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northernsky

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northernsky's Life List

1. get out of debt
3 entries . 5 cheers 11,000 people
2. sell my artwork
3 cheers 202 people
3. be in a relationship
208 people
4. Take a photo every day
1,020 people
5. learn sign language
1 cheer 7,670 people
6. read every book I own
2,118 people
7. Read 50 books in 2008
14 entries . 8 cheers 194 people
8. grow and donate my hair
7 entries . 6 cheers 13 people
9. learn to bartend
622 people
10. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
2 entries . 1 cheer 414 people
11. Learn how to cook 10 good meals
1 cheer 99 people
12. Get more sleep
1 entry . 1 cheer 4,122 people
13. Learn to juggle
2 cheers 1,170 people
14. Keep an illustrated journal
11 cheers 10 people
15. Learn to play an instrument
3 cheers 1,179 people
16. Run away and join the circus
1 cheer 11 people
17. see the northern lights
16,869 people
18. live alone
426 people
19. visit all 50 states
3 entries 7,122 people
20. live in a foreign country
1 cheer 2,453 people
21. Speak French fluently
1 cheer 2,094 people
22. visit all the Paris locations of the film Amélie
4 cheers 86 people
23. live in a house with hidden rooms and trap doors, and some kind of secret tunnel
2 cheers 31 people
24. Learn to swing dance
2 cheers 1,079 people
25. Learn to tango
1,147 people
26. create a graphic novel
2 entries 247 people
27. live simply
2 cheers 3,259 people
28. Make a postcard and send it to Post Secret
1 cheer 200 people
29. Practice random acts of kindness
760 people
30. Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
424 people
31. Finish what I write
2 cheers 2 people
32. build a house with habitat for humanity
2 cheers 301 people
33. make my own valentines
27 people
34. write a book
26,019 people
35. Open a used bookstore
4 cheers 17 people
36. finish my scrapbook
1 entry . 1 cheer 361 people
37. learn how to drive stick-shift
4,455 people
38. fill my sketch book
1 cheer 41 people
39. learn to blow glass
161 people

Recent entries

grow and donate my hair (read all 7 entries…)

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?

Sep 10, 2008, 01:37PM PDT | 0 comments

visit all 50 states (read all 3 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

Sep 10, 2008, 01:33PM PDT | 0 comments

read 50 books in 2008 (read all 14 entries…)

#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.”

Jan 13, 2008, 10:54PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments

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