ratunderpaper

"Thursday is the new Friday."



I'm doing 42 things
 

ratunderpaper's Life List

  1. 1. finish my painting
    3 entries . 29 cheers
    68 people
  2. 2. speak out against Canada's seal hunt
    5 entries . 43 cheers
    1 person
  3. 3. see Paris again
    3 entries . 69 cheers
    5 people
  4. 4. create 20 episodes of my not-for-money, just-for-fun comic strip
    15 entries . 62 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. write another 43 Haikus
    26 entries . 14 cheers
    1 person
  6. 6. learn Japanese
    3 entries . 40 cheers
    8,053 people
  7. 7. Try to exercise in some way every day until Victoria Day or so.
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  8. 8. be a (less derivative) painter
    2 entries . 24 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. read Proust
    2 entries . 30 cheers
    66 people
  10. 10. improve my French
    30 cheers
    1,170 people
  11. 11. visit Claude Monet's house at Giverny
    1 entry . 33 cheers
    10 people
  12. 12. learn to sew and hand-embroider
    3 entries . 30 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. learn classical guitar
    3 entries . 26 cheers
    26 people
  14. 14. organize
    3 entries . 18 cheers
    153 people
  15. 15. learn more about wine
    8 entries . 12 cheers
    282 people
  16. 16. have a beautiful garden
    1 entry . 36 cheers
    136 people
  17. 17. make more jewelry
    1 entry . 14 cheers
    34 people
  18. 18. change somebody's life (for the better)
    25 cheers
    74 people
  19. 19. build a walk-in cocoon
    1 entry . 13 cheers
    2 people
  20. 20. publish cartoons in the New Yorker
    18 cheers
    2 people
  21. 21. make homemade organic sweet butter
    4 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. go on ad finitum about feminist issues
    1 entry . 15 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. feng shui my house and garden
    8 cheers
    1 person
  24. 24. become computer savvy
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    5 people
  25. 25. make a mojito
    2 entries . 26 cheers
    2 people
  26. 26. Dress better
    7 entries . 12 cheers
    988 people
  27. 27. create a performance art piece for nuit blanche 2008
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    1 person
  28. 28. embrace shibumi and wabi-sabi in my surroundings and life
    3 entries . 7 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. Learn to whistle with my fingers
    19 cheers
    1,020 people
  30. 30. Grow a Secret Garden
    3 entries . 31 cheers
    3 people
  31. 31. declutter my house, particularly the basement
    3 entries . 19 cheers
    1 person
  32. 32. Make steamed puddings
    5 entries . 5 cheers
    2 people
  33. 33. read finnegan's wake
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    67 people
  34. 34. learn to play chess well
    2 entries . 12 cheers
    66 people
  35. 35. learn secret spy skills
    2 entries . 14 cheers
    205 people
  36. 36. fully restore my century house
    2 entries . 12 cheers
    1 person
  37. 37. take up ballet again
    26 cheers
    13 people
  38. 38. give free hugs
    20 cheers
    19 people
  39. 39. learn the "Thriller dance"
    1 entry . 14 cheers
    2,240 people
  40. 40. learn sudoku
    13 cheers
    4 people
  41. 41. start riding my bike
    26 cheers
    12 people
  42. 42. play tennis
    10 cheers
    369 people
Recent entries
learn classical guitar (read all 3 entries…)
Fernando Sor 2 hours ago

I am learning, as a summer project, a very fine study by Fernando Sor. I have a recording of Julian Bream playing this and I’ll use it to listen and learn. It’s frustrating to be a slow learner.


write another 43 Haikus (read all 26 entries…)
Thursday, May 8, 2008 Haiku #68 23 hours ago

The aerial pink
Flutterdown from stark branches
My Japanese friends


finish my painting (read all 3 entries…)
Back to the Painting 23 hours ago

I moved the painting out of the studio upstairs so that I could picture it in situ, in the main room. A lot of time has passed and I have not been able to make the move to finish. I keep thinking of whimsical ideas, or ironic “punch-lines” to complete it- but that’s the illustrator side that won’t go away.


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