The memes that took 5 days

During my absence, I got tagged for not one, but two, memes by Jill at Feministe and Zelda at Urban Grind. And, since I'm still kind of jetlagged and out of it (or, I was when I first started this days ago), here goes.

MEME #1 FROM JILL:

Seven Things To Do Before I Die
1. Have a family.
2. Visit Samara, Russia to see where I was born.
3. Visit every US State. I'm off to a slow start.
4. Finish writing at least one of the three books I've started.
5. Become rich enough to not have to worry about money.
6. Leave NY.
7. Come back to NY.

Seven Things I Cannot Do
I couldn't think of good answers to this so instead:

1. 'I am the Lizard King, I can do anything.'- Jim Morrison
2. 'Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week.'- Jay Z
3. 'If I can't do it, it can't be done'- 50 Cent
4. 'I can do anything (it’s delacratic)'- De La Soul
5. 'There's nothing I wont do'- Aerosmith
6. 'Anyone can play guitar'- Radiohead
7. 'I'd do anything for you'-Jay Z

Seven Things That Attract Me to…Blogging
1. Forcing myself to write something, anything, every day.
2. Getting to know people I would've never met otherwise.
3. The sharing of information.
4. Exposure to every possible opinion.
5. Instead of sending emails with articles, directing friends to one place.
6. People reading me.
7. Everybody's doing it.

Seven Things I Say Most Often
1. Wow
2. Awesome
3. Nu? (It means 'well?' in Russian and many of my non-Russian friends use it)
4. And quick. (Example: 'I got out of there, and quick'.)
5. C'mon, let's go.
6. Guy (often used like 'guyyyyyyyy, what the hell are you talking about?' to Dawn Summers)
7. No, dude. (picked this up from my friend SMVP. It's said in a really sarcastic way with the emphasis on the 'dude')

Seven Books That I Love
1. Life After G-d by Douglas Coupland
2. What I saw at the revolution by Peggy Noonan
3. Life is Elsewhere by Milan Kundera
4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
5. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton (essentially the book that turned me into a life-long reader)
6. The History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield
7. Immortality by Milan Kundera

Seven Movies That I Watch Over and Over Again
1. Trainspotting
2. My Own Private Idaho
3. Old School
4. Snatch
5. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
6. Requiem for a Dream
7. Beautiful Girls

Seven Songs I Play Over and Over Again
1. I'm On Fire- Both the Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash versions.
2. Don't Think Twice- Bob Dylan
3. Famous Blue Raincoat- Leonard Cohen
4. Runnin'/Long Night- Notorious B.I.G with Frank Sinatra
5. Bump Heads- Eminem with 50 Cent, Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks
6. Start From Scratch- The Game
7. Lover I don't have to love- Bright Eyes

Seven People I Want To Join In Too
I'm picking seven women I'd like to know more about.
1. Annika
2. Cathy Young
3. Charmaine Yoest
4. Drink This
5. Dana Superstar
6. GOP Vixen
7. Venemous Kate

MEME #2 FROM ZELDA:

Five Weird Habits that I have:
1. Sitting either crosslegged or with one leg under me, even at fancy restaurants.
2. Preferring conversations online to phone ones.
3. I'm addicted to lipgloss and mints.
4. I wear skirts more often than I wear pants.
5. I have to read something before going to sleep, even if it's 7am and I've been out all night.