as per request

in response to nessa's list...

7 things i plan to do before i die
own my own business go to europe go skiing get a manicure live outside of utah get my cavity taken care of read les miserables

7 things i can do
the splits make candy labels sight read music watch "billy madison" from start to finish in my head say "shut up and kiss me" in 12 languages draw slip through very small cracks in windows

7 things i cannot do
keep a straight face watch a movie without announcing who the actors are and what else they've been in smell drive the speed limit an even somewhat convincing impression of wayne from "wayne's world" stand still when there's music playing

7 things i find most attractive about the opposite sex
kindness sarcasmy sense of humor height big smile unassuming talented motivated

7 things that i say most often
"and that's fine" "hey how ya doin' whatchya doin' what's going on what's happening?" "i don't want to talk about it." "i don't even care." "good times" "bring it" "g'oh"

7 celebrity crushes
david boreanaz will smith jimmy fallin gavin degraw hugh jackman collin firth christian bale

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Ben said…
things I can do:
play the theme song from "the adventures of pete and pete" on the guitar.
speak a little mandarin.
make the stupid van run, sort of.
program the vcr.
find about anything in the h-b-double-hockey-sticks.
grade upper-level linguistics homework whilst listening to very loud music.
go years without kissing.

things I cannot do:
not sing along to music playing in cars or enclosed spaces.
get said music out of my head, no matter where I am or what the situation.
listen to a foreign language or accent without trying to guess where it's from.
breathe normally.
refrain from making bad puns.
speed more than 7 over.
finish this list.
barnesanova said…
before i die:
1) do a half ironman tri
2) write a book
3) visit japan
4) experience a culture that fundamentally challenges my way of thinking
5) shake my moneymaker, like REALLY shake it
6) pay off my student loans
7) feel satisfied with my life

things i can do:
1) learn the basics of a song by ear before its finished (in 60-70% of cases)
2) say three of the foulest things you can imagine in swedish
3) run a marathon
4) make kick ass beef jerky
5) translate latin
6) juggle
7) appear enthusiastic and enthralled while actually miserable and longing to be somewhere else

things i can't do:
1) throw a perfect spiral
2) a cartwheel
3) decipher hindi text
4) take standardized tests
5) spell supercalafradgilisticexpialodocious ... oh, crap
6) fly a plane
7) design bridges

attractive stuff:
1) intelligence
2) interest in bettering oneself (learning, health, etc)
3) ability to laugh at oneself
4) kindness
5) a passion to keep the kid inside alive
6) confidence
7) a slammin body... lol, didn't think i could stay away from that!

say most often:
1) certainly
2) right, but
3) what's up
4) totally
5) shit
6) hey
7) oh crap

i know a few of my wife's, so i guess i can throw mine out there
celebs:
1) elizabeth shue
2) gabrielle anwar (scent of a woman era)
3) minnie driver (good will hunting and gross point blank)
4) gabrielle reece
5) marisa tomei
6) julia roberts
7) evangeline lily
Nama said…
mmm...collin firth...he's so...firthy...