Bolded = things I think I can accomplish in 2010.

  • Get a tattoo
  • Stop biting fingernails for a substantial amount of time
  • Upon accomplishing the above, get a manicure
  • Dance in public without being embarrassed
  • Bake vegan cupcakes (again!)
  • Get accepted to the University of Georgia
  • Attend college at the University of Georgia
  • Get into the Honors Program at the University of Georgia
  • Receive the Foundation Fellowship at the University of Georgia
  • Graduate from the University of Georgia
  • Attend graduate school at the University of Iceland
  • Get into college
  • Mail 10+ handwritten letters
  • Enter a writing contest (or several)
  • Qualify for the TOC
  • Volunteer at Ironstone Farm again
  • See Animal Collective live again
  • Learn to play 5 songs reasonably well on guitar
  • Set up a routine of going for a walk every morning
  • Smoke those cigars with Sean
  • Finish Endgame Vol. I and Vol. II
  • Leave random notes/art in a public place
  • Write graffiti in bathroom stalls
  • Tie-dye a shirt.. or ten..
  • Submit a secret to PostSecret
  • Write a message on a dollar bill for someone to find
  • Grow hair out (as long as possible)
  • See a shooting star, or several
  • Get nose pierced
  • Write a letter to Daniel Quinn
  • Meet Daniel Quinn
  • Live with a tribe for a substantial amount of time
  • Finish that story collection project
  • Get a story, poem, or novel published
  • Be a mom
  • Run from the police
  • Get a dog
  • Get a cat
  • Get a bunny
  • Get a parrot
  • Get a horse
  • Get a hedgehog
  • Get a guinea pig
  • Get a turtle
  • Write a letter to Alice Sebold
  • Meet Alice Sebold
  • Learn to sew
  • Attend a poetry reading
  • Give a poetry reading
  • Visit Sylvia Plath's grave
  • Plant a garden
  • Toast pumpkin seeds in the oven
  • Buy a pack of cigarettes
  • Spend a night on the beach
  • Bake a pie from scratch
  • Hold a butterfly in the palm of my hand
  • Rescue an injured or sick animal
  • Visit a desert
  • Swim in the Pacific Ocean
  • Save a life
  • Write a memoir
  • Touch a dolphin
  • Ride a horse bareback
  • Feed a giraffe
  • Learn how to build a fire
  • Stand naked in the pouring rain
  • Create "The Purple Bottle"
  • Milk a cow
  • Sleep in a bed of hay
  • Go on a hot air balloon ride
  • Go sky diving
  • Take an art class
  • Join a reading group
  • Become fluent in Spanish
  • Learn basic Italian
  • Study abroad in a Spanish speaking country
  • Learn basic yoga
  • Start and keep a dream journal for a few months
  • Sleep in front a fire
  • Stargaze through a telescope
  • Visit Mayan ruins
  • Drink absinthe
  • Travel to Europe
    • Austria
    • Czech Republic
    • France
    • Germany
    • Greece
    • Iceland
    • Italy
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Romania
    • Russia
    • Spain
    • Sweden
    • United Kingdom
  • Live in Iceland for any amount of time
  • Learn basic Icelandic
  • Speak Icelandic reasonably well
  • Write a letter to Roger Ebert
  • See an opera
  • Stay at the Hobbit Motel in New Zealand for a few nights
  • Direct a film
  • Write a screenplay
  • Attend the Academy Awards
  • Meet the members of Animal Collective
    • Deacon (4/20/10)
    • The Geologist (4/20/10)
    • Avey Tare
    • Panda Bear
aug 14 2009 ∞
jun 6 2010 +