Grown-Up Stuff
Stuff I Want to Accomplish by 11:59:59 PM, December 31, 2006:
1. Decorate my room. It's frighteningly bare and austere, a huge expanse of white wall and boring wood furniture. As a side effect of moving 4 times in 5 years, it takes me quite a while to get settled. And seeing as I just got a whopping 15% rent increase, making my whole future a psychedelic funhouse-mirrored abyss of uncertainty and MADNESS, this might have to get put on hold a couple months. But I want curtains, at least, soon.
2. Get a PS2 and catch up on the 10 years of video games that I missed. 8-bit NES emulators, nostalgic love of Maniac Mansion, and this crappy Ms. Pac-Man thing that attaches to my TV just aren't cutting it anymore. Also, I want the karaoke game and Dance Dance Revolution. And Guitar Hero.
3. Book a national commercial that's shown all the time and live off the residuals.
4. Put up this show I'm writing with Betsy Todd (www.thebootyolympics.com)about mid-90s college riot grrrls that's going to change the course of comedy (and Cultural Studies theory) forever.
5. Do a 102/pilot for the New York Independent TV Festival that I've been working on forever with Kirk Damato and Mary Regan.
6. Exercise. No, really.
7. Stop being so insanely tired that I have no social life, but still do all the things I'm listing here.
8. Establish a 401k.
9. Meet someone who seems like a good candidate to have redheaded twins with me in 2010.
10. Do workshops with Pearl Brunswick and some improvfests.
11. Keep my room clean.
12. Write more solo/character material.
13. Stop biting my nails (this one has been going since I was like 8, so it's dubious).
14. Join writing staff of highly respected television show, or develop my own and have it run on the network of my choice. Most likely the cartoon I've been working on with Ainsley.
15. Actually approach people first, and stop being insane and doing the somehow-ingrained "only speak when spoken to" thing I've been doing lately.
16. Remember that I am not a character on a TV show, and that I can not act sassily sarcastic to everyone and expect them to find it adorable. On that note, remember to act like I actually like the people that I like.
17. Make a more complete Web site.
*18. Record a successful indie album that starts off being discussed on popmatters.com, brooklyn vegan, gorilla vs. bear, but eventually becomes a worldwide Sensation. Take some time off from the band and out of the public eye to think about what it is I really want and who matters to me. Dissolve the band and become Legend. Continue to record secretly under the name "Phantasmagoria", causing another buzz, compounded by speculations as to my identity. Keep recording, now content to just release my music and know that it's not about the Fame. Remain moderately rich forever.
19. Go on a vacation. Disney?
20. Do not get any older.
1. Decorate my room. It's frighteningly bare and austere, a huge expanse of white wall and boring wood furniture. As a side effect of moving 4 times in 5 years, it takes me quite a while to get settled. And seeing as I just got a whopping 15% rent increase, making my whole future a psychedelic funhouse-mirrored abyss of uncertainty and MADNESS, this might have to get put on hold a couple months. But I want curtains, at least, soon.
2. Get a PS2 and catch up on the 10 years of video games that I missed. 8-bit NES emulators, nostalgic love of Maniac Mansion, and this crappy Ms. Pac-Man thing that attaches to my TV just aren't cutting it anymore. Also, I want the karaoke game and Dance Dance Revolution. And Guitar Hero.
3. Book a national commercial that's shown all the time and live off the residuals.
4. Put up this show I'm writing with Betsy Todd (www.thebootyolympics.com)about mid-90s college riot grrrls that's going to change the course of comedy (and Cultural Studies theory) forever.
5. Do a 102/pilot for the New York Independent TV Festival that I've been working on forever with Kirk Damato and Mary Regan.
6. Exercise. No, really.
7. Stop being so insanely tired that I have no social life, but still do all the things I'm listing here.
8. Establish a 401k.
9. Meet someone who seems like a good candidate to have redheaded twins with me in 2010.
10. Do workshops with Pearl Brunswick and some improvfests.
11. Keep my room clean.
12. Write more solo/character material.
13. Stop biting my nails (this one has been going since I was like 8, so it's dubious).
14. Join writing staff of highly respected television show, or develop my own and have it run on the network of my choice. Most likely the cartoon I've been working on with Ainsley.
15. Actually approach people first, and stop being insane and doing the somehow-ingrained "only speak when spoken to" thing I've been doing lately.
16. Remember that I am not a character on a TV show, and that I can not act sassily sarcastic to everyone and expect them to find it adorable. On that note, remember to act like I actually like the people that I like.
17. Make a more complete Web site.
*18. Record a successful indie album that starts off being discussed on popmatters.com, brooklyn vegan, gorilla vs. bear, but eventually becomes a worldwide Sensation. Take some time off from the band and out of the public eye to think about what it is I really want and who matters to me. Dissolve the band and become Legend. Continue to record secretly under the name "Phantasmagoria", causing another buzz, compounded by speculations as to my identity. Keep recording, now content to just release my music and know that it's not about the Fame. Remain moderately rich forever.
19. Go on a vacation. Disney?
20. Do not get any older.
posted by Lynn @ 7:34 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:24 AM ,
Dan Goldstein said...
I think you can act sitcomy and still be adorable. Adorable!
At 12:14 PM ,
Lynn said...
Hi Dan!
I will now read your blog. This is excitement.
I CAN, but do I want to?
Life is full of challenges.
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