7 Things...

Yes. It is cheesy and overdone. Thank you for pointing that out. I really had no idea. Now that you've brought it my attention...I'm writing it anyway. (I was tagged people! Tagged! You don't just go around messing with "the tag")

#1. I might have superpowers.

They haven't appeared yet, but I am still fairly convinced that they will emerge soon, and emerge with vigor. I have been harboring this vague sensation that I am destined to fly and wear a cape for some time now.

#2. I thoroughly enjoy "girl-rock"

I like it when women vocal artists sing angrily. Angry-girl-rock. Pink, Avril, Kelly Clarkson when she's pissed, you get the idea. Recently became a fan of Paramore for this very reason. I could pretend to be slightly embarrassed, but if you can't enjoy a decent, estrogen-laced, volatile rock out session, then you're the one that needs to make some adjustments in your life.

#3. I really enjoy grocery shopping.

This is not hurried, I need to pick up some milk shopping trips we're talking about there. I hate those as much as the next person. However, late night meanderings up and down the aisles searching for various ingredients for my favorite meals or discovering ridiculous new promotional foods, mocking them, and then tossing them into the cart is soothing to me. I have yet to find an explanation for this.

#4. I like board games.

My affinity for board games includes, but is not limited to: Monopoly, Clue, Risk, Cranium, Scene-It, and Scattergories (is that a board game?). Anyone who says they don't like Monopoly because it takes forever is simply not playing it right. My brother, sister-in-law, which ever fourth player we have conned into joining us, and myself can knock a solid game of Monopoly out in roughly one hour. It just takes focus.

#5. I take multi-tasking to a weird place.

I despise inefficency. I really enjoy the idea of accomplishing more than one thing at once. The prime example of this is laundry. Obviously we all do other things while the washer is going, but I get a weird sense of accomplishment knowing that my clothes are washing and drying at the same time while I complete a host of other menial domestic tasks. Once the dryer buzzer goes off I like to take account of what I've accomplished in the last hour and experience a bizzare sense of ultimate satisfaction.

#6. I enjoy movies, regardless of actual "quality"

I know The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was amazing. I understand that it is a beautifully acted, wonderfully written, and masterfully directed. I appreciate it, in all its greatness. But sometimes you just need to watch Bring it On ya know? Or Wanted. Wanted will rock your face off. People have told me these movies were a "let-down". Which begs the question: What exactly were you expecting from a movie about cheer competitions or fraternal assassin organizations? I expected to see Kirsten Dunst accomplish her goals with a cheesy romantic sub-plot, and I expected McAvoy and Jolie to shoot people. A lot of people. Cinematic snobbery gets in the way of having actual fun while watching a movie.

#7. I feed the monkeys at the zoo.

I know I'm not supposed to, but its fun! I only feed them grapes, so I'm fairly certain I am not poisoning them. There's this one big monkey who clearly dominates the cage. So, in order to get grapes to the other monkeys you have to distract the alpha monkey by holding a grape just out of reach. As he reaches through the bars to get the grape, you can throw a handful of grapes past him to the other monkeys. If I was ever trapped in the monkey cage I would stage a coup and bring an era of peace and prosperity to the primate cage as their benovelent, grape-bearing leader.