Six 8s
From Greeble Monkey
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8 Things I’m Passionate About
1. My dogs. Even when Wolf picks a fight with Max on Christmas Day and he gets banished to the outside, I still love him, stupid feisty shiba!
2. My friends. I don’t ask for much from them…just be there for me and they are.
3. Photography. I’ve loved taking pictures since I was a kid, and I love it still, after a bit of a longish break. I may not be that good, but damn it, I enjoy it!
4. Recycling. It’s such a small thing to do…but so important! Things aren’t like they used to be, people 
5. Food! I love to shop, cook, create, taste, touch, smell.
6. Dreaming. My dreams used to be incredibly interesting and detailed, but lately they’ve been full of death and scary things. I MADE myself wake up and get out of bed this morning cause the dream I was in the middle of was so … NOT pleasant!
7. Scents; in particular, spicy scents. I love perfumes, lotions, and natural scents, too, such as the woods on a very hot day, lilacs, the ocean, freshly shampooed hair, baking bread, etc., etc..
8. I asked some friends what they thought I was passionate about and these are their answers “traveling“, “photography“, “Snape and Johnny Depp! Photography. Friends.“, “loving life and enjoying it“, “photography“, “experiencing life“, “the reading experience“, “photography and the filthiest martini you can find“, “Books! Dogs!!“, “animals“, “…photography…quickly followed by the puppies, traveling, johnny depp…“, “photography, with Snape and Johnny running neck-in-neck for second. 
“, “Japan“, “WOLF“.
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8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die
1. Become a godmother!
2. Go back to Japan for at least a month.
3. Swim with the dolphins
4. Right some wrongs
5. Be accepted
6. Talk to an old friend again
7. Dance in the light of a full moon with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop with my lover
8. Be in love again!
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8 Things I Say Often
1. Sweet pea
2. Crikey
3. WOLF! NO!!!
4. Um…I don’t remember/I forget/forgot…
5. I know not. [10 points if you know where's that from and 20 points if you know who said it!]
6. WTF!
7. Sorry!
8. MFer!!!
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8 Books I’ve Read Recently
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
2. The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
3. Heat by Bill Buford
4. The three Twilight series books by Stephanie Meyers
5. Rises The Night by Colleen Gleason
6. Alone In The Kitchen With An Eggplant by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
7. Come Back by Claire & Mia Fontaine
8. The Problem With Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler
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8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over
1. Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
2. The Show by Doug E Fresh
3. Almost anything by Led Zeppelin, especially Ramble On
4. I’m So Tired by the Beatles
5. Suffragette City by David Bowie
6. Jeepster by T. Rex
7. Lola by the Kinks
8. Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love by Van Halen
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8 Things That Attract Me To My Best Friends
For those of you I didn’t have pictures of (cough, Deb, Laura, Lauren, anyone not pictured that I adore, etc., cough)…next time you’ll LET me take your picture, right?!
1. Sense of Humor
2. Intelligence
3. Spontaneity
4. They “get” me
5. They like to talk; I like to listen
6. Acceptance
7. Adventurous
8. They make time for our friendship, no matter what
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That’s it for the year! Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog, looking at my pictures, commenting…and most of all, for your friendship! I hope you all have a fantastic, happy, healthy, prosperous and FUN 2008!
Posted in Uncategorized | 14 Comments
December 31st, 2007 at 8:30 am
yep, next time I lose 25 lbs, I’ll let you take my picture!
December 31st, 2007 at 9:06 am
great post! We’ll have to get together and you can tell me about scotland, there may be a trip for us in Sept! Lets get indian downtown lowell next Wednesday!
December 31st, 2007 at 10:51 am
I love your lists; they are so fun!
Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2007 at 12:44 pm
What a delicious meme! I saw that fond of snape is also up! Hurray! Will yo combine the two??
I’d stick around but you don’t want to get sick….
I hope you have a blessed new year!
December 31st, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Oj My Dear Janet…
I am afraid I cannot read this post…With these OLD EYES, there is almost no contrast for me….so, though Michele sent me, I apologize for my inability to see this….It looks like it is quite wonderful!
So sorry about this, but, that is the way it is…Dark on Dark? Not readable for me….!
I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
December 31st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
I just finished The Year of Living Biblically and enjoyed it.
I read Comeback a while ago and really, really liked it.
And yes, Michelle is super!
December 31st, 2007 at 1:44 pm
LOL I saw the one pic of me with the leg but it was tiny so I was like who IS that! Hahah
Fun lists!
December 31st, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Loved your 8’s! And we, you near and dear ones, the ones who love you like crazy for who you are, well, we’re a strange bunch, but loyal to the core!
Hugs!!!
December 31st, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Hope you have a great one too Janet! I’m hoping to leave That Man back in 2007 and move on.
December 31st, 2007 at 6:03 pm
You have the most excellent taste. Happy New Year, Janet. My all your Snapiest and Deppiest dreams come true.
January 1st, 2008 at 6:50 am
I hate recent pictures of me but maybe if you take em’ they won’t be so bad.
btw…great lists! and I still think you are an awesome photographer!
January 1st, 2008 at 8:53 am
I love them all! The one about the Eiffel Tower, moonlight and lover sounds fantastic.
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Loved this post! Let’s do a Ned night sometime soon…next Tues perhaps?
January 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I totally loved this 8 Things post! I may have to steal…er…BORROW it!
Loved your year in review too. SO much good stuff!