Dec 07 2005
Seven Sevens Meme
From Always Thirsty. My answers are not in any particular order.
- Seven things to do before I die:
- Finish my book!
- Visit South America, from Macchu Pichu to Tierra del Fuego.
- Start a foundation to give anonymously
- Have enough money to give anonymously
- Go back to Israel
- Lead someone to Christ
- Sail aboard a square-rigged ship
- Seven things I cannot do:
- More than one thing at a time. (I’m a guy, okay?)
- Dance
- Be on time (I’m getting better!)
- Remember what I was supposed to pick up at the store
- Praise God enough
- Pray often enough
- Who am I kidding? I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)
- Seven things that attract me to my wife:
- She’s seriously goal-driven
- She taught me to be social
- She taught me how to give unselfishly
- She encourages others
- She’ll save the world one starfish at a time
- We laugh at the same things
- She’s an expert in her chosen field
- Seven things I say most often:
- Stop that!
- Swkeet!
- Don’t forget your lunch (to the kids)
- Don’t forget your coffee (to Cyndie)
- Can we postpone the church business meeting another week?
- Lord, forgive me for being an idiot.
- Just a second…
- Seven books (or series) I love:
- Lord of the Rings (Tolkein)
- The Narnia series (C.S. Lewis)
- Aubrey/Maturin series (Patrick O’Brian)
- Horatio Hornblower series (C.S. Forrester)
- Haggai (Old Testament)
- John (New Testament)
- Seamanship in the Age of Sail (John Harland)
- Seven movies I would watch over and over again:
(Or would watch over and over if I had the time every few years)- Raising Arizona
- Shawshank Redemption
- The Great Escape
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Star Wars Episode 4 (the “Han Shoots First” version)
- Princess Bride
- Spartacus
- Seven people I want to join in, too:
- Hokule’a
- Laurie
- Coop
- George
- Kurt
- Shaun
- You
