wishlist

i read my horoscopes religiously. not fervently, just once a week, usually on a wednesday or thursday when they get published, i go here to get rob's astrological input to my nutty life. and, unlike the tripe in the herald-sun/telegraph or the london paper, i take notice. they seem sincere and more often than not, are bang on target.

so this week, here's what mr brezny has suggested.

Consider writing an entertaining advertisement about yourself in order to attract the resources you'd like to play with. Or think about buying the domain name "showerblessingson[putyournamehere].com," then setting up a website where the world can send you business offers, marriage proposals, free gifts, and invitations to travel. The point is, Aquarius, that the upcoming weeks will be a perfect time to get very aggressive and highly specific about asking for what you need. Rev up the fun-loving parts of your imagination.


this isn't to say that i don't have enough in my life. hell no. there are people way, way worse off than i (see here for making a difference) and it doesn't mean i'm not grateful for what i have (see here for an interesting discussion on need vs want).

but there is just some cool shit in my life that i would like to happen and so, in the interest of making a complete fool of myself, but possibly having some of these things come back to me, i am going to blog a small (but by no means comprehensive) list of things i would really like to have happen soon-ish. that's the thing about having some kind of faith, belief, superstition or wacky mental illness - sometimes it works if you believe in it enough to do something with it:

lauren's current wish list:

• enough money to pay rent, get to work and eat for the next couple of months.

• a replacement black ipod video 80gb

• a successful install/reception for red, thread at spinach.

• the opportunity to do 2 more artist-in-residencies at an advertising/creative/planning agency in england before i go home - one outside of london and one in london.

• the opportunity to do the "toilet" install which didn't make it into the gallery we wanted.

• return airfares and accommodation for paris, venice, munich and athens so i can travel to europe before i go home.

• a bunch of artbooks from the national gallery/tate modern collection plus damien hirst monographs and some of the contemporary theory books from the cornerhouse, in manchester

• a spending spree in a record store - it's been so long since buying cds or records has been a viable option (space, finances, etc) that i've been craving it lately.

• some more really inspiring and authentic experiences to take home so that when i get back there, i'm at once filled and empty, including exhibitions, plays, gigs and all-night dance-a-thons.

so, this post might be a little out of left field, wildly indulgent and bordering on ridiculous, but you should all kind of expect it by now - what with the swearing and the tarts and the posts about nanna. perhaps i'll get back to discussing art on here one of these days. actually, i will be posting another post about empathy soon (just for you sj), but until then, there's this.