Thursday, October 25, 2001

Things I Had Planned But Am Unlikely to Have Done Before My 33rd Birthday, One Month From Today

(A partial list)

• Acquired "abs of steel"


• Figured out how to fund my holiday trip to London


• Finished writing a novel


• Begun writing a textbook


• Waded through a sea of anxious ankle-biters to see the Harry Potter movie


• Re-read Ulysses


• Received a birthday kiss from the only man I've ever really truly loved


• Been to paradise


• Been to me

I thought Debbie Harry promised this century would be much better for a girl like me. Once again, I have been seduced and rejected by the myths of popular culture.