My horoscope tells me today: Don't try to spin your wheels too fast; you are doing better than you realize.
I sure hope so, because lately I feel like a character out of a Hemingway novel: completely lost and wanting to drink my way through a series of bad decisions. I’m stuck in my Midtown Holding Pattern and the air traffic controller is out to a liquid lunch, that bitch.
I’m the kind of person who makes plans. I like marking things down on my calendar, making schedules, and thinking ahead. I hate surprises, I’m impatient, and I have difficulty relinquishing control. I’m a catch, I know. Yet for all of these character flaws, I still don’t have a Life Plan, and everyday I come up with a new idea of What I Want to be When I Grow Up. I know I’ll figure it out eventually and at age twenty-three I have time on my side, but I wish I knew NOW what my future looks like. Okay, breathe, Jack.
So in lieu of a Life Plan, I’m focusing my energy on my Summer To-Do List. With a firm grip on my social calendar, maybe the rest of my life won’t feel so haywire. It’s time to pull out the planner and recruit some friends and/or cute (single!) boys to join me in my latest exercise in futility. Any takers?
Summer To-Do List:
New York Philharmonic in Central Park, 7/11 8:00PM
Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix, in theaters 7/11
Women’s Health Magazine outdoor festival, July 14-15
Free Kayaking on the Hudson, weekends 10:00AM-5:00PM
Muppets Take Manhattan at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, 7/19 at sunset
Brooklyn Cyclones Game with Fireworks, 7/20 (I have 2 tickets), 8/10, 8/17, 8/24
Divine Bar Wine Tasting, 7/24, 8/7, 8/21 6:30PM
Sea Isle City 10-Mile Race, 8/4 5:30PM
Beastie Boys at Central Park SummerStage, 8/8 7:00PM
The Shapes of Space exhibit at the Guggenheim, through 9/5
Richard Serra exhibit at the MoMA, through 9/10
Mythic Creatures exhibit at the AMNH, through 1/6
I'm sure I'll add to this list. Not included on this list, but a given for any night of the week: drinking margaritas.
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I believe I may be stealing your to do list. Mainly the Cyclones and the Beastie Boys.
jackie!
that is one of my favorito hemingway quotes ever.
in addition, i was planning to go to the women's health mag event, and i have tickets for the cyclones game on the 19th...one day before you! damn! I think staten island yankees games are more fun though (even though i will still always hate the yankees), so you should add that to your list too. are you doing the 10K this weekend?
Oh, Laura, I knew I could count on you to understand my nerdy literary references. I'm about one bad haircut away from Lady Brett Ashley.
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