Seven sevens

Tim tags me, and I am his bondsman and must obey.
Seven things to do before I die:
1. Live outside London
2. Meet a nice girl
3. Get a cat
4. Get a garden (a prerequisite for 3)
5. Give up work
6. Get a car
7. Play the guitar adequately
Seven things I cannot do:
1. Play the guitar adequately
2. Speak a foreign language
3. Ice skate
4. Speak to strangers (though I'm good at public speaking)
5. Overcome my prejudice against public schoolboys
6. Mix grain and grape
7. Respect anyone in authority
Seven things that attract me to...country music:
1. It gives bald men an excuse to wear hats indoors
2. The beautiful women: Shania. Martina, Sara, Alison...
3. Male harmony duets, especially the Blue Sky Boys
4. The sound of the pedal steel
5. "San Quentin you've been living hell to me."
6. The virtuoso musicianship of Bill Monroe and his many band members, among many others.
7. "The wisdom and ignorance of a crushed, undying race."
Seven things I say:
1. One reason why I started blogging...
2. Or is it?
3. Sorry about that (with 100% sincerity)
4. No.
5. Should we care?
6. What goes around comes around
7. Couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.
Seven books I love:
1. Code of the Woosters.
2. Brothers Karamazov
3. Free to Lose (not Choose)
4. After Virtue
5. On Liberty
6. Decline and Fall
7. Judgment under Uncertainty
Seven films I've loved at various times:
1. True Stories.
2. Brief Encounter
3. Eraserhead
4. Rear Window
5. Casablanca
6. Life of Brian
7. Maltese Falcon
Seven reasons not to tag seven others:
1. I don't want to impose
2. This particular meme's starting to get stale
3. The ones I tag won't thank me
4. The ones I don't tag will be offended that I haven't thought of them
5. Thinking of seven things is really hard
6. Everyone's answers will be smarter than mine, so I'll look stupid
7. I 'd rather just invite anyone to pick the tag up: the blogosphere's about openness.

Comments

[Jonathan]

With reference to 'Seven things I cannot do: 5. Overcome my prejudice against public schoolboys' I expect you could if you narrowed your target.
For example, I have a prejudice against extremely camp, overacting etc. gay men but this doesn't mean I have a prejudice against all gay men.
Not all public schoolboys have many of the characteristic traits I presumptuosly assume trigger your prejudice.
On re-reading this, it seems I have subconsciously linked public schoolboys and homosexuality in this post, unintended.

[rjw]

Speak to strangers (though I'm good at public speaking)

empathise here - kinda weird. hate phones too

[Matthew]

I thought you had moved outside London?

[Matthew]

Ah, I see a very old post appeared on bloglines. I hope you've met a nice girl. Not going to well on the public schoolboys though!

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