Lists
In the 10th century B.C. the Japanese poet Sei Shonagon listed the things she loved and the things that annoyed her in her journal called ‘The Pillow Book’. The Greek guests can have a look at the site of journalist Nikos Dimou and his own lists on http://www.ndimou.gr/articledisplay.asp?cat_parent=41&time_id=412&cat_id=41
I tried to follow their example.
So after the first two months in Warwick here are my lists of likes and dislikes:
What comforts me
Bus number 18 appearing in the middle of nowhere to take me home from work.
Reading the same fairy tales, although I know how they end.
That dreams live their own independent lives
That it’s not over yet
Things that I love to do
Lying in bed at night and drowsing while reading a book
Shopping from the local butcher (and feeling like Miss Marple on a mission)
Being awake when everyone’s asleep
Discovering music that blows me away
Things that annoy me
Waking from my drowsing at 3 in the morning and trying to get back to sleep
Things that I’m sorry to find out that do not impress me any more (or not as much as they did before)
The deer at Charlecote Park
The houses in Warwick
Things that still take me by surprise
The deer at Charlecote Park
The houses in Warwick
Things that wake me up from my bad mood
A starry night
A bright English sunshine
Naughty children not being aware of their mischief
What gets me in a bittersweet mood
‘Brokeback Mountain’
The cd of Nick Cave that Floriane copied for me
Too much walking in the evening
That my possessions will live longer than I will
What makes me desperate
The nice jacket I found on the sales doesn’t actually suit me
Bus number 18 is 20 minutes late and I wait in the bitter cold
I have to move house again
The laptop crashed again
I'm not allowed to cook after 7.30 pm!
Will I ever manage to travel to the North Pole?
What worries me
That all the above make me desperate!
What makes me proud
I am about to break the record of moving houses (4 in 6 months!)
What I think of before going to bed
Have I locked the door?
Have I locked the window?
Will it always be like this?
What I might not have the chance to do (and I’ll regret it)
A certain love confession
Hike mountains (going up even a couple of stairs leaves me breathless)
Little, silly joys of life
The message ‘you have new mail’
A reply to a post on my blog
The traffic light is green
The traffic light turned red, just when I needed stop cycling
PS: I would be more than happy to read your own lists!
posted by Bad Wolf at 7:51 pm
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