Where do you want to be today?
May. 4th, 2007 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithThe best word I can think of to describe the Mood du Jour is 'unsettled'. I've an upset stomach. Feel personally and professionally *and* physically restless. I've heard bad news concerning people I don't know well--the sort of thing that bothers you even though it doesn't affect the pattern of your life in any way.
Me being me, I want to be somewhere else, and have been pondering what sort of place that might be.
Maybe it's because I have Wiscon/Madison on the brain, but the place I envision features a walking street lined with shops and cafes. It's warmer, though, and water is more of a presence--think coastal town/seashore/island rather than northern inland lake. I have no appointments during the time I'm there. Nowhere I *have* to be. I'm staying in my own place--flat, boutique hotel. No matter where I go, I run into people I know--we wind up at this or that restaurant, pushing tables together and taking three-hour lunches.
It is an asshole-free zone.
I am working on a book and a couple of short works. No one ever asks me if I wish I was JK Rowling. I'm Kristine Smith, and that's enough.
There are no written goals, performance evaluations, or growth plans. I am one of life's individual contributors.
There are islands, with ponies. You can rent sailboats and spend the day. The ponies can't be ridden, but they will take treats from your hand.
That's all for now. Consider this my contribution to Meme Culture. Think about a place you'd like to be right now, either real or imagined. Post about it here, or in your own journal, or just ponder it for a while.
Me being me, I want to be somewhere else, and have been pondering what sort of place that might be.
Maybe it's because I have Wiscon/Madison on the brain, but the place I envision features a walking street lined with shops and cafes. It's warmer, though, and water is more of a presence--think coastal town/seashore/island rather than northern inland lake. I have no appointments during the time I'm there. Nowhere I *have* to be. I'm staying in my own place--flat, boutique hotel. No matter where I go, I run into people I know--we wind up at this or that restaurant, pushing tables together and taking three-hour lunches.
It is an asshole-free zone.
I am working on a book and a couple of short works. No one ever asks me if I wish I was JK Rowling. I'm Kristine Smith, and that's enough.
There are no written goals, performance evaluations, or growth plans. I am one of life's individual contributors.
There are islands, with ponies. You can rent sailboats and spend the day. The ponies can't be ridden, but they will take treats from your hand.
That's all for now. Consider this my contribution to Meme Culture. Think about a place you'd like to be right now, either real or imagined. Post about it here, or in your own journal, or just ponder it for a while.
