8 things meme

I don't know if this'll count for my post for November 2, but I'll probably post again later anyway, so it doesn't matter. Here's a new meme I found on someone else's blog...

Eight things, in no particular order...

Eight (8)Things I am passionate about...
1. Sharing Knowledge
2. Writing
3. Atheism
4. Living alone
5. Natural light
6. Learning new things
7. Peace and quiet
8. Being online

Eight (8) Things I Want to do before I Die...
1. Learn a new language
2. Write a book...maybe lots
3. Change careers
4. Retire comfortably
5. Find true love
6. Lose weight
7. Travel widely
8. Become an expert in something

Eight (8) Things I say Regularly...
1. Each to his own
2. Absolutely
3. No way!
4. Holy moly!
5. We'll see.
6. Good morning/afternoon, Patti speaking.
7. I forgot.
8. Sorry.

Eight (8) Books I've Read Recently (or am reading now)...
1. The Plains of Passage (Jean M. Auel...plus her previous three books)
2. God is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens)
3. A Brief History of Time/The Universe in a Nutshell (Stephen Hawking)
4. The Harry Potter series (JK Rowling)
5. The Outlander Series (Diana Gabaldon)
6. Letter to a Christian Nation (Sam Harris)
7. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
8. The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)

Eight (8) Songs I Can Listen to Over and Over Again...
1. Hello in There - John Prine
2. Into the Mystic (as performed by Colin James)
3. The entire soundtrack of The English Patient
4. Oh Canada
5. Happy Birthday (as many times as possible, please)
6. The entire soundtrack of Practical Magic
7. The winning music on the lottery terminal
8. Keep on Loving Me Baby (Colin James)

Eight (8) Things that Attract Me To My Friends:
1. Sense of humor
2. Understanding
3. Unintrusive (they don't drop by unannounced)
4. Open-minded
5. Intelligence
6. Laugh at my jokes
7. Understand when I need to be on my own
8. Not prudes

Eight (8) Things I Learned in the Last Year:
1. That I'm capable of so much more than I thought
2. That cats are easier pets to care for than rats
3. How to use InDesign (learning it on the fly right now)
4. I'm content to be single...at last
5. That facebook is a great way to keep in touch with people
6. As much as I've wanted to at times, I could never be a hermit
7. That I'm interested in genealogy
8. How to get through airport security with no hassles