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10 things..
monday, march 11, 2002
i watched the docu-film on cbs last night that was shot from inside and around the world trade center
last september 11 by these french brothers that were already making a documentary about one of the firemen.
it was surprisingly quiet and personal and good. i don't think i want to watch it again, that is, but i'm
glad i watched it yesterday.
september 11 is one of those things you know are going to spawn movies and whatnots in the future, and i
just don't want to see any of it. and now, with the docu-film by those french brothers, and with the double-episode
of third watch last fall, it's even more confirmed. whatever. i don't even want to start talking about the
subject. moving on?
i don't have much to move onto. lowkey day. i'm happy and excited about hoppin' on the greyhound tomorrow night
to visit gene in new jersey, of course. but everything is very quiet around here due to spring break. i've got a
bit of a fever too. uuuum. how about a poll? yeah.. i'll fill out a poll..
lydia simon posted the following poll to rec.music.tori-amos ..
10 things poll:
10 places you've never been but want to visit.
- the hollywood sign in california (i like to touch things to make sure they really exist.. hrm. :))
- bosnia (specifically the village my father grew up in)
- sydney, australia (i'm scared of the bush. concrete for me, please)
- new zealand to see maori things? (i love the movie _Once Were Warriors_)
- paris, france (need to touch the eiffel tower)
- rio de janeiro for the festival
- new orleans for mardi gras and the flowers and trees
- italy (rimini and san marino just barely count, y'see)
i would mention more places, but i want to be realistic about things. as much as i want to go to madagascar, or
borneo, or thailand, or india, and a zillion other places, i know i wouldn't. it's a bug & heat thing. heh.
10 places you've been to and want to visit again.
- london, england (i especially liked listening to freaks at speaker's corner..)
- amsterdam, holland (i was too young to do or remember anything beyond going on a canal tour boat and
visiting a weird, miniature land)
10 things you want to accomplish in your lifetime.
- i want to have a job that i enjoy and can stay with for a very long time.
- i want to raise one or more children into healthy, well-balanced grown-ups.
10 things you have accomplished.
- i left my hometown
- i've managed to come to america and almost finish a B.A. in english (w. journalism concentration)
- i've travelled a bit to places i always wanted to see,
- i've made friends with some really interesting people
10 favorite meals (foods, not events).
- various chopped up vegetables fried in olive oil with lots of garlic and put on spaghetti that's sprinkled with
dana blue cheese, with thin tomato slivers & garlic in olive oil and vinegar for side salad.
- home-cooked veggy lasagna with lots of sliced bell peppers.
- my grandmother's swedish pancakes w. blueberry jam and vanilla icecream.
- (wild) blueberries and milk.
- a good bowl of milk & cereal (raisin bran, frosted flakes, smack, trix.. )
- veggy lo-mein with crisp noodles & duck sauce on the side.
- "sausage stroganoff" - home made, mom's version, or my snazzy veggy version.
- roasted bell-peppers with different stuffings
- potato and bellpepper slices sprinked with olive oil and roasted in oven.
- 2 slices of cheese & black olive pizza from a ray's pizzeria in nyc.. hee.
10 books you'd force on your friends.
(i wouldn't try to force anything on my friends, but i will list 10 books that must be some of my favourites
because i either lug them back and forth between sweden and america, or wish i could re-read them ever
so often.)
- she's come undone, wally lamb
- about a boy, nick hornby
- saker under huden, linda skugge
- the dead zone, stephen king (firestarter is another favourite)
- girlfriend in a coma, douglas coupland (i also like miss wyoming a lot.)
- good omens, neil gaimain & terry pratchett (most things gaiman, really, like neverwhere or the sandman stuff)
- The Darkangel trilogy, meredith ann pierce (mmm, irrylath!)
- any minette walters book
- the i know why the caged bird sings series, maya angelou
- the bluest eye or beloved or song of solomon, toni morrisson
10 cd's you'd force on your friends.
(or, let me rephrase: artists you'd happily compile their backlogs on cd's and give to friends)
- life is sweet, maria mckee
- kann ingen sorg for mig, goteborg, hakan hellstrom
- when the pawn.., fiona apple
- songs of faith and devotion, depeche mode
- tori amos backlog (esp. boys for pele)
- nine inch nails backlog (esp. the fragile and still)
- pj harvey full backlog (esp. dry and to bring you my love)
- kate bush backlog (or compilation)
- bjork backlog (esp. post)
10 movies you'd force on your friends.
or rather, a small sampling of movies i like:
there were two more categories, "10 movies you wish you'd seen on the big screen" and
"10 movies you wish you'd waited to rent." i just didn't feel like filling them out because
i've actually seen most movies i wanted to see on a big screen, well, on a big screen. i was
scanning over my 53 (so far) pages long list of movies i've seen for answers, but it's giving me a
head ache so.. nah. cin cin. �� 5:55 p.m.
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