Happy New Year! What do you want to do in 2012?


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Todd Gehman




I'm doing 40 things
  

Todd Gehman's Life List

  2. 1. care about health for a year
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		2 people
  3. 2. manage a low- or no-cost recording and photography studio
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. make a documentary film
    2 entries . 34 cheers     		560 people
  5. 4. shoot a photo essay on small-scale winemaking
    3 entries . 9 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. base a Theme and Variations suite on my phone number
    1 entry . 22 cheers     		2 people
  7. 6. learn clever magic tricks
    13 cheers     		161 people
  8. 7. publish something in a respectable journal, magazine, or edited website
    20 cheers     		399 people
  9. 8. build an excellent piece of furniture out of wood
    23 cheers     		96 people
  10. 9. live in New York City for one year
    25 cheers     		85 people
  11. 10. drink 40 year old Bordeaux on my 40th birthday
    3 entries . 25 cheers     		7 people
  12. 11. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
    15 cheers     		21,232 people
  13. 12. master three piano pieces by Chopin
    23 cheers     		5 people
  14. 13. write an artist's statement
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		6 people
  15. 14. make a short film
    16 cheers     		670 people
  16. 15. codify the rules of the jukebox drinking game
    2 cheers     		1 person
  17. 16. Record a solo album
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		54 people
  18. 17. go hang gliding
    8 cheers     		468 people
  19. 18. take a drawing class
    13 cheers     		93 people
  20. 19. design a font
    9 cheers     		29 people
  21. 20. Build out my entire neighborhood on 43 Places
    4 cheers     		5 people
  22. 21. attend a dark dining dinner
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. read at least one book a month
    8 cheers     		290 people
  24. 23. commission a work of art
    4 cheers     		8 people
  25. 24. Learn to play the cello
    12 cheers     		835 people
  26. 25. write a clear and concise essay on color theory for photographers
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1 person
  27. 26. learn to ride a motorcycle
    8 cheers     		1,906 people
  28. 27. Make 43 Things Faster
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		4 people
  29. 28. design a t-shirt
    3 cheers     		945 people
  30. 29. take a photo every day for a month
    5 cheers     		39 people
  31. 30. have my caricature drawn
    4 cheers     		95 people
  32. 31. upgrade to a flash portfolio site
    		1 person
  33. 32. do yoga
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		2,156 people
  34. 33. Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
    3 cheers     		55 people
  35. 34. take writing retreats
    3 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. volunteer
    3 cheers     		5,505 people
  37. 36. make music most mondays
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  38. 37. Participate in NaSoAlMo 2009
    2 cheers     		1 person
  39. 38. fund 43 student microloans through vittana.org
    1 cheer     		1 person
  40. 39. Make a project for kickstarter.com
    1 cheer     		8 people
  41. 40. learn Logic Pro 8
    2 entries     		16 people

How I did it
How to get my house in order
It took me
6 months
It made me
satisfied

How I did it: I'm an unapologetic slob, so I had to trick myself into getting started on such a major project.  I made a checklist of about a dozen small units of work that would add up (really, subtract down) to a decluttered studio, the biggest room and biggest mess in my place.  I made the list on a whim one afternoon while at work.  The first task seemed easy enough, so that same night I went home and completed it.  Just cleaned… Read how I did it…

Dec 29, 2008, 04:21PM PST | 1 comment | 5 cheers


How to take dance lessons
It took me
1 month
It made me
cliche

How I did it: Signed up for a 5-week introduction to Tango at the Century Ballroom in Seattle.  It was an hour-long night class once per week.  I signed up with a friend but in class they encourage people to switch partners between songs, in order to broaden your exposure to various skill levels and techniques.  "Takes two to Tango" is a cliche whose validity became strikingly clear over the course of the class.  Dancing with random… Read how I did it…

Sep 08, 2008, 02:23PM PDT | 3 comments | 7 cheers


Recent entries
drink 40 year old Bordeaux on my 40th birthday (read all 3 entries…)
tonight's the night

Four decades later, these two bottles of hopefully-still-alive wine are not long for this world. To help cling to relative youth, I’m going to photograph this evening’s events with a 46 year old Leica. So it might be a few days until I have photos developed and scanned. But in just a few hours, we indulge!

Aug 16, 2010, 04:21PM PDT | 3 cheers | 2 comments


make a documentary film (read all 2 entries…)
sideways

My two juiciest documentary projects (including the one I false-started a few months ago) can’t swing into production until late summer. Meanwhile I’ve met some cool folks who are just getting off the ground doing docs on interesting local angles. Hopefully I’m going to join up with them, probably starting as the audio guy since I have more experience with mics and recording than the rest of the crew. Boom Operator is not my dream role, but getting off my ass and into doc production will be great in and of itself. And if these people are really cool to work with, who knows, a production company might materialize. Have to insert a plug for the Northwest Film Forum for providing the classes that are helping me jumpstart progress on this long-held goal. Last month’s Videography workshop with Erik Vilinskas kicked ass.

Apr 22, 2009, 11:03AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments


exhibit my photographs in a public place
thrown into deep end

All of the sudden, I’m hanging a show at a friend’s bar next Monday. I have seven days to throw together my very first photography show. Holy wow.

Apr 06, 2009, 11:20AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

find the most peaceful place on Earth improve my public speaking skills confused101 wants to Beat my depression get up on time learn to play the harmonica cast a spell on someone. go to the oscars watch southpark Strength train paint my kitchen Learn to cook create a non-profit organization make a collage shoemaker wants to have more self control find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year Sing figure out what clothes suit me and fit me Watch a Joan of Arcadia Episode i want to live in the wild embrace Upgrade my PC Become Financially Independent house ATLfemme wants to meet like minded people dream lucidly bellydance build an online portfolio read 12 books in 2010
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