40 Things
Posted on August 16, 2010 with 0 comments
So at the Slam I was at last night the feature, Christine Hatch, whose got a really sharp mind and tongue said that someone in her circle had written "40 Love Letters" which had inspired someone else to write "40 Break Up Letters" (am I remembering this correctly?) and then she decided to write "40 Gay Letters." It got me thinking about list poems...and I'm turning 40... (yayyayyayyay!) so I feel like following the inspiration and writing a 40 poem myself. So... here it is:
40 Things
*I'm pretty sure a list of 40 of anything is too long for me so I'm goin' a la carte on this one*I LOVE BEING 39!!!
*Maybe this could be 38 things I wish to do before I die*But now it would have to be 37
*36, Nevermind.
*35 has always been a favorite number of mine - and it is a very sexy age, if you ask me
*I could write about the 34 ways in which I hate my ex, but that would leave me with 466 ways, and I don't want to leave myself so unsatisfied*Jesus Christ, John Belushi, Eva Peron and Chris Farley died at age 33.*"Ani is 32 Flavors and Then Some" and so am I
*Anyone I date has *got* to be 31 years or older...I mean really.*Ok, maybe 30.*Definitely not 29. Too young.*"Except February which has 28 days" doesn't RHYME in that stupid Month Poem*27 is also a hot age...particularly in rugby-playing dykes*December 26 is Boxing Day in Canada. Ok, I'm running out of ideas.*On my 25th birthday, my grandmother wrote in Japanese that my life was 25% over. Pretty optimistic, if you ask me.*Do you think she'll say "yes" the 24th time I ask her?*I want to own a small villa with 22 bedrooms where artists can go to rest. The 23rd bedroom will be for me.*Even "21 things I want in a Lover" was too many things so this won't be about that either*20 bottles of Kombucha on the wall... (not the GT kind since they contain alcohol)*1971 was a great year in my estimation*He committed suicide when I was 18. I miss him even all these years later.*Psych Hospital.*I think Batmitzvahs and Barmitzvahs should take place at 16 nowadays.*15 things I love about you: Your Wit. Your hands. The smell of your foyer. Your studio in 2005. Your music. Your orange sheets. Your last outgoing greeting message. The feeling you give when you care. The way you stuck things out of your teeth. Your Hammond. Your curiousity. Your curiousity. Your curiosity. The core of you. Your pain.*14 things I wish I could change about you: Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your toothbrush-to-the-corners-of-the-window-sills cleaning style. Your pain.
*13 is my favorite and lucky number.*I made 12 promises to myself and all 12 have a rider: "If broken, try again."
*11 years since I gave birth to you.*It took me 10 years to fall in love with you.
*Priorities: 1) My Health; 2) My daughter's Health; 3) My career; 4) Therapy; 5) Experiencing Art 6) Money; 7) Friends; 8) Lovers; 9) A Life Partner*My top 8 confused me.
*7 years 'til you go to college!!!! (Who's counting?)
*6 ways to turn me on: Be WICKED SMART, Listen intently, Live intentionally, Be curious, Don't need me, and Do what you Love*5 Regrets: I didn't go to Brown, I didn't go to England to assistant direct that Ayckbourn show, I didn't name my daughter the name I wanted to name her, I let him destroy my sense of responsible money habits, I didn't kiss Zoe Beckerman in 11th grade.*I don't believe in 4 leaf clovers.
*3 years since I smoked a cigarette
*2 ways to say "I love you." --- Hello. Goodbye.*I have 1 thing left to say: "Thank you for reading this."
40 Things
*I'm pretty sure a list of 40 of anything is too long for me so I'm goin' a la carte on this one*I LOVE BEING 39!!!
*Maybe this could be 38 things I wish to do before I die*But now it would have to be 37
*36, Nevermind.
*35 has always been a favorite number of mine - and it is a very sexy age, if you ask me
*I could write about the 34 ways in which I hate my ex, but that would leave me with 466 ways, and I don't want to leave myself so unsatisfied*Jesus Christ, John Belushi, Eva Peron and Chris Farley died at age 33.*"Ani is 32 Flavors and Then Some" and so am I
*Anyone I date has *got* to be 31 years or older...I mean really.*Ok, maybe 30.*Definitely not 29. Too young.*"Except February which has 28 days" doesn't RHYME in that stupid Month Poem*27 is also a hot age...particularly in rugby-playing dykes*December 26 is Boxing Day in Canada. Ok, I'm running out of ideas.*On my 25th birthday, my grandmother wrote in Japanese that my life was 25% over. Pretty optimistic, if you ask me.*Do you think she'll say "yes" the 24th time I ask her?*I want to own a small villa with 22 bedrooms where artists can go to rest. The 23rd bedroom will be for me.*Even "21 things I want in a Lover" was too many things so this won't be about that either*20 bottles of Kombucha on the wall... (not the GT kind since they contain alcohol)*1971 was a great year in my estimation*He committed suicide when I was 18. I miss him even all these years later.*Psych Hospital.*I think Batmitzvahs and Barmitzvahs should take place at 16 nowadays.*15 things I love about you: Your Wit. Your hands. The smell of your foyer. Your studio in 2005. Your music. Your orange sheets. Your last outgoing greeting message. The feeling you give when you care. The way you stuck things out of your teeth. Your Hammond. Your curiousity. Your curiousity. Your curiosity. The core of you. Your pain.*14 things I wish I could change about you: Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your pain. Your toothbrush-to-the-corners-of-the-window-sills cleaning style. Your pain.
*13 is my favorite and lucky number.*I made 12 promises to myself and all 12 have a rider: "If broken, try again."
*11 years since I gave birth to you.*It took me 10 years to fall in love with you.
*Priorities: 1) My Health; 2) My daughter's Health; 3) My career; 4) Therapy; 5) Experiencing Art 6) Money; 7) Friends; 8) Lovers; 9) A Life Partner*My top 8 confused me.
*7 years 'til you go to college!!!! (Who's counting?)
*6 ways to turn me on: Be WICKED SMART, Listen intently, Live intentionally, Be curious, Don't need me, and Do what you Love*5 Regrets: I didn't go to Brown, I didn't go to England to assistant direct that Ayckbourn show, I didn't name my daughter the name I wanted to name her, I let him destroy my sense of responsible money habits, I didn't kiss Zoe Beckerman in 11th grade.*I don't believe in 4 leaf clovers.
*3 years since I smoked a cigarette
*2 ways to say "I love you." --- Hello. Goodbye.*I have 1 thing left to say: "Thank you for reading this."