en vogue
Some of you know how religiously I buy British Vogue every month, and how I'm still searching for those missing Jan and Feb issues from last year. A curse on you who borrow and never return my precious mags!
But recently, I've semi-decided to stop wasting $15 every month because there's absolutely nothing of value inside.
In November's issue, for instance, the most interesting thing I read -- I go through it from cover to cover and even use a bookmark -- was the contributors' page. The writers and photographers always sound so witty and with-it. Or at least they appear that way.
Mine would read something like:
"Lifelong phobia of butterflies and moths. Hoards old things, collects clutter and accumulates dustballs. Able to eat the same thing every meal for a week. Transparently bad liar. Bag lady, not shoe hag. Longs to keep a puppy called Comere. Thinks alarm clocks are the purest form of evil."
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1. Complete Project 365
2. Read all the unread books I own before buying more
3. Learn to use Photoshop
4. Touch my toes
5. Sell a photo/print
6. Shoot one good photo on film
7. Watch Mayday in concert again, preferably in Taipei
8. Achieve glowing skin
9. Build a Lego house according to its original plan
10. Finish painting all the pictures in the Paint By Numbers kit
11. Buy a cow
12. Make one dish from every recipe book I own
13. Grow my hair until it is one length
14. Stop using eye cream
15. Add my own drawings to an old painting
16. String up garlands and fairy lights over my room
17. Go somewhere with snow
18. Teach Randolph to do Downward Dog
19. Reupholster my mannequin
20. Make a layer cake
21. Sew my own bathrobe
22. Fix the stopped cuckoo clock
23. Make a banner for the blog
24. Hold a picnic with balloons
25. Grow a succulent plant
26. Go to the dentist
27. Have my eyebrows professionally plucked
28. Type a letter on the cursive typewriter
29. Go on a road trip or train journey
30. Create PDFs of the Semi-Successful Social Experiment
31. Complete Tintin comic book collection
32. Keep a scrapbook of home decor and other inspirations
33. Use the words anachronism, quotidian and paradigm (not in the same sentence)
34. Type out this list and pin it somewhere prominent
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3. Learn to use Photoshop
5. Sell a photo/print
6. Shoot one good photo on film
9. Build a Lego house according to its original plan
10. Finish painting all the pictures in the Paint By Numbers kit
15. Add my own drawings to an old painting
18. Teach Randolph to do Downward Dog
21. Sew my own bathrobe
22. Fix the stopped cuckoo clock
23. Make a banner for the blog
30. Create PDFs of the Semi-Successful Social Experiment
31. Complete Tintin comic book collection
33. Use the words anachronism, quotidian and paradigm (not in the same sentence)
4 comments:
and it should say 'loves jay chou'? i can't wait for his new cd!
the um cover looks so promising...
http://global.yesasia.com/b5/ImageGallery.aspx/pid-1004077222/section-music/code-c/#selection
Here's my version of your bio:
"Lifelong phobia of crossing roads and going down escalators. Hoards, collects and accumulates books and magazines. Unable to even repeat ingredients for consecutive meals. Transparently bad liar. A bag lady by default (because feet too small to be a shoe slut). Content with a plant. Can't live without watches and alarm clocks."
Am counting down to release of new Jay Chou album...less than a week to go!
I encourage everyone to write their bios and post them here too, in the spirit of friendship, soul-baring, self-promotion, time-wasting, etc etc.
This is mine!
"Office social butterfly (or nuisance). Able to remember own dreams with amazing clarity. Has a tendency to jump to conclusions and explode into rants. Lives to dig in Salvation Army bins. Ultimate sexual fantasy: to comfort a crying Tony Leung Chiu Wai."
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