Sort of a metaphorical “pocket” I’m exploring today….
I was organizing some drawers in my bedroom last night (isn’t that what everyone does at 12:30 when they can’t sleep?) and found a very old diary. And then I was up til 2 AM reading through it. (I am a genius at curing insomnia, apparently.) I purchased it in 2000 in the gift shop of “Il Duomo di Firenze” (The Cathedral of Florence) when I lived there for a semester and documented my life in it for many years afterward (the last post in it is dates 1.3.09).
On one page, I created and filled out my own survey of, well, myself. I wrote: “It will be so fun to look at this in 10 or 15 years to see if I still like the same things.” And it was. In the year 2000, this is what I wrote:
- Favorite Color: Purple
- Favorite Meal: Caesar Salad w/ grilled shrimp, side of fries
- Favorite Music: Counting Crows, Blink 182, Eminem, *NSYNC, Garth Brooks, The Who
- Favorite Actors: Tim Robbins, Kevin Spacey, Christian Bale, Allison Janney, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Ed Norton, Al Pacino, John Cusack, Joan Allen, Diane Keaton
- Favorite Movies: Grosse Pointe Blank, The Usual Suspects, Playing by Heart, American Beauty, The Godfather, High Fidelity, Tombstone, Mallrats
- Favorite Sports Teams: NY Yankees, LA Kings
- Current Favorite TV Shows: The X-Files, Boston Public, Sex & the City, Will & Grace, ER, Friends, The Practice, The West Wing, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, Ally McBeal
- Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, American Psycho, HIgh Fidelity, About a Boy, Fight Club
- Random Obsessions: The Brat Pack, Michael J. Fox, Tigger, the Internet, Awards Shows, Puppies
- Hobbies: Collages, building websites, postcard collecting, writing, scrapbooks
- Celebrity Nemesis: Kate Hudson
And now? Well, much of this we know but just to sync up….
- Favorite Color: Purple
- Favorite Meal: Sushi or a great burger with a side of fries
- Favorite Music: Boy Bands, Garth Brooks, The Who, Sam Hunt, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran
- Favorite Actors: Kevin Spacey, Allison Janney, John Cusack, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sam Rockwell, Patrick Stewart, Matt Bomer, Tom Hardy
- Favorite Movies: Grosse Pointe Blank, The Usual Suspects, Tombstone, Charade
- Favorite Sports Teams: NY Yankees, LA Kings
- Current Favorite TV Shows: Law & Order SVU, @Midnight, Outlander, The Flash, Arrow, The Blacklist
- Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, American Psycho, High Fidelity, Yes Please
- Random Obsessions: Boy Bands, Brunch, Tigger, Awards Shows, Puppies
- Hobbies: Blogging, postcard collecting, writing, cleaning out my drawers in the middle of the night (apparently)
- Celebrity Nemeses: Kate Hudson, LL Cool J
I am both delighted and appalled that not much has changed. 😉
