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Thursday, January 16
You just slip out the back, Jack.
Make a new plan, Stan.
You don't need to be coy, Roy.
Just get yourself free.
Hop on the bus, Gus.
You don't need to discuss much!
Just drop off the key, Lee.
And get yourself free.
1. Collect underpants
2. ?
3. Profit
Concert with friends, wine, relaxation.
That's exactly what my wife asks every Saturday morning, when she sees me lazily settled in once again in my easy chair with my laptop. Even my inevitable quoting of Built to Spill ("The plan keeps coming up again/and the plan means nothing stays the same/and the plan won't accomplish anything/if it's not implemented") can derail her quest for knowing what the plan is.
Based on the drizzle and gloom this morning, whatever the plan is will likely take place indoors.
Blind date tonight. I think it will go well.
But first:
1. Clean house
2. Paint toes
3. Make lunch
4. nap
Which one, A, B or 9?
1. disable wireless connection
2. select book, read, take notes
3. continue step two until 7:00
4. get ready for dinner w/ boyfriend's misc. family members
5. arrive, be witty/charming/intelligent/mature, eat, drink
6. head south to friend's housewarming
7. home to collapse
sex
food
nap
sex
repeat
there's never a real plan. it just happens. if it doesn't, oh well.
"If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans"
- Woody Allen
Life has taught me that man, that sure is the case.
...finish this flat gin and tonic and go to sleep!
Win back her trust, get married, wait until she gets her doctorate then have a kid.
There also may be some moving to another city involved...
disable internet connection, read books, take notes, eat, read books, take notes, bike, run, read books, take notes.
1. recover from break-up w/ ex.
2. Keep busy w/ new hobbies. (screen printing & woodworking)
3. Travel somewhere.
Get home, take care of doggies.
Hop on train, meet wife for French Food this fine Bastille Day.
Wonder why the Google site and the Yahoo site don't put a francophile logo up like they do every other holiday.
Chalk it up to envy.
Pretend New Yorker has been relevant this century.
Pretend to cancel my pretend subscription.
Plot world domination.
No regrets.
work, rinse, repeat
blind date did not work out. Tried to kiss me and I turned my head...
No plans.
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p / July 11, 2008 4:43 PM
1.get the sugar
2.get the power
3.get the womyn