The Infinite 8: Because Hightouch is the Boss of Me

8 Shows I watch

• 30 Rock
• The Office
• Battlestar Galatica
  
• Dexter
  
• Weeds
  
• American Idol
  
• Samantha Who?
  
• Entourage
  

8 Restaurants I love

• Big City Soup
• Martine
  
• Em's
  
• Mazza
  
• Thai Siam
  
• Tsunami
  
• Lone Star
• Eggs in the City
  

8 Things I did yesterday

• "Taught" in the loosest sense of the word
  
• Worked out (again "loosely")
  
• Made Curried Pumpkin soup
  
• Talked to my mom on the phone
  
• Did some Facebook stuff (read: "wasted time")
  
• Hung out with Son
  
• Drank coffee, then some beer
  
• Blogged (of course!)

8 things I'm looking forward to

• Christmas
• Thanksgiving
• Any movie I might be able to see again, ever, in the theater
  
• My fortieth in Vegas (baby!)
  
• AWP
  
• Waking up in the morning
  
• Swimming
  
• My next overseas trip (London? Maybe.)
  

8 Things on my wish list

• Live in Ireland or Scotland with Son and MB
• "In The House" 2010: The eco-tour in our retooled VW bus: a family trip and reading tour all rolled into one great big van!
  
• Finish a fucking novel!
  
• A Kitchen-Aid stand mixer, light blue, and, while we're at it, a kitchen it will fit in!
  
• An amazing digital camera
  
• A room of one's own
  
• A YA novel (written by me)
  
• Another 10 years (at least!) with MB, including another $50 bottle of wine
  

8 things I love, in no particular order

• My wonderful, adorable husband
• My gifted, artistic Son
  
• Food (right now, mostly pie)
  
• Wine
  
• Gus!
  
• My family
  
• Reading
  
• Trashy TV
  

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

• Anything involving Vampires of any kind, type or form
  
• Pompous blowhards of any stripe (takes one to know one, though) (ditto!)
  
• Bad service. Don't they know we're in a recession? Be nice to me.
  
• Bad restaurants. There is just no reason. (and why are the bad ones so expensive? idiots!)
  
• Cynicism
  
• Self-congraulatory meta-style. You know what I'm talking about.
  
• Popular writing that's so bad it makes you want to give up language (see number one)
  
• Working (talk to me in one month, though)
  

8 people I'm tagging: Everyone i know, which might not equal eight. You're it!!