wishlist

1. ladder bracelet like so this one except with gold instead of hemp and semiprecious stone beads or marquise-cut emeralds instead of cowrie shells
2. moscow soup. it's a dry soup mix with meat bits in it. i think there was a cow drawn on the package.
3. large mirror, big enough to take up an entire wall, so that i can see whether i'm doing yoga poses correctly.
4. tropical fruits and berries, as exotic as possible. for example, i have already tried lychee, durian, and red gooseberries.
5. silk things, especially more long bathrobes and slips
6. books on tape
   • any poetry or "officially good" novels and short stories
   • by good i mean the kind that would be read in english class.
   • except for victorian english novels, which i dislike
7. music
   • david broza
   • victor jara
   • goran bregovic
   • russian music 1940's-1980's, especially war songs or romances
   • vladimir vysotsky
8. parallel texts of hebrew or spanish
9. knife. large professional chef knife. not that i have any illusions about my level of skill.
10. jewelry. this may not be a good idea, but if you insist on giving me some anyway...
    • i'm ok with gold, not silver, not platinum
    • in gems, i prefer emeralds, or other green things.
    • i already have two necklaces and earrings and a working watch. i don't want any more of these.
    • the only thing i don't have, and would therefore prefer to receive, is a bracelet. i also don't have a ring, but rings are full of symbolism and get in the way. also, perhaps a watch. a very waterproof watch with a strap made of metal links (gold colored or two-tone), not leather or plastic.
11. flowers. i'm not sure i like them because the cut ones die and the potted ones die slowly. but if tradition is necessary...
    • birds of paradise, protea, kimi, ginger, heliconia, anthurium, orchids
    • these, and other tropical oddities, are sometimes sold at dupont circle florist, or even at shopper's food warehouse
    • or lilacs, which can be found outdoors in early may
12. loose tea
    • not "raspberry zest" or "energizing herbal" or any crap along those lines
    • but rather normal black or green tea, such as keemun, assam, oolong
13. chocolate. no "assorted confections". pure dark chocolate.
14. silly putty
15. a sporran
16. shortwave radio. small enough to be portable, but covering many frequencies.
17. metronome
18. bubble machine, like what felix cartagena has.

1. silly putty
2. loose tea
3. chocolate
4. moscow soup
5. tropical fruits
6. flowers
7. knife
8. metronome
9. parallel texts of hebrew or spanish
10. music
    • david broza
    • victor jara
    • goran bregovic
    • russian music 1940's-1980's, especially war songs or romances
    • vladimir vysotsky
11. books on tape
12. silk things
13. shortwave radio
14. bubble machine
15. wall mirror
16. sporran
17. jewelry. the only time i saw a bracelet like i want it was $11,000 on sale for $4,000, but it was silver and not gold so i didn't want it anyway.