Frivolous Self-Indulgence!
I wrote bits of a poem today at work. It is really frustrating sometimes, because when I am given a tedious task like shelf-reading or shelving, my mind--as if it doesn't know what to do with such emptiness--takes this huge plunge into deep, serious, (often depressing) thoughts. Today, at least, some of those thoughts got channelled into lines. Which I found a bit encouraging, since I haven't written much since summer (especially summer courses) started. I've gotten away from waking early to write ("before my ego gets in the way"), which I am kind of sad about. So the fact that I at least produced something from my hours of solitary introspection is kind of. . . neat! Funny how these things seem more miraculous when you aren't required to do them for a workshop.
I just read Kierkegaard for about an hour and a half--so now it's time for mindless frivolity! I haven't done a survey in ages, and while they are kind of juvenile. . . they're fun?! Anyway, I snatched this from someone else's LJ, so here goes. . .
01. Last Cigarette: uh, never
02. Last Kiss: . . . this is personal?
03. Last Cry: Wednesday, a little over a week ago, Hillman Library bathroom; admittedly this wasn't a "good cry". . . more like trying not to cry
04. Last Library Book Checked Out: Cooking with PETA
05. Last Movie Seen In a Theatre: Hmmm. The Chronicles of Narnia. . . ?
06. Last Book Read: Goodbye Tsugumi Banana Yoshimoto
07. Last Curse Word Uttered: "hell" maybe?
08. Last Beverage Drank: chocolate Silk soy milk (mmm!)
11. Last Thing Watched: Breakfast at Tiffany's last night
12. Last Time Showered: this morning
13. Last Shoes Worn: black Converse chucks
14. Last CD Played: well, song--"My Best Friends" Kill Creek
15. Last Soda Drank: Inca Kola Peruvian Cream Soda "The Golden Cola!"
16. Last Thing Written: "6.00 PM" on my time card at work
17. Last Words Spoken: sigh
22. Last Time Wanting to Die: uh. . . sheesh, so much for light and frivolous. . . and relatively impersonal. . . .
29. Last Disappointment: being in my old high school (although I should have seen it coming)
01. piercings: zero (freakishly afraid of needles, blood, etc.)
04. shoe size: 9
05. hair color: should be red, but I haven't re-hennaed in awhile (hurrah for coining words!)
06. eye color: blue
07. siblings: Rachel
08. last cd you bought: Camera Obscura Underachievers Please Try Harder (yeah it's been awhile)
10. last person that's called you: oh, I should probably check that voicemail!
DO
01. you have a crush on someone? yes. . . ?
02. you wish you could live somewhere else? Portland? Vancouver? . . . Toronto? the Midwest? (I do like old Pittsburgh though.)
03. you think about suicide? as much as the next person
04. you believe in online dating? I don't know. Depends what is meant by online dating? Well, not through like eHarmony or something
05. others find you attractive? ???
06. want more piercings? I would actually like to have pierced ears.
07. you drink? sure
08. you do drugs? no
09. you like cleaning? Once in a great while. I'm so moody with these things.
10. you like roller coasters? Sometimes. The general atmosphere in which they are contained, the crowds of other people. . . no.
11. you write in cursive or print: print, usually
FAVOURITE
thing to do: read/drink tea, I guess? Or have a meaningful conversation with one of the few friends I really feel close to.
thing to talk about: Myers-Briggs testing, sadly. Or poetry!!! Also philosophy. . .
drinks: hot--Darjeeling tea; cold--Almond Breeze closely tied with Chocolate Silk
clothes: vintage--vacillating from 8-year-old boy to secretary/librarian-ness with the occasional nod to 60s mods or 60-year-old ladies
movies: The Royal Tennenbaums, although I recently watched Annie Hall and thought it was pretty great.
EVER
cried over a boy? probably
lied to someone? yes
been in a fist fight? no, unless you count fighting with my younger sister as a child
been arrested? no
WHAT
shampoo do you use? Alba
shoes do you wear? black Converse, or some form of ballet flat-type shoes
what are you scared of? spiders! blood, needles. . . rejection
how many times you have had your heart broken? --
number of hearts you have broken? zero, I'm sure.
number of drugs taken illegally? none (I am probably about as square as it gets)
number of people you would classify as true, could trust with your life type friends? 4 (. . . including my mother)?
number of times your name has appeared in the newspaper? several, actually, in one two-bit publication or another
number of things in your past that you regret? oh. . . goodness. . . where to begin. See last post for one, I guess.
Well, that last bit was kind of a downer. But the beginning was fun!!! Yay!!!! Surveys! Okay. . . well, I may actually take a shower and go to sleep. Because I am an old woman.
I just read Kierkegaard for about an hour and a half--so now it's time for mindless frivolity! I haven't done a survey in ages, and while they are kind of juvenile. . . they're fun?! Anyway, I snatched this from someone else's LJ, so here goes. . .
01. Last Cigarette: uh, never
02. Last Kiss: . . . this is personal?
03. Last Cry: Wednesday, a little over a week ago, Hillman Library bathroom; admittedly this wasn't a "good cry". . . more like trying not to cry
04. Last Library Book Checked Out: Cooking with PETA
05. Last Movie Seen In a Theatre: Hmmm. The Chronicles of Narnia. . . ?
06. Last Book Read: Goodbye Tsugumi Banana Yoshimoto
07. Last Curse Word Uttered: "hell" maybe?
08. Last Beverage Drank: chocolate Silk soy milk (mmm!)
11. Last Thing Watched: Breakfast at Tiffany's last night
12. Last Time Showered: this morning
13. Last Shoes Worn: black Converse chucks
14. Last CD Played: well, song--"My Best Friends" Kill Creek
15. Last Soda Drank: Inca Kola Peruvian Cream Soda "The Golden Cola!"
16. Last Thing Written: "6.00 PM" on my time card at work
17. Last Words Spoken: sigh
22. Last Time Wanting to Die: uh. . . sheesh, so much for light and frivolous. . . and relatively impersonal. . . .
29. Last Disappointment: being in my old high school (although I should have seen it coming)
01. piercings: zero (freakishly afraid of needles, blood, etc.)
04. shoe size: 9
05. hair color: should be red, but I haven't re-hennaed in awhile (hurrah for coining words!)
06. eye color: blue
07. siblings: Rachel
08. last cd you bought: Camera Obscura Underachievers Please Try Harder (yeah it's been awhile)
10. last person that's called you: oh, I should probably check that voicemail!
DO
01. you have a crush on someone? yes. . . ?
02. you wish you could live somewhere else? Portland? Vancouver? . . . Toronto? the Midwest? (I do like old Pittsburgh though.)
03. you think about suicide? as much as the next person
04. you believe in online dating? I don't know. Depends what is meant by online dating? Well, not through like eHarmony or something
05. others find you attractive? ???
06. want more piercings? I would actually like to have pierced ears.
07. you drink? sure
08. you do drugs? no
09. you like cleaning? Once in a great while. I'm so moody with these things.
10. you like roller coasters? Sometimes. The general atmosphere in which they are contained, the crowds of other people. . . no.
11. you write in cursive or print: print, usually
FAVOURITE
thing to do: read/drink tea, I guess? Or have a meaningful conversation with one of the few friends I really feel close to.
thing to talk about: Myers-Briggs testing, sadly. Or poetry!!! Also philosophy. . .
drinks: hot--Darjeeling tea; cold--Almond Breeze closely tied with Chocolate Silk
clothes: vintage--vacillating from 8-year-old boy to secretary/librarian-ness with the occasional nod to 60s mods or 60-year-old ladies
movies: The Royal Tennenbaums, although I recently watched Annie Hall and thought it was pretty great.
EVER
cried over a boy? probably
lied to someone? yes
been in a fist fight? no, unless you count fighting with my younger sister as a child
been arrested? no
WHAT
shampoo do you use? Alba
shoes do you wear? black Converse, or some form of ballet flat-type shoes
what are you scared of? spiders! blood, needles. . . rejection
how many times you have had your heart broken? --
number of hearts you have broken? zero, I'm sure.
number of drugs taken illegally? none (I am probably about as square as it gets)
number of people you would classify as true, could trust with your life type friends? 4 (. . . including my mother)?
number of times your name has appeared in the newspaper? several, actually, in one two-bit publication or another
number of things in your past that you regret? oh. . . goodness. . . where to begin. See last post for one, I guess.
Well, that last bit was kind of a downer. But the beginning was fun!!! Yay!!!! Surveys! Okay. . . well, I may actually take a shower and go to sleep. Because I am an old woman.