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Phillip Retuta




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Phillip Retuta's Life List

  2. 1. GET A JOB.
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  3. 2. lose some weight, because I feel like I'm a goddamned walrus.
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  4. 3. live in New York City, even for a month or two.
    1 entry     		1 person
  5. 4. meet a girl with a great sense of humor and who is willing to make a scene at Wendy's just for shits and giggles.
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  6. 5. be famous and have my own Wikipedia entry.
    1 entry     		1 person
  7. 6. reconnect with long, lost friends or rarely-seen friends...
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  8. 7. get a tattoo.
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  9. 8. DJ a party.
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  10. 9. get health insurance.
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  11. 10. learn how to snap my fingers.
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  12. 11. shoot a short movie or music video with a real video camera.
    		2 people
  13. 12. illustrate an entire tarot card deck.
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  14. 13. gather a few close friends, a bottle of wine or whiskey, and listen to music.
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  15. 14. throw a classy dinner party
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  16. 15. go to Las Vegas.
    1 entry     		536 people
  17. 16. visit London.
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  18. 17. have a single piece of my artwork sell for over $100, $200.
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  19. 18. send my parents on a cruise.
    1 entry     		14 people
  20. 19. sculpt a friend's head out of cake for a special occasion.
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  21. 20. take a government, school, or some kind of officially issued photograph while wearing an eyepatch.
    1 entry     		1 person
  22. 21. visit Canada.
    1 entry     		514 people
  23. 22. become a musician, or at least learn how to play an instrument that's well-respected within the music community.
    1 entry     		1 person
  24. 23. visit Austin, Texas.
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  25. 24. build a snowman army.
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  26. 25. own a plastic ball pit like those at Chuck E. Cheese.
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  27. 26. write a satirical, humorous memoir.
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  28. 27. learn how to blow smoke rings.
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  29. 28. become part of an improv group or at least an improv sketch.
    1 entry     		1 person
  30. 29. learn how to silk screen.
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  31. 30. write for a comedy show.
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  32. 31. skydive -- cliched, I know.
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  33. 32. get into comic books again.
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  34. 33. fire a gun.
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  35. 34. spend a night in a real haunted house.
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  36. 35. become a vegan for a day -- consciously, and not because I forgot to have a meat or dairy product that day.
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  37. 36. go to Japan.
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  38. 37. be someone's best man at his wedding.
    1 entry     		1 person
  39. 38. learn to skateboard.
    1 entry     		1,446 people
  40. 39. Create a cookbook.
    		14 people

How I did it
How to make some vinyl toys/figurines.
It took me
2 days
It made me
Emoticon.

How I did it: Using simple shapes, I made characters from my comic out of Sculpey, a PVC-based clay that hardens under heat. After the figures cooled, I used simple acrylics to paint them. I then added details using Micron pens, an acid-free, archival ink that I also use in my comics. Lastly, I sprayed them with a clear coat paint to give it a glossy yet protective finish. Read how I did it…

May 21, 10:17AM PDT | 0 comments


How to get into grad school
It took me
2 years
It made me
Awesome.

How I did it: I applied to grad school. There's nothing more to it -- maybe drop a few hundred dollars, though. Oh, and talk to old professors and employers for recommendation letters. Read how I did it…

Mar 28, 03:00PM PDT | 0 comments


How to hang out backstage with one of my favorite bands.
It made me
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How I did it: Through friends and multiple run-ins, I met and befriended DJ duo Flosstradamus. I'm even FACEBOOK friends with Curt. They're really chill and down-to-earth dudes, and no, I'm not a star-fucker. Read how I did it…

Mar 10, 08:05AM PDT | 0 comments


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drink absinthe (read all 2 entries…)
Okay... but still worth trying. 14 months ago

Went to a martini bar last night, and I was surprised they had an absinthe martini on their cocktail list. Naturally, I was excited to try absinthe, so I ordered it.

Now it may have been the gin that was mixed in the martini, but the drink wasn’t that great. Absinthe has that deep, somewhat overwhelming licorice flavor to it, and I’ll be honest, I’m not a fan of licorice. No weird, trippy after effects (probably on the account that it’s both a mixed drink and maybe not even real absinthe), no surreal, drunken stupor.

Bottomline: it’s “okay,” but not something that I was really impressed by. I’m just glad that my friend was able to knock my drink over as she was going to the bathroom, and I was able to leave that fairly mediocre (yet expensive) drink in a pool of licorice liquid and broken glass.

May 03, 2008, 01:14PM PDT | 0 comments


take a government, school, or some kind of officially issued photograph while wearing an eyepatch.
Untitled 16 months ago

I think it’d be funny. I would make it appear that I had genuinely injured my eye and the eyepatch was prescribed by a doctor. Seriously, are they going to ask for medical documents?

If not the eyepatch, then some kind of ridiculous disguise.

Feb 22, 2008, 11:26PM PST | 0 comments


have a single piece of my artwork sell for over $100, $200.
Untitled 16 months ago

Yeah, I’m a sellout, but I’m poor.

Feb 22, 2008, 11:14PM PST | 0 comments


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move out of florida write a novel speak English more fluently buy a smart car learn to play flamenco guitar be an adventurer learn how to drive stick-shift Doug356 wants to Keep Track of all the Movies I Watch in 2008 Eat better Drive across the USA Find a major. rizzuhjj wants to update my website Buy land Make a CD of all HAPPY SONGS! make my own xanga layout be more organized be more romantic think before i speak watch lost sing in a band hacks Contribute to an open source software project petitelife wants to get in shape Go on a road trip dance like no one is watching Create a mash up song learn yoga Make my parents proud
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