The Fishbowl

Unfinished

Here's a list of things I've left unfinished over the years. Half-read books, half-finished video games, movies, etc., half-learned sports and skills---half-hearted efforts that are not even worthy to mention, save for today.


Half-Read Books

1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (J.R.R Tolkien)
2. The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
3. The Contender (Robert Lipsyte)
4. Foucalt's Pendulum (Eco)
5. The Taming of The Shrew (William Shakespeare)
6. Heaven and Hell (Aldous Huxley)
7. Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
8. Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
9. The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe)
10. How To Be Good (Nick Hornby)
11. The Alchemist (Paolo Coehlo)
12. The Bible (though I vow to read it from Genesis to Revelation)
13. Automechanics For Dummies
14. Harry Potter, 1st book (J.K Rowling)
15. Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)

Half-Finished Video Games & Movies

1. Fable...stopped playing it right before the final battle; I dread the moment when I would have to kill my "sister" to get the Sword of Aeons :)
2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City...couldn't get past the part where I had to chase the goons on motorbike
3. Grand Theft Auto 3...dropped it when GTA: Vice City came out
4. War Craft...cheated my way through the first few chapters and consequently grew tired of the game
5. Sims: Bustin' Out...bust
6. The Sopranos Season 1 DVD...foul language, violence
7. Capitalism 2
8. Constantine...got weary of the game's theme
9. Project Gotham Racing 2 ...AI opponents were relentless so I gave up
10. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004...could never beat Tiger's record
11. 24, Season 1 DVD

Half-Learned Sports and Skills

1. Golf...I knew I'd never be good at it unless I devoted time and money---all or nothing---I chose nothing.
2. Tennis...would give it another shot if given the chance
3. Piano...never had the patience to learn to read notes
4. Bass Guitar...same as above
5. Guitar...since I never learned to read notes, I rely mostly on chords so I consider myself to be a novice
6. Watercolor painting...lacked patience and basic skill set required

...Of course this is just half of the real story.

posted by LK @ 7:11 PM 2 comments

One-track Mind

The Orlando Magic take to the road and will be playing the Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills tomorrow. The game will be on telecast (Solar sports) at 8:30 am. It will be Grant Hill's first, much-anticipated (by me), appearance on local cable tv since coming back from hernia surgery. I belong to the ambiguously-dated (as there were a gazillion MJ comebacks to speak of), pre-post-jordan generation of NBA fans and Hill is one player I ardently admire.



It occurred to me that I haven't played basketball for over a month now. Our Sunday night hoops club is on hiatus. It explaines how i've been lethargic and uninspired lately. Something is missing. The curious thing is, unconsciously, I may have been avoiding the game on purpose for entirely superificial reasons. I've been told, many times, that I would find it difficult to attract a prospective husband because basketball is all I do and think about. These people of "well-intentions" are relatives, neighbors, the ones who often see me as a regular on the local court, and my former boss. Am I starting to let it get to me? Egad!. Could I be that foolish? May the heavens intervene!


Who would you give up to get Ron Artest---a premiere NBA defender, adequate perimeter shooter, and ideal sidekick to the superstars (as long as he keeps his sanity in-check)? Wally Szczerbiak? Grant Hill? Corey Maggette? Quentin Richardson? Peja Stojakovic? Either one of these mentioned surely will turn the Pacers into a serious contender. As it is, Artest's absence has improved the Pacers' chemistry on the court but not the team's chances in the Eastern Conference.

posted by LK @ 6:03 PM 1 comments