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Monday, January 20
The name of that one book...You know--that one book? The one with the pictures in it? I think it had a red cover...?
What it's like to have a really good kiss.
Where I left my corporate phone card -- and I need it to help complete my separation checklist!
Oh damn! Was I supposed to forget something today? Wish I could've remembered what.
That I need to stop buying shoes. I'm running out of room in my closet.
That I already avenged my wife's murder. Hey! Did I take this Polaroid?
-What it was I called you about.
-Why I came into this room.
Damn! I wish I could remember. It was important, too.
To send a father's day card. And about a hundred other things that are slowly making their way on to my to do list.
1) what i had always wanted to do with my life work wise....
2) what it's like to not have collection companies calling me
3) what it's like to have a boyfriend.
.....and i'm only 24. boo. hiss. heckle.
oh, and Alice, is that one book you are thinking of is "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time"
I'm forgetting to do a lot of things, but then if I can't remeber them, I probably didn't want to do them anyway.
any goals and plans i had for my life post-college. things have gone another way, you know?
Father's Day?! Thanks for the reminder, j3s!
I'm moving to a new apartment this weekend, so I keep having flashes of things I've forgotten to do. Those "oh sh*t!" moments are horrible. And I also totally forgot about Father's Day.
pay my car insurance
get new city stickers
renew plates
cancel Y membership
look into getting my apply warranty back
father's day
run the dishwasher
stick my netflix in the mail
drycleaning
grocery shopping!
and that i'm leaving in a week and half and have not done any sort of consideration for that.
but, nothing really.
I know I'm forgetting something, and it's going to bite me on the ass. I had some reason to get off the el at a different stop and go somewhere and I don't remember where or why. Gah! Oh, and I think there's something I should be doing at work that I'm forgetting about.
sh*te, city sticker! thanks for the reminder, davin.
I'm going away for the weekend, so I'm sure I'll leave a shoe at home.
The dogs need their shots!!!
that I am a fat loser
Grandma's birthday present. Birthday's tomorrow, as she reminded me today.
And that I need to find a date to my brother's wedding next weekend. At $40/plate, I'd better get on it.
Anybody want to go see the House of Atreus in action?
to sign up for the renegade craft fair. oops.
I forgot to suggest the following question for Fuel:
"Wacker or Hooker?"
Shasta,
Ah, yes, let us raise a glass in mourning for the old-timey kissing booth. THAT's what Navy Pier could use.
my shoes.
always with the shoes and the keys and the bookbag and the jello eifenflaven.
I have not been forgetting a lot, and that's not for lack of trying...
What it's like to get to bed at a decent hour.
where i left my list of things to do.
The words to the Star Spangled Banner.
I'm trying to forget about the Religious Right, but it's not an easy thing.
Iraq.
Sounds like this fuel is more about remembering vs. forgetting. !!
Adding attachments to emails where I write that I'm attaching a file. Very embarrassing.
I keep forgetting the keys to the old condo in my new house, and thenew tenant is moving in on Tuesday, and I still haven't fixed that hole in the wall, and it's gonna suck if I don't.
Why I continue to get up in the morning.
What love feels like.
What I wanted to be when I grew up.
And to buy bananas.
HOLY CRAP! I left the stove on.
Oh, I forgot what I was going to say....
Not to agree go on dates with persistant/desperate guys I don't really like. And then fall head over heals for people who are unavailable.
I need to write myself a reminder about that. I should really know better by now.
To put on underwear.
That my driving shortcuts almost never work.
I keep forgetting that I have so many bruises from bashing my legs on my desk when I cross them and zoom under too fast. does that make sense? Picture it:
sitting with crossed legs (indian-style if you will. is there a new name for this style?)
pull myself towards my computer real fast
bashing my knee or some poor part of my leg on the lovely metal part that hangs down really low.
waking up with many bruises.
I actually wrote a note somewhere to remind me this is why I have bruises and that is why I no longer forget where they came from. tada!
my manners
The CITY STICKER! Thank you for reminding me. At least I finally remembered to pay the phone bill today...oh and I keep forgetting to sign up for Race to the Taste...but nothing major, I don't think
This Fuel keeps reminding me what a flake I am. In addition to forgetting Father's Day, I've forgotten a friend's birthday.
The name of just about every new person I meet.
To not draw the shades before I walk around naked in my new place.
*facepalm*
my own birthday
To keep my mouth shut.
Damn, the shades. Thanks Megan. I thought I was the only one who (much to my embarassment) forgets to do that.
Urban Ethos [26]
What is Chicago's "urban ethos"?
Cool Glass of... [16]
What're you drinking?
Supreme Decision [22]
What's your reaction to the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act?
Taking it to the Streets [20]
Chicago Street Fairs: Revolting or Awesome?
I Can Be Cruel [9]
Be real: what is the meanest thing you've ever done?
jennifer / June 16, 2005 12:39 PM
Why exactly I thought moving to NYC was a good idea.