L8 edition

Gabriella tagged me for that crazy eight meme.

Oh man - I used to love playing crazy eights.

Card games have always been addictive for me.

Perfect weekends away at cottages, camping, travelling have almost always included some marathon or super competitive card tournaments.

But back to the crazy eight meme. "Tag, you're it!" if you want to do the meme, just leave me a link in the comments so I can come and check it out.

So here we go:

8 Things I'm Passionate About:

1. my family (I had to put them first or I'd never hear the end of it).
2. whatever I'm trying to learn, train, or perfect (right now it's Photoshop)
3. my family (actually, I am pretty passionate about them)
4. finding inner peace and happiness (isn't everyone?)
5. movies, movies, and movies
6. music, music, and music
7. art, art, and art - even velvet paintings
8. trying to achieve a greener life
   

8 Things I often Say

1. Yes, I'm listening
2. You didn't say that!
   
3. Noooooooooooooo!
   
4. Just a sec
5. Seriously
6. but I digress
   
7. ok
8. GO!
   

8 Books I've recently read, or are currently on my nightstand waiting to be read

1. Life of Pi Yann Martel
2. Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
3. The Tent Margaret Atwood
   
4. The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
   
5. A Million Little Pieces James Frey
   
6. Photoshop stuff
7. CSS and design related stuff
8. at least two parenting books
   

8 things I want to do before I die

1. go north of 60
2. have my own office
3. win the lottery
   
4. cook a turkey dinner by myself
5. pick up Coronation Street again
   
6. spend a few weeks or months at a really great spa
7. own a monkey
8. meet with a real psychic
   

8 songs albums* I can listen to over & over**
* eight songs? impossible so I must name albums which is still extremely hard
** no where near a complete list, I just named the first ones (aka the ones I'm craving) that popped to mind

1. Jane's Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual
2. Daft Punk Homework
3. The The Soul Mining
4. Radiohead The Bends
5. The Strokes Is This It?
6. Pixies Doolittle
7. Morcheeba Who Can You Trust?
8. DJ Shadow The Private Press
   

8 Things I look for in friends

1. honesty
2. something I respect in them
3. extravagant generosity (just checking if you are still reading)
4. same shoe size *nudge*
   
5. some kind of spirit (although those ones possessed by spirits are usually passed over)
6. mutual interests
7. inspiration
8. trust
   

8 things I've learned in the past year

1. the majority of bloggers that I have met in person are loveable and insane
2. two is harder than one
3. two is just as fun as one but less one-sided
4. I'm doing better than initially thought
5. waaaaaaaay more than just how to resize or add text to an image in Photoshop
6. that I've got it in me
7. how to entertain a toddler
8. that my little girl is able to survive a few days without me
   

There you go.

If you are up for it, leave me a link, k?