Christmas Eve! I'm working on the trees today-- I put six chestnuts into the fridge on a damp cloth to overwinter until Feb-- Probably the 14th, if they're showing roots yet, because it's easier to remember landmarks like holidays. And if I'm planting things, maybe my love of the earth will ease the lack of boy-love I generally get on Valentines Day.
Anyway, assuming all six sprout, that's replacing the three Nanking Cherries that didn't make it through the storms. Yay! And I have plans to get several fruiting trees from this one website I found and start an unusual potted orchard. Unusual like this: shipovas and medlars and serviceberries and moutain ash and New Zealand vine and Hazelnuts. Apples and pears don't grow that well here, but maybe I'll look up a few heat-hardy varieties. Someone downtown has pears growing in their yard, so it has to be possible. And the Arborday Foundation can grace me with the serviceberries and the hazelnuts at a discount when I renew my subscription, which should be within the next few weeks.
I'm going to see if I can get anyone to take me by biglots and rescue any of those miniature Christmas trees that they might have left. I want to plant my two Christmas Trees from actual Christmas Trees instead of just any old trees because so many of them just get tossed when the season is done.
I'm very excited.
I'm still having trouble getting up on time. It's the winter, I think. My brain keeps telling my legs and arms to stay asleep when I wake up and it's cold and dark. That'll have to stop soon, though, because I have to budget my time better or I'm never going to get myself finishing things before deadline. And once the garden goes in, it'll need attention before work.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Fat Girl Goes Slim: Running
Okay, so I've never been a fan of running. When we used to go to those sweet even beaches for full moons, I used to sometimes lope, but that's not the same thing-- that's stretching legs and hips out as far as they will go and landing on your toptoes and covering alot of ground with little energy expenditure. And sometimes when I lived in hillier places, I'd go mountain-goating, which looks like running but is more of a bouncy climb at high speed so gravity can't pull you down-- dynamic balance and forward momentum and all that. I've been wanting to do those things, but there's nowhere to lope where I'd feel safe to be early in the morning or late in the evening when I'm not working, and mountain-goating is out of the question because a) it's way way way too flat here, and b) there's no big-construction I could break into a pretend the sandpiles are mountains (which is also dirtier and not safe).
But H has this treadmill. And it kind of represents all the bad things about exercize to me-- staring at a wall, separated from other people and the world, repetative motion and no variation. I could program it to go up and down, but it doesn't react fast enough to be like a suitably steep hillside.
But it's all I've got, and I'm tired of feeling like a cow. So last tuesday, I ran for twenty minutes in two ten minute stretches. I woke up pretty fine on Wednesday, but when I got to work, all the standing brought on the pain, and by last night I couldn't hardly move my legs. And the same today. And, uncharacteristically, my brain is interpreting that as a challenge, not as a signal to quit. Who knew?
Hayden lost 80 lbs by running every day. I'm going to ease into running every day, but I'm going to do my best. All I need to lose is 30 lbs. And I have three days off a week.
Even though no one mentioned that walking on a moving surface like that messes with your balance, and mine is somewhat suspect at the best of times...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Comic: Team Al Qaida
Click on the picture to see the text!Usually, my comics are sort of dissociated from time, what with my habit of not being up on world events, but the Olymics this year got me. Months ago... And now the comic is online!
Day 19: 12-17-08
Still having trouble gettin gup when the alarm goes off, especially on my days off, even though I have more work that ever to do-- and speaking of, my attempts at scheduling myself into punctuality aren't working so well. Well, they're working a little... is this what's called progress? It doesn't feel all that progressive.
I started excercizing yesterday in an attempt to not be fat. That's a big step: I hate exercize. But I hate this extra flesh more, and we have a treadmill, so there you go.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
C1: Deals
As always, if you're a new customer, and you get someone else to place an order for 10$ or more, you get 5% off your next order. If you're a returning customer, you get 10% off your next order.
And since we have all these new scents and creams and lotions coming into rotation, for C1, C2 and C3, if you request a sample and then buy the full-size bottle, I'll give you 10% off the price of that item, even if you already have a Friends' Discount!
So be sure to show your catalogs and share your samples!
And since we have all these new scents and creams and lotions coming into rotation, for C1, C2 and C3, if you request a sample and then buy the full-size bottle, I'll give you 10% off the price of that item, even if you already have a Friends' Discount!
So be sure to show your catalogs and share your samples!
Updates!
C26 is in and will have to be paid for by tuesday, so if you placed an order, be sure to contact me soon.
Next up is C1, which bills itself as 2009, even though there's still a little of 08 left-- like new cars, I guess. There's all kinds of new stuff coming up. It's due on Saturday the 20th through me or the web.
C1's big deals are as follows:
- Anew's Elixir Premium regains up to ten years on your looks. (59$)
- Haiku, "a spiritual garden of jasmine, citrus and lillies" has a three-piece set of perfume, gel and lotion for 14.99 -- when the perfume by itself is 22.50.
- Skin So Soft is giving you a free Age Defying Body Wash when you buy the Age Defying Three-Piece Set for 15$
- In this brochure only, the pink lace mini brush set is only 4.99 with any 10$ purchase from this campaign.
- There's a variety of skincare items for Buy 1 Get 1 for 1.99, as well as makeup on sale for Buy 1 Get 1 for 1.99, 2.99, 3.99 and 4.99, which includes all the best sellers.
- Face Perfector, which I swear by, is back on special for 7.99.
-New this brochure, we have color-changing nail polish for 5.49.
- Perfume is on sale: Any two of Rare Gold, Surreal, True Glow, Far Away, Imari, Goddess or Imari Seduction for 24$. Further perfumes -- Wish of Happiness, Wish of Peace, Wish of Love, Tahitian Holiday, Sweet Honesty, Odyssy, Candid, Soft Musk, Timeless, Night Magic and Evening Musk -- are on sale Two for 15.99. Make me Smile / Wonder / Fire Me Up are Half off. Rare Pearls is at 9.99, and any three purse sizes are 12.99.
- Cynthia Rowley has the most adorable brightly-colored umbrella for 5.99.
- Wild Country is on sale for 8.99 and I've love a man to smell like that!
- Blackberry and vanilla is back for the Naturals line.
And the Sneak Peeks I'm excited about are:
- Courtney Cox has a perfume coming out called Spotlight, which is described as "a tantalizing cocktail of sparkling citrus and luminous florals with a captivating encore of sexy cashmere woods". i must say, I'm digging the trend of citrus scents in these new perfumes just now. It'll be available on C8, but you can order it before everyone else as early as C3, so make sure to put aside 22.50 to give it a try.
- Anew has a new addition to their anti-aging line called Clinical Derma Full 3X Facial Filling Serum. It's another option for combating those fine lines, and will cost 54$ in C7.
- C4 is having a big deal on Mineral Makeups, so be sure to check them out in the catalogues leading up to it. We're launcing duos in blush and eyeshadow-- two complimentary colors in one divided pot-- and an order of 10$ or more lets you get the brushes at 1.99, when they'd usually be at 5$ on their own!
- Liiv Botanicals has another all-natural perfume coming to their line: Vitality! Described as "succulent citrus and cucumber with a warm floral heart and a breath of fresh woods". It smells a little like a peeled orange and a little like pine, and I'm all over it. Intro special will be 12.50, and after that, it'll be 22.50.
- Liiv also has a set of reusable shopping bags in an earthy brown and green combo that features their signature simple designs. Intro special will be 6.99, with full price at 12.99.
- Mark is adding Lime Lavender to their Self Sanctuary line, with the full range of lotion, cream, spray and wash.
Next up is C1, which bills itself as 2009, even though there's still a little of 08 left-- like new cars, I guess. There's all kinds of new stuff coming up. It's due on Saturday the 20th through me or the web.
C1's big deals are as follows:
- Anew's Elixir Premium regains up to ten years on your looks. (59$)
- Haiku, "a spiritual garden of jasmine, citrus and lillies" has a three-piece set of perfume, gel and lotion for 14.99 -- when the perfume by itself is 22.50.
- Skin So Soft is giving you a free Age Defying Body Wash when you buy the Age Defying Three-Piece Set for 15$
- In this brochure only, the pink lace mini brush set is only 4.99 with any 10$ purchase from this campaign.
- There's a variety of skincare items for Buy 1 Get 1 for 1.99, as well as makeup on sale for Buy 1 Get 1 for 1.99, 2.99, 3.99 and 4.99, which includes all the best sellers.
- Face Perfector, which I swear by, is back on special for 7.99.
-New this brochure, we have color-changing nail polish for 5.49.
- Perfume is on sale: Any two of Rare Gold, Surreal, True Glow, Far Away, Imari, Goddess or Imari Seduction for 24$. Further perfumes -- Wish of Happiness, Wish of Peace, Wish of Love, Tahitian Holiday, Sweet Honesty, Odyssy, Candid, Soft Musk, Timeless, Night Magic and Evening Musk -- are on sale Two for 15.99. Make me Smile / Wonder / Fire Me Up are Half off. Rare Pearls is at 9.99, and any three purse sizes are 12.99.
- Cynthia Rowley has the most adorable brightly-colored umbrella for 5.99.
- Wild Country is on sale for 8.99 and I've love a man to smell like that!
- Blackberry and vanilla is back for the Naturals line.
And the Sneak Peeks I'm excited about are:
- Courtney Cox has a perfume coming out called Spotlight, which is described as "a tantalizing cocktail of sparkling citrus and luminous florals with a captivating encore of sexy cashmere woods". i must say, I'm digging the trend of citrus scents in these new perfumes just now. It'll be available on C8, but you can order it before everyone else as early as C3, so make sure to put aside 22.50 to give it a try.
- Anew has a new addition to their anti-aging line called Clinical Derma Full 3X Facial Filling Serum. It's another option for combating those fine lines, and will cost 54$ in C7.
- C4 is having a big deal on Mineral Makeups, so be sure to check them out in the catalogues leading up to it. We're launcing duos in blush and eyeshadow-- two complimentary colors in one divided pot-- and an order of 10$ or more lets you get the brushes at 1.99, when they'd usually be at 5$ on their own!
- Liiv Botanicals has another all-natural perfume coming to their line: Vitality! Described as "succulent citrus and cucumber with a warm floral heart and a breath of fresh woods". It smells a little like a peeled orange and a little like pine, and I'm all over it. Intro special will be 12.50, and after that, it'll be 22.50.
- Liiv also has a set of reusable shopping bags in an earthy brown and green combo that features their signature simple designs. Intro special will be 6.99, with full price at 12.99.
- Mark is adding Lime Lavender to their Self Sanctuary line, with the full range of lotion, cream, spray and wash.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Day 13: 12-11-08
I'm having issues with the getting up on time challenge. I want to do it, but I can't ever seem to. It's horrible. No matter when I set my alarm, I always seem to get up almost exactly an hour later, as if my brain refuses to follow guidelines. My brain is a rebellious teenager.
But I'm doing better with the shopping bags. When I ran out of space at the grocery store, I remembered to ask for paper instead of plastic-- but I did forget to tell the guy at the petstore that I didn't need a bag. Oh well. Small victories.
And I managed to get my editing done on time-- even a little early. Closer to the goal of getting things done before deadline than ever before!
And I'm devoting a chunk of today to getting stories typed and finding homes for them before the two-week notice runs out, and I've been doing better at getting them actually done rather than stopping and never getting back to them.
But I'm doing better with the shopping bags. When I ran out of space at the grocery store, I remembered to ask for paper instead of plastic-- but I did forget to tell the guy at the petstore that I didn't need a bag. Oh well. Small victories.
And I managed to get my editing done on time-- even a little early. Closer to the goal of getting things done before deadline than ever before!
And I'm devoting a chunk of today to getting stories typed and finding homes for them before the two-week notice runs out, and I've been doing better at getting them actually done rather than stopping and never getting back to them.
Friday, December 5, 2008
2. Ducks
TEXT: H: "can you imagine how many mosquitoes we'd have if we had rice paddies out back?" S: "Well, then we'd just have to have ducks." A: "Ducks? Why ducks?" C: "Cuz then they'd have babies and I can LOVE them?"S: "To eat the larva! And we could control them by eating the eggs in really big omlettes!"
C: "You control them by EATING their BABIES?!?" S: "No, their populations..."
H: Sami, I just know we're going to come out of the house and you're going to be wearing your Thai fingernails and a cape..."
H: "Sami! Are you intimidating the ducks again?" S: "You will do as I say or I will devour your CHILDREN! Bwahahahahahahaa!" Duck: "Wak?"
Hey guys! Sorry this went up late-- and that it's only, like, the second strip and already I'm late. I got stupidly ill moments after deciding on the schedule and pretty much coughed and slept through the last few days. But it's up now! And one day I'll figure out how to post them so that you can read them for yourself instead of me deciphering them for you.
And I wonder how long before this comic collapses into the other, or vice versa?
Day 7: 12-5-08
Yesterday, I was given a big handful of oranges and tangerines from a friend's grandma's yard, and instead of going the easy rout and grabbing a bag, I just carried them home in my skirt and my pockets to save the plastic and stick with Number 34. Whoo! I remembered! And I did not take the easy way out!
And when I eat them, I'm going to save the seeds for Number 42-- Christmas is almost upon us, so I think I need to get to Biglots and rescue two little pine trees, plus all three of my cashew trees died because I left them outside in the cold when I should have brought them in, so I've got six more I need to plant. It'll probably be three new cashews, kept inside until spring, and then two tangerines and an orange, since all my citrus trees died, like, two years ago, and mail order companies can't ship citrus to Florida. And they cost too much at the garden centers. If I can make room for the planter in my window, the cahews can be planted today.
And when I eat them, I'm going to save the seeds for Number 42-- Christmas is almost upon us, so I think I need to get to Biglots and rescue two little pine trees, plus all three of my cashew trees died because I left them outside in the cold when I should have brought them in, so I've got six more I need to plant. It'll probably be three new cashews, kept inside until spring, and then two tangerines and an orange, since all my citrus trees died, like, two years ago, and mail order companies can't ship citrus to Florida. And they cost too much at the garden centers. If I can make room for the planter in my window, the cahews can be planted today.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
c26 Special: Up to 70% off!
There's a deal on right now that if you order through the website, you can get up to 70% off on certain items! Check it out! Don't actually click there. Click Here--->
http://p.p0.com/YesConnect/HtmlMessagePreview?a=5B747-t23xqx_UBtqml1hYZ5&msgVersion=web
Campaign 26
This Campaign is due a little early this week coming up because of the holidays, so it's got to be in on Thursday (Dec 11th) before midnight. Send me your orders (inc. item name, color, page number, item number and price) at pirategirljack at gmail dot com or call me, and I'll put them in with the order.
If you order online, it goes in as soon as you process it and it'll come directly to your house rather than to mine.
If you've ordered from me before, and you get someone else to order at least 10$ worth of stuff, I'll give you 5$ off your next order. If you're a new customer and you get someone else to order at least 10$ or more, you'll get 3$ off your next order. You win either way!
~:D
If you order online, it goes in as soon as you process it and it'll come directly to your house rather than to mine.
If you've ordered from me before, and you get someone else to order at least 10$ worth of stuff, I'll give you 5$ off your next order. If you're a new customer and you get someone else to order at least 10$ or more, you'll get 3$ off your next order. You win either way!
~:D
Welcome!
Here is my own little home on the web for all things Avon and Avon-related! I'll have feeds up so you know the latest news as soon as I know it, and whether you buy or want to sell, here's the place to be. I'll have news snippets and reviews of the things I try, updates on when orders are due and when sales are on, as well as when I'm offering specific incentives just for my own personal customers!
Some come back and see me, okay?
Some come back and see me, okay?
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Day 3: Problems Already!
Numbers
27. Find ways to power through my own procrastination and get more productive and motivated.
and
98. Wake up every day when the alarm goes off
are already causing trouble. I DID get up when the alarm went off this morning, and the pull of gravity was just too much for me. I couldn't stay standing. I went back to bed until an hour later, then flopped around for half an hour feeling stupid for being incapable of mustering the willpower to keep my eyes open. My only excuse is that I worked for a million hours over this Black Friday Weekend, and I'm just beat. And the fact that I'm posting here instead of working is proof that I'm not past procrastination.
On the other hand, it IS only day 3 of 1001, so I guess this is the process, huh? The pointing out that things need to change?
27. Find ways to power through my own procrastination and get more productive and motivated.
and
98. Wake up every day when the alarm goes off
are already causing trouble. I DID get up when the alarm went off this morning, and the pull of gravity was just too much for me. I couldn't stay standing. I went back to bed until an hour later, then flopped around for half an hour feeling stupid for being incapable of mustering the willpower to keep my eyes open. My only excuse is that I worked for a million hours over this Black Friday Weekend, and I'm just beat. And the fact that I'm posting here instead of working is proof that I'm not past procrastination.
On the other hand, it IS only day 3 of 1001, so I guess this is the process, huh? The pointing out that things need to change?
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Day 2: 11-29-08
So yesterday I decided to get in on this 101 things in 1001 days deal, and I spent all the spaces between customers on a not-so-horrible Black Friday plugging in and figuring out the 101 things I want to do in the next 2.75 years between yesterday, my half-birthday, and my brother's birthday in 2011.
This is the list, with in-process points bolded and finished things italicized (of which there are none yet, but that'll change).
101 things in 1001 days
November 28, 2008 to August 28, 2011
Writing
1. Write a novel a year (2.75 over the course of this experiment).
2. Publish at least one short story a month.
3. Get into a writing program for grad school, and excel at both writing and making the connections I’ll need for the rest of my life.
4. Go to more conferences then just ICFA by picking up one or two conferences a year and becoming a regular at the ones I like.
5. Write a book about the experience of this experiment.
6. Write at least one academic book to high standards and good reviews.
7. Figure out how / where to publish essays and start doing so, one per quarter at least.
8. Get all the way through one NaNoWriMo.
9. Win an award (or at least a nomination) for something I write.
10. Start writing poetry again and study forms, writing at least three of each form that I wouldn’t be embarrassed to read in public.
11. Write a movie and try to sell it.
12. Write at least one complete short story a week, and have it typed and sent out before the end of two weeks.
Living
13. Eat seasonally for a full year, making at least three home-cooked meals a week, and write a book detailing what I’ve learned and what I experienced.
14. Start making my own clothes.
15. Figure out inventive and stylish alternatives to bras.
16. Revamp the fish tank, replant it, and get as many natural water-chemistry-balancers as possible, as well as algae-eating fish and other diversities of life.
17. Become more informed on the politics that apply to me—the environment, paganism, women’s rights, healthcare, gay rights, etc.
18. See about starting a community gardens project with City Hall—is it even feasible? Get the info together to make a proper report to whoever it should go to.
19. Downsize my belongings to de-clutter my space, and give away, upcycle, freecycle or sell on ebay anything I don’t need.
20. Track and budget my money better so I can replenish savings, afford trips, and pay off my debt (and this includes knowing bank totals, not splurging, and getting to the bank on time so things don’t bounce).
21. Find out what goes into planning a CSA program, and see if I can do it.
22. Do something new to green my life once every two months.
23. Keep a calendar up to date with deadlines, accomplishments, failures, holidays, notes, full moons, birthdays and anniversaries, schedules, etc for the length of this exercize.
24. Be a better pagan—celebrate the holidays, keep track of moons and their names, keep track of the months, take up divination again, meditate more, and keep the altar up and seasonal.
25. Find three things to be grateful for every day and write them down.
26. Plant, grow and actually maintain a proper kitchen garden and get a real harvest out of it.
27. Find ways to power through my own procrastination and get more productive and motivated.
28. Organize all the stuff I never scrapbooked into boxes by year, and throw away or upcycle anything I can’t remember the significance of.
29. Free up at least one bookshelf for other storage needs / pare down the books to those that really matter and send the rest to Book Crossing.
30. Avoid buying what I can make myself—and actually make it.
31. Finish at least one unfinished project a month before starting another.
32. Learn a new crochet stitch a month, and use it in something practical and easily-finished.
33. Make herb jellies in the spring, salsas and sauces in the summer, jam and preserves in the fall, and jar them all up for the winter, trying out two new recipes per season.
34. Use only reusable shopping bags or paper.
35. Organize all my things so that everything has a place, and don’t get something new if there’s nowhere to put it.
36. Make my own frozen meals.
37. Get my holiday gift-shopping / making done before December at least once.
38. Build self-watering containers to get the food-veg through the summer.
39. Resubscribe to all my magazines and get back on top of all the news and info.
40. Have the next 101 list ready in time to start Round Two immediately.
41. Take up embroidery and make something new and original each month.
42. Plant two trees for each Christmas, and for each of my orchard trees I manage to kill.
43. Make sugar cookies for every holiday to justify the cookie cutter addiction.
44. Develop all the old disposable cameras.
Working
45. Keep my Etsy shop full and with a good selection, and start selling handmade gifts and cosmetics regularly.
46. Be my own boss.
47. Get traffic / readers to my blogs to justify writing books about what’s detailed in them.
48. Do better and more consistently as an Avon Rep and make it a major source of income.
49. Go to at least one craft fair as a seller.
50. Join at least one professional association.
51. Get things done before due dates.
52. Budget my time better so I can accomplish more.
Fun
53. Learn to juggle / do poi / contact juggle / use the staff for a whole routine, for the purpose of increasing coordination and balance.
54. Fold 1000 paper cranes and write a wish on each one.
55. Visit Vancouver.
56. Visit London again.
57. Visit Scotland again, and see where I used to live and where we never got to when we were there.
58. Visit Morocco and shop in the markets.
59. Visit Sweden.
60. Visit Japan again, and tour the mainland before visiting the islands.
61. Get new tattoos, the first before ICFA 2009.
62. Become a rennfaire regular.
63. Write a formal bucket list and update it every year on my birthday.
64. Make a real effort on the webcomics and the blogs—at least once a week on each, gather attention, make banners, comment on other things, link all over.
65. Read at least one book a month that I already own and haven’t read, or get rid of it.
66. Come up with something to do in the seven extra days I earn each time I try a new food.
67. Be more artistically creative once a month—try something new and time consuming that I’ve been putting off.
68. Own one piece of hot new cutting edge tech when it’s new.
69. Make an origami creation story set.
70. Get better at math—find a text book and work my way through it until I can do all the problems correctly.
71. Be able to carry on a conversation in Swedish and make sense.
72. Learn to play at least one ideal song for all the flutes I have.
73. Attend at least one special class on food—the icecream class at the University of Wisconsin or the Artisan Bread class in San Francisco, or something like them.
74. Try my hand at all the main categories of home brewing: beer, meade, cider, wine and kombu.
75. Cook outside more than twice in the spring and fall.
76. Go swimming more than twice in a year.
77. Learn retail-useful phrases in all the major languages we get, as well as sign language, and keep it fresh and usable in my mind.
78. Learn to play at least one song on the fiddle.
79. Build a really neat website and keep it up to date and on track.
80. Make my own icecream with my own hand-crank icecream maker in fun and unusual flavors like thai tea, rose-ginger, and candied violet.
Interacting
81. Pay more attention to Ninja and be a better friend to my friends.
82. Find love.
83. Get more involved in the local and online pagan communities, and celebrate at least three holidays a year in a group.
84. Write to friends and family more—at least every other month.
85. Remember birthdays and anniversaries.
86. Visit mom and dad ON one actual major holiday.
87. Think before I speak.
88. Write more thank you notes, even if I’m just thinking people for being themselves.
89. Give more gifts than I receive.
90. Give no less than 5% of each paycheck to a cause or a charity I believe in.
91. Get a mah-jong set and learn to play with three other people so we can have games.
Health
92. Lose 30 lbs at 1-2 lbs a week, then level off successfully and keep it off.
93. Pay more attention to how I look and figure out useful and doable improvements, one a month, that I can stick with.
94. Take classes in yoga / bellydance / tai chi / something out of the norm to make exercise fun and to force me to do it.
95. Look better and feel better at 30 than I did at 20.
96. Keep up up date on my henna—at least once a month—for the whole length of this exercise.
97. Exfoliate and lotion all my skin at every shower so I’m never itchy and flaky and ashy.
98. Wake up every day when the alarm goes off, and take no more than one nap if it’s needed.
99. Eat only high-quality chocolate once the holiday candy is gone.
100. Get healthcare insurance of some sort and get all these itchy moles checked out and removed if they need it.
101. Rebuild my makeup collection, and use it at least half the week.
This is the list, with in-process points bolded and finished things italicized (of which there are none yet, but that'll change).
101 things in 1001 days
November 28, 2008 to August 28, 2011
Writing
1. Write a novel a year (2.75 over the course of this experiment).
2. Publish at least one short story a month.
3. Get into a writing program for grad school, and excel at both writing and making the connections I’ll need for the rest of my life.
4. Go to more conferences then just ICFA by picking up one or two conferences a year and becoming a regular at the ones I like.
5. Write a book about the experience of this experiment.
6. Write at least one academic book to high standards and good reviews.
7. Figure out how / where to publish essays and start doing so, one per quarter at least.
8. Get all the way through one NaNoWriMo.
9. Win an award (or at least a nomination) for something I write.
10. Start writing poetry again and study forms, writing at least three of each form that I wouldn’t be embarrassed to read in public.
11. Write a movie and try to sell it.
12. Write at least one complete short story a week, and have it typed and sent out before the end of two weeks.
Living
13. Eat seasonally for a full year, making at least three home-cooked meals a week, and write a book detailing what I’ve learned and what I experienced.
14. Start making my own clothes.
15. Figure out inventive and stylish alternatives to bras.
16. Revamp the fish tank, replant it, and get as many natural water-chemistry-balancers as possible, as well as algae-eating fish and other diversities of life.
17. Become more informed on the politics that apply to me—the environment, paganism, women’s rights, healthcare, gay rights, etc.
18. See about starting a community gardens project with City Hall—is it even feasible? Get the info together to make a proper report to whoever it should go to.
19. Downsize my belongings to de-clutter my space, and give away, upcycle, freecycle or sell on ebay anything I don’t need.
20. Track and budget my money better so I can replenish savings, afford trips, and pay off my debt (and this includes knowing bank totals, not splurging, and getting to the bank on time so things don’t bounce).
21. Find out what goes into planning a CSA program, and see if I can do it.
22. Do something new to green my life once every two months.
23. Keep a calendar up to date with deadlines, accomplishments, failures, holidays, notes, full moons, birthdays and anniversaries, schedules, etc for the length of this exercize.
24. Be a better pagan—celebrate the holidays, keep track of moons and their names, keep track of the months, take up divination again, meditate more, and keep the altar up and seasonal.
25. Find three things to be grateful for every day and write them down.
26. Plant, grow and actually maintain a proper kitchen garden and get a real harvest out of it.
27. Find ways to power through my own procrastination and get more productive and motivated.
28. Organize all the stuff I never scrapbooked into boxes by year, and throw away or upcycle anything I can’t remember the significance of.
29. Free up at least one bookshelf for other storage needs / pare down the books to those that really matter and send the rest to Book Crossing.
30. Avoid buying what I can make myself—and actually make it.
31. Finish at least one unfinished project a month before starting another.
32. Learn a new crochet stitch a month, and use it in something practical and easily-finished.
33. Make herb jellies in the spring, salsas and sauces in the summer, jam and preserves in the fall, and jar them all up for the winter, trying out two new recipes per season.
34. Use only reusable shopping bags or paper.
35. Organize all my things so that everything has a place, and don’t get something new if there’s nowhere to put it.
36. Make my own frozen meals.
37. Get my holiday gift-shopping / making done before December at least once.
38. Build self-watering containers to get the food-veg through the summer.
39. Resubscribe to all my magazines and get back on top of all the news and info.
40. Have the next 101 list ready in time to start Round Two immediately.
41. Take up embroidery and make something new and original each month.
42. Plant two trees for each Christmas, and for each of my orchard trees I manage to kill.
43. Make sugar cookies for every holiday to justify the cookie cutter addiction.
44. Develop all the old disposable cameras.
Working
45. Keep my Etsy shop full and with a good selection, and start selling handmade gifts and cosmetics regularly.
46. Be my own boss.
47. Get traffic / readers to my blogs to justify writing books about what’s detailed in them.
48. Do better and more consistently as an Avon Rep and make it a major source of income.
49. Go to at least one craft fair as a seller.
50. Join at least one professional association.
51. Get things done before due dates.
52. Budget my time better so I can accomplish more.
Fun
53. Learn to juggle / do poi / contact juggle / use the staff for a whole routine, for the purpose of increasing coordination and balance.
54. Fold 1000 paper cranes and write a wish on each one.
55. Visit Vancouver.
56. Visit London again.
57. Visit Scotland again, and see where I used to live and where we never got to when we were there.
58. Visit Morocco and shop in the markets.
59. Visit Sweden.
60. Visit Japan again, and tour the mainland before visiting the islands.
61. Get new tattoos, the first before ICFA 2009.
62. Become a rennfaire regular.
63. Write a formal bucket list and update it every year on my birthday.
64. Make a real effort on the webcomics and the blogs—at least once a week on each, gather attention, make banners, comment on other things, link all over.
65. Read at least one book a month that I already own and haven’t read, or get rid of it.
66. Come up with something to do in the seven extra days I earn each time I try a new food.
67. Be more artistically creative once a month—try something new and time consuming that I’ve been putting off.
68. Own one piece of hot new cutting edge tech when it’s new.
69. Make an origami creation story set.
70. Get better at math—find a text book and work my way through it until I can do all the problems correctly.
71. Be able to carry on a conversation in Swedish and make sense.
72. Learn to play at least one ideal song for all the flutes I have.
73. Attend at least one special class on food—the icecream class at the University of Wisconsin or the Artisan Bread class in San Francisco, or something like them.
74. Try my hand at all the main categories of home brewing: beer, meade, cider, wine and kombu.
75. Cook outside more than twice in the spring and fall.
76. Go swimming more than twice in a year.
77. Learn retail-useful phrases in all the major languages we get, as well as sign language, and keep it fresh and usable in my mind.
78. Learn to play at least one song on the fiddle.
79. Build a really neat website and keep it up to date and on track.
80. Make my own icecream with my own hand-crank icecream maker in fun and unusual flavors like thai tea, rose-ginger, and candied violet.
Interacting
81. Pay more attention to Ninja and be a better friend to my friends.
82. Find love.
83. Get more involved in the local and online pagan communities, and celebrate at least three holidays a year in a group.
84. Write to friends and family more—at least every other month.
85. Remember birthdays and anniversaries.
86. Visit mom and dad ON one actual major holiday.
87. Think before I speak.
88. Write more thank you notes, even if I’m just thinking people for being themselves.
89. Give more gifts than I receive.
90. Give no less than 5% of each paycheck to a cause or a charity I believe in.
91. Get a mah-jong set and learn to play with three other people so we can have games.
Health
92. Lose 30 lbs at 1-2 lbs a week, then level off successfully and keep it off.
93. Pay more attention to how I look and figure out useful and doable improvements, one a month, that I can stick with.
94. Take classes in yoga / bellydance / tai chi / something out of the norm to make exercise fun and to force me to do it.
95. Look better and feel better at 30 than I did at 20.
96. Keep up up date on my henna—at least once a month—for the whole length of this exercise.
97. Exfoliate and lotion all my skin at every shower so I’m never itchy and flaky and ashy.
98. Wake up every day when the alarm goes off, and take no more than one nap if it’s needed.
99. Eat only high-quality chocolate once the holiday candy is gone.
100. Get healthcare insurance of some sort and get all these itchy moles checked out and removed if they need it.
101. Rebuild my makeup collection, and use it at least half the week.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
1. Fun / Not Fun
Text:FUN: Brushing out your waist-length, newly-washes hair when it's been dirty for over a week.
NOT FUN: Finding out the hard way that your incredibly tangled hair is wrapped around your peripheral cartilage piercing.
Also, I have bad spelling.
Anyway! Welcome to Makeshift Surfaces! This is where all the things that star the people of Professional Fangirl but don't have anything particularly fannish in them will be, so remember to get the feed and don't miss any!
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