Thursday, January 01, 2009

Today's the day!
I've been compiling stuff for the new list since a little before Christmas. Some are hold-overs from the last list, most are new...
In no particular order:

1. See the Pacific Ocean
2. Find a new place to live 12/6/2009
3. Start business for real
4. Spend an entire weekend making art 8/28/10
5. Set up studio for real.
6. Read 10 books I own and have never finished:
7. Go ice skating or roller skating
8. Travel to Paris, Berlin or Barcelona
9. Make a piece of clothing skirt- june 2010
10. Help someone Helped Tina
11. Volunteer somewhere Saint Elizabeth's quilt project 9/11/10
12. Get my stuff into at least 7 stores. currently at one store
13. Go to Lancaster or the Pocanoes
14. Say 'yes' to all invitations for a month
15. Get a massage (03/10)
16. Cook for other people
17. Eat vegetarian every day for a week August 1-August 8, 2009
18. Follow horoscope every day for a month May 2010. Nothing happened
19. Do at least 20 sit-ups every day for a month
20. Play hookey and do something fun
21. drive in one direction and stop at interesting things
22. Get a mamagram
23. Go to a party alone Memorial day party at D&A's
24. Write/illustrate children's book
25. get book published
26. Go to a first Friday/gallery night somewhere
27. Take a class
28. Feed the Koi in the Arboretum
29. Bake bread from scratch
30. Work on a film/ TV show
31. Go to a fancy restaurant like City Zen in DC or Alinea in Chicago
32. Compliment a stranger 1/5/09 Told the guy selling 'Street Sense' that I enjoy his voice.
33. write 5 letters for bad customer service
35. Write 8 letters for good customer service
35. *secret* fall in love
36. Get into a juried art show Art Whino's Mortal Plush show
37. Throw a party
38. Clean out attic
39. Cut debt in half
40. Sing Karaoke in front of people (was that ever a bad idea!)
41. Get in shape
42. Look really nice for one week
43. Attend a live taping of something Wait Wait Don't Tell me 7/16/2009 also! jimmy fallon show! 12/8/2009
44. Find the best burger in DC
45. Don't leave house for one weekend.
46. Figure out recording vinyl to digital
47. Buy a new computer
48. Go to an American City I've never been to before. SEATTLE!
49. Get a great coat.
50. Spend a weekend in NYC (3/26-27/10)
51. *secret* get married
52. Get rid of useless junk in process!
53. Sell a painting I've sold 2!
54. See a foreign movie at AFI or E st. (Jacque Tati movie at AFI)
55. Find a new job Start at Art Enables 8/3/2009
56. Walk a dog
57. Go to the beach
58. Get my name in the paper (preferably non-nefarious notation) Won Best Local Crafter Washington City Paper 2009
59. Paint a self-portrait
60. Win something Won Best Local Crafter (2nd year in a row!)
61. Participate in an illustration Friday or Flickr group thing.
62. Finish DFW's Infinite Jest Started 1/2/2009
63. Throw a dinner party
64. Grow a vegetable garden tomatoes for days 7/25/2009
65. See the Whitney Biennial 3/26/2010
66. Go to a drive-in movie theatre
67. Buy one nice piece of clothing
68. Go a week without making fun of people (not even in my own head)
69. Contribute to 'This American Life'
70. Make a list of things I am thankful for
71. Make a budget and follow it for at least a month
72. Keep a food journal for a month
73. Go on a picnic
74. See a natural waterfall
75. Take photos of friends
76. Bring lunch to work 4 days a week for a month
77. Take a fall weekend-getaway
78. Take a spring weekend-getaway
79. Do a painting of a building
80. Set up vacation savings account
81. Find/see a long-lost friend Technically, I was found by Keith V. 1/10/09
82. Tell someone who deserves it to fuck off
83. play tourist for a day
84. Go to a music festival Pitchfork
85. Enter some kind of competition
86. get a manicure and pedicure April 16, 2009
87. Curate an art show Arts on N August 2010
88. Try my hand at printmaking (non-gocco)
89. Take a yoga class
90. Write letters to Grandma
91. Make a quilt
92. Get Rosetta stone/ learn french 1
93. Do one of those 'Last minute' travel deals
94. Draw something at least every other day
95. Ride one metro line entirely from start to finish, watch people
96. Wear red lipstick every day for one month
97. Knit a sweater
98. Join a knitting group (or book club)
99. kiss on the first date
100. Rent a convertible, drive somewhere
101. Bake perfect french macaroons

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