Today I looked up various literary agents and I've drafted a query letter. I really want to publish a novel and while I have yet to finish my first draft and have a long ways to go, I know that it'll only be a matter of time before I finish it.

I think, besides being a writer, I want to work for the UN or the State Department in the future. I love politics and foreign languages and international affairs, and I feel like it would be something very fulfilling for me. I probably will need to go to grad school eventually in International Affairs for this to happen. I also want to work in China for a year or two.

I really need to make a list of all the things I want to do. I think the most miserable thing in the world is settling to become a person you don't really want to be. I think you need to feel passionate about the things that you do in life, because without it, what can you feel but a hollow just good enough. I truly do think anything is possible- all you need is confidence and foresight.

I saw Angels and Demons today- although I'd heard it was really horrible, apparently Ewan McGregor looked very foxy as a priest so I went just for that.  It was indeed quite horrible.  I'd read the Dan Brown books in high school and this movie just reminded me of how ridiculous they were.  I remember thinking Angels and Demons was the best of them, but that's not saying much because it was so preachy and the characters so one dimensional.  Also the villain in the book was a Middle Eastern rapist who kidnaps the generic female lead and a whole suspenseful part of the plot was just  "When will he rape her?" with the guy going, "Hmm, I really want to rape her, but I will wait until I finish doing this and that."  Eventually she is saved from being raped by the thinly-veiled version of Dan Brown.   I was glad to see that part cut out of the movie, and also that the Middle Eastern villain was replaced by some Danish male model.   Also there wasn't nearly enough Ewan-ness for my liking.

Incidentally this reminds me to watch Moulin Rouge again, my fave movie.    I wish I could've seen Moulin Rouge up on the big screen as that would've be awesome.   I think they sometimes screen Moulin Rouge at movie theaters in gay neighborhoods but I'm not sure if they still do this.  Gotta love the gays and their awesome taste in movies. 

This past week I visited my a jr. high friend at Stonybrook University for 3 days, and on Friday I went to a David Cook concert at NYU with another friend I rarely hang out with.  David Cook was awesome- and I ended up catching a guitar pick he threw out which was a surprise because the venue was huge and we were sitting in row K.  I was very excited about this afterwards because never have I known the joy of catching a guitar pick before when all of my friends have since they go to a lot more concerts.   Incidentally I really want to go to more gigs but it's difficult because I don't really have the same taste in music as my friends and it's too much of a bother to see things alone.  I really want to see Chris Cornell live but he's not touring in the US right now.