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  • Make the Dean's List at least two more times. (3/2 times)
  • Re-learn ASL (american sign language).
    • I've gotten lazy with this.
  • Purchase a copy of Grey's Anatomy or maybe a wall chart for Anatomical reference.
    • I already have my Anatomy manual from A&P.
  • Read more classics or intellectually stimulating books.
    • 2 down (book reading list above).
  • Read school text ahead of time (preferably all year, but realistically, let's say for 1 month).
      • keeping up relatively well.
  • Listen to and follow along with ALL the German tapes (0/12)
  • Talk to potential grad schools about Occupational Therapy programs.
    • NO NEED!! Changed major to Communication Disorders. Very happy.
  • Expand vocabulary and give 100,000 grains of rice with www.freerice.com. (6340/100,000)
    • Also, get to level 40. =) ---39!!!
  • Graduate in 2011
  • Run in 2 5ks. (0/2).
  • Run 4 miles straight. (2.25/4 miles)
  • Overcome hemaphobia.
  • See counseler-
    • Appointment for 1/24/2009
    • Appointments for 3 Thursdays in Feb.-fail.
  • Get more sleep (go to bed at 11:00)
  • Drink 8 oz of water a day for a week.
  • Lose weight and maintain it. (5 lbs lost =)
  • Get no cavities & floss everyday. __(Check up on 1/13/09...no cavities! They said nice things like "you have nice teeth!" but they also said they wanted to "keep an eye on" the distal of 2 & 13 and the blingityblong of something.
      • I have a cavity. =[
  • Paint 12 paintings a year. (2/36)
    • field of rabbits, 1/2009
    • willow tree
    • +2 mosiacs. That should count.
  • Draw more often
  • Print, collate, and distribute at least two issues of "Onion Life." <---I made a zine =) & will be happy to mail a free copy to anyone interested! (assuming no more than 1 person will be). (0/2)
  • Make a documentary (no matter how pointless or sucky it may be).
  • Get a navigational system for car & learn to drive someone I've never been.
  • Make my own stationary/notes with doodles on them =)
  • Keep a book log.
  • Finish travel journal.
  • Complete another visual journal.
  • Sew a skirt
  • Obtain and learn how to use rollarblades.
  • Do 10 activities in the "How to Be an Explorer of the World" book. (0/10)
    • ..I lent to it Aubs.
  • Make a tiny little scrapbook of things I love & things that make me happy.
  • Donate to charity at least two times a year (1x to Samartian's Purse, 1x to another org). (2/2)
  • Help out with children's church 1x (0/1)
  • Make a phone call to a friend once a week. (I'm not really a big phone-talker, so this will be almost chanllenging). (2/x months)
  • Help out around the house more often. (this is obscure...)
  • Join an organization and always be a faithful attendee.
    • Society of Photographic artists!
  • Do something sweet for each member of the family.
  • -1/6/2009- Bought my Mumsy some flowers when she was feeling a little under the weather.
  • Keep in touch with Jenny.
    • She's transfering!! =(
  • Save $ for another trip to Europe.
  • Buy a really fancy handbag.
  • Consistantly balance checkbook.**
  • Get a hammock.
  • Get a new cell phone.
  • Save $50 dollars a month. (0/36)
  • Put old home videos on DVD
  • Get a really great camera.
    • I. Am. In. Love. With. My. Camera. <3
  • Try a new recipe 1x a month. (2/12)
  • Visit the camel in Jackson-
    • it's adorable & photogenic, & very lathargic.
  • Go skinny dipping.
  • Memorize a favorite poem or monolouge.
    • I'm working on memorizing Titiana's monolouge in a Mid-summer Night's Dream.
    • I've also memorized the first 1/3 or so of Marina, by T.S. Elliot.
  • Get a friend to catch fireflies with during summertime.
  • Drink champagne from a swirly straw.
  • Make soap. [ehow.com]
  • Attend a concert.
  • Go to indie coffeeshop for an open mic night.
  • Submit something for publication
    • Photos in Animal Youth, online magazine.
    • Photo is cover of Journey, the university's student publication!
    • Photo of Laurie is in Flourish magazine!
    • Poems to The Other Herald (need to be editted & submitted).
  • Get a typewriter OR purple velvet chaise lounge.
    • I got a typewriter!
  • Go to Elephant Rock.
  • Go to city museum.
  • Go to botanical garden
  • Go to butterfly house.
      • awesomeawesome.
  • Visit Pat's grave.
  • Declutter and organize.
  • Go 3 days without tv & document. (0/3)
  • Get a professional massage.
  • Have a professional do a make-up application.
  • Make-out in a truely bizzare location
      • so far the only place that even slightly constitutes bizzare is on top of some pointy rocks down by the river. & Matt's bed ("there's a whole lot of straightness going on in here right now.")
  • Have a Felicty marathon with April.
  • Be happy with where I am.
  • Get Ipod+Nike thing to work.
      • ipod broke, +Nike useless.
      • I gave to Sarah, so yay.
  • Send Henrike a mixed tape/cd.
  • Check & respond to email weekly. (3/x months)
  • Have a Midsummer's Night Dream party (or just a little get together if that's too overwhelming).
  • Get a labelmaker & label stuff.
  • Take a summer class.
  • Bake cookies for the girls at work for every upcoming holiday. (4/x times)
  • Never get library fines! (I work there! This shouldn't happen!). Oops. I'll keep trying.
  • Leave little uplifting notes & junk in usually places for people to find. (2/???)
  • Hang out with Mattie more.
  • Make new friends.
    • Karina, Reece, Charlie, Jared, Sarah, & another Sarah, & another Sarah, Maureen, Jennifer, Kelso and lots of other people.
  • REALLY Enjoy being at a party
    • did this a couple of times. =)
  • Mail something to Sarah.
    • birthday card...I should do more, though.
  • Clean up bookcases & donate books to Aub's mum's store.
  • See Cinderella ballet with Ellen i fail.
  • Consider options for where I want to live. With the B's & C's maybe?
  • Donate old clothes.
  • Obtain & read "Mind over Mood"
  • Go sledding, preferablly with Sam or Miranda.
  • Reinstate candy fridays (something I did in high school--dress cute & give out candy to friends & whoever wants candy on fridays) for 3 weeks.
  • Get picture taken in a photobooth.
    • Ellen & I did! =]
    • & me & Matt
  • Do something truly altruistic.
  • Matte & frame my favorite photos from Europe (preferablly one from each country).
    • 1 down.
  • Go dancing (and try really hard not to worry about looking like an idiot).
  • Put all of my photos & old docs on flash drives & cd so I can delete them from the computer.
  • Have game night as often as possible. (5/x times)
    • Done Superbowl weekend! Fun!
    • Game night in Cheney!
    • Drunk scrabble at B's.
    • Fam+Tyler, Cranium x2
  • See a meteor shower
  • Buy a really lovely coat.
  • Post in LJ journal at least 2x a month. *
  • Stay in a hotel & jump on the bed.
  • Update about this list, and make a new one. =)

Extras:

  • Learn the entire Animaniacs song about the Presidents (and hopefully be able to remember all of the presidents in order).
  • Find a four leaf clover.
  • Expand knowledge of geography.

~Keep smiling at strangers. =D

  • Lay in the grass & watch the clouds go by. Take pictures of said clouds & note what they look like. This is particularly fun with friends
  • Go to a hookah bar.
    • HA! Added this after the fact because I like crossing things out. & Pomegranite was the best.
  • Be a part of something awesome.

Bold entries are in progress, italics mean that they've been done, and asterisks indicate the # of times I've done them.

jan 15 2009 ∞
jan 6 2011 +