I think I may have done something like this before, but I make no claims on having ever constant answers. That's part of the fun. :-)
Seven Things To Do Before I Die
* visit many more foreign countries
* live in Europe
* learn to speak another language fluently
* read more Russian novels
* survive this biology class
* take voice lessons
Seven Things I Cannot Do
* calculus
* sing bass
* be convinced that chocolate is bad
* give up paper-journaling completely
* like country music
* dislike classical music
* understand why movie stars are considered to have good fashion sense
Seven Things That Attract Me to...Studying History
* I get to read lots of real books
* it's about real people...and mankind does not change, so we can learn about ourselves
* I get to gab on paper
* history is associated with lots of cool places.
* we can hold a conversation of sorts across time with people from all over
* it shows us that Things Matter
* it's easier than studying science
Seven Things I Say
* I have sooo much homework to do!
* oh, cool!
* I'm tired.
* I love that book!
* Today at school...
* Have you seen my...?
* Hush! (to the dogs)
Seven
Jane Austen
Dorothy Sayers
C. S. Lewis
The Bronte Sisters
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
E. Nesbit
any well written history book ;-)
Seven Movies That I Love
The Sound of Music
Sense and Sensibility
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Truman Show
Pride and Prejudice (the A&E version)
Much Ado About Nothing
(with edits)Jeeves & Wooster
Ah.. Jeeves and Wooster.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad when you've read *everything* by a particular author. This summer, The Boy, saddened that he had read and re-read all of Bertie's adventures, decided that he'd start writing his own. Here's a link. I put it up on my Neighborhood blog and Norm Geras' wife (at my invitation) critiqued it for him. Funny thing is, one area she mentioned, he turned out to be right about (the advantage of an almost eidectic memory, I suppose)
Enjoy this chapter, it's quite funny!
Homage to P.G.Wodehouse
By the way, like you, the Boy loves history, and for the same reasons, I think.