Seven Things

7 things I plan to do before I die:

1) Not wait for my avocado coloured bathroom suite to come back in retro-fashion.

2) Not wait for my eighteen year old Peugeot Cabriolet 205 GTI to become vintage.

3) Visit Machu Picchu

4) Never need to use a credit card again.

5) Have some Botox.

6) Hit my target weight of 9st. 7lb and stay there.

7) Get my Open University Degree.

7 things I can do:

1) Cook.

2) Love.

3) Laugh.

4) Spend money.

5) Make money.

6) Sleep in my mascara.

7) Walk in high heels and not look like Tootsie.

7 things I cannot do:

1) Swim.

2) Shower in a wet-room or in a shower with a plastic curtain.

3) Eat live oysters.

4) Maffs.

5) Play a musical instrument.

6) Open the car bonnet.

7) Take the back off my computer.

7 things that attract me to another person:

1) Easy eye contact.

2) Quick thinking and humourous.

3) Masculine men and feminine women.

4) Smell.

5) Independence and reliabilty.

6) Imagination.

7) Individuality and not following the crowd.

7 things that I say most often:

1) Wanna cup of tea?

2) Large one please.

3) I love you.

4) I'd like to extend my overdraft please.

5) We can't afford another holiday-then book up for Jordan.

6) We won't 'do' Christmas' this year.

7) I've got enough clothes.

7 celebrity crushes: Not crushes but I'm a loyal admirer.

Robert de Niro.

Al Pacino.

Curtis Stiger.

Chet Baker.

Edward Norton.

Morgan Freeman.

Frank Sinatra.

Yes, they're all male and they're all American and they're all actors or singers. But I love films and I love music so these are my favourites.

The Last Lap

As usual for me I'm struggling to finish a 4000 word final ECA for my current OU Course. I hope none of my course tutors read this because I'm doing a lot of copying and pasting of suitable bits from the eleven thousand words I've written so far in my five assignments to answer the question on social segregation.

I've enjoyed my two Social Science courses but there's rather a lot of the same to read, analyse and argue. I like courses where each module covers something different as the variety can hold my interest. Hopefully, my next OU Course in February 2006 will be a little freer in expression and imagination and more varied - although I'm not banking on it. I've done an Education OU course before when the Course Team told us there were no wrong answers and I still managed to get a lot wrong.

I shall be very happy when I print my ECA out and trot to the Post Office, weigh it, get a proof of posting card and forget studying for a while. Then there'll be no excuse for cob-webby corners, dusty surfaces and my over grown garden! Will there?