that which has been at the tip of my brain, a list

- the relative merits of eastern and western medicine and the added benefits of partaking in both
- fate, the supernatural
- the adventure that my trip to china/mongolia is going to be
- the peace corps, and whether it is something i might be interested in pursuing
- iceland, farming in iceland, all things icelandic
- how much (more) irish i knew seven years ago (nuair a bhi me in Eirinn)
- how luxurious and dreamy it would be to live in Paris with a 30 hour work week and 45 days of paid vacation a year
- the delicate ecosystem that is the analytical job that fires you up to create art in your precious free moments
- the glamour of rockstardom
- curiousity as to whether a. i have enough time to put forth a minimum effort into acquiring a significant other and b. whether success in such an acquisition would spell the end of certain artistic endeavours
- a general fondness for the extra u's that find their way into my spelling since living in Ireland
- how worthwhile attempting to be promoted at work would be in the long and short term
- whether or not to apply to work from india for three months
- what i might be proud of should i have accomplished it prior to my death
- whether my voice typically sounds as odd as it does (to me) in the video i recorded for work a few months back
- just how impractical quitting one's posh job in search of something that speaks more to the soul would be, and how that romantic impracticality measures against the social, economic, and psychological comforts of being gainfully employed
- what to cook for dinner
- the surprising pleasantness of having a personal chauffeur, otherwise known as a carpool
- the tragedy of having murdered the buds on my orchid
- satisfaction at having nursed this neathebella palm back to health
- concern as to how to revive the maidenhair fern that was very nearly killed by thanksgiving
- hope that i've filled my funeral quota for 2008
- how to distinguish between reading too much and too little into things
- how to characterize my taste
- whether or not i could be accurately described by the words negative, manipulative, meanspirited, self-centered, &c.
- culture clashes and differences in perspective
- how to make sourdough bread
- whether it might be time to recycle some of the catalogs i have stored in the bathroom
- excitement about starting banjo lessons
- pride in having filled my social calendar to the brim for this weekend
- how many of the peanut butter cookies with the apricot jam i can eat without feeling overly guilty and regretful
- intrigue at the subconscious that treats me to dreams about shapeshifting camels, assassinating kings, vampire dogs and, most recently, ninjas on BART
- that fruit cake might actually be tasty in some circumstances, particularly when those circumstances involve marzipan
- the realization that the reason my mother thinks i look thinner is closely related to my atrophied muscles, and what might be done to counteract that process
- whether or not it will actually rain on saturday, and, relatedly, whether or not i will be prevented from eating a picnic lunch of farmers market pickings after a bike ride to the albany bulb

that will do for now.