I'm doing 39 things
I did the Big Cut on May 30, and it was just barely the minimum 10 inches. It’s currently still rubber-banded and sitting in a bag in my room. I should probably look up where to send it to, huh?
northernsky's Life List
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1. get out of debt
3 entries . 4 cheers12,093 people -
2. sell my artwork
3 cheers224 people -
3. be in a relationship
240 people -
4. Take a photo every day
1 cheer1,080 people -
5. learn sign language
8,465 people -
6. read every book I own
2,138 people -
7. Read 50 books in 2008
14 entries . 8 cheers192 people -
8. grow and donate my hair
7 entries . 6 cheers14 people -
9. learn to bartend
640 people -
10. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
2 entries . 1 cheer444 people -
11. Learn how to cook 10 good meals
1 cheer103 people -
12. Get more sleep
1 entry . 1 cheer4,406 people -
13. Learn to juggle
2 cheers1,326 people -
14. Keep an illustrated journal
8 cheers15 people -
15. Learn to play an instrument
3 cheers1,375 people -
16. Run away and join the circus
1 cheer12 people -
17. see the northern lights
18,962 people -
18. live alone
438 people -
19. visit all 50 states
3 entries8,529 people -
20. live in a foreign country
1 cheer2,518 people -
21. Speak French fluently
1 cheer2,288 people -
22. visit all the Paris locations of the film Amélie
4 cheers88 people -
23. live in a house with hidden rooms and trap doors, and some kind of secret tunnel
2 cheers29 people -
24. Learn to swing dance
2 cheers1,154 people -
25. Learn to tango
1,172 people -
26. create a graphic novel
2 entries254 people -
27. live simply
2 cheers3,287 people -
28. Make a postcard and send it to Post Secret
1 cheer206 people -
29. Practice random acts of kindness
759 people -
30. Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
414 people -
31. Finish what I write
2 cheers2 people -
32. build a house with habitat for humanity
2 cheers311 people -
33. make my own valentines
29 people -
34. write a book
30,183 people -
35. Open a used bookstore
4 cheers22 people -
36. finish my scrapbook
1 entry . 1 cheer369 people -
37. learn to blow glass
179 people -
38. learn how to drive stick-shift
4,525 people -
39. fill my sketch book
1 cheer47 people
Recent entries
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Washington
Florida
Maryland
Massachusetts
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Arizona
Nevada
Tennessee
Connecticut
Vermont
California
Total: 20
I came across this in my library while looking for Craig Thompson’s “Blankets,” they didn’t have it and I’d heard good things about it so I checked it out.
About eight pages into it, I was about to cry. So I put it down and came back to it later that evening. Wow. What a beautiful story. It’s books like these that I hope will make people realize that the “graphic novel” is in fact an acceptable means of storytelling and is not somehow inferior because it’s a “comic.”
