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.
Diana Perry's Life List
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1. get a pilot's license
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2. visit Iceland
698 people -
3. Learn another language
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4. make more time for reading
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5. finish a NYT Sunday crossword on my own
1 person -
6. learn to knit lace
11 people -
7. live in the UK
63 people -
8. be able to support myself with my art
2 people -
9. visit Madagascar
34 people -
10. go paintballing
224 people -
11. get a motorcycle
300 people -
12. meditate more
506 people -
13. work as a bartender
12 people -
14. pay all my debts
57 people -
15. worry less
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16. write more letters
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17. be more outgoing
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18. get a tattoo
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19. Learn to play the guitar
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20. Skydive
8,795 people
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?
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!
