7 Things I Want To Do Before I Die

  1. Travel – everywhere and anywhere.
  2. Recapture the fluency I had in Japanese and Spanish as a kid.
  3. Own real estate.
  4. Become a really good photographer.
  5. Get a Ph.D.
  6. Go to culinary school.
  7. Live somewhere other than where I do now.

 

7 Things I Cannot Do

  1. Swim.
  2. Dance.
  3. Apply makeup.
  4. Speak in front of large groups.
  5. Go on amusement park rides that turn upside-down.
  6. Eat sashimi.
  7. Fit into dresses.


7 Things I’ve Done That You Probably Haven’t

  1. Given up sugar. For good.
  2. Been to Manila.
  3. Attended Japanese school.
  4. Made a living by working with Holocaust oral histories.
  5. Attended a Molokan church service.
  6. Lived in a 19th-century house that lacked heating, showers, television, and kitchen appliances newer than 1930.
  7. Driven a 1929 DeSoto, a 1937 Tatra, and a 1955 Chevrolet – the latter of which was my daily transportation for three years.

7 Things That I Say Most Often

  1. Mischa!
  2. Mollie!
  3. Gaaaaaaaaah.
  4. Bah.
  5. Hey, you guys are being too noisy.
  6. Do we need anything from Trader Joe’s?
  7. I wish it wasn’t so hot.

 

7 Celebrity Crushes

  1. Cary Grant
  2. William Powell
  3. John Cusack
  4. Meg Ryan*
  5. Sam Waterston
  6. Mariska Hargitay*
  7. Barbara Stanwyck*

* Hey – there just aren’t enough male celebrities out there, dead or alive, that really do it for me. So I’m being equal-opportunity in my crushing here!

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