There are a lot of things that I say I want that I don't actually want at all. For example, I frequently say things like "I want to chop everyone's legs off with my judo chop.". This is usually a lie, and I would be kind of disappointed if you lined up everyone in the world for leg-chopping-off-ness.
I also frequently wake up in the middle of the night and hit you in the chest and say "Hey Consuela!* I want a sandwich!" but if you get up and make that sandwich, I will fall back asleep before you come back and will end up being super annoyed when you try to wake me up to eat the sandwich you made, you nice person you. I'll probably drink the glass of water, though. Thanks.
There are also many times at parties or shows or social events when I will suddenly feel that my life is totally deviod of meaning and that some physical thing will magically make me feel a sureity that I've yet to feel. On those occasions, you may hear me loudly proclaim such gems of wisdom as: "I want a baby! I want a carousel! I want a helicopter! I want a new boyfriend! I want some candy! I want a record contract! I want a fedora! I want a gambling problem! I'm so fucking miserable!"
Most of the time, I just want one of the things I named, and it's usually the candy, so I can just go to the store and get it myself.
These things can be rather confusing, I know, so here's a short list of what I actually want.
atari 2600 with pac man (or ms pac man, I can't tell the difference) and space invaders
a ride to the square dancing store in lynnwood.
Fancy pricey ridiculous pink and orange shoes from fluevog
Good books you’ve already read
Mix tapes
50 good excuses
Extremely cheesy radio dedications
A turntable
An afternoon spent in bed playing lightning round Trivial Pursuit and watching documentaries.
Confusing japanese candy
A bookstrap
*no matter what your name happens to be.
Posted by Sonya at January 16, 2003 11:43 AMhttp://www.laboratorium.net/TheBadCandyProjectPhaseII.html
Posted by: yukino at January 16, 2003 03:05 PMSounds like SOMEBODY needs to have a birthday soon!
Posted by: THE COMTE at January 16, 2003 04:53 PMmixtapes can be made. they're piracy but they unite the children of the world, so it's not all bad.
some things are do-able...
atari = ladytron:seventeen
ride to squaredancingstore = auteurs:chinese bakery
pink and orange shoes = kinks:lola
goodbooksIalreadyread = franksinatra:anything goes
50goodexcuses = hefner:the hymm for the things we didn't do
radiodedications = belleandsebastian:a summer wasting
turntable = kingsofconvenience:failure
afternoon in bed = whitestripes:we are gonna be friends
confusingjapanesecandy = fonda500:orson
bookstrap = royksopp:eple
that's the soundtrack to your post, in *my* head anyhoo.
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Posted by: fire3500 at January 17, 2003 08:27 AMIf only real life worked that way!