I’ve been in a posting slump for over a week now, and I just realized that Lisa tagged me here then didn’t notify my that I had been tagged (or if she did, I somehow missed it in a nablopomo frenzy.) I read the post, but must not have gotten all the way to the bottom to see that I had been tagged. It is after all, 64 things that I need to come up with.
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Things I’m passionate about…
Things I want to do before I die…
Things I say often….
Books I’ve read recently…
Songs I could listen to over and over…
Things that attract me to my best friends….
By the end of the week, I will try to answer all of these. I think I over-stretched myself a bit at the beginning of the month, I came on strong but posted a few too many cat photos. And I forgot that this whole thing is supposed to be fun.
I’ll start with the first one, and the 8 are listed in no particular order:
8 Things I’m Passionate About:
1. Anyone who knows me I love Ice Cream. I’m having it shipped in from Texas to Maryland just for my wedding reception. That’s serious dedication to a wonderful substance.
2. Music is also another thing that I am passionate about. I’m always fiddling with my iTunes library, making sure that I have new music to listen to. Always sharing new artists back and forth with Liz, always looking for that new great musician. My musical interests have changed a lot in the last couple years, but I’m happy with the direction it’s going.
3. Photography is somewhat of a renewed interest. Maybe an interest because my dad always walked around with his camera? I’m not really sure…
4. Family has always been important to me, I may not have always acted like it, but I think as I get older I am really seeing how important family is, especially now as I have my own family.
5. Staying Positive
I learned something from OddTodd a few years ago, that staying positive is always better than letting negative energy take over. 
6. Liz (not a thing, she’s a person). I am wild about this woman.
7. My Friends. I don’t have a lot of friends, but the ones I have in my life I really care for. Every single one of them has characteristics that I admire.
8. Coffee. Anyone who has seen my coffee pot or witnessed first hand the ritual I go through every single morning would understand. I’m getting ready to some more beans….mmmm….lavazza super crema, I can’t wait.
8 Things I want to do before I die…
1. Travel…we made a list a while back of places both domestically and abroad that we’d like to get to. Should be quite doable, especially with our new fancy passport photos.
2. Stop paying rent. I’ve been a renter ever since I got out of college, and would like to buy a house. Should be doable soon, since I’m settling down and all.
3. Sell a photograph. Might be doable, I don’t just mean wedding photography, i’d like to have someone see my work and say “how much, I have a fat wallet!”
4. Own a sportscar. I know that’s a totally dudely midlife-crisisy thing to say, but I just like to drive, and I have a lot of fun driving. A Porsche Cayman or a BMW M3 would be nice, but I’m not that picky. I’d settle for a GTI. German is a requirement. I suppose I’d be ok with a Ferrari, but let’s be at least somewhat realistic. Living in Virginia with the new abusive drivers fees, it’s not going to happen while I live here. I already paid my $180 speeding ticket for doing 60 in a 35, and was very lucky I didn’t get hit with wreckless driving. I drive the speed limit now.
5. Take a cross country vacation with my family. It’s just me and liz right now, and if it’s the two of us, then I’m happy with that. If it’s the two of us and some little rug rats then great!!
6. Skydive. Kind of a strange one, I suppose, but It’s always been an interest, and if George Bush senior can do it at 83, then I should be able to do it at some point.
7. Take a cooking class. I love to cook for me, for Liz. I usually just take a recipe out of a book and make it my own, but I’d like to learn how to come up with something great from scratch. I can’t really do that just yet.
8. Lasik. Ok…so it’s not a life or death thing, but I’d like to be able to see the alarm clock in the morning. I don’t wanna mess with contacts or glasses any more.
I will try to get to the rest of the 8 things by the end of the week…this is a good start for now.
And just to post a picture, here’s one I took last weekend with my ring light. I would like to begin to shoot some series of photos, rather than just having a bunch of individual pictures. I think this will go with the other leaves, and I’ll post another tomorrow.