{"id":469,"date":"2006-01-19T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2006-01-19T20:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=469"},"modified":"2006-01-19T17:44:17","modified_gmt":"2006-01-19T22:44:17","slug":"in-the-tradition-of-four-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"In the tradition of four things…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…I bring you seven things. Brendan<\/a> got it from Sherri<\/a>, and they told a friend, and they told a friend, etc.<\/p>\n

Seven things I plan to do before I die:
\nBe paid to pretend to be beat up.
\nSee other places than North America.
\nMake my own sword.
\nWrite something that I think “says something.”
\nRaise a child.
\nBecome famous.
\nAttain enlightenment.<\/p>\n

Seven things I can do:
\nPlay the drums. (and the euphonium, ha!)
\nBreak bricks with my hands.
\nMake people laugh.
\nSing well enough.
\nBuild a kick-ass website from scratch, or a PC from parts.
\nTalk loudly.
\nThe worm.<\/p>\n

Seven things I can not do:
\nSave money.
\nSave the world.
\nTolerate the shallow.
\nGrow hair on the top of my head.
\nKeep hair from growing other places.
\nHelp feeling gullible when I give a stranger money.
\nLive down certain stories that I myself embellished.<\/p>\n

Seven things I found attractive about the opposite sex:
\nSkin.
\nHair.
\nSmile\/ laughter.
\nLegs.
\nHips.
\nVoice.
\nBreasts.<\/p>\n

Seven things I say the most:
\n“So… yeah.”
\n“It boggles the mind.”
\n“I could do that.”
\n“What did you say?”
\n“When I say I’m too busy, I really mean it.”
\n“Fuck him\/her\/them.”
\n“Hey!”<\/p>\n

Seven Books I love:
\n“Impro” by Keith Johnstone
\n“Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
\n“V for Vendetta” by Alan Moore
\n“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
\n“Mona Lisa Overdrive” by William Gibson
\n“Lamb” by Christopher Moore
\n“The complete works of William Shakespeare” by William Shakespeare (I know I cheated.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…I bring you seven things. Brendan got it from Sherri, and they told a friend, and they told a friend, etc. Seven things I plan to do before I die: Be paid to pretend to be beat up. See other places than North America. Make my own sword. 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