Personal

“All romantics meet the same fate…

cynical and drunk, boring someone in some dark cafe.”

-Joni Mitchell

(photo by me)

I have been inspired by a wonderful travel blog to write down things I would like to do before I die. I recommend doing the same because it was very fun to think about. (some are their ideas and some are my own)

1. Learn another language

2. Scuba in the Great Barrier Reef

3. Follow my dinner from field to table

4. Volunteer abroad

5.Visit birthplace or grave site of a cultural icon

6. Photograph an endangered species

7. Ride on an animal bigger than a horse… like an elephant

8. Set foot on each of the seven continents

9. Go to a nude beach

10. Attend a music festival in another country

11. Bike the Pacific Coast Highway

12. Become a beach bum on deserted (or semi deserted) island for a couple weeks

Unfortunately the film for Polaroid cameras are not being produced anymore. But there is a cool website where you can convert your digital photos into Polaroid look-a-likes. I am so excited about this; I’ve been converting some of my pictures for fun:

Polaroid Website

This is from a book called Disorder in the American Courts that a co-worker of mine sent me. Court reporters took down word for word everything that is said:

Attorney: Are you sexually active?

Witness: No, I just lie there.

_______________________________

Attorney: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?

Witness: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

_______________________________

Attorney: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?

Witness: Uh, he is twenty

_______________________________

Attorney: So the date of conception of the baby was August 18?

Witness: Yes

Attorney: And what were you doing at the time

Witness: Uh… I was gettin’ laid

______________________________

Attorney: She had three children right?

Witness: Yes

Attorney: How many where boys?

Witness: none

Attorney: Where there any girls?

Witness: Are you for real? Your honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?

____________________________

Attorney: Doctor before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

Witness: No

Attorney: Did you check for blood pressure?

Witness: No

Attorney: Did you check for breathing?

Witness: No

Attorney: So, then it is possible for the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

Witness: No

Attorney: How can you be sure doctor?

Witness: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

Attorney: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

Witness: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

*For More

1. You can smell chocolate in the street from the Blommer’s factory.

2. Winter… just kidding. But I do love that we are all in this mess together!

3. Train crushes. Several times a week there is a cute guy on the train that I have a crush on. It never goes anywhere but I just like that I can be entertained on my commute.

4. Street fashion. This is where i get inspired for my wardrobe.

5. Brunch. Great food, great coffee, outdoor seating on a beautiful day… what more do you need?

6. Gay Pride Parade. I can’t even tell you. Its like “what happens in Vegas…”

7. Its never a wrong time to drink. Our people love their alcohol! I went to a lunch meeting with my law firm last week at noon and didn’t get out until 5… see, never a wrong time!

8. Summer outdoor activities. I love being outside but I wouldn’t call myself “outdoorsy” or athletic. However, I was in luck moving to Chicago because our idea of an outdoor activity is sitting on the patio at Pontiac playing bingo with a mimosa. Or sitting in Wicker Park playing scrabble, going to A Movie in the Park, and eating a ton of fried food at Taste of Chicago. (I don’t know how we aren’t all fat!)

9. Music. Some of the coolest music venues and festivals. You can’t escape music here.

10. Naked bike riding. Hopefully one day I will get the courage but until then I am content just watching this display of the human body happen every year.

11. Our farmers markets. So much to enjoy!

12. St Patrick’s Day. We die our water green!

“The tears come streaming down your face

When you loose something you can’t replace

When you love someone but it goes to waste

Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you”

“Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds,  and at the same time endlessly exposing them.”
-Annette Messenger

Bianca Jagger is my icon/style icon and a great role model. She was known for being a party girl who married Mick Jagger and frequented Studio 54. But now Bianca is a Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of her own Human Rights Foundation, Chair of the World Future Council, and a member of the Director’s Leadership Council of Amnesty International.

Looking at pictures of her (old and new), she always looks beautiful, put together, and fashion forward. She is the definition of glamour, style, and taste.

So I was babysitting this weekend and the 6 year old girl I take care of and I decided to write Santa Claus letters. While hers consisted of an American Girl Doll and an Ipod, all I wanted for Christmas was money for college tuition.

After researching I found a website that might be able to help me with this little problem. At DreamBank.org you can post up your dreams and people can sponsor you. I think its genus!

I will try it and let you know how it goes. Then maybe when I make enough money I will sponsor someone else with a big dream.

http://dreambank.org/

When you take one step outside and your eyes immediately start to water and your nose hairs freeze… its to cold outside and you should be given permission by your work to stay home with some hot chocolate! (I know you all want to do the same)