but i think i can say i have learned to do this. still not proficient enough with my left hand to decorate my right, but god willing one day.
these are my friend’s feet, which i just finished tonight.
| 1. |
learn french
4 entries . 4 cheers |
8,563 people |
| 2. |
write a novel
2 entries . 5 cheers |
8,202 people |
| 3. |
lose weight
2 entries . 1 cheer |
31,590 people |
| 4. |
take pictures
3 cheers |
211 people |
| 5. |
Learn to speak and write Japanese fluently
2 entries . 1 cheer |
153 people |
| 6. |
meditate
1 entry . 1 cheer |
1,958 people |
| 7. |
get rid of my clutter
1 entry . 4 cheers |
282 people |
| 8. |
read
2 cheers |
436 people |
| 9. |
learn to belly dance
3 entries . 5 cheers |
2,064 people |
| 10. |
be an artist
1 entry |
563 people |
| 11. |
be kinder to people
1 entry . 5 cheers |
25 people |
| 12. |
learn arabic
6 entries . 12 cheers |
1,810 people |
| 13. |
be honest
1 cheer |
480 people |
| 14. |
go to India
1 cheer |
865 people |
| 15. |
go to turkey
2 cheers |
67 people |
| 16. |
wander
1 cheer |
28 people |
| 17. |
go to bhutan
1 entry . 1 cheer |
44 people |
| 18. |
walk every street in Kyoto
2 cheers |
2 people |
| 19. |
turn heads
4 cheers |
84 people |
| 20. |
learn to cook ethiopian food
1 entry . 6 cheers |
9 people |
| 21. |
stop second-guessing myself
1 entry . 3 cheers |
59 people |
| 22. |
work for a nonprofit
4 cheers |
56 people |
| 23. |
become fluent in french
1 cheer |
1,068 people |
| 24. |
Get more sleep
2 cheers |
3,836 people |
| 25. |
go back to Paris
1 cheer |
169 people |
| 26. |
Leave flowers on the grave of someone I don't know
3 cheers |
152 people |
| 27. |
get really good at doing henna
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7 people |
but i think i can say i have learned to do this. still not proficient enough with my left hand to decorate my right, but god willing one day.
these are my friend’s feet, which i just finished tonight.
when i first started studying, the teacher i felt most comfortable talking to recommended studying with as many teachers as possible. i finally figured out why, after my last class. the new teacher told me that for shimmies it’s easier to do them if you’re slightly pigeon-toed, and damned if she isn’t right.
it’s so exciting, i love studying this dance and i love seeing improvement. i’m never going to be a goddess, but belly dance has showed me that i can be completely mortal and evoke the divine anyway.
i went for a walk in the park by my house, and someone had abandoned a pile of astérix le gaulois comic books on a picnic bench. i read these books many times in english, when i was a kid. they still make me smile. it’s like god wants me to study.