Ten things to ask for…
Ah Graduation! finally a chance for the finer things in life… my top ten must haves as a graduating student would be;
1. A Mont Blanc Le Grande ball point pen. For the odd occasion where you have to write something.
2. A Krups Cafe Duomo. Because you now have to get up at 7am every single day and can't use your 'miss one class without medical certification' get out of jail free card.
3. A Philips HeartStart Home Automated External Defibrillator. For the first time you set that alarm for 7am – and then again at 8pm when you climb back into bed 6 hours before you used to.
4. A Wenger Swiss Business Tool (red of course), because the real business world needs a swiss army knife / hole punch / stapler now and again.
5. Stealth Surfer II USB 2.0. So you can continue to post your love notes to BigSexyLuvvur on myspace and keep your job.
6. Schott's Original Miscellany. Because entertaining at dinner parties not longer involves semi nudity or shooting beer cans. Dude.
7. For men: The Metrosexual Guide to Style – Michael Flocker (because green shirts just wont get you promoted) For women: A Guide to Elegance – Genevieve Antoine Dariaux (because more then one ring on each hand [wedding bands and engagement rings accepted] is bling, besides, you no longer have to worry about roomies stealing them).
8. A subscription to Real Simple. Because empty beer and / or wine bottles as decoration and washing baskets as a means of storage just wont cut it in the real world, and besides, youve now got money and have entered the 'material' part of your life.
9. A digital cable subscription, so you have something to do with your evenings now you dont have to cram or write papers, discover the Travel Channel, Fine Living and The Food Channel all in one evening.
10. Feast – Nigella Lawson, because OH MY GOD the Boss and her husband are coming over next weekend and Pizza from Pontillos is going to get me sacked.
6 Comments so far
Leave a reply
The New List
Minimalism, think Corbusier, Van DerRowe,
1) Hire an Indian. Get in touch with me.
2) Coffee is for wimps. Adrenaline on the hour every hour.
3) Sleep is for wimps. You snooze, you lose.
4) You take that on a plane and end up in Guantanamo.
5) MY SPACE is for paedophiles.
6) Entertain at El Bulli. All else is cheap.
7) For Men – Armani, For Women Prada. Nuff Said.
9) Dont watch the travel channel, fly. Thats what the weekend is for.
10) Call a Wolfgang Puck.
Advice – There is someone out there, who sleeps half as much and works twice as hard. He wants it more.
A few things i would add to that list
1) Get a business card holder.
2) Get a PDA. Even if u dont use it makes you look organized.
3) Get a very nice briefcase. Should be able to hold enough cash to bribe lower echelons of upper management.
4) Never leave the briefcase with the cash.
5) Get a flashy credit card
Remember, you want to be treated like a King, you must act like one.
One change (in my opinion of course) to each one of the lists:
1) Mont Blanc Starwalker not the Le Grande (looks more “up to date” in my opinion), oh yeah, and don’t forget to get your name engraved on it
2) Skip the PDA, go for a smartphone, a Symbian smartphone that is (might require you to switch you plan over to Cingular or T-Mobile though)
OMG!!! Gaurav has a good list, El Bulli is top on my list; no whereelse can you get apple caviar and carrot foam, in 58 courses!
Other things to add:
1) Have lunch at the Fat Duck, UK; because snail porridge is for the connoisseur.
2) Buy a bottle of Hydroxycut; to shed those extra pounds you gained in college.
3) Join EOS airline’s club 48; becuase you deserve more space when you fly.
4) Hendrix Eletric Vodka; because I say so.
5) Alexander McQueen; for the metrosextual and Hepburn type girls.
6) Manolo Blahniks for girls, Ermenegildo Zegna for guys.
7) A myriad of cupcakes and frosting shots; because you know you want to.
Nigella Lawson! “Breading chicken is rather therapeutic ” Do you actually know her?
and last by not least the JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank by NAO Design; not becuase you need it, but because it needs you.
Nicholas, my list is basically an improvement on things that Grads should have
another piece of advice that just came to me.
when in doubt. bribe all about.