"... because it is a ten-minute moratorium."
(Carole Satyamurti)
Of all the many goals on this list, it almost seems silly that I would focus on something as commonplace as painting my nails. For some people, throwing down some scratch every week for a manicure is no big thang. On the other hand (no pun intended), pampering myself is not only a money-saver, but probably a life-saver as well.
So once a week, I place a ten-minute moratorium on cleaning my house. There is a ten-minute moratorium on checking my Blackberry. There is a ten-minute moratorium on flipping through channels.
I remove the survivor polish that has managed to hold on despite a week of pounding the keyboards, washing the dishes, scratching the itches, and opening the cans. I file the nails to keep the overachievers from growing noticeably longer than their weaker siblings. I give all 10 digits a hot bubble bath, and then I dress them for a new week.
Last week, they wore gold.
This week, my exhibitionist nails will be nude.
20080825
052: "I shall paint my nails red..."
20080722
036: Shaw, fo' sho'
GBS from A2Z
* Androcles and the Lion
* Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress
* Arms and the Man
* Augustus Does His Bit
* Back to Methuselah
* Caesar and Cleopatra
* Candida
* Captain Brassbound's Conversion
* Fanny's First Play
* Getting Married
* Great Catherine
* Heartbreak House
* How He Lied to Her Husband
* John Bull's Other Island
* Major Barbara
* Man and Superman
* Misalliance
* Mrs. Warren's Profession
* O'Flaherty V.C.
* Overruled
* Press Cuttings
* Pygmalion
* The Devil's Disciple
* The Doctor's Dilemma
* The Inca of Perusalem
* The Man of Destiny
* The Philanderer
* The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
* You Never Can Tell
026: Basking Robbins
I stole the title from a published article. But it fits.
Another Roadside Attraction (1971)Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)
Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
Skinny Legs and All (1990)
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1994)
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000)
Villa Incognito (2003)
Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005)
B is For Beer (to be published in the Fall of 2008)
20080408
048: This post will be edited
In the spirit of keeping track of 100 films and whether or not I've seen them, I've got a running tab of said 100 films. For the record (and, I guess this blog is "the record"), I will be watching ALL of the AFI's top 100 films UNLESS I've seen them more than a dozen times or I've watched them in the last 2 years.
1.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2.CASABLANCA (1942)3.GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
7.GRADUATE, THE (1967)
8.ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9.SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10.SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11.IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12.SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)15.STAR WARS (1977)
16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
18.PSYCHO (1960)
19.CHINATOWN (1974)
20.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23.MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
24.RAGING BULL (1980)
25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)27.BONNIE & CLYDE (1967)
28.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
32.GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)
34.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946)
38.DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41.WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42.REAR WINDOW (1954)
43.KING KONG (1933)
44.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)45.STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
46.CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
47.TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48.JAWS (1975)
49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE(1940)
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
57.THIRD MAN, THE (1949)
58.FANTASIA (1940)
59.REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)60.RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61.VERTIGO (1958)
62.TOOTSIE (1982)
63.STAGECOACH (1939)
64.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
66.NETWORK (1976)
67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
69.SHANE (1953)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
72.BEN-HUR (1959)
73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78.ROCKY (1976)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
81.MODERN TIMES (1936)
82.GIANT (1956)
83.PLATOON (1986)
84.FARGO (1996)
85.DUCK SOUP (1933)
86.MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87.FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88.EASY RIDER (1969)
89.PATTON (1970)
90.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)
91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
94.GOODFELLAS (1990)
95.PULP FICTION (1994)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99.GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
20080405
008: Conquer my Korean cuisine cowardice
After a hard days work, have you ever hunkered down to a big bowl of unidentifiable consumables that look like spinal cords floating in a haz-mat red liquid? I have, and that was the last time I ever ate Korean food.
Needless to say, a cuisine that's signature dish is fermented (read: rotting) cabbage doesn't elicit any mouth watering from my end of the world. But I will put down the cheesesteaks and Tastykakes for a few hours tonight and paint the town haz-mat red once again. Anna and I will be stepping out to Miran on Chestnut Street tonight for our first try at Korean Barbeque. I'm no expert, but I read a primer on Korean bbq. Unfortunately, it would appear the exhumed cabbage will be making an appearance on my plate this evening.
But this is one small step for my taste buds, one large step for my 101 goals.
EDIT:
In the light of the following day I can say that Korean cuisine is not as terrifying as my first experience would have suggested. In fact, I had quite a delicious dish of Bulgogi and, yes, Kim Chi as well.
20080308
In the beginning...
... there was a list. And Natalie looked at the list, and it was good. But it wasn't finished.
It should be obvious to anyone who's ever met me that I am simultaneously and without exception "ambitiously goal-oriented" and "cripplingly procrastinating." Both descriptions fit in equal measure, and both can refer to personal, professional, academic, physical, metaphysical, artistic and culinary aspects of my life.
In a recent stroll through Google, I discovered this website. I was attempting to set some financial goals for myself (in fact, I think I was Googling "setting financial goals" when I found the site). Now the idea of coming up with 101 things I can conceivably accomplish in the next2.75 years sounds daunting but for the prospect of completing 101 goals in just 2.75 years!
I would like to invite friends and family to join me in creating their own lists of 101 goals to accomplish in the next 1001 days. (Realistically, I think there are 102 goals – the first is to create a list of 101 goals.) So if you wanna be my goalfriend, complete your list in time for my "In the Beginning" Party on Saturday, April 5, 2008. What's 1001 days from April 5, 2008? 1/1/11! As a bonus, treat yourself to a New Year's resolution free 2011! Take the year off!
So, it seems the manifestation of my "quarter-life crisis" is 101 reasons to light a fire under my ass. What a "crisis." I have my whole life ahead of me – except for the most awkward parts. Those thankfully, are over and done with.