I'm starting to believe the story I'm telling people:
"When I was a wee girl of 4 years, my family took me to Disney World. I have 3 distinct memories from that trip: meeting Jiminy Cricket, being given a stuffed Winnie the Pooh bear that was larger than I was, and eating couscous at the Restaurant Marrakesh in Epcot Center. Since then, I've wanted to travel to that far off land of Morocco where, if Disney World taught me anything, all the people eat couscous and all the women are belly dancers."
Or perhaps, I believe this story:
"For my 9th birthday, my mother and I planned an International Themed birthday party. We made sure each continent was equally represented: First, Moroccan dinner in Philadelphia at Fes, followed by Patriot-friendly Lady Liberty cake, then snacks (Euro-fondue, Chinese egg-roll, Baked "Antarctica") and a showing of everyone's favorite daddy-from-down-under, Crocodile Dundee! (It was 16 years ago - I don't remember what we did from South America.) I was such a huge fan of the Moroccan restaurant that I've always wanted to travel to that far off land where, if Fes Restaurant taught me anything, all the people eat couscous and all the women are belly dancers."
Either way, I am about to fulfill a 21 (or 16) year old dream of traveling to that couscousin', belly-dancin', North Afican far off land. In fact, somewhere inside of 96 hours from now I'll be elbow deep in Casablanca and I can't wait.
EDIT: I went.
20080930
030: Mo' Rockin'!
20080927
039: So this is a trinity?
It seems like a lifetime ago when Anna, Scott, and I were cohabiting in that giant So Phi row home. Now that my bedroom is stacked on top of my wee living room and kitchen, it seems less likely that I will be able to cram a large audience (or even large cast) into my home for some potluck and play readings.
Therefore, I am editing this goal in light of the move to read "Engage in Play time at least thrice." Same idea - to invite friends over to socialize and create. But in a less claustrophobic sort of way.
20080919
003: You weren't the only one, two, three, four (oh! won kay...)
How am I going to save enough money to self-produce for the Fringe next year?
How am I going to save enough money to go to Nova Scotia one month and Minneapolis the next?
How am I going to save enough money to pay off my student loans?
... buy a house?
... start a business?
... get a dog?
If you ever walk by me and notice a thin veil of sweat on my brow, chances are that I'm mulling over the sordid details of my financial future.
However, as of today, I have $132.66 in my retirement fund! According to Fidelity, I will have enough money to retire in 2045.
Retirement Countdown: 37 years!
EDIT:
9/22/08 - $138.10!
9/27/08 - $133.10... so this is what the shirt-and-tie meant when he said "aggressive investment" and "lose money in the short term."
1/5/09 - $1011.23!!
2/7/09 - $1184.09
20080825
052: "I shall paint my nails red..."
"... 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.
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)