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February 18, 2004
Life is so good
What can I say? I feel blissed out. I feel juiced up. What 's a girl to do with all this pent up wonderful? I wish I could save it up and portion the feeling out for the numb days, the self-doubt days, the lonely-with-people days. Maybe the magic of being this happy is that it can't be brought out from a can. It can only be served up fresh. OK. I'm ready. Bring out the list.
1. Three things that scare me.
A.) bridges B.)sudden loud noises C.) the thought of getting Altzheimer's
2. Three things I do not understand.
A.) cutting steeks. I only knit fair isle tams and mittens. B.) inflexibility of opinion C.) intentional cruelty
3. Three things I'd like to learn.
A.) German B.) Tai Chi yang style 108 moves C.) better life management
4. Three things I am wearing right now
A.) fishnets B.) earrings C.) black mascara
5. Three things on my desk
A.) lidded box painted with sunflowers B.) overwhelming in-basket, C.) American flag postcards
6. Three things I want to do before I die
A.) get a Ph.D. B.) take a walking tour of the Chech republic in early fall C.) get another tattoo
7. Three good personality traits
A.) kindness B.) sense of humor C.) loyalty
8. Three bad personality traits
A.) high strung B.) workaholic C.) worry wart (Don't those three things make for a person you would cross the street to avoid?)
9. Three favorite authors
A.) Gabrielle Garcia Marquez B.) Anne Lamott C.) Norman Mailer When I saw Harlot's Ghost sitting in the bargain bin I thought there was no point in anyone ever trying to write again.
10. Three favorite actresses
A.) Meg Ryan B.) Bjork- she is stunning and brilliant and who I want to play me in my autobiography. Dancer in the Dark freaked hell out of me and I have never been able to discuss the movie with anyone. C.)Vivian Leigh
11. Three parts of my heritage
A.) English B.) Danish C.) rural Appalachian Southern
12. Three things I like about my body
A.) breasts B.) height C.) eyes
13. Three things I dislike about my body
A.) fluffy abs B.) big feet C.)sensitive skin
14. Three things people do not know about me (maybe)
A.) I have always wanted another child B.) I am a first generation native speaker of English C.) I can be very shy.
15. Three things I say the most
A.) Coldwell Banker- may I help you? B.) Kiss my fine white ass . C.) Joe, did you call those people?
16. Three places I want to go
A.) Bermuda, B.) see above- a walking tour of the castles of Prague, C.) to bed.
17. Three names I go by
A.) Miss Alice B.) Baby Alice C.) Alice Marie
Posted by alice at February 18, 2004 07:49 PM
Comments
Here's my Dancer in the Dark Story. I saw it in Taiwan in a theater with about 30 Mandarins. I can't remember if there were any Mandarin subtitles for them. There probably were. There was a mentally handicapped person in the front row that would moan or groan to themselves. During the really upsetting parts [which was about every ten minutes] this handicapped person would make all sorts of non verbal reactions, giving voice to how all the rest of us were feeling. It was like an anti-laugh track. I was devestated watching the film. After the end I could barely stand to walk out of the theater. I sat out in front in a daze.
Posted by: Evan at January 20, 2005 03:46 AM