I'm doing 23 things
Right, that's done...
2 weeks ago
...the indents are done and drying in the spare room. Then on to the painting. Hurrah!
Atomboy's Life List
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1. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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2. Get a copy of the Linux bible 2008 next month
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3. learn Spanish so I can dream of travelling around South and Central America
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4. understand Deleuze
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5. become an expert in blowing soap bubbles
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6. Complete my MRes without going crazy!
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7. walk across the Yorkshire Dales
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8. go to Japan
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9. have a Shiatsu acupressure massage
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10. start that pee wee herman collection I've always promised myself I would do someday
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11. eliminate the words "I'm Sorry" unless I really really mean it.
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12. Buy some running shoes and take up running again
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13. go on retreat
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14. make a Mexican Day of the Dead skull using papier mache and paint.
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15. learn to scuba dive and swim with manta rays
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16. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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17. convert my laptop to Linux and only use open source software
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18. go to the Orkney Islands and see all the cool stone circles there
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19. go for a midnight picnic on Saunton Sands when the weather gets warmer.
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20. get a tattoo to mark the end of this difficult past year, and to remind me never to return to the place I was in last year
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21. do my parachute jump that was cancelled in February 2006
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22. backpack around India
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23. make magic a constant part of my life
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Recent entries
OK so now....
2 weeks ago
...I have the three outline skull shapes ready. Next I need to cut out the eye sockets and re-paper mache the space so there are little indents there. I went to the art shop today and bought gesso, acrylic paint and a couple of brushes. I have to go back though, because the paint set I bought didn’t have any black. I want one of the skulls to be black with white outlines so I can glue on the crystals and they can be seen properly. It’s taken quite a lot of work to make these critters, but I’ve really enjoyed it.
I made two more yesterday....
3 weeks ago
...and am now waiting for them to dry as well, before painting them. It’s quite a long process but I loved making the skulls themselves. I need to get some gesso and acrylic paint now to decorate them. Oh, and those crystals… I saw a book online yesterday with instructions on how to make a papier mache robot. I think I know what I’m gonna be doing next… :-)
I’ll upload some pics when they’re done (assuming they come out well).
