Tagged!

I’ve seen this happen to other people as I’ve lurked and rambled my way through the blogiverse. In every instance I’ve shaken my head, made the sign of the cross and murmured, “Pity,” thinking this sort of thing could never happen to me. I know it strikes without warning, and suddenly you, the victim, are duty-bound to answer the call as faithfully and honorably as you can. Once tagged, you’re utterly defenseless. No level of martial arts training can prevent or deflect it; prevarication and obfuscation will do you no good, because you are as exposed as an amoeba on a glass slide, laid bare to universal scrutiny. You must act, and act without a single option other than to do what you have been directed to. There is no way out.

Harry Potter fans, this is as close to the Imperious Curse as we muggles can get: the meme. The lovely and talented Chloe has tagged me with seven questions (seven, of course, being the most magical number) and I must respond to them. But be warned, O ye regular readers, for the seventh question will hit close to home. Very close to home. Beware! BEWARE! Bwahahahahaha!

Ahem. (cough)

Seven Answers to Seven Questions


Seven things I plan to do before I die:

1) Go on a cross-country bicycle trip

2) Publish something — anything

3) Do all I can to foster prosperity for my two daughters

4) Adopt a little doggy and name it George

5) Cycle 100 miles on my 80th birthday

6) Strictly follow the Three Laws of Robotics for one week . . . just for kicks

7) Stay indoors for one whole day and — after rising early, running and showering — just read, watch movies, drink decaf espresso mochas, eat and nap


Seven things I can do:

1) Pedal a bicycle really far

2) Draw silly pictures

3) Stand on my head

4) Walk like an Egyptian

5) Make an awesome breakfast

6) Imitate this guy I used to work with in 1986

7) Watch old movies too corny for most people


Seven things I cannot do:

1) Dance in any formalized way

2) Swim strokes that require putting my face in the water

3) Sing

4) Finish reading a bad book

5) The Five Point Palm Exploding-Heart Technique

6) Tell a joke without laughing before I can say the punchline

7) Care about hockey


Seven things that attract me to another person:

1) Intelligence

2) Sense of humor

3) Unpredictability

4) Loyalty

5) Pleasing odors

6) Those who have a tendency to push me to do things I don’t want to do but wind up being good for me in the end

7) No prior criminal record


Seven things I say most often:

1) Mama mia!

2) Inane quote du jour (lately it’s been, “Hello, my name is Mr. Snrub. Yes. That will do.”)

3) Christ!

4) You slay me, you know that?

5) I think not.

6) It was Colonel Mustard, in the conservatory, with the pipe wrench

7) Rosebud!


Seven celebrity crushes:

1) Keira Knightly

2) Keira Knightly

3) Keira Knightly

4) Keira Knightly

5) Keira Knightly

6) Keira Knightly

7) The girl in that movie I saw who looks a little like Keira Knightly


Seven bloggers I'm tagging:

1) Trinamick

2) Nypinta

3) Henry

4) Scott

5) Ryan

6) John

7) Michele (for her inaugural post!)