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shadowkatWishing Wisewoman/Dub/an Old One - a Happy Birthday!!!
Lots of birthdays today.
The history channel's documentary on the French Revolution is whispering in the background as I type, studying my newly painted nails. Did it myself this round - using the only nail polish I could find. Somewhat unsatisfied with it. My purpose in doing it? To make my nails look presentable - the old nail polish had chipped off and they were looking a tad ragged. The color hides a bit of that. But this color is a bit glitterier and redder than I'd like and isn't quite as clean looking. Why do I need to make them presentable? Have a party to go to tonight on Roosevelt Island - which is basically a bit of land in the East River between Manhattan and Queens that has apartments on it. Friend's birthday party. All these birthday parties this year - makes me wonder if I should do anything for mine? Not sure. Parties take work and I hate bars. Plus my apartment is far too small. Also had a nice one in a fun restaurant last year. What I might just do is buy myself a new CD player - I'd get an MP3 player if I could figure out how to download MP3's from dial-up, since haven't gotten around to getting DSL quite yet. Question? Should I get DSL or the slightly more expensive cable modem? Casey tells me cable modem. People at work suggest DSL. Am on the fence. Will ask Kidbro next weekend about Mp3 players, CD players, and Dsl vs. cable. He's the techie in the family.
What do I want for my birthday? (It's not until March...it's just the fact I have to go out soon and buy stuff that makes me think of this). No clue. Well that's not true - I do know, but it's not anything I can get. Outside the range of possibility of getting. Unless I win the lottery.
A trip to Hawaii. (Never been there outside of the airport)
Tickets to either Wicked or Avenue Q (although wouldn't mind seeing Sondheim's Pacfic Overtures or Mama Mia or Moving Out (the Billy Joel musical), but no one I know would go with me to those.)
A rich chocolat mousse cake or cheesecake or one of those cakes with delicious icing, roses, all the works decorated in grate food colored icing with angel food cake center that would take me three weeks to eat
A Landsend Winter Jacket
New bookshelves and a nightstand
A flat plasma TV with a wide-screen
A TIVO (I lust after that but the practical side of me knows two things: a)I don't need to watch more tv and it's an unnecessary expense, cable is bad enough, b)I have no clue how I'd hook it up. Course could just call Time Warner and get DVR (same thing) and pay $8 more to cable bill - can't afford it. Wouldn't mind getting Premium Cable again either...)
MP3 player and DSL/Cable modem so I can download music
A chocolat martini, A hot fudge sundae, and a gourmet dinner with lamb or a really good steak (although these three things I can definitely do)
A subscription to Netflix and the time to actually watch those DVDs.
If I were to buy DVD's - I think I'd get the following or what I consider the DVD's I lust after, keeping in mind that I'm not a media junkie and am unlikely to ever buy one:
1. Wonderfalls - I wanted to see the entire season
2. BTVS S6 &7, and possibly S4, also Angel S5 (why? Because I adored and am still fond of the Spike character arc which is featured in those seasons. I also strongly identified with Buffy in S6 and S7.)
3. Star Wars Triology - just for the nostalgia factor
4. Farscape - because I missed four episodes.
5. The Miysuki (which I can't spell) triology - Spirited Away, Castle Calistroga, Princess Monokee, Kiki's Delivery Service...
6. The Complete Sopranos - just because I'd like to see the seasons I missed,
same with Six Feet Under and Carnival - series I didn't get to see.
Books? Ah, no compunctions there. I compulsively buy books without thinking.
Always have. And I read just about everything.
Music? Ah - not compulsive. Tend to do it in waves. But since I only really listen when I got to sleep or at work...
1. Donovan's - CD with Season of the Witch on it
2. new Aimee Mann CD
3. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon
4. The Who
5. the soundtrack to Delovey
6. Warren Zevon's greatest hits
But birthday isn't until March. Must get through Feb uglies first. Sun is out today, sky is blue. Life is good.
Lots of birthdays today.
The history channel's documentary on the French Revolution is whispering in the background as I type, studying my newly painted nails. Did it myself this round - using the only nail polish I could find. Somewhat unsatisfied with it. My purpose in doing it? To make my nails look presentable - the old nail polish had chipped off and they were looking a tad ragged. The color hides a bit of that. But this color is a bit glitterier and redder than I'd like and isn't quite as clean looking. Why do I need to make them presentable? Have a party to go to tonight on Roosevelt Island - which is basically a bit of land in the East River between Manhattan and Queens that has apartments on it. Friend's birthday party. All these birthday parties this year - makes me wonder if I should do anything for mine? Not sure. Parties take work and I hate bars. Plus my apartment is far too small. Also had a nice one in a fun restaurant last year. What I might just do is buy myself a new CD player - I'd get an MP3 player if I could figure out how to download MP3's from dial-up, since haven't gotten around to getting DSL quite yet. Question? Should I get DSL or the slightly more expensive cable modem? Casey tells me cable modem. People at work suggest DSL. Am on the fence. Will ask Kidbro next weekend about Mp3 players, CD players, and Dsl vs. cable. He's the techie in the family.
What do I want for my birthday? (It's not until March...it's just the fact I have to go out soon and buy stuff that makes me think of this). No clue. Well that's not true - I do know, but it's not anything I can get. Outside the range of possibility of getting. Unless I win the lottery.
A trip to Hawaii. (Never been there outside of the airport)
Tickets to either Wicked or Avenue Q (although wouldn't mind seeing Sondheim's Pacfic Overtures or Mama Mia or Moving Out (the Billy Joel musical), but no one I know would go with me to those.)
A rich chocolat mousse cake or cheesecake or one of those cakes with delicious icing, roses, all the works decorated in grate food colored icing with angel food cake center that would take me three weeks to eat
A Landsend Winter Jacket
New bookshelves and a nightstand
A flat plasma TV with a wide-screen
A TIVO (I lust after that but the practical side of me knows two things: a)I don't need to watch more tv and it's an unnecessary expense, cable is bad enough, b)I have no clue how I'd hook it up. Course could just call Time Warner and get DVR (same thing) and pay $8 more to cable bill - can't afford it. Wouldn't mind getting Premium Cable again either...)
MP3 player and DSL/Cable modem so I can download music
A chocolat martini, A hot fudge sundae, and a gourmet dinner with lamb or a really good steak (although these three things I can definitely do)
A subscription to Netflix and the time to actually watch those DVDs.
If I were to buy DVD's - I think I'd get the following or what I consider the DVD's I lust after, keeping in mind that I'm not a media junkie and am unlikely to ever buy one:
1. Wonderfalls - I wanted to see the entire season
2. BTVS S6 &7, and possibly S4, also Angel S5 (why? Because I adored and am still fond of the Spike character arc which is featured in those seasons. I also strongly identified with Buffy in S6 and S7.)
3. Star Wars Triology - just for the nostalgia factor
4. Farscape - because I missed four episodes.
5. The Miysuki (which I can't spell) triology - Spirited Away, Castle Calistroga, Princess Monokee, Kiki's Delivery Service...
6. The Complete Sopranos - just because I'd like to see the seasons I missed,
same with Six Feet Under and Carnival - series I didn't get to see.
Books? Ah, no compunctions there. I compulsively buy books without thinking.
Always have. And I read just about everything.
Music? Ah - not compulsive. Tend to do it in waves. But since I only really listen when I got to sleep or at work...
1. Donovan's - CD with Season of the Witch on it
2. new Aimee Mann CD
3. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon
4. The Who
5. the soundtrack to Delovey
6. Warren Zevon's greatest hits
But birthday isn't until March. Must get through Feb uglies first. Sun is out today, sky is blue. Life is good.
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Date: 2005-01-29 09:19 am (UTC)(barring, of course, a complete "proving my actual gender" breakdown ;) )