Postcards from the Funny Farm

Okay, so it’s been a while since I did a meme. I usually turn the trite ones down nowadays in favor of original post ideas but this one sounded cool, and of course Shelly (the one who tagged me) is such an awesome blogger friend. It’s kind of like 8 memes in one so pour yourself some hot chocolate and settle in, you’re gonna be here a while! These are the Crazy Eights (weird thing is there are only 7?!?):

• 8 Things I’m Passionate About,
• 8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die,
• 8 Things I Often Say,
• 8 Books I’ve Recently Read (Or Am Still Reading),
• 8 Songs I Could Listen To Over And Over,
• 8 Things That Attract Me To My Best Friends,
• 8 People I Think Should Do Crazy Eights.

So here goes …

8 Things I’m Passionate About (not in order):

• acoustic guitar
• electric guitar
• blogging
• writing
• teaching
• my wife Sarah
• my 3 children
• people

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die:

• Write a book on teaching
• Go in a hot air balloon with my wife
• Spend another summer in Guadalajara, MX
• Teach all my kids a musical instrument
• Visit Ireland
• Visit Rome and the ruins
• Make a kids’ song CD
• Live long enough to hear my son tell me how I did as a dad

8 Things I Often Say:

• “Niiiiiiiice!”
• “Whatever.”
• “That’s Nasticulous!”
• “80% of success is showing up.”
• “Have the best day of your life.”
• “Dude!”
• “I’m ‘Audi 5000′”
• “C-ya wouldn’t wanna be ya!”

8 Books I’ve Recently Read (Or Am Still Reading):

• Lower Your Blood Pressure the Natural Way
• The Golden Compass
• An Unquiet Mind
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• PHP in a Nutshell
• Adobe Photoshop
• CSS Cookbook
• The Lost Art of Listening

8 Songs I Could Listen To Over And Over:

• Fatal Hesitation - Chris DeBurgh
• Girl U Want - DEVO
• Girl Like You - The Smithereens
• She’s All I Ever Had - Ricky Martin
• Sailing - Christopher Cross
• You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
• Overkill - Men at Work
• Walkin’ on a Thin Line - Huey Lewis and the News

8 Things That Attract Me To My Best Friends:

• honesty
• integrity
• fun
• silliness
• dependable
• trustworthy
• caring
• interesting

8 People I Think Should Do Crazy Eights:

• Tumbled Words
• Future Cave Paintings
• Live Tardy
• Life is RANTastic!
• The Outboard Brain Of A Geek
• jonlee.ca
• Derek Semmler dot com
• Lives Less Ordinary