Lists of Life

          I love making lists.  That's just how my mind works.  So a while back I got this journal that is literally called "List Your Self".  The whole thing is pages of prompts for lists.  They range from, "List all the qualities you love about being human.", to "List all of the elements of the perfect vacation.", to "List the biggest turning points in your life.", to "List what is under your kitchen sink right now".  I love it!  I use colorful gel pens and just have at it.  I was looking at some of them and decided that since I couldn't think of a good post for today, I could just copy a few of them down. 
          The first one was:

 "List those products you'd eliminate to make a better world."

• cigarettes/cigars/tobacco
• drugs
• atomic and nuclear bombs
• green beans
• furbies
• horror movies
• porn
• alcohol
• overly violent video games
• gossipy magazines
• Lima beans
• biochemical weapons
• really itchy sweaters (or anything for that matter)
• slutty clothes
• Axe and strong smelling cologne/perfume

I know that there are more that I've missed.  It was a hard list because it was limited to products.  I'm sure that there are people who will be offended by some of the items on my list.  Don't think that because I don't agree with some things that it means that I hate or judge people who like them or that use them.  Some of the items are meant to be funny, like the green beans and the furbies.
          And the second:

"List the businesses you wish you presently owned."

• Borders  (Because that would mean it still existed!  I liked Borders so much more than Barnes and Noble.  Why did they have to go out of business?) 
• Microsoft  (For purely financial reasons.  Computers don't like me.)
• Boeing  (Again, because of money.)
• Starbucks  (For the money and free hot chocolate.)
• Barnes and Noble  (I'd make some changes like having them sell more music and movies.)
• Disney  (Come on, who doesn't like Disney?  I'd love to have access to behind the scenes stuff at Disneyland and the movies studios.  Who can say no to that?)
• Dreamworks  (Again, I'd like to go behind the scenes and have some say in what movies they decide to do.)
• Warner Brothers  (I love movies and who knows?  Maybe one day one of my books will get published and if I owned one of these movie companies I could make it into a film.)
• A Publishing Company  (So I could publish all the books I write.)
• Olive Garden  (Free bread sticks!)

As you can see, I like books and movies.  Some of them are ones I'm sure anyone would put for financial reasons. 
         
          I love this journal.  It is a great thing to have at parties and sleepovers for conversation starters.  It's prompted some very funny talks between me and my friends.