Archive for March 26th, 2008
Busy lunch hour…
Second answer of the day…
“If someone offered to purchase a first class round trip airline ticket for you to anywhere, where would you go?” asks the talented angeltatts.
I know that I said that travel to Senegal was one of the items on my “bucket list”, but when I thought about answering this, the first thing that popped into my head was Tokyo. It’s a close second to Africa on the list of places I deeply want to experience, and some how the prospect of flying there and back First Class is one that just seems too delicious. Everyone I know who has gone has told me that they thought I’d really like it.
Also if someone was paying for my ticket, I’d ave that much more money for all of the shopping I’d be dying to do, and all the ramen I’d be planning on eating.
Tags: Question Month, travelRelated posts
Still question month, yo…
From itsolivia “I have finally been thinking about grad school. How does one start feeling confident before applying? Is confidence the key sign to finally get off my butt and applying? Help me, Mr. Blake.”
The way to feel confident about applying is the same way to feel confident about doing anything: lather, rinse, repeat. Don’t just apply to one place – and don’t freak out at the prospect of not getting your first choice the first time out. If you’re dead set on one place, be willing to contemplate re-applying if it doesn’t work out right away. Many of the students I talk to look at waiting a year like it’s the end of the world, when in fact they could put that time to good use marshalling their financial resources and preparing themselves for what is a serious commitment. On the other hand, I would also say be willing to be surprised by a program that you may not have thought about right away: they may have better access to what you really need than the first place that comes to mind.
Confidence isn’t the key sign – and you shouldn’t wait for it in order to apply: it’s like waiting to be “inspired” to work. You get more work done by making work into a regular part of your day – so researching schools, making plans and writing essays should become a regular part of your day, and then when the deadlines come, it’s not a nail biter. Don’t worry about what the place is “looking for” either. Just try to give an accurate picture of who you are and what you’re like. Finally, have fun with it. I think it’s groovy that you’re thinking about it.
It’s still March!
You can still ask!
Related posts
My erotic lifestyle…
One of my favorite moments in film is in Polyester, when Mink Stole gushes to David Sampson “Childern would only get in the way of our Errrottic Lifestyle”, while they wrestle in the office of the porn theater he runs. Ever since then I can’t help but think, usually in bemusement, about my erotic lifestyle. Looking to get laid is one thing, and romantic involvement is another, but neither quite constitutes a life style in that o-so-Seventies sense of the word. So is there a way in which I pursue, or deicate myself to Eros? If so it’s compounded of activities that may not seem at first appearance to make much sense as “erotic”. Last week I found that sharing a plate of oysters with someone in a certain way was mighty erotic. As are certain types of shopping.
Well, last night that lifestyle got a little shot in the arm, because some folks got off their duff and did something: after much grousing around town at the demise of organized cigar activities, a number of men went to the owners of the eagle and got them to agree to an evening on their roof for a smokers get together.
As a result, I got to spend a couple of hours in the company of around thirty hot fellow New Yorkers smoking cigars for the first time in years, and fed one particular swoon-worthy dude his first ash ever. It looks like plans are afoot to find a way to make this a regular occurence, which I can only say will be a great enhancement to my erotic lifestyle.
Tags: Cigars, daily photo, new york in black and white, night, sex