Things I once needed, circa 2001

Tonight I found a piece of paper that included two things: the first is a list I had started to make to go to Target. I actually do remember making this list - it was August, 2001. I had just moved into the Los Feliz apartment with Ariel. I had just graduated from college. I had just gotten my first real job. I was full of independence, confusion, fear, and excitement. The bottom half of the paper has a line chart following my emotions for the year, thus far. Check out this vintage (primitive) chart here.

It actually didn't take me long to fill that list out. Turns out that collecting various material goods, people, legal documents and art supplies can only bring you so much happiness. As an experiment, I'll try to make a new list. Here we go:

Things I need - August, 2004

Around the world airline ticket
U of M Library Card
more polaroid film
summer to last longer than normal
studio space
sunglasses
all my friends to live closer together
a new president
corner Indian restaurant, like in England where all the corner shops sell curries
improved batting average, or any batting average at all
a trip down south
multilingualism
apartment by a body of water
wood floors, colorful walls, clawfoot bathtub, urban surroundings
greater knowledge of things I don't really care about (e.g. "space", "planets", "animals")
to see The Life Aquatic

Ask me how this turned out in another three years. I should have it all figured out by then....