wanting, needing
My mom asked for my holiday wishlist, to pass on to relatives. I'm in that strange mostly-adult place where I'm doing mostly-okay materially (I mean, I'm a grad student, so I don't have much financially compared to what I'll have when working as a professor someday) so I don't need a lot, but I do want stuff. But I'm having trouble thinking of things for my wishlist because I don't expect stuff, if that makes sense.
I like having a little extra money to spend on good food and wine with friends, and on shiny and/or dance-related things, or books, or coffee/tea. But those are hard things to ask people to pick out for me, ya know?
I have an Amazon wishlist, but I also like supporting artists, so something like a gift certificate to Etsy would be cool. There are some belly dance costume vendors on there from whom I've made purchases in the past, so I could order online from them (I'm usually loathe to order clothing online because how will I know if it fits?).
I love yuki_onna's post asking people what they need/want/wish, though. I wish I had more to offer, but right now I'm kinda hunkering down trying to just make it through the dissertation so I can move on to the next phase of my life.
What's really, truly on my holiday wishlist, though, is pretty selfish: I want to find the right amount of support to get me through the diss. I want community, whether it's IRL or not. A lot of friends, both local and not, have offered to be sounding boards and whatnot, and that's cool... but it's not the same as either talking to a folklorist, or talking to someone who's also in the diss phase.
Anyway, that's the long way of saying I'm more or less happy now, but some things (like school-related stress) could be better, and some nice wine and chocolate never hurt either.
I like having a little extra money to spend on good food and wine with friends, and on shiny and/or dance-related things, or books, or coffee/tea. But those are hard things to ask people to pick out for me, ya know?
I have an Amazon wishlist, but I also like supporting artists, so something like a gift certificate to Etsy would be cool. There are some belly dance costume vendors on there from whom I've made purchases in the past, so I could order online from them (I'm usually loathe to order clothing online because how will I know if it fits?).
I love yuki_onna's post asking people what they need/want/wish, though. I wish I had more to offer, but right now I'm kinda hunkering down trying to just make it through the dissertation so I can move on to the next phase of my life.
What's really, truly on my holiday wishlist, though, is pretty selfish: I want to find the right amount of support to get me through the diss. I want community, whether it's IRL or not. A lot of friends, both local and not, have offered to be sounding boards and whatnot, and that's cool... but it's not the same as either talking to a folklorist, or talking to someone who's also in the diss phase.
Anyway, that's the long way of saying I'm more or less happy now, but some things (like school-related stress) could be better, and some nice wine and chocolate never hurt either.