1) making a living writing/rewriting screenplays
2) go to machu pichu
3) fall in love
4) run a marathon
5) learn to surf
6) spend 6 months living in Rome
7) have a positive net worth
8) learn to shoot pool well.
9) have an orderly living space... and have it not be, you know, a cell.
10) see the ruins at Teotihuacán
11) a second trip to Iceland, take more pictures-- also? include spa trip
12) write a book that people adore as a guilty pleasure
13) have kids. This will hopefully occur after item #3.
14) I'd like to get a Masters Degree, or PhD. Preferably, my MFA in screenwriting
15) I'd like to live somewhere where I can't hear my roommates having sex.
16) Drive cross country with the right company
17) Learn to cook 30 impressive meals. ( hmm. that might be an idea for a list)
18) take a spontaneous trip for a good reason.
19) go scuba diving
20) write a non fiction book on the history of medicine/science.
21) see the opera at La Scala
22) learn to speak French, Spanish, and or Italian
23) go to Egypt
24) visit Ireland, perhaps obtain dual citizenship
25) visit Johanna and Leah and Sam in Seattle.
26) Move to LA
27) Own a co-op in Manhattan
28) get a dog
29) have a play/screenplay I've written be produced
30) make a positive impact on someone's life.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Thirty pieces of music
1. Piano Concerto No. 2, Sergei Rachmaninoff
2. Adagio from Spartacus and Phrygia, Aram Khacaturian
3. Swan Lake, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
4. Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughn Williams
5. Theme from Schindler's List, John Williams
6. Wonderwall, Oasis
7. Someone Like You, Van Morrison
8. You Get What You Give, New Radicals
9. Head On, Jesus and Mary Chain
10. April Skies, Jesus and Mary Chain
11. Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order
12. I Want To Hold Your Hand, Al Green
13. Until You Come Back To Me, Stevie Wonder
14. At Last, Etta James
15. Wonderful, Annie Lennox
16. Open Arms, Journey
17. Hat Full of Stars, Cyndi Lauper
18. It's A Shame, The Spinners
19. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Edward Elgar
20. Nessun Dorma from Turandot, Giacomo Puccini
21. Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Edward Elgar
22. If You Knew, Nina Simone
23. Qing Tian, Zhou Jie Lun
24. Who's Loving You, Jackson 5
25. For Your Precious Love, Otis Redding
26. Tell Him, Lauryn Hill
27. All My Loving, Beatles
28. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Sergei Rachamaninoff
29. Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, Gustav Mahler
30. One Fine Day, Natalie Merchant
2. Adagio from Spartacus and Phrygia, Aram Khacaturian
3. Swan Lake, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
4. Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughn Williams
5. Theme from Schindler's List, John Williams
6. Wonderwall, Oasis
7. Someone Like You, Van Morrison
8. You Get What You Give, New Radicals
9. Head On, Jesus and Mary Chain
10. April Skies, Jesus and Mary Chain
11. Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order
12. I Want To Hold Your Hand, Al Green
13. Until You Come Back To Me, Stevie Wonder
14. At Last, Etta James
15. Wonderful, Annie Lennox
16. Open Arms, Journey
17. Hat Full of Stars, Cyndi Lauper
18. It's A Shame, The Spinners
19. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Edward Elgar
20. Nessun Dorma from Turandot, Giacomo Puccini
21. Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Edward Elgar
22. If You Knew, Nina Simone
23. Qing Tian, Zhou Jie Lun
24. Who's Loving You, Jackson 5
25. For Your Precious Love, Otis Redding
26. Tell Him, Lauryn Hill
27. All My Loving, Beatles
28. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Sergei Rachamaninoff
29. Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, Gustav Mahler
30. One Fine Day, Natalie Merchant
Saturday, January 17, 2009
News roundup, week of January 11 2009
1. Every kid gets a trophy
2. Mistakes, I've made a few, Bush tells reporters
3. Rescue of banks hints at nationalization
4. Investors hammered by Citi fund setback
5. Dubious moves can’t sink chief
6. Despite taxes, little heat for Geithner
7. A peek at Obama's inaugural plan
8. Europe left to beg and rage as Russian gas row drags on
9, Citigroup ready to shrink itself by a third
10. Britain's lonely high-flier
11. Hot under the collar
12. Tips for dodging an audit
13. Kim Jong Il 'names favourite son Jong Un as successor' in North Korea
14. Legend of the fall
15. Cairo's bargain
16. Ask the pilot
17. My stimulus is better than yours!
18. Cook a steady hand to fill in for Jobs
19. Anti-love drug may be ticket to bliss
20. In lap of luxury, Paris squirms
21. A Wall Street frat parties on singing, 'Bye, bye to my piece of the pie'
22. Japan’s outcasts still wait for acceptance
23. Delhi to outlaw plastic bags
24. How to aim a rocket
25. Refusing to have sex on the first date 'increases the chance of finding a good man'
26. One man's quest to find the first black winner of the Tour de France
27. Google brings masterpieces from Prado direct to armchair art lovers
28. Interview with Clay Shirky, Part I
29. Obituary: Helen Suzman
30. 24 rooms tucked into one
2. Mistakes, I've made a few, Bush tells reporters
3. Rescue of banks hints at nationalization
4. Investors hammered by Citi fund setback
5. Dubious moves can’t sink chief
6. Despite taxes, little heat for Geithner
7. A peek at Obama's inaugural plan
8. Europe left to beg and rage as Russian gas row drags on
9, Citigroup ready to shrink itself by a third
10. Britain's lonely high-flier
11. Hot under the collar
12. Tips for dodging an audit
13. Kim Jong Il 'names favourite son Jong Un as successor' in North Korea
14. Legend of the fall
15. Cairo's bargain
16. Ask the pilot
17. My stimulus is better than yours!
18. Cook a steady hand to fill in for Jobs
19. Anti-love drug may be ticket to bliss
20. In lap of luxury, Paris squirms
21. A Wall Street frat parties on singing, 'Bye, bye to my piece of the pie'
22. Japan’s outcasts still wait for acceptance
23. Delhi to outlaw plastic bags
24. How to aim a rocket
25. Refusing to have sex on the first date 'increases the chance of finding a good man'
26. One man's quest to find the first black winner of the Tour de France
27. Google brings masterpieces from Prado direct to armchair art lovers
28. Interview with Clay Shirky, Part I
29. Obituary: Helen Suzman
30. 24 rooms tucked into one
Thirty jobs I'd rather not have
With all due respect --
1. Surgeon
2. Ambulance chaser
3. Telemarketer
4. Cleaner
5. Security guard
6. Meat processing plant technician
7. Morgue makeup artist
8. Warlord posse member
9. Line order cook
10. Skyscraper window washer
11. Trucker
12. Onion chopper
13. FARC guerrilla underling
14. Miner
15. Hello Kitty product tester
16. Ghostbuster
17. Computer programmer
18. Medical claims administrator
19. Sewage anything
20. Customer service
21. Car czar
22. Cruise line waiter
23. Credit collector
24. Bikini waxer
25. PA to any of these: Tom Cruise, Lindsay Lohan, Naomi Campbell, P. Diddy, Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow
26. Gladiator contestant
27. W's speechwriter
28. Team mascot
29. Scorpion/piranha keeper
30. Osama bin Laden's travel planner
1. Surgeon
2. Ambulance chaser
3. Telemarketer
4. Cleaner
5. Security guard
6. Meat processing plant technician
7. Morgue makeup artist
8. Warlord posse member
9. Line order cook
10. Skyscraper window washer
11. Trucker
12. Onion chopper
13. FARC guerrilla underling
14. Miner
15. Hello Kitty product tester
16. Ghostbuster
17. Computer programmer
18. Medical claims administrator
19. Sewage anything
20. Customer service
21. Car czar
22. Cruise line waiter
23. Credit collector
24. Bikini waxer
25. PA to any of these: Tom Cruise, Lindsay Lohan, Naomi Campbell, P. Diddy, Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow
26. Gladiator contestant
27. W's speechwriter
28. Team mascot
29. Scorpion/piranha keeper
30. Osama bin Laden's travel planner
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Thirty Jobs that I'm really glad that I don't have.
1) Almost anything at a water treatment facility
2) Crab Processor $8.00 an hour in Alaska
3) Real estate agent-- in this market
4) Prostitute catering to the trucking community
5) Cat food taste tester
6) Assistant buyer at a very specific national chain of department stores
7) Customer service for a yarn company
8) Rat catcher
9) proctologist
10) crime scene clean up
11) septic tank servicer
12) personal assistant to .... your mother.
13) customer service for a pace maker manufacturer
14) pickle factory worker
15) Roustabout- ( they do oil rig maintenance for not a great deal of money)
16) factory worker at a plastic tube factory- which smells like boiled chicken and hair perms
17) telemarketer for mortgages
18) gym teacher in the South Bronx - hey Anna- at least you are an art teacher.
19) fluffer
20) portable toilet cleaner
21) freelance lab tech at a biochemical weapons plant
22) working in a fiber glass factory
23) time share salesperson
24) dayshift stripper
25) paralegal
26) diener
27) diamond mine worker
28) mime
29) deminer
30) PR for Bernie Madoff
2) Crab Processor $8.00 an hour in Alaska
3) Real estate agent-- in this market
4) Prostitute catering to the trucking community
5) Cat food taste tester
6) Assistant buyer at a very specific national chain of department stores
7) Customer service for a yarn company
8) Rat catcher
9) proctologist
10) crime scene clean up
11) septic tank servicer
12) personal assistant to .... your mother.
13) customer service for a pace maker manufacturer
14) pickle factory worker
15) Roustabout- ( they do oil rig maintenance for not a great deal of money)
16) factory worker at a plastic tube factory- which smells like boiled chicken and hair perms
17) telemarketer for mortgages
18) gym teacher in the South Bronx - hey Anna- at least you are an art teacher.
19) fluffer
20) portable toilet cleaner
21) freelance lab tech at a biochemical weapons plant
22) working in a fiber glass factory
23) time share salesperson
24) dayshift stripper
25) paralegal
26) diener
27) diamond mine worker
28) mime
29) deminer
30) PR for Bernie Madoff
In the beginning
1. I am a Smithie. I kick ass. Us who went to Smith, we can't help it: we rock.
2. I don't speak with a 'slang.' I do, however, have an accent that's a particular mix of Malaysian, Singaporean, British and American.
3. I don't drink coffee. I never picked up the habit.
4. I no longer detest butternut squash soup. Or sweet potatoes. Or any orange colored vegetable.
5. GPS is awesome.
6. I love peanut butter. But since I started getting Trader Joe's, my love for it has lessened somewhat (without artificial sugars, it isn't that good).
7. The street busker I gave money to in Dublin sang me "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls.
8. I haven't watched "Titanic" or "Sex and the City" (the movie).
9. I always try to get a window seat in an airplane. I got stuck in the middle seat a couple of times -- boy, did that suck.
10. I didn't become an editor by any conscious choice or design.
11. I really like to laugh. I realize how stupid that sounds. But I love being amused; silly, unexpected things bring me immeasurable joy.
12. I was born on my parents' tenth wedding anniversary. I still feel bad that my mom had to be in labor with me when she could have been getting dolled up for a fancy dinner.
13. Old people should not be working. Especially if they have to dress up as vampires to do so. They should be sitting in some rocking chair, watching the sun set and drinking piña coladas, or similar.
14. Dogs should not be wandering the streets, disease-ridden and starving, either.
15. I used to be able to smell rain. I seem to have lost that ability.
16. When I die, I want my ashes to be scattered over the places I've been to and loved -- so far, New York, London, Oxford, Singapore and Bhutan.
17. I haven't been to Bhutan, but I want to go. I know I'll love it there.
18. I like being behind the camera much more than being in front of it.
19. The answer to eternal question #1: I don't think I'll move back to Asia. But who knows?
20. I've stepped on a bee. Twice. (two different bees, mind you). I was really little then. My dad had to give me piggyback rides because I had to go to school no matter what.
21. I am so proud of Hillary Rodham Clinton, even if she went to Wellesley.
22. Someday I'll learn to cook my favorite tofu dish. It's not yet time.
23. Strength is sexy; vulnerability is sexier.
24. Making lists is hard!
25. Being the youngest child isn't all that it's made out to be. But I couldn't imagine any other birth order position I'd rather be in.
26. My one girly thing is black dresses.
27. "You deserve to be adored" is my new motto.
28. I used to want to grow up to be an architect. I'd draw floor plans and give them to Jaime, who, incidentally, just got married. (Congratulations, J!)
29. I will probably never understand 'jelly' (ref: bootylicious). It'll break my heart, but I think I can live with that.
30. I once walked the entire perimeter of Central Park. In December. There was snow on the ground. I promptly woke up sick the very next day.
2. I don't speak with a 'slang.' I do, however, have an accent that's a particular mix of Malaysian, Singaporean, British and American.
3. I don't drink coffee. I never picked up the habit.
4. I no longer detest butternut squash soup. Or sweet potatoes. Or any orange colored vegetable.
5. GPS is awesome.
6. I love peanut butter. But since I started getting Trader Joe's, my love for it has lessened somewhat (without artificial sugars, it isn't that good).
7. The street busker I gave money to in Dublin sang me "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls.
8. I haven't watched "Titanic" or "Sex and the City" (the movie).
9. I always try to get a window seat in an airplane. I got stuck in the middle seat a couple of times -- boy, did that suck.
10. I didn't become an editor by any conscious choice or design.
11. I really like to laugh. I realize how stupid that sounds. But I love being amused; silly, unexpected things bring me immeasurable joy.
12. I was born on my parents' tenth wedding anniversary. I still feel bad that my mom had to be in labor with me when she could have been getting dolled up for a fancy dinner.
13. Old people should not be working. Especially if they have to dress up as vampires to do so. They should be sitting in some rocking chair, watching the sun set and drinking piña coladas, or similar.
14. Dogs should not be wandering the streets, disease-ridden and starving, either.
15. I used to be able to smell rain. I seem to have lost that ability.
16. When I die, I want my ashes to be scattered over the places I've been to and loved -- so far, New York, London, Oxford, Singapore and Bhutan.
17. I haven't been to Bhutan, but I want to go. I know I'll love it there.
18. I like being behind the camera much more than being in front of it.
19. The answer to eternal question #1: I don't think I'll move back to Asia. But who knows?
20. I've stepped on a bee. Twice. (two different bees, mind you). I was really little then. My dad had to give me piggyback rides because I had to go to school no matter what.
21. I am so proud of Hillary Rodham Clinton, even if she went to Wellesley.
22. Someday I'll learn to cook my favorite tofu dish. It's not yet time.
23. Strength is sexy; vulnerability is sexier.
24. Making lists is hard!
25. Being the youngest child isn't all that it's made out to be. But I couldn't imagine any other birth order position I'd rather be in.
26. My one girly thing is black dresses.
27. "You deserve to be adored" is my new motto.
28. I used to want to grow up to be an architect. I'd draw floor plans and give them to Jaime, who, incidentally, just got married. (Congratulations, J!)
29. I will probably never understand 'jelly' (ref: bootylicious). It'll break my heart, but I think I can live with that.
30. I once walked the entire perimeter of Central Park. In December. There was snow on the ground. I promptly woke up sick the very next day.
Thirty Things, Thirty Thinks. I should be catching 40 winks.
Thirty things about one of the keepers of the blog--
1) I would like to live somewhere without tricks: you don't have to jiggle the handle, hold the key a certain way to convince the door to lock, you don't have to perform an arcane ritual to get hot water for a shower.
2) I love pie.
3) Clowns give me the creeps.
4) I'm working on sloppy emo chick flick of a movie.
5) I'm terrible at keeping in touch with people. (am working on that)
6) In the next two years, I'm getting a dog. Or a boyfriend with a dog.
7) I love cheezy pop music.
8) I love stories with a happy ending. Not that kind of happy ending. Get your mind out of the gutter.
9) I enjoy running.
10) I'm going to learn how to skate with hockey skates. AND I'm going to learn how to play ice hockey
11) I usually don't like to talk on the phone. I like talking to people face to face.
12) I used to want to be an actor. and sometimes I have relapses.
13) I firmly believe that I am what I repeat.
On that note, I'm no longer going to say "I'm such an asshole".
14) I want to go diving in Belize. or Honduras. Or.. anywhere.
15) I have an total and un-ironic love of New York City.
16) I do, in fact, have a voice over demo. Someday I'm going to put together another one. I'd love to do books on tape.
17) I've started writing a play.
18) I was a cheerleader in high school.
19) I wish I had more money to travel to see my friends. And to travel with my friends. We can go diving in Belize with the money earned from selling my emo chick flick!
20) I'm going back to Rome someday.
21) Competence is sexy. Arrogance is not.
22) I cry at movies. A lot. They don't even have to be good movies.
23) I don't listen to music often enough, nor do I listen to as wide of a variety as I would like.
24) I don't have kids. I'd like to someday, but not until me and the not yet met Man of My Dreams (TM) can afford to support them.
25) I will own a piano again and play it.
26) Dancing is fun... and at least I make many others laugh when I opt to do so.
27) I finished my 2008 Taxes. Getting a refund from the federal government which will reside in my bank account for mere moments before heading to the state of New York.
28) Sav Blanc from NZ=awesome.
29) Iceland is mostly heated by geothermal heat. I went in 1999 and would really like to go back-- particularly for the thermal pools and photography.
30) I'm just about done with North Eastern Winters.
NB-
This is the first of many entries-- and every week we'll do a round up of the top 30 newsheadlines.
Soon: jobs we're glad not to have. Jobs we could do in a pinch, Superpowers we'd possess if given the chance, and what we'd do with them.
1) I would like to live somewhere without tricks: you don't have to jiggle the handle, hold the key a certain way to convince the door to lock, you don't have to perform an arcane ritual to get hot water for a shower.
2) I love pie.
3) Clowns give me the creeps.
4) I'm working on sloppy emo chick flick of a movie.
5) I'm terrible at keeping in touch with people. (am working on that)
6) In the next two years, I'm getting a dog. Or a boyfriend with a dog.
7) I love cheezy pop music.
8) I love stories with a happy ending. Not that kind of happy ending. Get your mind out of the gutter.
9) I enjoy running.
10) I'm going to learn how to skate with hockey skates. AND I'm going to learn how to play ice hockey
11) I usually don't like to talk on the phone. I like talking to people face to face.
12) I used to want to be an actor. and sometimes I have relapses.
13) I firmly believe that I am what I repeat.
On that note, I'm no longer going to say "I'm such an asshole".
14) I want to go diving in Belize. or Honduras. Or.. anywhere.
15) I have an total and un-ironic love of New York City.
16) I do, in fact, have a voice over demo. Someday I'm going to put together another one. I'd love to do books on tape.
17) I've started writing a play.
18) I was a cheerleader in high school.
19) I wish I had more money to travel to see my friends. And to travel with my friends. We can go diving in Belize with the money earned from selling my emo chick flick!
20) I'm going back to Rome someday.
21) Competence is sexy. Arrogance is not.
22) I cry at movies. A lot. They don't even have to be good movies.
23) I don't listen to music often enough, nor do I listen to as wide of a variety as I would like.
24) I don't have kids. I'd like to someday, but not until me and the not yet met Man of My Dreams (TM) can afford to support them.
25) I will own a piano again and play it.
26) Dancing is fun... and at least I make many others laugh when I opt to do so.
27) I finished my 2008 Taxes. Getting a refund from the federal government which will reside in my bank account for mere moments before heading to the state of New York.
28) Sav Blanc from NZ=awesome.
29) Iceland is mostly heated by geothermal heat. I went in 1999 and would really like to go back-- particularly for the thermal pools and photography.
30) I'm just about done with North Eastern Winters.
NB-
This is the first of many entries-- and every week we'll do a round up of the top 30 newsheadlines.
Soon: jobs we're glad not to have. Jobs we could do in a pinch, Superpowers we'd possess if given the chance, and what we'd do with them.
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