Sunday, January 16, 2011
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
booKS FOR brilliance!!!
my 2011 reading list!
(in no particular order)
1) Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe
2) Juliet Naked - Nick Hornby
3) The Really Funny Thing About Apathy - Chelsea Martin
4) A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
5) Room - Emma Donoghue
6) You Might Be a Zombie & Other Bad News - www.cracked.com
7) Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klausterman
8) The Beautiful Fall - Alicia Drake
9) Finishing the Hat - Stephen Sondheim
10) Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
11) Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
12) Changing My Mind - Zadie Smith
2011 Claims
i prefer to call them claims than "resolutions" as the latter seems so forced....so permanent.... !!!
in actuality I rarely RESOLVE (consciously. logically) to do something and THEN act accordingly... instead i somehow convince myself...through guilt or trickery and guile... unconsciously... consciously...subconsciously (are there any other kinds?)... with outlandish statements ("i'm never partying again" ... "I will not eat sweets until easter"), wild claims that are the extreme of what i want to achieve-- that somehow, with focus and self-control, get broken down and proliferate into my new life. the new me. the upgrade.
this year i'm simplifying it as my astrologer told me not to overwhelm myself with so many goals and to focus (just kidding -- 'twas just my "horoscope" app ... gotta love smartphones) :)
CLAIM #1
READ MORE. minimum 1 book a mth.
i adore reading but have completely fallen out of it - tis absurdly TRAGIC.
CLAIM #2
USE my word of the day. daily. another thing that has fallen off...sadness
CLAIM #3
RELAX. try to regain sleep habits of normal people. convince myself i am neither a mecca nor a vampire.
CLAIM #4
FOCUS
CLAIM #5
CONTROL my temper
Je Ne Regrette Rien’
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