Amanda has been doing "Thursday Thirteens" for a couple of weeks now. I don't normally partake of memes, but today's "13 Wants I Can't Classify As Needs (Yet)" was just too good a meme not to spread! (especially since some of those wants spookily mirrored some of my own)
13 Wants I Can't Classify As Needs (Yet)
1). A new mp3 player. I keep chugging along with the old one, even though the battery life is getting shorter and shorter and it cuts out always when I need some music to help me get through the afternoon.
2). A laptop. Work would be a bit easier, and a laptop would be much more conducive to me actually getting work done at home... But do I really need one? Probably not at the moment.
3). A Nintendo Wii. Several friends at uni have them and rave about them, and having had a quick go of my sister's friend's son's Wii I really, really want one... This is almost a need, but I'm dampening down my need until after my thesis is done.
4). My thesis to be written. I could keep writing for months and months to come, the final deadline is not until the autumn, but I just want it to be over now.
5). To go back to Edinburgh for a holiday. It's such a beautiful city!
6). To go back to Japan. So much still to see and do.
7). To visit the US. New horizons...
8). To read "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket. All thirteen books. It's in my books section of my 101 things in 1001 days list... Here's a need: I need to finish that damn list...
9). To see The Police in concert again. Because once just wasn't enough.
10). To act again. I used to do a lot of amateur dramatics type stuff when I was younger, and then in my mid-teens I just seemed to stop. I wrote little skits and scripts for a while, but then that stopped too. I'd love to do some Shakespeare actually...
11). To take a day off. But I can't.
12). To start a webcomic. And I will.
13). To go out for cake with my friend Helena this afternoon. Oh wait, I am!
More soon. Thanks again to Amanda for inspiration!
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Thursday Thirteen
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Hey Wow! That was a fun list to read. Thanks for taking it up. And do blog about the Wii when you do get one :)
You've also reminded me that I need to make my 100 things in 1000 days list. I first heard of it from one of your earlier posts, decided to do it and the FORGOT!
Good list! I'm thinking about mine...
I just bought a new iPod (probably shouldn't have)
I also want a laptop
The Nintendo Wii will make your life complete.
I'd like to act again, too.
And to start a webcomic.....
I posted my Thursday (Friday, actually) 13 early this morning. And since you are continually worried about your thesis, here's a joke I just found on "Miss Cellania" blog that you may enjoy:
One fine, sunny day, a rabbit sat outside his burrow, typing on his laptop. Along came a fox, out for a walk.
"What are you working on, Rabbit?" asked the fox.
"My thesis," said the rabbit.
"Hmm. What's it about?" asked the fox.
"It's about how rabbits eat foxes," replied the rabbit.
"That's ridiculous!" exclaimed the fox. "Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes."
"Sure they do," said the rabbit. "And I can prove it! Come into my burrow."
They disappeared inside and after a few minutes, the rabbit emerged alone, returned to his laptop, and resumed typing.
Soon, a wolf came along. "What are you working on, Rabbit?"
"My thesis," the rabbit replied.
"Hmm. What's it about?" asked the wolf.
"It's about how rabbits eat wolves," said the rabbit.
"That's ridiculous!" exclaimed the wolf. "Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat wolves."
"Sure they do," said the rabbit calmly. "And I can prove it! Come into my burrow."
They disappeared inside and after a few minutes, the rabbit emerged alone, returned to his laptop, and resumed typing.
Meanwhile, inside the rabbit's burrow there was a pile of fox bones and a pile of wolf bones -- and a lion picking his teeth.
The Moral: It doesn't matter what you choose for a thesis subject. It doesn't matter what you use for data. What matters is who you have for a thesis advisor!
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