I'm doing 40 things
1. Eat cake.
2. Be bold.
3. Be a bold, cake-eating vixen.
A Staggering Rat of Heartbreaking Something or Other's Life List
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1. knit a thing of beauty this winter
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2. do something
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3. polish my knowledge of Canadian history to a shine
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4. learn to cut the heads off screws
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5. be a (less derivative) painter
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6. do something neat with synesthesia: give me another 43 words and I will tell you what they taste like
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7. rat + pet writeology
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8. embrace my inner Canadian
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9. create another 10 episodes of my not-for-money, just-for-fun comic strip "Loser Girl"
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10. be a tragic Romantic heroine (on weekends, from Thursday night to the first sweep of sad civil twilight on Sunday )
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11. drive, she said
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12. visit Claude Monet's house at Giverny
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13. read Proust
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14. learn to sew and hand-embroider
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15. learn classical guitar
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16. have a beautiful garden
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17. build a walk-in cocoon
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18. publish cartoons in the New Yorker
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19. go on ad finitum about feminist issues
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20. become computer savvy
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21. embrace shibumi and wabi-sabi in my surroundings and life
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22. Grow a Secret Garden
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23. 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?
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24. taste every flavour of KitKat from around the world
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25. Make steamed puddings
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26. read finnegan's wake
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27. learn secret spy skills
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28. fully restore my century house
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29. learn the "Thriller dance"
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30. arrange an evening of chocolate tasting
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31. learn to play chess well
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32. embrace Nadsat in common vernacular
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33. keep a food gournal
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34. make up another cool typeface, with serifs
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35. Ms. Thriftini
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36. a short story or novella titled Peckerhead
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37. Have a 43T get together on the Big Island sometime pretty soon!
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38. Take a step, big or small or both, everyday, to build build build.
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39. make a sipping noise on cue, unabashedly
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40. nudge Epic's emotopoloooooooooza
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41. make a distinctive (but very tasty) huevos rancheros
5 cheers1 person
How I did it
How to wish Dear Rat an Unforgettably Wonderful, Tidy and Circumspect Birthdaypalooza on September 3
It made me
a tidy aphrodite 
How I did it: The last train for Burritoville leaves at sunset. I asked the last question I will ever ask: Before sunset, will you send me a picture of something unforgettable or beloved? I put on a party dress to wait.She said Here are two things in a picture for you. One is an orchid whose flowers have the scent of lemon and cream. The other is of a plaintive sound that can be heard across two miles.I was not disappointed, but it was time to leave. I… Read how I did it…
It made me
Sweaty Betty!
How I did it: I yanked that cord fearsomely and the rest fell into place. Jings, I thought. I should have thought of this years ago!Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Read how I did it…
It made me
seven-layer dippy!
How I did it: "Others will rate my story for usefulness."At the end of the eighth day I thought of the burritos unwrapped and inhaled and squished until the ends bellied out and consumed and loved and thought to m'self: Self - you can live without burritos, but you'd just rather not. I put on some good burrito hunting music and set out for one with chicken, pulled pork and triple guac. No whole wheat, no glass noodles or hummus or edamame. A solid… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
1. Hang two items of beauty upon the wall.
2. Sign up for a flashmob dance event.
3. As Charlotte said to Wilbur at mealtime, “Never hurry and never worry.”
4. Try to get a blender.
5. Find a perfect idea.
1. Have tea with Rebecca and swoon over her new eyelashes.
2. Attend ballet, being graceful in mind, spirit and body.
3. Find soup (with meatballs) that will be left for me tonight on a porch three minutes north and west of ballet.
4. Grin at the knowledge that I have the SHINE GENE!
5. Think about getting a blender.
