Comments on: Never read that little piece of paper in the package your medicine comes in

By: j-a

j-a — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:41:57 +0000

‘nother’… ha ha ha…

By: mig

mig — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:21:36 +0000

That’s great. How did we live without that word?

By: anne

anne — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:17:35 +0000

i like my job but i would be happier if i got paid a bit more. i would like to work less hours but there’s that whole “need to eat” business. i was thinking it would be cool to be a professional blog reader but that might take some of the fun out of it.

i feel like i’ve written to you about this before: wouldn’t it be interesting to think of “noth” as a verb? then “what are you doing?” –“nothing”. and “who’s that guy with the dreadlocks who lives in vienna?” –“ah, he’s just a nother.”

By: peggy

peggy — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 04:31:52 +0000

Cowgirl. But I have no cows.

By: maesie

maesie — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:30:19 +0000

Painkillers make me terribly depressed and give me crying spells.

I would like to be a self-sustaining homesteader or organic farmer. And maybe write books about it.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:36:48 +0000

Iron Chef Vegan.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:36:11 +0000

Francis hit it right on the nose. Also whatever you’d call someone who rehashes earlier academic manuscripts for publication in the wake of the popularity of said novels.

I bet being a Nude Poetry Model would be fun, too.

By: francis s.

francis s. — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:32:47 +0000

Retired novelist. The actual writing is hell, but I’d love to have written three great novels, and maybe, um, four mediocre ones.

By: ratty

ratty — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:39:52 +0000

hrmmm. you said flatulence and D showed up. how odd is that?

my perfect job? in 5 days. 8 miles both ways … as opposed to 90 miles both ways. and learning new stuff. always good.

By: eeksypeeksy

eeksypeeksy — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:21:21 +0000

Poet laureate of Tuvalu. I would write a poem about everyone, one poem for each of the 11 thousand and something citizens. It would take me the rest of my life. And by then, all of Tuvalu, all of the people, all of my poems and I would sink under the rising sea.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:55:16 +0000

D: I was thinking the same thing. But I could have listed the side effects *before* reading that list.
Novala: I’d say you’re doing a pretty good job.
Karan: what do you do?
cj: you posted a picture of a spleen on your blog once, didn’t you? that was cool.
j-a: i heard a story yesterday about a kid, about 23, who lives in a large apartment in the center of Vienna adjacent to his parents and does nothing, just lives off them and grows his dreadlocks and throws large parties and drinks their vintage wine when they leave town, and is lonely. doing nothing would require a special mindset, i think, but i also believe that we do far too little nothing in general. doing nothing is underrated.

By: j-a

j-a — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:41:36 +0000

doing nothing.

having a job sucks.

By: Karan

Karan — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:53:22 +0000

I’m doing it right now….but if Novala gets to be Spring, then I want to be Autumn.

By: novala

novala — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:28:38 +0000

Spring – I’ld like work as Spring.

By: D

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:21:15 +0000

Writing up lists of side-effects for hypochondriatic old cranks to endure.