taylor by Jack Johnson
4. The Last Thing you Said by Chris Brown and Kate Fenner
5. All I Want Is You - U2

I'm going to tag Phyll, Jase, less-than3, spiltsville, sunnydayz, bethb and stereogirl!

calling for recommendations

i have this gift card for itunes, enough for 2 cds, or about 20 songs. the problem is i don't know whether to get individual songs, or 2 full albums.

so i'm putting a call out to you, the few who read this...

i want you to give me recommendations - singles/songs or up to 2 CDs, or some combination thereof...

i eagerly await your comments!

another year older

today, i enter the final year of my 4th decade, and the occasion has got me to thinking about age. it would be easy for me to sit here and lament the fact that "it's all down hill from here", or "i'm almost half-way to 80". but i won't. i think of age as just a number. i'm still young at heart, and i still feel i have so much to learn.

then i got to thinking what 'old' is...

Old is when you look back more than you look ahead.
Old is when all your important decisions have already been made.
Old is when you stop taking chances.
Old is when you start seeing people doing things you wish you'd done.
Old is an excuse.
Old is when you no longer wish you were older; you wish you were younger.
Old is when you start too many sentences with "i remember..."

i know i'm in better shape, physically and mentally, than i've ever been. i might not recover from little nagging injuries overnight, like i used to, but through cycling, i have a lot more endurance. i've never joined a gym or anything like that, but i've often thought about the way we are obsessed with working out, to improve our bodies. i wonder if we spend more time improving our body than we spend trying to improve our mind... the body is external, everyone sees it. the mind is inside, and less obvious. is it our need to 'look good' that motivates us to work out our bodies more than our minds? i'm kinda lazy, so i prefer the mental workouts more.... :)

photo time

So I'm trying to post a photo for the first time. This is a photo from a concert I went to a couple of weeks ago, when my car died. Can you name these lads?

Anyway, I finally downloaded my camera and thought I'd post this. I have others, but I didn't bother getting too close to the stage, so most of them are blurry.

Hot town, summer in the city.

August is upon us, and this has always been my favourite month, mainly because it's my birthday month. It's still incredibly hot out these days, but in a month's time, we'll be complaining about how fast summer went by, so enjoy it while it lasts.

I found this link from spiltsville. It's a website that tells you the #1 songs (UK and USA) for any day in music history.

On my birthday:
#1 song in the USA: Summer in the City by Lovin' Spoonful
#1 song in the UK: With A Girl Like You by The Troggs

On my 19th birthday:
#1 song in the USA: Shout by Tears for Fears
#1 song in the UK: Into the Groove by Madonna