Seven Meme

Okay Diva...I accept the challenge. Here goes:
The Seven Meme

7 Things I Can Do:

1- Successfully catch small objects that I throw in the air, in my mouth. I have about a 95% success rate for this.
Peanuts, M&Ms....anything around this size.
2- Quickly learn new tasks and procedures. From changing hard drives to changing diapers, I am a quick study who is not afraid to fail a few times before I get it right.
3- Six degrees of separation with movie stars.
Okay...so not a useful skill but a fun one. Give me two actors or actresses who lived and were in movies in the last 50-60 years and I can usually link them to each other within 6 steps...off the top of my head with no internet or reference material needed.
There have been exceptions but I have a pretty high (85%+?) success rate.
4- Make my daughters smile no matter how upset they are. Even if I have to resort to working blue (on a 5-6 year olds level anyway) I can do this.
5- Come across as intelligent even though I feel like a dumb southwest Virginia hick sometimes...at least I think I can.
6- Sew. This is a new skill that I worked on for the last few months in order to make Halloween costumes that did not feel like they were made of pantyhose.
7- Fight for what I believe in. I am generally a very even tempered guy. My wife did not see me angry for years after we met. However, if I feel that someone is being unfair or ignorant then I will point it out.

7 Things I Can't Do:

1- See post below about smoking.
2- Hug my mother ever again.
3- Drink mass produced American beers. My English friend Ian made sure of that before he went home.
4- Correctly punctuate my writing.
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It's all a mystery to me that I can never seem to figure out.
5- Forgive my Father for not being a part of my life as I grew up. Regardless of what happened with him and my Mother he had a responsibility to make an effort to be there.
6- Accept Jesus Christ as my savior. I had enough organized religion thrust upon me by my Step-Father to completely destroy any possibility of this.
7- Feel comfortable dancing. I just don't seem to be able to do it...no matter how hard I try.

7 Things I Have In My Life Now That I Am So Incredibly Grateful For:

1- My wife
2- My children
3- My sisters
4- My brothers
5- My in-laws
6- Movies
7- Books

7 Things I Hope To Do Before I Die:

1- Go back to Europe. You can never get enough.
2- Take my wife on a romantic trip to New York.
3- Skydive
4- Lose weight
5- See my daughters grow up to be happy and successful.
6- Read more classic literature. I have read my share but there remains so many Steinbeck's, Hugo's and Faulkner's that I have yet to enjoy.
7- Be able to make a living while doing something I truly love to do.

7 Bloggers I Would Like To Infect With This Meme:
I don't know 7 bloggers. Other than Diva, who has already done this, I would like to call out CWMUPRHY to step up to the 7 plate.