In the name of all that's sacred, I said I was going to be busy for the next few weeks! So what makes you think I have time to be doing this 7x7 Blog Meme thing!? Honestly Justin, it boggles the mind.

Still, if that's what people want to read, who am I to blow against the wind? I guess it's just one of those crosses we bloggers must bear. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.

I wanted a blog post, and for my sins they gave me one, and when it was over I'd never want another.

Seven Things To Do Before I Die

1. Fall in love one more time.
2. Write something that sets off the same imaginative fireworks in the head of one reader, that Vineland by Thomas Pynchon set off in mine.
3. Meet David Bowie.
4. Rent a car and drive down the west coast of America.
5. Grow my own food and learn to live sustainably.
6. Become God-Emperor of earth and rule the planet as a benign dictator bringing an end to needless suffering and ushering in an Age of Enlightenment.
7. Come to terms with my mortality.

Seven Things I Cannot Do

1. Speak Russian.
2. See the words "Aloe Vera" written down and not think 'Allo Vera in an exaggerated cockney accent.
3. Eat red meat (or broccoli or cauliflower).
4. Surf.
5. Lift trains.
6. See any way of affecting - via democratic means - the political, economic and structural changes that will be necessary to shift our society towards sustainability.
7. Catch a falling star and put it in my pocket.

Seven Things That Attract Me to... (a woman)

1. A pulse.
2. Well whaddya want? I've been single for a long time!
3. Anyways, what is this? Some kind of online dating meme?
4. SWM WLTM SWF GSOH LSD CND BBC. I ask you!
5. Intelligence, compassion, decency, anti-authoritarian outlook, wit, sincerity and creativity. What did you expect?
6. And look, I'm a man, so yes it does help if the person in question is easy on the eye.
7. Most importantly though... someone who enjoys my company and considers me easy on the eye. Those are very attractive qualities indeed.

Seven Things I Say

1. Oh bugger!
2. Well, it's like what Einstein said...
3. Groovy.
4. Bong anyone?
5. Shush! Everyone be quiet! Check out this bit... the way the guitars kick in...
6. Well, it's like what Orwell said...
7. WHAT?!

Seven Good Books

1. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon
2. Love - Mahalia
3. Relativity - Albert Einstein
4. 1984 - George Orwell
5. Stone Junction - Jim Dodge
6. Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski
7. Vermillion Sands - JG Ballard

Seven Good Movies

1. Dolls
2. Down By Law
3. Office Space
4. Serenity
5. Zoolander
6. Waking Life
7. Amelie

Seven Blogs To Tag

1. Bristling Badger
2. Goldfish Nation
3. Kerosene Oyster Hell
4. Vertical Blue
5. Jezblog
6. Pigdogfucker
7. Random Speak