Monday, October 31, 2011

Did
Spend 30 minutes before work fixing blog appearance
Think of new story idea about people who eat pain
Research transparent post-it notes for possible art project
Go to work
Get embarrassingly hyped up on decaf coffee in the afternoon
Email friend in Minnesota instead of working
Pick the worst night ever to retrieve hemmed pants
See a lot of people in costume
Get lost trying to use the 14th Street subway to cross 6th Ave
Make dinner

Didn't
Tell annoying co-worker to stuff it
Apologize to acquaintance for earlier fb message
Dress up
Watch the Halloween parade
Carve pumpkins in time for nonexistent trick-or-treaters
Figure out what to be when I grow up
Work on novel
Get a dog

Sunday, October 30, 2011

three-day weekend

FRIDAY
Did
Drive out to Jersey to pick pumpkins
Run through a corn maze, breaking all the rules
Get stuck in traffic on the way back
Make it to the gym just in time
Squat 175 lbs
Bring stories to exchange in case fellow writer was there (he wasn't)

Didn't
Go to work
Sit in a windowless room learning AutoCAD
Figure out what to be when I grow up
Work on my novel
Get a dog


SATURDAY
Did
Write fb message to acquaintance I like, offering personal support/admiration (awkward!!)
Walk through the cemetery in the snow and take pictures (to post on facebook, obvs)
Start making stop-motion music video of small plastic animals
Play board games with the husband
Go grocery shopping at 9pm
Ridicule the b*tch in front of me in line who wouldn't get off her cell phone
Make the cashier smile

Didn't
Successfully make friends with acquaintance instead of alienating him
Figure out what I want to be when I grow up
Work on my novel
Get a dog


SUNDAY
Did
Post to arty blog
Continue shooting frames of plastic animals
Eat food that pissed off my digestive system
See one good dance piece and three mediocre ones at Fall For Dance
Wash the dishes
Start new time-wasting blog about wasted time

Didn't
Attempt further contact with acquaintance - enough is enough!
Thank my in-laws for birthday card
Pick up pants from store (getting hemmed)
Look for new glasses to replace scratched-up pair that falls off my head
Clean anything
Figure out what to be when I grow up
Work on my novel
Get a dog