myspace blogs
Here are the two blogs I had on myspace. Thought I’d even things out and post them here, too.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Eveline just reminded me again about people’s blogs on myspace, so I thought I’d post one.
So I’m kinda tired today, partially because I’ve been sick, and also because I went to bed later than usual last night because I started packing for my London trip and was uploading the rest of THE HISTORIAN audiobook onto my iPod.
So after just falling asleep, I woke up around midnight because my cell phone was vibrating. Wondering who could be calling me, I picked it up and stared at it. "I will start again" is what it said. After staring at it half-asleep for a minute or two, I finally realized that it was alarm I had set 6 months earlier when I had just gotten out of a 5 1/2 year, live-in relationship. I had decided that I would start dating again after 6 months, and had put it in my phone to remind myself.
So, there you go.
I will start again.
Off to London tomorrow night! Hurray!
Monday, June 13, 2005
I just found this on another person’s blog, and since I like lists, thought I’d go ahead and fill it out.
10 specific things in your room
1. a picture of children in Bali that my cousin JoAnn took
2. children’s book art (a little painting of BAGHEAD by Jarrett Krosozcka, a scene from ROUND IS A MOONCAKE by Grace Lin, OLVINA and WILL from OLVINA FLIES by Grace Lin, and two little paintings by Anna Alter
3. electronics (stereo, TV, DVD player, VCR, computer, digital camera, Palm Pilot
4. a ton of books. Three specifics: BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell, BLOW OUT THE MOON By Libby Koponen—the first book I acquired at work!, and THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLES by Haruki Murakami
5. a comfy bed
6. shoes. Lots of shoes. Three specifics: Black pointy flats, black slingbacks, black pumps. Sure, they’re all black, but they’re DIFFERENT.
7. a star-shaped light
8. an old iMac sitting in the corner waiting for me to sell it or turn it into a fishtank. Anyone want it? It’s the original one/color. And it works.
9. lots of photographs: of friends, of places I’ve been (Berkeley, Mt. Monadnock, of myself as a little girl in horrible plaid pants and pigtails
10. clutter, especially on my desk Magazines, old bills, manuscripts, old receipts, unfinished knitting waiting for me to really learn how. (I’m trying! I’m trying!)
9 things you want to do before you die
1. skydive (I’m planning on going on July 17)
2. go on a safari
3. raise children
4. attend a formal awards ceremony like the Oscars
5. edit a book that wins the Newbery or Caldecott
6. write a book
7. get Lasik surgery
8. own property with a tower
9. be a foster parent
8 characteristics you like about the other gender
1. kindness
2. a wicked sense of humor
3. some ambition
4. adaptability
5. strong hands, warm eyes
6. great kisser, great in bed
7. strives to improve himself
8. inspires me
7 of your best memories
1. hiking in Taiwan in the pouring rain, jumping in puddles and feeling alive
2. walking at night in NYC with the air the perfect temperature, surrounding me like the city was caressing me
3. being with my ex Brian at the beginning of our relationship, newly in love, stopping to kiss in the rain while an old bum looked on and said, “Hello, young lovers!”
4. parasailing and jet skiing in Bali
5. having my little brother’s first word be the Taiwanese word for “big sister”
6. finally being on the boat to Cosa Mui in Thailand after a long, hellish bus ride. The sky and water was blue, and I could see a school of silvery, sparkling fish jumping in the air.
7. getting my job at Little, Brown, knowing that it was all finally paying off, and after being at my job for two weeks and knowing that this was what I wanted to do and where I wanted to be
6 things that annoy you
1. door close buttons in elevators that don’t work
2. close-mindedness
3. racism (ok, this more than just annoys me)
4. injustice (ditto)
5. having to break in new shoes, and shoes that haven’t been worn since last summer, too
6. stupidity
5 careers you’ve considered
1. veterinarian
2. radio deejay
3. teacher
4. literary agent
5. Broadway star
4 places you’ve been
1. Taiwan
2. Australia
3. Vietnam
4. Prague
3 words to describe you
1. easy-going
2. basically happy
3. open-minded
2 regrets
1. ummm….no big regrets, but I feel bad about telling the guy that asked me out to a high school dance that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go because I thought I’d get sick of him. Sad thing is, I did. So I guess I also regret going with him. Hey, that’s two!
1 thing you can’t live without
1. possibilities
