Figure eight

Ha! I think this is the very first time I've actually acted on a "blog tag" or however you uppity bloggers call it. Except I am totally not tagging people, because a) I don't know eight people that actually read my blog and b) Well, I'm pretty much sticking with a. So here it goes...

8 Things I am passionate about:

• Religion
• Supporting the United States by purchasing items made in the US, when possible, and encouraging local economic growth a la buying locally and from your friendly and helpful small businesses.
• Family
• Politics
• Weezer (and music in general)
• The Office
• How to reference Bakersfield, CA
• Pineapple
  

8 books I've read:

• The Book of Mormon
• The Giving Tree
• Pride and Prejudice
• Shopoholic Ties The Knot
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Marley and Me
• Ella Enchanted
• The Great Gatsby
  

8 things I often say:

• Shut up!
• Hecks yes!
• Dude
• That's what he/she said
• Freaking
• Wow.
• It is what it is
• Are you serious?

8 things I look for in a friend:

• Sense of humor
• Integrity
• Name contains a "Q", "X", or a "Z" (or all of the above, ex. Daqurlxxxenze)
• Good taste in music
• Intelligence
• Honesty
• Not a murderer
• Optimistic

8 things I want to do before I die:

• Sky dive
• Finish school and get a degree!
• Travel the world
• Take a picture with Rivers Cuomo (where you can see my face)
• Serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Raise a family
• Go to the Olympics
• Eat at Phine's Homestyle Southern Cooking

8 things I have learned this past year:

• Families are forever; they therefore take priority.
• No matter how long I have lived in Bakersfield, I will never get used to the heat.
• Personal Agency, though a great blessing, is also cause for the greatest agony.
• Auto Tyme is NOT pronounced Auto Tyne
• You will never know what a blessing you could be in someone else's life.
• I really don't actually hate anyone or anything at all.
• Conan O'brien is too tall to fit his legs under his desk.
• "We've all gotta go sometime." -James Clemmons. I've heard it more times than I can count, but I finally get it. Don't live in fear of what could happen, just live life to the fullest with no regrets, fool.

8 people to do the 8 things:
Okay, I changed my mind.

• Allyson
• Sarah Rae
• Monica
• Keri
• Allyson
• Ilcy
• Tiffany
• Brian Munn

Thank you, my friends.