Seven things I want now
1. A steampunk mobile phone (preferably one that emits a puff of steam, like a Mississippi paddleboat, every time it rings);
2. Somewhere, Over The Rainbow (the version off ‘Sapphire’) by John Martyn on the NZ iTunes Store;
3. The Living Channel to stop inserting apostrophes in the plural of ‘weeknight’;
4. Dog Breath, In The Year of the Plague from ‘Uncle Meat’ by Frank Zappa on my iPod;
5. To be regular and orderly in my life so I can be violent and original in my work, like Gustave Flaubert;
6. My dinner;
7. To write something as good as Pilgermann by Russell Hoban, preferably before the end of the day.
2. Somewhere, Over The Rainbow (the version off ‘Sapphire’) by John Martyn on the NZ iTunes Store;
3. The Living Channel to stop inserting apostrophes in the plural of ‘weeknight’;
4. Dog Breath, In The Year of the Plague from ‘Uncle Meat’ by Frank Zappa on my iPod;
5. To be regular and orderly in my life so I can be violent and original in my work, like Gustave Flaubert;
6. My dinner;
7. To write something as good as Pilgermann by Russell Hoban, preferably before the end of the day.
posted by Chris Bell at 6:09 PM
2 Comments:
Re 5: Katherine Hepburn reportedly had a wardrobe of 30 identical black turtlenecks and tan tailored trousers, and each day on set had the same lunch of fillet steak, a baked potato and iceberg lettuce salad. All on the happy thesis that she didn’t want to apply creative energy to making decisions about what to wear or eat, she’d rather spend her creativity on work. And, I guess, Spence.
Thanks, Sally. That makes me feel better about my two identical pairs of (black) Byblos sneakers - and black pretty much every other item of clothing. But did KH have Dog Breath, In The Year of the Plague on her iPod, that's what I want to know.
Oh, and I thought of another thing: I want TCM to show 'The Lost Weekend' (http://imdb.com/title/tt0037884/).I'm ashamed to say I've never seen it.
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