Seven Degrees

Seven Things I Want to Do Before I Die
1. Travel the world without being ashamed of my country's choices
2. Make a movie
3. Build my dream library
4. Earn a living writing
5. Learn Spanish, Italian, French, and sign language
6. Raise a family (and teach my kids the way of the Ayn Rand)
7. Go on Jeopardy

Seven Things I Cannot Do
1. Play sports or do anything athletic (except for rollerblading--I will kick your ass at rollerblading)
2. Filter my words
3. Rap
4. Drive with a passenger without feeling criticized
5. Resist a brownie, a cookie, a slice of cake, a chip that isn't vinegar flavored
6. Hold down a schedule--sleeping, working, exercise (I'm working on this one)
7. Watch Eddie Murphy movies

Seven Things That Attract me to the Opposite Sex
1. Sense of humor
2. Wit--love me someone who challenges me in the brains department
3. Worldliness, experience
4. Ambition
5. Desire to raise a family (preferably someone better looking than me so our kids will be gorgeous)
6. Eye contact
7. Common values (no drugs, but also no swear jars or bans on Tarantino movies)

Seven Things I Say Most Often
1. "Does that make sense?"
2. "What the devil?"
3. "Damn"
4. "Hey-how-are-ya"
5. "I'm cutting my hair, I swear" (Then I don't)
6. "Game on"
7. (Nothing, because I'm reading)

Seven Celebrity Crushes
1. Johnny Depp (cliche, but I don't care)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio--love me some baby blues
3. Brad Pitt (his smirk is charming)
4. Val Kilmer in Willow (it's a childhood thing, I think)
5. Hugh Laurie as Dr. House (older and rugged in that dickish kind of way)
6. Antonio Banderas
7. My lesbian girlfriend, Olivia Wilde

Seven Things I Can't Live Without
1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. Dr. Pepper chapstick
3. Water (duh, I know, but I really love it)
4. Chloe, my cat
5. U2
6. Old pianos
7. Laughs

Seven Things I am Obsessed With
1. Breasts
2. Sharks
3. Shortcutting and/or avoiding altogether being made up/over (unless it's on my terms)
4. Japanese cherry blossoms
5. Sex and the City
6. Achieving world domination as a woman
7. Sweater cardigans and plaid--always plaid