Diana Perry




I'm doing 20 things
 

Diana Perry's Life List

  1. 1. get a pilot's license
    176 people
  2. 2. visit Iceland
    698 people
  3. 3. Learn another language
    3,145 people
  4. 4. make more time for reading
    1 entry
    8 people
  5. 5. finish a NYT Sunday crossword on my own
    1 person
  6. 6. learn to knit lace
    11 people
  7. 7. live in the UK
    63 people
  8. 8. be able to support myself with my art
    2 people
  9. 9. visit Madagascar
    34 people
  10. 10. go paintballing
    224 people
  11. 11. get a motorcycle
    300 people
  12. 12. meditate more
    506 people
  13. 13. work as a bartender
    12 people
  14. 14. pay all my debts
    57 people
  15. 15. worry less
    4,090 people
  16. 16. write more letters
    1,431 people
  17. 17. be more outgoing
    2,087 people
  18. 18. get a tattoo
    17,697 people
  19. 19. Learn to play the guitar
    11,089 people
  20. 20. Skydive
    8,795 people
Recent entries
learn to develop B&W film
Sooo much better 3 months ago

than dropping your film off somewhere for some machine to develop! I love working in the darkroom—you have to pay attention to what you’re doing, but it’s not nearly as scary as it sounds. And it’s one of those great things that you can learn how to do adequately really quickly and then spend years playing with, exploring different manual effects and retouching tricks. Finding a darkroom is really the hardest part in this digital age, assuming you’re not on a college campus.



Work in a bakery
To be fair... 3 months ago

I wasn’t there for very long, and mostly I managed to avoid the night shifts, but this was seriously one of the most enjoyable jobs I’ve ever had! Insanity is pretty much a must for this job, but who wants to work with sane people anyway?



make more time for reading
Untitled 3 months ago

It’s so easy at the end of the day to come home from classes and rehearsals and work and flop down in front of the television. I’ve never thought of myself as someone who watches an excess of tv, but there are so many great books out there that I haven’t read, and lately the ‘easier’ tv option seems to be getting in the way; I’ve been in the middle of Tess of the D’Urbervilles for a month now, always putting it off because I don’t have the energy to finish it, and there’s a stack of other books on my dresser that I want to get to. I’m tired of putting it off!




 

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