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Melissa B.

is a "Newness-seeking Self-improving Tree Hugger" . . . or is she? :)



I'm doing 42 things
  

Melissa B.'s Life List

  2. 1. Make 2009 My Best Year Yet
    1 entry . 58 cheers     		107 people
  3. 2. consciously create my day
    4 entries . 116 cheers     		51 people
  4. 3. Write every day
    5 entries . 195 cheers     		875 people
  5. 4. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
    46 cheers     		114 people
  6. 5. learn how to thread my sewing machine
    2 entries . 55 cheers     		4 people
  7. 6. run a marathon
    17 entries . 115 cheers     		10,453 people
  8. 7. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
    4 entries . 38 cheers     		5,511 people
  9. 8. Save money for a car.
    3 entries . 36 cheers     		53 people
  10. 9. write a short story.
    1 entry . 73 cheers     		1,008 people
  11. 10. Send a postcard to Postsecret
    3 entries . 41 cheers     		2,851 people
  12. 11. volunteer at an animal shelter
    1 entry . 81 cheers     		523 people
  13. 12. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies
    3 entries . 38 cheers     		215 people
  14. 13. read all of Jane Austen's novels
    1 entry . 68 cheers     		159 people
  15. 14. learn french
    1 entry . 44 cheers     		10,611 people
  16. 15. write a sonnet
    1 entry . 49 cheers     		25 people
  17. 16. Grow my hair as long as possible
    4 entries . 44 cheers     		138 people
  18. 17. learn sign language
    1 entry . 68 cheers     		7,690 people
  19. 18. learn to sew
    2 entries . 50 cheers     		3,640 people
  20. 19. Learn Spanish
    1 entry . 39 cheers     		15,505 people
  21. 20. go to Disneyworld
    1 entry . 48 cheers     		211 people
  22. 21. go on a cruise
    2 entries . 34 cheers     		4,114 people
  23. 22. sell a screenplay
    1 entry . 41 cheers     		154 people
  24. 23. win an oscar
    1 entry . 29 cheers     		286 people
  25. 24. Write a poem that's also a palindrome
    1 entry . 55 cheers     		2 people
  26. 25. Read the Bible
    2 entries . 35 cheers     		3,232 people
  27. 26. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
    1 entry . 20 cheers     		559 people
  28. 27. Write a book (nonfiction)
    1 entry . 34 cheers     		96 people
  29. 28. meet new people
    1 entry . 66 cheers     		4,136 people
  30. 29. Write a Sestina
    1 entry . 29 cheers     		20 people
  31. 30. go camping
    1 entry . 33 cheers     		2,509 people
  32. 31. Edit my most recent script and send it into this year's Nicholl Fellowship
    2 entries . 16 cheers     		1 person
  33. 32. Watch all of Woody Allen's films
    1 entry . 16 cheers     		119 people
  34. 33. read A Clockwork Orange
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		62 people
  35. 34. read Catch-22
    1 entry . 12 cheers     		48 people
  36. 35. Read 50 books in 2009.
    21 cheers     		248 people
  37. 36. publish a short story
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		320 people
  38. 37. quit world of warcraft
    1 entry . 28 cheers     		50 people
  39. 38. find a good used bookstore
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		2 people
  40. 39. Give 5000 cheers
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		9 people
  41. 40. Cancel my Newspaper Subscription (Go Paperless)
    3 cheers     		1 person
  42. 41. revamp my wardrobe
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		241 people
  43. 42. read the Chronicles of Narnia
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		219 people

How I did it
How to clean and straighten my house enough that if someone pops over I don't feel required to apologize for the state of my living space
It took me
1 month
It made me
Content

How I did it: I deep cleaned and straightened up in stages, focusing on different areas at a time.  If someone came over today, I'd feel good about the look of my house.  Now the challenge is making it not fall to pieces. Read how I did it…

Feb 03, 09:55PM PST | 1 comment | 7 cheers


Recent entries
Send a postcard to Postsecret (read all 3 entries…)
Finished the Card 3 weeks ago

I spent a good portion of this morning making my PostSecret postcard. I worded the secret, planned where/how to write it onto the card, arted and personalized the card, addressed it, stamped it . . .

Now all that is left is to mail it. I usually send out-going mail via my home mailbox, but in this case, I feel the need to make a trip to my local post office. It is close enough that I can walk there if I have to.

Oct 24, 11:28AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments


find a good used bookstore
Books 2 months ago

I am so unhappy with Amazon. What happened to nicely-priced paperback books? All the titles I looked up were sold out/out of print in affordable paperback or the prices have been raised. It is ridiculous for a paperback book to cost $1 less than a hardback.

I’ve been meaning to look for a good used bookstore, preferably near my house, and now I have to get going on this or I’m going to run out of books to read (besides library books; I kinda hate library books – I have to be so, so careful with them and I’m a natural clutz).

Sep 17, 09:10AM PDT | 3 cheers | 1 comment


revamp my wardrobe
I Look Into My Closet . . . Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . . 2 months ago

Most of my clothes are so boring. Solid colors. Plain styles. Blah, blah, blah.

I’ve already started on this goal; got some new pieces with actual designs on them and stuff. I bought a few dresses that are more daring than I usually wear, and by daring I don’t mean sexy or that kind of thing, I mean stylish/current/interesting.

I have a long way to go, though. I’ve had some of my clothes since High School, and my 10-year High School reunion was a few years ago so . . . that’s pretty bad.

I’m trying to convince myself it is okay to, every coupla decades, spend some money on myself. I still feel a bit twitchy about it.

Sep 17, 08:57AM PDT | 3 cheers | 1 comment


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The world wants to...

play poker for free change the world get my parent's trust back Invest learn the Cleveland shuffle learn to Charleston go to synagogue more often live somewhere else grasshopa wants to be a vegetarian exercise every morning Create a personal recipe book be 1337 love and be loved in return Symbient32 wants to fall out of love speak my mind be more punctual watch Saw 1 & 2 stop eating meat move out of my parents' house stop being so judgemental Worry less. Take the Real Age Test Be more green improve my IQ learn to speak English fluently ritualdisgrace wants to Take more pictures exercise regularly not hate stupid people
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