My phro5ggy friend tagged me with this meme.  I get to list 7 things I love, and then tag my other friends to do the same.  I’m going to skip the most obvious thing here – my family (including the dogs).  That should go without saying.  So here goes.

1.  I love silent numbers.  They add sophistication to everything.  Even amphibians.

2.  I love to knit.  I’m so thankful for Karin who taught me this lovely hobby just a little over two years ago now.  I may not be prolific.  I may never even be good.  But I finally have something in my life that I enjoy for the sake of doing, not perfecting.  There’s something very zen about that.

3.  I love reading.  I’ll read anything, anywhere.  And I almost never have read something that I didn’t like on at least some level.

4.  I love writing.  Writing gives me an opportunity to think of a subject or an object in a different manner.  I get to disect it.  Often times I come away from a writing project thinking and feeling about the topic differently than I did when I began.

5.  I love annoying stupid people.  My definition of stupid people are those who don’t realize I’m annoying them because they are stupid.  It’s a lovely little cycle that provides endless entertainment.  I am not afraid to tell you this because even the stupid people I know who read this blog won’t realize they’re who I’m talking about…even though they’ll be annoyed at this little confession and not be able to put their finger on exactly why.

6.  I love Christmas.  I don’t care if Walmart cashiers won’t say the word, or public schools can no longer produce plays where children dress up in bathrobes and fake beards to worship a plastic doll on a bale of hay.  This is not what Christmas time means to me.  It is sacred because it’s the one time of year that general good will is felt towards all mankind.  Peppermint and snow and pine trees and sparkles and fire places don’t hurt, either.

7.  I love that this meme is over.  I don’t do intimacy very well.  I use humor to distract from this flaw and it’s very difficult for me to be irreverent about things that I love.

Now, I tag Karin, Dawn, Melissa, Michele, and Steph.