juliana

This is my list so far. It's too long to read, but I thought I'd post it anyway.

151 things to do in 1510 days. I start today.





PROFESSIONAL/ART:
1. Take Photoshop class
2. Take InDesign class
3. Get my professional portfolio together
4. Get a website for my portfolio
5. Get something published (x2)
6. Do an autobiographical comic about (at least) 1 relationship
7. Do an autobiographical comic about sex
8. Draw every day for a month
9. Paint a self-portrait
10. Paint 20 things (paintings)
11. Draw 1 self-portrait a year (2-3 total)
12. Read 5 books on how to make a living as an illustrator

CREATIVE/ SOUL:
13. Take 1 photo a day for a month
14. Pick 10 artists and buy 1 thing from each of them
15. Read all of (Nick Hornby/Margaret Atwood/Marguerite Duras)s work
16. See 10 live shows (1 has to be Beck)
17. Listen to all the music on iTunes at least once
18. Shoot 1 roll of film in 1 day
19. Throw a pot (throwing wheel)
20. Throw a pot (smash!)
21. Own 5 new albums Ive not owned before
22. Read 50 Must-Reads
23. Learn 3 poems by heart
24. Experiment with 5 different image processes (i.e. transfers)
25. Draw something on a wall or on the floor in chalk
26. See at least 20 gallery shows/exhibits
27. Take a picture of the patio in all 4 seasons
28. Watch 25 foreign movies (no English)
29. Write 25 short stories

D:

30. Visit a Buddhist temple (again)
31. Go to Silent Movie House with D
32. Soak in natural hot springs with D
33. Snorkeling with D
34. Rodeo. Again
35. Take a barefoot walk in the rain (again)
36. Play VGs with D
37. Watch a drive-in movie with D
38. Spend a weekend at a bed and breakfast with D
39. Visit Yellowstone again
40. Slow dance in public with D
41. Go horseback riding with D
42. Go to Harbin again
43. Take D to a musical
44. Have a picnic sitting on a blanket somewhere

BETTERMENT/NEW SKILLS:
45. Take another yoga class
46. Learn a few massage techniques in Berkeley
47. Learn 3 new origami folds
48. Learn to change my own oil
49. Use a drill for something, anything
50. Take a language class with Damon
51. Learn to swear in 5 different languages
52. Take belly-dancing lessons
53. Have Sam teach me to fence a little
54. Learn to weave from start to finish
55. Weave 5 things
56. Learn to identify 5 beetles by sight
57. Memorize how to write my Chinese name
58. Learn 365 new words
59. Implement composting system for at least 1 month
60. Learn to dance either: salsa or tango
61. Raise fresh herbs
62. Sell 5 things on eBay

DO:
63. Have barbeque on warehouse roof
64. Go camping with my friends
65. Have a Spuds N Scrabble night
66. Make up another catchy dinner event and host that (i.e. Wear the outfit you never get to wear party/get together)
67. Fix my Pentax camera (new battery?)
68. Send a secret to Post Secret

RED:
69. Dress in drag
70. Fuck in 15 new places
71. Get an awesome new haircut
72. Draw a nude portrait of D
73. Take SB-type set for D (the wake-up set)
74. Do an Anna May Wong or Wong Kar-Wai -inspired shoot
75. Get a new pair of hot glasses. Or cool. Cool is good, too.
76. Buy shoes I can wear every day with skirts
77. Find an every day garter belt
78. Find/make a g---- h--- for D
79. Other things I wont post online

FOOD:
80. Go to Farmers Market once monthly for 4 months
81. Eat fondue
82. Make weird fish-mushroomy juice shakes again with D
83. Cultivate my own Kombucha
84. Try 3 new types of cuisine (i.e. African)
85. Learn to make either naan or Indian fry bread
86. Learn to cook 5 dishes
87. Learn to make crme brulee


FAMILY/ FRIENDS:

88. Spend a day with Colette
89. Spend a day with Jamaica
90. Spend a few days with Lior
91. Stay overnight with Justina & Co. at least twice
92. Visit Leonel in San Diego
93. Visit Ds Elishia in New Mexico
94. Play telephone with the Eckard-Lees
95. Spend time with Lisa (ex-roomie)
96. Call home every weekend for 2 months straight
97. Write 1 letter per week to Robert
98. Send Robert at least 1 care package
99. Send 10 postcards to friends/family/anyone at any time

MAKE:
100. Make a mix tape or CD for someone
101. Put together a baby pictures album for all 6 cats (or just the 3 we have)
102. Finish 1000 (1001?) cranes
103. Reenact Calvins Snow Sharks sculptures
104. Take pictures of apartment/neighborhood; make virtual tour memento
105. Make soap
106. Construct a sandcastle or gingerbread/doll house
107. Have 1 picture of each important person in my life
108. Use the copies to put in a book or binder with stories/comments
109. Make 5 new articles of clothing from old ones
110. Make something to sell out of Sculpey
111. Carve a pumpkin
112. Sew something useful
113. Sew something frivolous
114. Knit a hat/skirt/bag/arm-warmers

LEARN/BRAIN MAINTENANCE:
115. Watch Children of a Lesser God without subtitles
116. Read Sun Tzu
117. Read Lao Tzu
118. Read the (unexpurgated) Diaries of Anais Nin
119. Learn 1-3 verses in the Bible, or Koran, or Torah
120. Go to 1-2 film festivals

TRAVEL:
121. Visit Ale in Milan
122. Travel to Japan
123. Travel to India
124. See the Grand Canyon
125. Visit Russ and family again in England
126. Stay in Paris above a bakery (ideally 1 month, but even 1 day is fine)
127. Spend a day at Central Park

SEE:
128. Attend Dia de los Muertos
129. See every movie () has done
130. Watch vintage porn in a theatre
131. See an opera
132. Be present for entire Chinese New Year parade
133. Visit 4 museums I havent been to already
134. Spend a day at Asian Art Museum

MONEY:
135. Put an entire paycheck directly into savings
136. Start an ING savings account
137. Bring sack lunch every day for 3 weeks total (weeks neednt be consecutive but must be an entire 5 days in a row)

HEALTH/HYGIENE:
138. Drink 120 fluid ounces of water a day for 2 weeks
139. Get 8 hours of sleep every night for 2 weeks (weekends exempt)
140. Take vitamins every day for 1 month
141. Floss every day for a month

MISCELLANEOUS:
142. Volunteer or donate something (other than money)
143. Take something apart, piece by piece, and leave it like that
144. Make bubbles with hula hoops and a kiddie pool
145. Crash 1 party
146. Clean Crows litter box by myself for 6 months straight
147. Buy something from Paxton Gate (or make something like it)
148. Look at lofts we cant afford / test drive a car we wont buy
149. Support or protest something
150. Subscribe to any magazine for 1 year
151. [One Wildcard item] / Finish this list



Wish me luck ...