Rule of Seven Infection

Seven things to do before I die

1. 30% (approximately) of the female members of the senior class of any given university.* Heh.
2. See a tornado close up. Hmm, probably should make that #7, considering…
3. Finish a novel
4. Get paid to write something. That might be related to #3, or might not.
5. Help teach impoverished children in rural China.
6. Attend a KC Chiefs playoff game.
7. Shoot/kill an elk.

Seven Things I Cannot Do

1. Get linked by Instapundit.
2. Finish a novel.
3. Get paid to write something.
4. Find time for all the things I want to do.
5. Deliberately hurt someone.
6. “Ever admit that I was, just once, turned on by a comic book character.”
7. Finish reading the “Dune” series.Willingness to give/sacrifice.

Seven things that attract me to… (foreign and domestic bodies)

1. Sunny smile.
2. Sincere laughter.
3. Integrity.
4. Intelligence.
5. Willingness to give/sacrifice.
6. Flat tummy.
7. Positive attitude.

Seven things I say most often

1. Dagumit!
2. I love you (to select people).
3. “It’s just like Christmas”
4. “Gotta sleep. I didn’t keep hours like this, even when I was an intern”
5. “I’m so tired. Please let me sleep.”
6. Wo jiushi nide laipi.
7. Nice __________. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.
(above phrases in quotations are from my favorite game, Jagged Alliance 2, that pop in my head at appropriate…or inappropriate times. I’ve never been an intern.)

Seven books (or series) that I love

1. Jhereg series, Steven Brust
2. Miles Vorkosigan series, Lois McMasters Bujold
3. The Last Coin, James P. Blaylock
4. Silverlock, John Myers Myers
5. The Chronicles of Amber first series, Roger Zelazny
6. The Foreigner series C. J. Cherryh
7. War for the Oaks, Emma Bull

Seven movies I watch over and over again

1. Princess Bride
2. Supercop
3. Rio Lobo
4. Supercop
5. So Close
6. Star Wars
7. (Tie) Monsters, Inc; The Incredibles; A Bug’s Life, Toy Story

7 People I want to give this to

Jo, and six people who haven’t yet gotten tagged by this and would like to, and feel like going to the trouble of tracking back to this post.

* This answer wasn’t serious, but rather for humorous effect only. No female college students were harmed in the making of this joke.