Hey Emily - you better try your best to do this list justice :)

Art

  • submit to Pictory (0/1)
  • go to the museum three times (0/3)
  • create a piece on brown wrapping paper
  • fill a new sketchbook
  • be comfortable enough to sketch on the subway

Words

  • write a short story
  • submit prose/poetry/essay into some sort of contest (09-18-11 Ayn Rand Institute - Atlas Shrugged Contest)
  • read at least one book per month (09/12)
  • read at least one piece of academic prose [journal/essay] per month (05/12)
    • Jan - "No Body There: Notes on the Queer Migration to Cyberspace" by DOUGLAS HARRISON
    • Feb - "Expressive prosody in children with autism spectrum conditions" by Peppe et al. (2011)
    • Mar - "Decontextualised Minds: Adolescents with Autism are Less Susceptible to the Conjunction Fallacy than Typically Developing Adolescents" by Morsanyi, Handley & Evans (2010)
    • Apr - "Reflections Intellectual Trajectories: Why People Study What they Do" by David Brion Davis
    • May - "The Unitive Urge in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath" by Pamela A. Smith and Sylvia Plath
    • June - "Gregg Araki: Guerrilla Film-Maker for a Queer Generation" by James M. Moran
    • July - "Sexual division of labor and central place foraging: a model for the Carson Desert of western Nevada" by David W. Zeanah
    • Aug - "Changing adolescent attitudes toward stuttering" by Timothy W. Flynna & Kenneth O. St. Louis
    • Sep - "Body image in adolescents with cerebral palsy" by Hammer et al

Music

  • write & record a song (0/1)

Movies

  • see a movie at TIFF (0/1)
  • go see a drive-in movie (0/1)
  • watch 26 films I've never seen - each starting with a different letter of the alphabet, NYT Lists 1 | 2 (26/26)
  • post five videos on YouTube/Vimeo (1/5)
    • make a short film

Self

  • get at least a 90 on an Eng paper
  • get at least a 3.7 GPA for 3rd Year
  • find a steady job
  • get G2
  • do the splits properly
  • go to the movies by myself
  • spend a day 'lost' downtown
  • drink more water!
  • write down my insecurities - burn this paper afterward

Randoms

  • make a paper lantern to set free

Monthly Goals

  • Jan - Do at least three loads of laundry by myself.
  • Feb - Post a cover on Youtube.(Stars - The xx Cover)
  • Mar - Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day (31/31).
  • Apr - Go vegetarian for a week.
  • May - Shoot and develop a 120 roll.
  • Jun - Document everyday with a photo.
  • Jul - Take a dance class/learn a combo
  • Aug - Create a piece on a wooden canvas/block.
  • Sep - Send in your Postsecret.
  • Oct - Carve a pumpkin and hand out candy for Halloween.
  • Nov - Hollow out an old book to make a hiding spot.
  • Dec - Volunteer at a shelter/food bank or the like.

Monthly Unconventional Acts

  • Jan - Put a pop-up in a normal book - put in The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb @ Square One's Coles
  • Feb - Leave spare change in a mini envelope somewhere w/ a message on it | ex. For your next medium double-double :)
  • Mar - Write a letter and leave it in a book. - Hamlet @ Library
  • Apr - Leave a filled out 'Thank you' card somewhere.
  • May - Mini Art Gallery - click
  • Jun - Leave 15 White Knots in different places
  • Jul - Fill a whole sticky note pad and stick each note in diff places.
  • Aug - Leave print-outs of screen caps of favourite movie quotations&scenes in 5 diff places (5/5).
  • Sep - Leave a mix CD somewhere.
  • Oct - Leave 5 'blackout' pieces in diff places (0/5).
  • Nov - Leave a partly filled notebook on a library shelf.
  • Dec - Holiday card exchange with at least three strangers through the internet (Tumblr, Blogger, etc.).
oct 14 2010 ∞
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