I'm doing 39 things
Done! (Almost.)
14 months ago
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 . 5 cheers11,033 people -
2. sell my artwork
3 cheers201 people -
3. be in a relationship
205 people -
4. Take a photo every day
1,023 people -
5. learn sign language
1 cheer7,688 people -
6. read every book I own
2,116 people -
7. Read 50 books in 2008
14 entries . 8 cheers194 people -
8. grow and donate my hair
7 entries . 6 cheers13 people -
9. learn to bartend
621 people -
10. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
2 entries . 1 cheer412 people -
11. Learn how to cook 10 good meals
1 cheer99 people -
12. Get more sleep
1 entry . 1 cheer4,123 people -
13. Learn to juggle
2 cheers1,171 people -
14. Keep an illustrated journal
11 cheers10 people -
15. Learn to play an instrument
3 cheers1,184 people -
16. Run away and join the circus
1 cheer11 people -
17. see the northern lights
16,904 people -
18. live alone
428 people -
19. visit all 50 states
3 entries7,149 people -
20. live in a foreign country
1 cheer2,450 people -
21. Speak French fluently
1 cheer2,099 people -
22. visit all the Paris locations of the film Amélie
4 cheers86 people -
23. live in a house with hidden rooms and trap doors, and some kind of secret tunnel
2 cheers31 people -
24. Learn to swing dance
2 cheers1,073 people -
25. Learn to tango
1,144 people -
26. create a graphic novel
2 entries248 people -
27. live simply
2 cheers3,255 people -
28. Make a postcard and send it to Post Secret
1 cheer198 people -
29. Practice random acts of kindness
758 people -
30. Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
422 people -
31. Finish what I write
2 cheers2 people -
32. build a house with habitat for humanity
2 cheers302 people -
33. make my own valentines
27 people -
34. write a book
26,094 people -
35. Open a used bookstore
4 cheers17 people -
36. finish my scrapbook
1 entry . 1 cheer361 people -
37. learn how to drive stick-shift
4,457 people -
38. fill my sketch book
1 cheer41 people -
39. learn to blow glass
162 people
Recent entries
Total as of September 2008
14 months ago
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Washington
Florida
Maryland
Massachusetts
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Arizona
Nevada
Tennessee
Connecticut
Vermont
California
Total: 20
#1 - Goodbye, Chunky Rice
22 months ago
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.”
