Lists - Things to Do

[sisabet]

This post has nothing of real interest, unless you are interested in a slightly neurotic person attempting to not forget to do really important things.




1. Box up all children's books and take to Cousin Julie - let child sort through them - put rest in trunk for Goodwill.

2. Make last offer of sectional to Cousin Julie. Goodwill is coming Friday.

3. Stop forgetting to feed the dog. Cheerios are not a proper meal.

4. Finish packing all books. You are not going to need to read more than 4 books between now and next week. You haven't read 4 books this year.

5. Resolve to read more books and less online slash. Check melymbrosia's LJ. Add Sean Stewart to list. Remember for the 50th time you want to read "The Bone Eaters" (wave to heres_luck). Wonder why you can never remember this when you are in a place that books are sold or lent.

6. Make a list of books you want to read and put it in your car.

7. Do not buy or borrow any more books until you move.

8. Finish reading "The Watchmen" - do not develop obsession with Ozymandias. Get past part of "Preacher" you are stuck on - tzikeh promises that Cass will come back and the whole cop subplot is going somewhere.

9. Stop falling asleep while reading. Realize that you could've have packed all of the books at this rate.

10. Wash every dish in the kitchen - even if you have to do some by hand. Pack up stuff you won't use this week. This means - if you haven't used it in the last 6 weeks, you probably will not need it this week.

11. Realize that this means all you should leave unpacked are a plate, a bowl, a glass, a wine glass, can-opener and corkscrew.

12. Remind yourself that sometimes you make pasta. Reserve a pan.

13. Do not panic. Panicking is for fictional characters you don't want to be like. Lana would panic. Don't be Lana. Be Brian Kinney.

14. Realize you tried being Brian Kinney and it did not work out. Resist feelings of resentment toward drdawn - you need to borrow her truck, now is not the time to not get along.

15. Decide you can be Xander Harris. He moved and everything went fine. Concentrate on being the Xander.

16. Wonder if you are Xander - does this mean you can have a Spike in your basement? Decide to ask Landlord if this would be allowed.

17. Check both banks' account balances. Stop calling the credit union about your savings. It is not any different today than it was yesterday. Realize that just because you concentrate really hard on it - you cannot make the amount increase.

18. Check into making savings account balances increase by use of positive thinking.

19. Stop panicking.

20. Start packing up hall closet. It is June and it is in the late 80's. It is doubtful you will need a coat or gloves or scarf or woolen hat in this next week.

21. OH SHIT - remember that you black wool coat is *still* at the dry cleaners and has been there since March. Hope they still have it.

22. Do not panic. It was just a coat. Would Xander panic?

23. Rethink the whole "I am Xander" approach to life as he may actually be too much like you to have any therapautic value.

24. Do not get sidetracked by the DVDs in your search to find out who you should pretend to be in order to get through the next week.

25. Realize that you are Bo Duke.

26. Acknowledge that your entire life has led up to this point.

27. Borrow drdawn's truck. Do not tell her you are Bo Duke, although the fabulous blonde hair may give it away. Also the carefree grin.

28. Wear a hat around your sister.

29. Realize that any attempt to pack DVDs or CDs will result in hours of lost time and plan accordingly.

30. Send audio mix to missmurchison for auction vid.

31. Crack open Miss M's skull and pour contents over auction vid. Stir. Garnish with nekkidity.

32. Do not panic.

33. Ask yourself "What would Bo do?"

34. Realize you are drinking Bud Light.

35. Realize that it is neither great tasting, no less filling.

36. Ask God, why has Bo Duke forsaken you?

37. Wait for a thunderstorm to do this. Try to be outside in the rain on your knees.

38. Relish the drama

39. Remember there is Turbo Dog beer in the vegetable crisper

40. Cheer up.

ETA:

41. Buy baking soda as there is nothing it cannot do.

42. Trust heres_luck implicitly.

43. Stop posting to Nummy Treat. You are only making yourself insane.

Comments

Hee!

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd been this charming and funny when I was where you are. I was mostly stewing quietly in my own juices by this point. But you find time to entertain us all!

Don't be the bunny.

[luminosity]

Leave a paring knife out to open those pesky new CDs that you're going to buy because you can't bear not to during this last week.

Throw away the Bud Lite or give it to Dawn. Or Sid.

Stop panicking.

Continue to cheer up.

[way2busymom.livejournal.com]

If you're being Xander...shouldn't you put buy donuts on the to do list?

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking, "Brian Kinney? But if you're moving, shouldn't you be Xander?" when I hit that part of the list. I'd say you could be me, only that would mean you had more boxes of books to pack and even less inclination to pack them, so maybe you should be heres_luck and know how to do amazing things with baking soda instead.

[7spoons.livejournal.com]

I love you.

I want to send you some books. Now, you can either tell me a few you've been meaning to read, and I'll see if I have them (or anything like them) lying around the office, or I'll pick a few titles myself by asking: What would Xander Bo Duke read?

I'm serious, okay? Housewarming. Also, what cd's can I burn you?

[whoisclothilde.livejournal.com]

several times. Heh. Good luck with all of this. I always liked Bo the best, plus it means not having to open your car doors.

Now, I realise this is not the perfect time for in-depth analysis of your oeuvre (oh yes, I spent several years studying literature just to be able to use that word) but wanted to comment on "Paradise". Which I love, naturally.

What I seem to be finding with vids is that I have to really watch one at a time and, like, many many times, to fully 'get' it. So, watching Paradise just now, I realised something that I'd kind of understood before but not really added up: all of Angel's people have died. I don't mean, like, the final battle (because I fully believe that Spike, at least, will definitely survive, and Angel and Illyria probably.) But it just sort of hit home to me why the end could *never* have been as upbeat as the end of Buffy.

One of the great moments in Chosen was where Giles, Xander, Willow and Buffy all talk about how they're going to go to the mall the next day. There's a beautiful continuity - the old gang's still together and so, basically, everything's going to be OK.

But Angel's gang's all gone. His original gang is gone - Cordy and Doyle are both dead. Even the next gang along is gone - Fred's dead, Wesley's dead, Gunn's pretty close to being dead. What I got from Paradise was his realisation of that. The whole show, he's been trying to save them, trying to protect them. And what seems to happen in those last few episodes is that he gives up that idea; unlike Buffy, he can't save them, can't keep them alive.

Buffy, as a show about teenagers, is all about staying alive - because the rest of your life is yet to come. It presumes that staying alive is *a good thing*. Angel, in this sense, is a more 'adult' show - in that it's about adults, people who are 'done baking'. At which point it becomes more important to allow your life to be fully consumed for something you believe to be worthwhile than just to keep on surviving.

See, this is what I love. The show actually seems *better*, deeper, more profound, having watched your vid, than it did before.

[heresluck]

I have to confess that there are things baking soda cannot do. It cannot, for example, make mix CDs. However, *I* can make mix CDs, so I think we've still gotcha covered.

After reading your list, I think I may be upgrading "mix CD" to "full-scale care package."

And yes, stop posting to NT. You have done enough for one 72-hour period. You have been a tower of strength and a beacon in the wilderness. The rest of the evil bitches can take it from here. *g*

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

You should move more often--you're so funny about it. (And, no I don't really mean that. I wouldn't wish that on you! Moving is hell, and you're proving you're divine by keeping your sense of humor.)

And much as I'd like that mix, judging by the fact that I'm still at work now, I won't be able to listen to it really soon, so don't stress over it. In fact, I forbid you to stress over anything.

yes, I am spamming your inbox with hugs

[permetaform]

::hugs:: ::hugs:: ::hugs:: ::hugs::

also? you're hilarious. =) it's good to know you.

[litalex.livejournal.com]

I was never organised enough to even write a to-do list. Wow.

Anyway, I was mucking around and came across your interest list. What's the significance of "saint brian kinney"?