What are you coveting right now?

Other than your neighbor’s ass, I mean.

Today I recieved my Marilyn Monroe DVD collection… it’s going to be most difficult to get work done with so many good movies begging to be watched.

I also am saving up for the Buster Keaton DVD box set… ever since I saw the wall fall around that man in Steamboat Willie I have loved him dearly.

Also on my wish list at the moment is the music of Alison Krauss and tapes of the now-cancelled TV series Once and Again.

Mmm… Marilyn…

Andy, dear, I think you mean Steamboat Bill, Jr. Steamboat Willie was, I think, Mickey Mouse. Anyone who loves both Buster and Marilyn is tops on my list! What films are in the Marilyn Collection? Did you see the re-creation they did of Something’s Got to Give, using the existing footage?

I am coveting the complete Variety Obituaries Collection, 1908–84. All 13 volumes cost something like $1,000, though, so I’m not holding my breath.

Eve, I thought all you New York writers were swimming in money. A thousand bucks for that collection? So you skip lunch one day. No real loss, right? :slight_smile:

I’m actually planning on buying the Buster Keaton box set with my next check, as I mentioned to Eve in another thread. She’s probably sick of hearing me talk about it by now. :slight_smile: I’ve been coveting it since it came out, too.

I’m also coveting… lessee. A new apartment, I guess. A big dose of happiness and security for a certain friend who could use some in her life right now. And a Titanium Powerbook for me. :slight_smile:

I recently purchased 5 acres of land and have my eye on a 2,000 square foot house to put on it. The plans are already picked out, the site is perfect, and all I need now is the $$$ to make it a reality.

Memento: Limited Edition on DVD.
Any usability books by Jakob Nielsen.
A wireless mouse.
The Back To The Future trilogy on DVD…whenever it decides to come out.
The ability to skip the weeks of practice I’ll need on the guitar before I’ll actually be able to play anything.

Whoops, I ought to stay with material possessions.

A new iMac. No, in addition to my PC.

Yep, Steamboat Bill Jr. <smack> Silly me.

The Marilyn collection has The Final Days, which has the footage you are speaking of, as well as Bus Stop, How to Marry a Millionaire, There’s No Business Like Show Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and The Seven Year Itch.

Volume II, which I also sprung for, has Don’t Bother to Knock, Let’s Make Love, Monkey Business, Niagara, and River of No Return.

To round out my collection, I have the special edition of Some Like it Hot.

After I get Buster, I might have to go for a copy of the good version of Nosferatu… we’ll see.

I’m coveting anyone who has a yard with enough space to plant a flower garden (and strawberries!).

My cat is also coveting a yard. He’s getting pretty tired of being cooped up in my studio apartment. When he lived with my parents out in the country, he could prowl about at night.

A puppy.

An Everlasting Piece on DVD-the finest Irish-toupee-salesmen comedy I’ve ever seen.

Buffy season 2 on DVD

Monsoon Wedding on DVD-the fact that it doesn’t yet exist doesn’t deter me.

A bass guitar-nothing fancy, just something with four strings and a low enough action for my weak girly fingers.

Volumes 2 and 3 of the Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs

Huh, only five items. I coulda sworn I coveted more.

I’m coveting the time/money my cousin-in-law has to:
get a manicure/pedicure done,
match shoes, purse and jacket,
Do hair and full makeup,
and the ability (or insanity, you pick) to wear white pants around her one year old.

A small fast car with a removable top. Preferrably, the Audi TT.

On the car theme, I can’t decide between:

Toyota Prius
Volkswagen Jetta Wagon TDI
Volkswagen Golf TDI

And I’ve probably got about 17 items on my Amazon wish list…

Right now, I’m coveting getting central air conditioning installed.

Damn, but it gets hot upstairs in this new house!

health

I was going to say the Simpson’s 2nd season on DVD, but that sounds so lame after the last post. Now I just feel greedy :frowning:

Some of these posters. I was going to buy one or two with the money I made from selling textbooks on ebay. So far, no one’s bought the old books I tried to sell with them.

Two round-trip tickets to Paris leaving this Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m.

My neighbour’s wife.

My best friend’s wife.

My second-best friend’s wife.

My third …

A DVD burner, the combo drive on my G4 Titanium was just a start.