make a metalist of lists i want to make. wait a minute. don't i kinda already have this goal???

for some of these i may have only read one book and liked that a lot…

anne lamott (bird by bird)
stephen king (on writing)
john irving
barbara kingsolver
amitav ghosh
arundhati roy
vikram seth

initially i found it discouraging to try to search for interviewing techniques online, as i was finding only techniques for job interviews, not radio or other journalism-type interviews…
but then some persistent research led me to the following:

1. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/weblines/461.html
2. http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/pages/toolbox/reportinginterviewing_techniques_and_tools/reportinginterviewing_techniqu/
3. http://www.community-media.com/interview.html
4. http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:hn44utYlkDQJ:www.ots.ca.gov/grants/PDF/06_Interview_Techniques.pdf+rADIO+interviewing+techniques&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4&client=firefox-a

some of them…

My Uncle Napoleon

The Glass Palace

The Zigzag Way

Clear Light of Day

The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen

Ask Me No Questions

1. emailing SAYA re job
2. filling out the U Penn job thingie for that one job
3. making a podcast
4. writing for a podcast
5. taking a walk
6. doing errands (groceries, laundry, mail, bills)

yuck

1. umm….
2. too lazy to move out of this chair
3. love typing
4. something to do.
5. one of my subscribees might just say something immensely fascinating any second!
6. what if i have a nightmare? best not to sleep… it can’t happen then!
7. umm… these reasons are Lame. well, other than my subscribees… you are all worth it.

1. am tired
2. will be grumpy tomorrow if i don’t sleep
3. am not being productive anyway, might as well sleep
4. i am boring all the people who are subscribed to me
5. I might have a good dream for JiJiJanet to interpret
6. I will get some beauty rest, much needed

not in Any Particular order

1. Carmelita, Seattle
2. Cafe Flora, Seattle
3. Shubox, Cedar Grove, NJ
4. Millenium, San Francisco
5. Zante’s, San Francisco
6. Ti Couz, San Francisco
7. Truly Mediterranean, San Francisco
8. Esperpento (for the Sangria), San Francisco
9. Cha-Ya, Berkeley
10. Suriya, San Francisco
11. Dana Bazaar, back counter, Fremont, CA (ok, not really a restaurant, but… yum.)
12. Atlas Cafe, San Francisco
13. Planet Yumm Food Court, Besant Beach, Madras, India
14. Sangeetha, Madras, India
15. Almost any restaurant, Madras, India

and maybe boring.

so. here are my top 12 Favorite places I got to go for Work. in no particular order

1. Hawaii
2. Hong Kong
3. Point Arena
4. Quincy (and that Whole Area)
5. Portland
6. Seattle
7. New Delhi
8. Singapore
9. San Diego
10. London
11. Athens
12. New Mexico

I was just being a lil jealous of my sis yesterday, cuz she is going away to an island for a lil mini-vacation, something she does quite regularly… that is her way of splurging on herself.

But then I remembered that I have been so lucky as to get to travel to many interesting places for work. And while it was for Work, and so many times I was Too Busy to Actually see much and it wasn’t all that glamorous as it may sound, I was always very Curious, and tried to, whenever possible, explore and seek out the Adventure in each place I went. Even when I had a 101 degree fever and bronchitis, in, for example, Geneva.

so, here’s the list. please don’t be jealous. those who travel a lot for work know what i mean, no?

i will try to do this in somewhat chronological order, but memory may fail me.

1. Chowchilla, California (in the Central Valley. Woo hoo!)
2. Visalia, California. (ditto)
3. Fresno (oh yeah)
4. Bakersfield
5. Reno
6. Tahoe
7. Sacramento
8. Los Angeles
9. Seattle
10. Portland
11. Spokane
12. Eugene
13. San Jose
14. the East Bay (back then, it felt like a foreign country to me)
15. Albuquerque
16. Colorado
17. Santa Fe
18. Taos
19. Riverside
20. San Diego
21. El Centro
22. Vista
23. Taft, Cali (hoo, boy)(please, no offense intended if you live in Taft, but… I never felt more aware of my race than when I was in Taft. People Stared at me.)
24. Imperial, Cali
25. Marin County
26. Eureka
27. Fortuna
28. Hoopa Valley, Cali
29. New Delhi
30. Bombay
31. Taiwan
32. Manila
33. Hong Kong
34. Singapore
35. Jakarta (though how does this count. Was there Less than 24 hrs!)
36. Bangkok
37. Honolulu
38. The Big Island
39. Maui
40. London
41. Paris (my hotel room had a Hole in the Door, the size of my Fist. What did I expect for USD50? Plus I got bronchitis here, which lasted me through the rest of Europe. Joy.)
42. Brussels
43. Geneva
44. Athens
45. Auburn, Cali
46. Davis
47. Mendocino
48. Fort Bragg
49. Point Arena
50. Willits
51. Clear Lake
52. Chico
53. Anderson
54. Shasta
55. Ferndale
56. Clovis
57. Grass Valley
58. Nevada City
59. Loomis
60. Marysville
61. Yuba City
62. Loyalton
63. Redding
64. Dixon
65. Fairfield
66. Cloverdale
67. Cotati
68. Healdsburg
69. Petaluma
70. Rohnert Park
71. Santa Rosa
72. Sebastopol
73. Napa
74. Vallejo
75. Portola
76. Lassen
77. Susanville
78. Chester
79. Quincy (near Feather River)
80. Tacoma

keep doing it, as needed, wanted…

;)