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A Staggering Rat of Heartbreaking Something or Other

"Oor Ratty. Your Ratty. A'body's Ratty."



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  2. 1. Complete Napowrimo, 2013
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  3. 2. resolution for 2013: RECLAMATION
    2 entries . 26 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. do something
    476 entries . 37 cheers     		111 people
  5. 4. learn "Take Five" on clarinet
    5 entries . 15 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
    116 entries . 14 cheers     		899 people
  7. 6. be a (less derivative) painter
    40 entries . 100 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. drive, she said
    15 entries . 27 cheers     		1 person
  9. 8. try Manhattan clam chowder to everyone's horror, heaven only knows why
    3 entries . 19 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. create another 10 episodes of my not-for-money, just-for-fun comic strip "Loser Girl"
    18 entries . 69 cheers     		1 person
  11. 10. polish my knowledge of Canadian history to a shine
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  12. 11. do something neat with synesthesia: give me another 43 words and I will tell you what they taste like
    7 entries . 66 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. rat + pet writeology
    2 team members . 38 entries . 32 cheers     		2 people
  14. 13. embrace my inner Canadian
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  15. 14. visit Claude Monet's house at Giverny
    2 entries . 122 cheers     		16 people
  16. 15. read Proust
    13 entries . 86 cheers     		80 people
  17. 16. learn to sew and hand-embroider
    5 entries . 94 cheers     		2 people
  18. 17. have a beautiful garden
    26 entries . 134 cheers     		169 people
  19. 18. build a walk-in cocoon
    6 entries . 67 cheers     		2 people
  20. 19. publish cartoons in the New Yorker
    3 entries . 78 cheers     		2 people
  21. 20. go on ad finitum about feminist issues
    4 entries . 57 cheers     		1 person
  22. 21. become computer savvy
    6 entries . 41 cheers     		5 people
  23. 22. embrace shibumi and wabi-sabi in my surroundings and life
    16 entries . 32 cheers     		2 people
  24. 23. Grow a Secret Garden
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  25. 24. be an unapologetic fusspot about basic grammatical niceties - is bothering to know the difference between there, their and they're truly unimportant and/or impossible?
    7 entries . 25 cheers     		2 people
  26. 25. taste every flavour of KitKat from around the world
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  27. 26. Make steamed puddings
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  28. 27. read finnegan's wake
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  29. 28. learn secret spy skills
    10 entries . 58 cheers     		277 people
  30. 29. fully restore my century house
    6 entries . 48 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. chronicle ballet, 2010 through at least 2044
    14 entries . 8 cheers     		1 person
  32. 31. learn the "Thriller dance"
    1 entry . 61 cheers     		2,745 people
  33. 32. learn to play chess well
    3 entries . 46 cheers     		86 people
  34. 33. embrace Nadsat in common vernacular
    7 entries . 17 cheers     		2 people
  35. 34. keep a food gournal
    8 team members . 799 entries . 13 cheers     		12 people
  36. 35. make up another cool typeface, with serifs
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  37. 36. Learn to tango
    1 entry . 17 cheers     		1,155 people
  38. 37. get knitty
    7 entries . 11 cheers     		1 person
  39. 38. Tell the events of my life-story, linked by themes of redemption
    7 entries . 7 cheers     		2 people
  40. 39. make a hope/treasure chest
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  41. 40. note 43 quirks of the past and current conversational
    3 entries . 7 cheers     		1 person
  42. 41. invent a cocktail worthy of being dubbed "the Epic Sunshine"
    3 entries . 5 cheers     		1 person

How I did it
How to wear Red for Women - February 1, 2013
It took me
1 day
It made me
on-kilter!

How I did it: I forgot that heart disease comes in different packages. I forgot it is not always built of smoking, dietary negligence or overweight. Sometimes it just is. There is a day in the near future when I will git up on a bike and start riding, again, not for a mile but on and on, not until I am searching for breath, but until I am exhilarated. For February 1st, Wear Red For Women Day, I put on the red Royal Stewart kilt my grandmother… Read how I did it…

Feb 02, 11:28AM PST | 2 comments | 12 cheers


How to mend a broken heart
It took me
10 years
It made me
suffer no more

How I did it: Some are born whole, some achieve wholeness and some have mending thrust upon them.As the time for a summertime up-close-and-personal with Dr. David approached, I bought a pair of stompin' Doc Marten boots and envisioned a day in the future that I would wear them, standing tall and strong, unafraid.Dr. Tirone David is known as one of the best - if not  the best - cardiac surgeon in the world. He is nearing retirement and wants o… Read how I did it…

Sep 23, 09:08AM PDT | 2 comments | 23 cheers


How to plan and organize a Rat Birthday Celebration of life, love, wisdom and more, always more, September 3, 2012 and beyond
It took me
31 days
It made me
y' know... trippy!

How I did it: I don't do anything 'cept show up. The prosecco flows like the mighty Susquehanna. Tikini has beautiful flower garlands for everyone and a starfish-encrusted hair stick for the birthday grrrrrl.. There are oysters and brownies from the sous chef and me and Mr. Sunshine has miniature pulled pork burritos - oh, wait - that's still to come for the grand finale, when the sun slides finally into Libra. There is lots of revelry, … Read how I did it…

Sep 10, 10:56AM PDT | 0 comments | 5 cheers


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Friday, Marmoreal Day

1. Visually articulate with pencil and feminine wiles a witty, swift, urbane and irresistibly, fetchingly enigmatic composition for three portraits.

2. Wait for client approval of same.

3. Conjure up, utilizing charm and feminine wiles, a witty and urbane batch of enigmatic cupcakes for garden party tomorrow afternoon.

4. Get strings for classical guitar and cautiously approach it.

5. Tootle on clarinet, to re-acquaint us.

6. Take tea (Earl Grey if I have it) in the afternoon with my sous chef and an old friend.

7. Write a poem of affections and attentions for dear Mr. Sunshine.

8. Start painting that fake New Yorker cover.

7. Maybe write another poem if there’s time before the late evening begins.

May 24, 11:02AM PDT | 11 cheers | 3 comments


Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. (read all 116 entries…)
Thurs. 5/23

1. New Yorker cartoons.

2. The Performing Arts Festival. When did all middle school kids become lovely and talented? When I was that age, we were all kind of sitting geekily around drinking Tab.

3. Determination to live well, pirouette, breathe deeply and have a glass of garden posies on the nightstand.

4. Affections, attentions, intentions.

5. Rediscovering music: classical guitar, clarinet.

May 24, 10:35AM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments


do something (read all 476 entries…)
Thursday, Victorian-Style

1. Conceive an urbane, coyly symbolic and whip-smart composition in which to place three pastoral portraits.

2. Realise I can run rings around, if I want to.

3. Make plans for a month of heigh-ho!

4. Attend a performing arts festival, in which the sous chef performs festively.

5. ...five! Yes! Five! Affections! Attentions! Open and unbridled!

May 23, 09:47AM PDT | 7 cheers | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

find the symbol for my next tattoo pass biology fall in love again createkg wants to Lose 30 pounds be more patient Share a night under the stars Lose Weight and Get Healthy Run around town in a bear suit learn to play bass guitar visit every MLB stadium write music watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies play the game halo online make a free layout for my imvu home page Lolly wants to get rid of things I don't need financial independence Appreciate people for who they are lose 20 lbs Read every Far Side Comic Strip stop procrastinating hotwire a car lose weight meditate daily be more outgoing celebrate my benign schizophrenia Buy a House Clean out my closet.
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