What my life is like right now from To Do List for the next few weeks.
Reread Possession by AS Byatt. I read this book in the early 1990's when it first came out. Although the movie is getting so-so reviews, I'd love to see it, and I think rereading the book would refresh my memory of the story.
Buy more Brahms cds. I'm listening to Brahms right now. He was such a fantastic composer and I only own two of his cds; Concerto No. 2 and Cello Sonata, op. 78 and Sonatas for Piano and Violin, op. 78-100-108.
Go to Macy's to buy eyebrow pencil color no. 3
Start rewrite of screenplay, "Playing Catch with Dad", renamed to "Going Home Again".
Decide which yoga class to take and where on Saturday mornings.
Try out the Pi-Yo class, which is yoga and pilates techniques combined into one session.
Plan picnics for Free Opera in the Park and Free Shakespeare in the Park for September.
Buy tickets to see Puccini's opera, "Turandot". David Hockney, one of my favorite artists, created the sets and I have to absolutely see them.
Go through the 2002-2003 SF Opera schedule and decide what other operas are worth seeing besides Turandot. Maybe Madame Butterfly?
Make plans to see the Egyptian Exhibit from the British Museum, now showing at the California Legion of Honor. I spent hours in the Egyptian art rooms at the British Museum during my stay in the London.
Think about buying the new Enrique Inglesias cd, because I'm Iove with the english and spanish versions of "Escape". I cannot escape this song and it's stuck in my head on repeat.
Think about buying more jazz cds from people like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.
Think about buying cds from Zero 7, Linkin Park, The Strokes or System of a Down.
Keep on working on second draft of "Crazy Eddie" short story.
Sew the buttons back on which fell off three of my sweaters. Pain!
Start new diet. Not again!
Continue walking 5-6 miles a day for 35+ miles per week.
Go to the gym and lift weights because the month fee keeps coming out my checking account, whether I go to the gym or not.
Buy Fortnum & Mason Royal Blend tea, the best tea in the world!
Sunday, August 18, 2002
Friday, August 16, 2002
My favorite baseball player, Barry Zito from the Oakland A's, is being interviewed on the radio. He is so cute! Plus, he's young, he's got the best pitching record in the American League, he does yoga, he's smart and he's nice and large at 6 ft 200 pounds. Now that's alot of boy for a girl to love! Ronn Owens said that all the women at the radio station are falling in love with him. He is definitely the bomb!
Thursday, August 15, 2002
Seven Ways to I Avoid Commas with Apparently Great Skill
It’s nice to know after all these years, that I do something with great skill. Read on, so you too can acquire this lovely and wonderful skill.
1. I think my blog is my own private journal and nobody else reads it.
2. I’m a lazy writer and never read over anything I’ve written very carefully.
3. I try to write the way I speak.
4. I spent some of my youth in Southern California, where talking takes the form of one long run on sentence with no pauses.
5, “Like commas. Like oh my god, that’s like so grammatical! Like barf me with a spoon!”
6. I burnt out those brain cells that stored all my grammar memories, by drinking too much and taking too many drugs in my youth. Or if I didn’t destroy them, they’re definitely misfiled because I can’t access them anymore.
7. Part of thinks I’m a genius like ee cummings, and I’m inventing a new form of writing.
It’s nice to know after all these years, that I do something with great skill. Read on, so you too can acquire this lovely and wonderful skill.
1. I think my blog is my own private journal and nobody else reads it.
2. I’m a lazy writer and never read over anything I’ve written very carefully.
3. I try to write the way I speak.
4. I spent some of my youth in Southern California, where talking takes the form of one long run on sentence with no pauses.
5, “Like commas. Like oh my god, that’s like so grammatical! Like barf me with a spoon!”
6. I burnt out those brain cells that stored all my grammar memories, by drinking too much and taking too many drugs in my youth. Or if I didn’t destroy them, they’re definitely misfiled because I can’t access them anymore.
7. Part of thinks I’m a genius like ee cummings, and I’m inventing a new form of writing.
The joys of blogging. Someone actually read me bloggie and noticed that I have no idea how to use commas. Wow! I have been trying to work so hard on my grammar too, and it looks like I have very long way to go. Still, someone cared enough to take the time to read the bloggie and get that my grammar skills are atrocious. I wish I had this skill. It would be very valuable seeing as how I want to write for a living.
I know that part of me thinks that my bloggie is like my personal journal, and that I'm the only one who reads it. If someone does read it, they sort of just skim the site and move on. So, I don't really care how I write. It's rather shocking to think that someone actually took the time to read and notice my lack of commas. I am floored, flattered, dismayed, a little pissed, and hopeful. Someone actually read and paid attention to what I've been writing and then wrote me a critique. COOL!
I know that part of me thinks that my bloggie is like my personal journal, and that I'm the only one who reads it. If someone does read it, they sort of just skim the site and move on. So, I don't really care how I write. It's rather shocking to think that someone actually took the time to read and notice my lack of commas. I am floored, flattered, dismayed, a little pissed, and hopeful. Someone actually read and paid attention to what I've been writing and then wrote me a critique. COOL!
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