30.5.08
tagged
i saw this on a blog i frequently visit and thought i'd go for it too. beware old embarrassing pictures of me to follow.
what i was doing 10 years ago:
summer 1998, i was 22 years old and attending college in central washington as a music education major. college was very complicated for me. i was thrust completely out of my comfort zone socially, academically and emotionally. i had a lot of worries for someone of my age including trying to pay for college myself and i seriously struggled to cope. looking back i'm surprised i didn't drop out but i'm glad i somehow made it.
that year i was in orchestra and symphonic band. i remember staying up all hours studying for dr roth's music history exams. i wore jeans and t-shirts, anything that was comfortable and wasn't bothered about trying to be girly. i didn't have time to listen to much on the radio besides the required for classes. i remember finally getting over a crush i had on a particular boy and vowing to avoid all things that would bring me in contact with males in future. i never practiced my instruments like i should have. i worked close to 6 part time jobs that summer to try to make ends meet including working at the gorge summer concert series making baja burritos. saw rod stewart, james taylor, the b-52's and metallica because of it which was a plus. ate lots and lots of ramen noodles. had a born again christian as a roommate for a term who tried constantly to save my soul. was active in church although i didn't have many friends. started counselling later that year. started an exercise routine of running at 5 in the morning that lasted one week.
i have to admit its weird thinking of where i was then 10 years ago and where i am now. talk about progress.
5 things on my to do list today:
1. listen to teenie boppers perform
2. go to the bank
3. see 'sex and the city' the movie
4. dishes
5. sleeping
5 things on my lifelong to do list:
1. learn how to swim & ride a bike
2. visit my friend lucy in india
3. drive across italy or the south of france
4. make a difference somehow
5. run a marathon or hike through the andes or nepal.
{sorry its hard to pick just 5}
sweets i enjoy:
jelly bellys. organic ice cream. really really dark chocolate. blueberry or chocolate muffins. chocolate fondant. rhubarb or lemon tarts. warm chocolate chip cookies.
last 3 books i read:
1. no country for old men
2. a new earth
3. the power of now
last 3 movies i saw:
1. indiana jones 4 {ugh, disappointing}
2. into the wild
3. daddy day care
places i have lived before:
utah
idaho
louisiana
washington
england {currently}
people i want to know more about {or anybody who wants to play too}:
jess
carly
lori
erika
jenny
24.5.08
picnic with diana krall
i am so incredibly excited as we've booked tickets to see diana krall, {one of the coolest jazz vocalists on the planet} for early aug. the best part is its up on hampstead heath which has beautiful views of london and you can enjoy the evening with a pre-concert picnic from one of our favorite restaurants carluccio's. i know its a couple of months away but i'm really looking forward to good music, good views, good food and good company {james}. we don't do nearly enough concerts like this and that's why it will be such an amazing treat for this summer!
16.5.08
books & the city
i saw a list recently compiled by my favorite bookshop waterstones with books either set in or about the city of london. this list made me think of a blog post a few months back and a request from a reader for a list of good books on london or by london writers. so although its late i think its better late than never and a great list to share for all those who love a good read like me! the area bold is the title, followed by the author in italics and in {parenthesis} is the area of london discussed/set in the books:
- 253, geoff ryman { elephant & castle}
- bleak house, charles dickens {chancery courts}
- brick lane, monica ali {brick lane)
- the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi {bromley}
- the crimson petal and the white, michael faber {notting hill}
- the end of an affair, graham greene {clapham common}
- fingersmith, sarah waters {borough/lant street}
- a handful of dust, evelyn waugh {belgravia}
- hangover square, patrick hamilton {earl's court}
- keep the apidistra flying, george orwell {hampstead}
- lady's maid, margaret forster {marylebone}
- london, edward rutherfurd {tower bridge & more)
- london fields, martin amis {portobello road}
- neverwhere, neil gaiman {knightsbridge}
- saturday, ian mcewan {cleveland street, w1}
- small island, andrea levy {earl's court}
- white teeth, zadie smith {willesdon}
- wise children, angela carter {brixton}
- the book of dave, will self {richmond}
- how to be good, nick hornby {camden}
- the line of beauty, alan hollinghurst {notting hill}
- the drowned world, jg ballard {leicester square}
- hawksmoor, peter ackroyd {spitalfields}
- notes on a scandal, zoe heller {islington}
- the ballad of peckham rye, muriel spark {peckham rye}
- the lonely londoners, sam selvon {notting hill}
- london novels, colin macinnes {notting hill}
- jonathan strange & mr norrell, susanna clarke {hanover square}
- mrs dalloway, virginia woolf {westminster}
- notting hell, rachel johnson {notting hill}
- londonstani, gautam malkani {hounslow}
- the adventures of sherlock holmes, arthur conan doyle {baker street}
- a dead man in deptford, anthony burgess {deptford}
- a metropolitan murder, lee jackson {baker street}
- diary of nobody, george & weedon grossmith {holloway}
- 4.50 from paddington, agatha christie {paddington}
- the heat of the day, elizabeth bowen {regent's park}
- twenty thousand streets under the sky, patrick hamilton {euston road}
- the long firm, jake arnott {soho}
- mother london, michael moorcok {notting hill}
- the necropolois railway, andrew martin {waterloo}
- only in london, hanan al-shaykh {bayswater/westminster}
- possession, as byatt {british museum}
- three men in a boat, kingston upon thames {kingston upon thames}
- the tiger in the smoke, margery allingham {mayfair}
- towards the end of morning, michael frayn {elephant & castle}
- the last days of newgate, andrew pepper {city}
- sleep with me, joanna briscoe {bloomsbury}
- the queen of the tambourine, jane gardam {merton}
- under the net, iris murdoch {camden}
- growing yams in london, sophia acheampong {cricklewood}
- harry potter & the philosopher's stone, jk rowling {kings cross}
- the haunting of alaizabel cray, piccadilly circus {piccadilly circus}
- paddington bear, michael bond {paddington}
- peter pan, jm barrie {kensington gardens}
- stoneheart, charlie fletcher {natural history museum}
- stormbreaker, anthony horowotiz {science museum}
- madeline in london, ludwig bermelmans {buckingham palace}
- this is london, miroslav sasek {st paul's cathedral}
- raven queen, pauline francis {tower of london}
6.5.08
brave boy
9 years, 10 months is how long james has had facial hair. i've known him for 9 years and been with him for 7 1/2. besides pictures from the past, i've never seen him sans goatee until yesterday. i dared him to be different and he surprisingly just went with the moment. whether this will last, its hard to say--but how super brave is this? change is good now and then and i think its shaved years off not only his looks but his spirit as well.
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