{"id":5077,"date":"2010-05-14T14:38:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2010-05-14T14:38:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T19:38:28","slug":"on-writing-a-weekend-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=5077","title":{"rendered":"On Writing a Weekend To-Do List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend is at hand.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, on the train, rather than muse on the gloominess of the world, I wrote out a &#8220;To Do&#8221; list for the weekend.  I write out &#8220;To Do&#8221; lists for the office most mornings; my cubicle neighbor can&#8217;t see the point, but I like thinking through what I&#8217;m doing, figuring out the priorities.  Sometimes I get through the list, sometimes I don&#8217;t, but either way I feel a sense of accomplishment when I cross something off.<\/p>\n<p>A list for the weekend?  Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Write <i>Star Trek<\/i> article<\/li>\n<li>Watch John Cusack&#8217;s <i>War, Inc.<\/i>\n<li>Have head shorn<\/li>\n<li>Watch <i>Doctor Who<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Write <i>Muppets<\/i> article for work<\/li>\n<li>Go to Barnes &#038; Noble<\/li>\n<li>[REDACTED]<\/li>\n<li>Suffer intestinal cramp<\/li>\n<li>Write blog post on Grand Union Flag<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Okay, I&#8217;m just kidding with one of those.  There is no &#8220;Redacted.&#8221;  However, number 8 <i>is<\/i> on the list; I&#8217;ve had a painful intestinal cramp since yesterday. :-\/<\/p>\n<p>Number one.  I keep thinking I&#8217;m done with <i>Star Trek<\/i>, and then I&#8217;m not, as something like my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=5094\">just-published article on <i>Star Trek Generations<\/i> will attest<\/a>.  I have an article to write, though I&#8217;m not as yet at liberty to say quite about what, but it should be fun.  Once I figure out what I&#8217;m going to say, of course. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Number two.  I&#8217;ve been wanting to see <i>War, Inc.<\/i> for a long time; it&#8217;s been described as the spiritual sequel to <i>Grosse Point Blank<\/i>, which I absolutely adore.  (And you can argue that <i>GPB<\/i> is a spiritual sequel to <i>Say Anything&#8230;<\/i>  Well, if you squint <i>just<\/i> so, they <i>do<\/i> fit together pretty well.)  <i>War, Inc.<\/i> was inexpensive at Target a few days ago, and so into my shiny plastic disc collection it went.<\/p>\n<p>(If I don&#8217;t watch <i>War, Inc.<\/i>, though, as it&#8217;s not a priority, I may watch more <i>Jeeves &#038; Wooster<\/i>.  Which reminds me: must remember to read &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whofic.com\/viewstory.php?sid=28243\">What Ho, You Dalek Chaps!<\/a>&#8221;  A <i>Doctor Who<\/i> fanfic starring Jeeves and Wooster.)<\/p>\n<p>Number three.  I&#8217;ve become quite shaggy.  I mean, yes, I like playing with my curls, but I&#8217;m also shaggy.<\/p>\n<p>Number four.  &#8220;Amy&#8217;s Choice.&#8221;  Time Lord versus Dream Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Number five.  It&#8217;s about <i>Muppets<\/i>.  That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m willing to say at this moment on the subject.  This is going to require some additional drafting\/thinking to get <i>just<\/i> right.<\/p>\n<p>Number six.  Because I love bookstores.  Even when\/if I don&#8217;t buy anything.<\/p>\n<p>Number seven.  There is no redacted.  Really, there&#8217;s not.<\/p>\n<p>Number eight.  As I said above, I&#8217;ve just been crampy in the intestine since yesterday.  Made getting comfy in bed last night a bit problematic.<\/p>\n<p>Number nine.  The Grand Union Flag?  Well, I&#8217;ve received some interesting mail this week&#8230;  During Hell Week, we take our fun where we can get it.  For me, it&#8217;s historical musings.  Nothing to do with this interesting <a href=\"www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2010\/06\/my-country-tis-of-me\/8088\">Michael Kinsley article from <i>The Atlantic<\/i> on the Tea Party Movement<\/a>, however.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not the entirety of things on my plate for the weekend.  Things like laundry, watching the Cubs :cubs:, listening to Scott Simon on <i>Weekend Edition<\/i>, flying the kite if I can &mdash; those go without saying. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Friday.  The week&#8217;s nearly done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend is at hand. This morning, on the train, rather than muse on the gloominess of the world, I wrote out a &#8220;To Do&#8221; list for the weekend. 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