Eight of this, eight of that.

My friend Ann was tagged to do this and because it's kind of irresistible, I'm doing it too:

8 Shows I watch

• 30 Rock
• The Office
• Mad Men
• The Closer
• Saving Grace
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• Damages
• Frasier

 8 Restaurants I love

• Big City Soup
• Red Rock 
• Thai Delight
• India House Infinite Eight, 
• La Luna          David Friedman
• Mi Ranchito
• Bambara
• Trio

8 Things I did yesterday

• Worked on a poem
• Took Bruiser for a walk
• Picked stuff up and put it back at T.J. Maxx
• Made hash out of roasted vegetables
• Had a great conversation with a baby (Will)
• Talked to several of my children
• Drank a pot of tea
• Blogged (of course!)

8 things I'm looking forward to

• Christmas
• Thanksgiving
• The movies tonight with the historian
• Seeing my missionary son again
• AWP
• Breakfast, tomorrow and every day
• Jan. 20
• Seeing my Scotland daughter again, whenever that may be!

8 Things on my wish list

• Live in France for some unspecified period of time, but long enough that it’s “live” and not “visit”
• All sorts of trips with the historian—the above France one, an Eastern swing (Montreal with a side of Ottawa maybe, Maine, etc), a Southern swing, down the Mississippi, an historic L.A. and environs trip, . . .
• Better organizational abilities and less stuff, probably, although I kind of love my stuff
• A Kitchen-Aid stand mixer, yellow, like Lis's
• One of those crazy digital pens that takes a movie of when you’re writing
• All sorts of awesome cameras, like the one Jeff Bridges uses, for instance.
• Another book
• Just a whiff of my youth back

8 things I love, in no particular order

• My wonderful, adorable husband
• My splendid, gorgeous, talented, hilarious children, each and every one of them
• My darling grandchildren
• My house
• My crazy garden
• My awesome dog
• My fabulous parents
• My amazing siblings
• The movies (that’s nine!)

8 things I can’t stand, in no particular order

• L.A. Lakers, doesn’t matter which era or the personnel
• Pompous blowhards of any stripe (takes one to know one, though)
• Being patronized.  I am positively allergic to this.
• Bad restaurants.  There is just no reason.
• Giving up hope
• Movies where they blow stuff up while the hero walks away with cascading sheets of flame in the background with a hard rock musical background (more movies than any of us would care to admit)
• That one Michael Haneke remake of his own sadistic movie.  Funny Games. Yeah. I can’t stand that, and I only saw the trailer.
• People who think they’re the boss of me  

8 people I'm tagging:

I would love to hear these things, in whole or in part, from any of my blogging circle family and friends!

Emendation:  I tag theorris, my daughters, my son, dr. write, lis, and otterbutt!  Accept that, theorris.  I command it! (btw, I am thankful for all of you, which is why I am tagging you!)