I'm doing 23 things
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8 months ago
6. Twelfth Night, Donmar at Wyndham’s, 2/24/09 – Solid but not particularly exciting production. I actually quite liked Jacobi’s Malvolio, more than I would have expected given previous roles I’ve seen him in.
saestina's Life List
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1. Publish a novel
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2. Get a literary agent
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3. Finish a new novel in 2009
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4. Stage manage for a theatre I love
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5. Fall in love
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6. Read all of Shakespeare
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7. See all of Shakespeare's plays performed live
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8. Take a roadtrip in the UK
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9. Take a baking class
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10. See at least 25 plays this year
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11. Write a really good short story
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12. Write 200,000 words in 2009
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13. Start adding to my savings again instead of taking away
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14. See Wagner's Ring Cycle
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15. Learn basic ASL
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16. Renew my first-aid certification
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17. See the Northern Lights
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18. Go to Machu Picchu
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19. Get all my books into one place
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20. Do a scratch with Carly and Drew
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21. Restock my kit
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22. Take a writing class
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23. Keep a photo diary of my last year in London
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I wrote 750 words a day (almost) everyday for four months, and at the end I had a completed rough draft. I took a month off to get a little perspective on what I'd done, and then spent another four months rewriting and polishing. Read how I did it…
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9 months ago
5. Spring Awakening, Lyric Hammersmith, 2/18/09 – Loved it. It was so exuberant and passionate; even when something didn’t work, they did it so full tilt that you couldn’t help but admire it.
4. Hairspray, The Shaftesbury, 2/11/09 – Good fun, of course, and I’ve always wanted to see Michael Ball live since my old Les Mis days (as it happens, he was about the ONLY lead I didn’t get an understudy for). Was sat next to a bunch of fourteen year old boys on a school trip who had WAY more fun than I would have expected, were dancing and cheering during the curtain call.
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3. Three Days of Rain, Apollo Theatre, 2/3/09. A really interesting play, despite it’s somewhat dissatisfying ending, with very compelling characters expertly played. James McAvoy in particular was stunning, one of the best performances I’ve seen in years, even if his presence did mean an audience of wall-to-wall teenage girls. Will almost certainly go see it again before the run’s over, I wonder if I should count that?
