• dying my hair fire truck red
    • tried... we'll see again when my roots grow out
  • finally getting that outer space tattoo, if not more
    • probably going to wait until the next time I can see Will at Starship in WI
  • finding concerts to go to alone on quiet evenings
    • maybe not alone, but I'm planning on attending an opera next week and a musical in a few weeks
  • having sleepovers with myself
    • pampering myself with facials and pedicures
      • bought really cool nail polish the other day!
    • playing rock star with blast from the past music
    • unlimited craft time in the girl cave
  • reaching out to friendquaintences to turn them into real friends
    • see what anna's up to!
      • texted her. perhaps we'll hang out next week!
  • go back to aiming for sex appeal when i style myself each morning
    • i've been fucking attractive this week. good for me!
  • go for walks/drives alone without an end goal
    • bonus points if it's late at night
  • start painting again, even finger painting. ideally finger painting.
  • flirt shamelessly with strangers
  • learn to play covers on the piano
  • get a camera and start taking pictures of life
  • take mini-vacations. a day in traverse city? yes please.
  • stop sitting in corners and start talking to people
    • not just boys. you need girl friends you can actually hang out with.
  • regain that 8th grade hunger for discovering new music. not just getting into another jimmy eat world or the killers album i overlooked years ago.
  • start having real conversations with someone other than Dr. Barton
    • good job letting Mitch in. keep it up.
  • cheat on my excessively specific budget for fun
    • got my hairs did professionally!
  • make mood-specific playlists for my iPod
  • find something to believe in and live for. buddhism? some sort of new-age self-awareness thing?
    • checked out a ton of books! we'll see what sparks my interest over spring break.
  • drink too much, twerk upside-down on a wall, fall and hurt myself
  • better yet, drink too much and end up naked locked out of my apartment
  • schedule vacation day(s) to wander someplace worth being
  • play something other than just cold war kids and local natives every time i get into my car
    • ...eric whit acre :)
  • actually book that trip to vegas in july
  • actually go camping with tiffany in september
  • do that thing i used to do when i was fifteen and lie on the floor with a song on repeat
  • learn how to drink real coffee so i can be awake and alive each day
    • success. such a good idea. fuck my hang-ups about addiction. it's coffee, not meth.
  • finish that fucking dalai lama project so i can start each day with that quote in my head
  • create mischief
  • give into impulses
  • stop the fucking self-diagnoses and be whatever i am
  • talk to strangers. have real talk with strangers.
  • give myself as much faith as Dr. Barton, Nick Hosford, Mitch, and probably several others give me
  • dive into that seven-year dream and use those Brett Manning CDs. if they don't work, i won't be any worse off than if i never tried.
  • four words: existentialism on prom night.
  • start more conversations with "remember when"
  • use my pre-performance class gap on thursdays to explore downtown instead of just doing homework
  • acknowledge my real age and stop trying to double it
feb 13 2014 ∞
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