I know, I know, I didn’t do stats last week. Here you go:
Current Reads: my email if I was lucky
Movie this week: National Treasure
Song a single woman pretends is being sung to her: Lenny Kravitz “Lady”. (Here are the guitar tabs if you want to play it for me)
Pitches: 0
Assignments: 0
Family in town: 9
Restaurants dined at since last posting: 14 that I can remember
Home cooked meals: 2
Hours spent on manual labor: 20
Biggest accomplishment: Redecorating grandparents’ bathroom & cleaning house before guests came to town
Incidents that inspired my grandfather to give me a grace & tact lecture: Lost track after four
Additional incidents that I should’ve gotten a G&T lecture for: Lost track after four
Times my dad asked me if I brushed my hair: 1
Times I got yelled at by various members of the family: Lost track after four
Times I lost it and yelled: 1
Family dollars won playing poker: $46
Gym visits: 1
Pounds lost/gained: +3 within 24 hrs of last stats post, then lost it before turkey day. 0 gained as of Friday.
Next Trip: Rideshare to SF this weekend
Next Event: Book Passage Dec 11 for Whose Panties Are These?
Magazine I love and not just because they’re giving free subscriptions: Vitals. They had a travel article on the wineries in Sideways months before the movie came out. Layout is gorgeous. Seeing Larry David’s desk was fun. And checking out what the agents wear was the most drool worthy fashion piece I’ve seen in a while. Love it. Been meaning to blog about it for ages. I’m so glad I found their editorial contact info, too.
What I want for Christmas: An extension on the Lonely Planet Humor Anthology Deadline.
Number of Xmas presents bought for someone else: One
Website of the Week: SleepinginAirports.net
What are you up to?
Last week’s stats.
My week in review:
Old ladies I helped carry stuff: 1
Old ladies I yelled at: 2
Net Karma outcome: -50%
Current expected reincarnation: Tapeworm
Stories sent to publishers: 1
Grand plans for writing: 10
Ratio of planning to action 10%
Current expected outcome: overall malaise
Next event: “Tour de Strand,” 12/5
Topic of event: Rollerblade and drink at beach front bars from Santa Monica to Redondo
Number of bars: 12
Expected outcome: hospitalization and/or arrest
Biggest accomplishment: Breaking glass in a picture frame but not injuring myself
Lamest accomplishment: Discovering the stains that’ve been on my rug for six months can be cleaned off in about five minutes.
Ongoing accomplishment which may come to an end: Refraining from choking the life out of my boss at work
Events with free alcohol over next week: 2
Number of my recently published articles related to alcohol: 2
Stories I’m currently writing with an alcohol theme: 1
Stories I’m currently writing with an illegal drug theme: 1
Chance I’ll be invited back to speak at my grammar school: 0
Best travel/history book I read related to giraffes in France: “Zarafa”
Number of pages I read of “Black Lamb Grey Falcon”: 24
Still on pace to finish book in the year: 2507
You’re good, Caliper. You’re good!
I’ll second your wish for the LP Humor Anthology deadline extention in the hopes that someone from LP reads this and is feeling generous.
My stats:
Annual reviews written: 1
Annual reviews left to write: 4
Days left in which to write said annual reviews: 4
Days left in which to finish LP humor submission: 2
Number of turkey things eaten: 6
Number of beers imbibed: 5
Number of colds/illnesses in household: 2
Number of people in household: 2
Number of baths given dog: 1
Well, I’d do a list and add to the fun, but it would be so depressing that you wouldn’t want to do lists ever again. So in lieu of that, I just wanted to let you all know I am thankful for your lists, because they are one of the few things that actually put a smile on my face these days!