Because Eventually I Have To Die, Maybe
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Little Prince or Drag Queen: You Decide
Mar 27th
So I’ve made up my mind: life is bland whether you are working or not. I do very much enjoy not working. I have all this time to cook and sit around and start book clubs called “Liberal Rejectionist Revisionary Visionary Literary Socialites” (AKA The Finer Things Club for all you Office fans). Our first book, thanks to Sarah, is The Little Prince.
I’m not sure how I found time to read this mostly illustrated 109 page childrens’ book into my time, especially since I have been completely wrapped up in RuPaul’s Drag Race. God I love Drag Queens. I wish I could BE a Drag Queen, and according to my gay bestie, there’s nothing stopping me. Then again, he wishes he was a woman, so it’s only fitting he encourage his lady friends to try and impersonate men (who impersonate women). I have been trying to find a drag show to attend, since seeing a real live fully fabulous and over the top drag show is #489 on my list.
My inspiration
Otherwise, life is bland. I’ve been working on papers and getting through the last 3 or 4 weeks of this semester. I then get a full two weeks to mentally reset and prepare myself for the long haul of spring and summer courses. Other than my short trip to Red Deer to see Hey Ocean do a show, I have no travel plans until June. Even then, it’s just Kelowna. I shouldn’t disparage Kelowna so much, I’m rather excited! At least there is water there.
Have Music, Will Travel
Oct 5th
So I took a break from cleaning, studying, writing and all that good stuff this afternoon and used it to clean up my music collection. Since part of the cleaning process let me properly set up my giantess of a laptop that holds my music collection, I’ve also been able to listen to it for a few solid hours. Between the downloads, moving, deleting, and – sure enough – grooving, I got to thinking about how important music was to my travels this summer. It kept me company during lonely nights in Guelph, drowned out chatting people on the overnight bus to New York, and distracted me on long flights across the continent. My Ipod only holds 2 GB, but it provides me with hours of entertainment on the road and gives me some solace when I’m missing certain people’s company.
Here are my fave songs for certain travel situations!
Needing Sand and Sun: Madera – Hey Ocean!
Packing: In Love With a Bad Idea – Matthew Good
Pre-Flight Jitters: Time Bomb – Beck
First Leg: The Distance – Cake
Roadtrips: Running Down a Dream – Tom Petty
Overnight Travel: Turn Up the Stars – Hey Ocean!
At the Hostel: What I Got – Sublime
No Itinerary: Ruby Soho – Rancid
Traveling Alone: Two Hoboes- DJ Champion
Train Travel: On A Train – Waking Eyes
Lost and Confused: Sing Me Spanish Techno – The New Pornographers
Homesickness: I Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Destination No Where: To Here Knows When – My Bloody Valentine
The Ride Home: Jimmy – Tool
Back At Home Blues: Everyday is Exactly The Same – Nine Inch Nails
Crediting Those Who Helped
Jun 15th
Ze List by Meghan
Smithsonian 28 Places To See Before you Die
Squidoo
1000 Before You Die
Visit my over-half-way-done-list to check out some ideas that I’ve borrowed and some of my own ideas
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
May 22nd
When I add things to my list, it is not always through pure inspiration in my own life. I use the wonderful thing called “the internet” and this other neat contraption called “Google” to help me find ideas. Since I, in theory, am stealing other people’s ideas (never to the point of copying and pasting like I have seen on some sites, you have to have some originality), I figure I should post up some of the sites I’ve frequented and found some awesome ideas on. Be forewarned, the first two may contain some more…adult…content.
Shasta Gibson’s Bucket List
Padme’s Bucket List
John Goddard’s Life List
100 Things To Do Before You Die
Things To Try Before You Die
I hate to advertise for companies…
May 13th
But has anyone seen the life list inclusion in the new Pontiac commercials? I think it’s pretty neat!
Click here for the website which has some ideas on it, actually!
I don’t think that you need a specific car to accomplish your life list, but a neat advertising concept none the less.