crazy 8's meme

my friend michelle tagged me back at the beginning of the month, and being the most excellent friend I am, I only caught up on reading her musings today.  nice friend indeed.  I really love memes though, so here I go.

8 things I’m passionate about...

1. My family. This has come to include people I truly am madly in love with though not related at all, like michelle, the fox family, the posties and the smalls.  some people I just cannot do without.


2. I love the quote from mr. bennett. "I'm not crazy about religion, but I'm crazy about the Lord.


3. ART!  I love to create it and analyze it, even let it make me totally crazy mental not being able to make it the way I want to.


4. music.  cannot abide a life without it or those who have incredibly bad taste in it.  was a proud moment the night I recorded my first 'for real' song.  I love to write the music and lyrics and nothing quite compares to the feeling you get when you hear a piece performed for the first time ever.


5. parenting.  sounds cheesy, but I mean I love good parenting and seeing those skills lived out in others.


6.  writing.  being published is a bit of a rush, though I am far too critical of my own things. 


7. making a decision and feeling peace about it.  you have no idea how much this means to me.


8. Theatre.  am I allowed to be this similar to someone else?

Things I want to do before I die...

1. believe in myself, not narcissistically but realistically acknowledging my gifts and talents and not being afraid to just use them already, without feeling like I need to make excuses.


2. become a respected writer.


3. sell some more of my art and not think people are completely retarded for wanting to buy it (see number one)


4. get out of debt and stay out.


5. have a honeymoon. 


6. travel all of Canada.


7. actually meet my relatives in Europe.


8. live long enough to see my kid's kid's kids, although heaven is mighty tempting.

Things I say often....

1. that's retarded.  I know, completely un-politically correct, but this is MY meme.


2. I'm such an idiot.  I say this with far too much regularity (see number one in the second section).


3. for real.


4. that's nice.


5. my hands are freezing.


6. Jonam (or Evan) what are you doing right now?


7. (on the phone) this is Kristina


8. go away 

Books I’ve read recently...

1. Crunchy Cons


2. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day


3. Star-Shaped Pegs, Square Holes


4. I'm Not Going to Get Up Today


5. When the Heart Cries


6. The Kite Runner


7. Reunion


8. A Fish Out of Water

Songs I could listen to over and over...

1. Dave's Party by Flight of the Conchords


2. Hey Delilah by Plain White Tees


3. Come to Jesus by Mindy Smith (love Mindy)


4. I Want You to be my Love by Over the Rhine


5. Who Will Guard the Door by Over the Rhine (anything on the Drunkard's Prayer album)


6. Night Windows by the Weakerthans


7. Killer, ok,anything by Seal (thanks to Erin Hussey)


8. most of anything off the farewell album by Watermark.  what I wouldn't give to wake up and sound like Christy Nockels tomorrow morning

8 Things that attract me to my best friends....

1. they don't let me get TOO carried away.


2. they expect certain things out of me.


3. they actually laugh WITH me and not just at me.


4. they seem to get it most of the time.


5. they love Jesus too.


6. they excel in areas I do not.


7. they tell me that they love me and I can tell they mean it.


8. they know this is my favourite number.  well, they do now.

8 People who should do this Crazy Eights meme:

you will sense it ...