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Phillip Retuta




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Phillip Retuta's Life List

  2. 1. lose some weight, because I feel like I'm a goddamned walrus.
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  3. 2. 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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  4. 3. be famous and have my own Wikipedia entry.
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  5. 4. get a tattoo.
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  6. 5. DJ a party.
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  7. 6. get health insurance.
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  8. 7. learn how to snap my fingers.
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  9. 8. shoot a short movie or music video with a real video camera.
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  10. 9. illustrate an entire tarot card deck.
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  11. 10. throw a classy dinner party
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  12. 11. go to Las Vegas.
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  13. 12. visit London.
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  14. 13. have a single piece of my artwork sell for over $100, $200.
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  15. 14. send my parents on a cruise.
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  16. 15. sculpt a friend's head out of cake for a special occasion.
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  17. 16. take a government, school, or some kind of officially issued photograph while wearing an eyepatch.
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  18. 17. visit Canada.
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  19. 18. become a musician, or at least learn how to play an instrument that's well-respected within the music community.
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  20. 19. visit Austin, Texas.
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  21. 20. build a snowman army.
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  22. 21. own a plastic ball pit like those at Chuck E. Cheese.
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  23. 22. write a satirical, humorous memoir.
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  24. 23. learn how to blow smoke rings.
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  25. 24. become part of an improv group or at least an improv sketch.
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  26. 25. learn how to silk screen.
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  27. 26. write for a comedy show.
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  28. 27. skydive -- cliched, I know.
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  29. 28. get into comic books again.
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  30. 29. fire a gun.
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  31. 30. spend a night in a real haunted house.
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  32. 31. 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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  33. 32. go to Japan.
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  34. 33. be someone's best man at his wedding.
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  35. 34. learn to skateboard.
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  36. 35. Create a cookbook.
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How I did it
How to live in New York City, even for a month or two.
It took me
4 years
It made me
New Yorkie.

How I did it: It was a shot in the dark: apply to a few grad schools and see where I get in. Well, I got into Parsons The New School For Design. Come this August, I'll be moving to the East Coast. I'll be honest, I'm scared shitless, but I know this may just be an enlightening experience. Read how I did it…

Aug 05, 05:28PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to gather a few close friends, a bottle of wine or whiskey, and listen to music.
It took me
1 day
It made me
Pretty drunk.

How I did it: Funny story, at an art gallery opening in Bridgeport, I spotted a fellow blogger whom I only know via his Tumblr and subsequent Facebook profile.I figured it didn't hurt to say hello, especially since it's apparent we share similar tastes in music and art philosophies.Anyway, on my way to my friend's birthday party, he invited me and another friend over to his apartment. We drank some Jameson, discussed music, chess, and video games as he… Read how I did it…

Aug 05, 05:24PM PDT | 0 comments


How to reconnect with long, lost friends or rarely-seen friends...
It took me
1 day
It made me
Friendly

How I did it: Now that it's official that I'm leaving New York, some of my friends and myself are trying to make a conscious effort to see each other. I know this past July, I hung out with Jeff, and this coming week, I'll be able to see my awesome buddy from college, Alan. Read how I did it…

Aug 05, 05:17PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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Recent entries
drink absinthe (read all 2 entries…)
Okay... but still worth trying. 19 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 21 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 21 months ago

Yeah, I’m a sellout, but I’m poor.

Feb 22, 2008, 11:14PM PST | 1 comment


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I want to:

The world wants to...

Go to England receive a letter from Hogwarts apologizing for the late owl but informing me that i am actually a witch. gain weight take better care of my teeth Attend the Lowlands festival Worry less. Read my Bible more Watch all episodes of "Futurama" ever made get into comic books madamwitty wants to do 100 crunches a day for 100 days live in a foreign country The body is a gift and a piece of art; present it that way by taking care of it and feeling beautiful. go on a zero gravity flight Send a care package to a soldier helenting wants to go to college don't stop believin' golf Write more become popular Lose 20 pounds Exercise at least 3 times a week make my own game make money from home find my biological father start learn hacking Get my nose pierced. pay off my car
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