1. write in a paper journal every day.
2. write a poem a day for an entire month.
3. practice playing my guitar daily.
4. GRADUATE.
5. open a punk house with skyla when our lease is up.
6. finish the riot grrrl kent zine.
7. finish more than two issues of my own zine.
8. read, at least, a book a week after graduation.
9. write, at least, one letter per week.
10. START A BAND. a serious one. that practices regularly, and plays shows.*
11. release an album/ep (whether on my own or with said band.)**
12. write and release a poetry chapbook.
13. go to a zine fest
14. visit my uncle in seattle.
15. meet amber forrester in person
16. get jango fixed
17. get my license (is it sad this isn't a top priority?)
18. bike to cleveland (bereafest?)
19. finish my existing tattoo, as well as get my pineapple tattoo with my sister, my teaching tattoo (a drawing by one of my 4th graders from this semester), and any other tattoo i can.
20. successfully make over-easy/medium eggs on my own.***
21. learn to bake yummy vegan treats, and bread.
*i didn't start a band yet, but i joined my friends' band, like the days, back in march.
**this one hasn't happened yet, but we did start writing material for a new album that we'll hopefully be recording towards the beginning of next year.
***still can't do over-easy well, but i made a perfect poached egg one day!
technically, i didn't get to cross much off this list, but still, i feel pretty accomplished. especially since GRADUATING was a huge huge deal. looking back, this was a lot to ask myself to achieve in only a year. especially with daily/weekly/monthly type goals. and though i may not write a letter per week, or play my guitar daily, or write in my journal daily, i did manage to do these things far more often than i did before.
i also posted a list of some overall life goals. haven't really gotten to any of them yet, though moving out of ohio may happen next year, and i technically went on a three day tour with annabel the weekend after thanksgiving, but i'm hoping to do a real one next summer with my own band or with friends.
so what about my goals for 2011?
1. decide where to move once my lease is up (HAS to be done.)
2. read at least half of the unread books on my shelf.
3. don't purchase any more books until #2 is achieved (thanks to maranda for that idea).
4. start a band with jordan.
5. continue writing in my journal, hopefully at least once a week.
6. write a split zine with amber.
7. attend SXSW.
8. not dye my hair until it is chin length again (doubtful!)
9. find a big girl job.
10. continue practicing my guitar and learn to play standing up (seriously.)
11. GET MY LICENSE (yea right.)
taking it a little easier this time around.
in other news:
tonight was my last night working as an employee of professors pub. i have worked there for almost two years now. the bar has been bought and will reopen in january as "stone tavern." and yes, i will be working there still. it should still be a really cool bar/venue and i'm excited to see what the new owners do with the space. i am not, however, excited to no longer spend nearly every day with brad (the previous owner/my former boss). since reopening professors in july (after we closed in may, thinking it was possibly for good that time around), i have become the senior bartender. for awhile i was brad's only employee upon reopening, and he is the only person that worked at the bar more often than me even since we hired others.
brad saved my ass when he hired me. i had been working at wendy's for two years without a real raise, working 30-40 hours a week for minimum wage. i was starting to feel like a better job was not possible when one night, i walked into the bar with a bunch of friends and shannon- the door guy that night and a longtime friend- asked if i still wanted a job. he introduced me to brad and i was pretty much hired on the spot. started out working door, where essentially i got paid to sit and read and occasionally look at someone's ID, for more than i was getting paid to bust my ass at wendy's! after six months or so i got moved to serving food (while we still had it) and then eventually i got trained to bartend- a skill that will definitely come in handy for quite awhile.
brad and the majority of my fellow employees became like family. especially brad. he's always been there for me, and has been a serious rock for me for the past several months. i really don't know what i'm gonna do when he moves away! just keeping my fingers crossed that he chooses to go somewhere that i want to go to as well.
anyway, this now means i have a month of unemployment ahead of me. i am half excited, mostly because i'm currently financially stable enough to get through a month without working (this hasn't happened in several years), but also half scared because i struggle to keep myself active and feeling productive as is. work is the one thing that has gotten me to leave my bed most days for the past few months. i am bad at that kind of self-discipline. hopefully i will take advantage of this time off. i'd really like to go on a little vacation but i'm not sure where to. i can't spend too too much on travelling. i may just end up spending a week in cleveland with my grandparents as i've been promising them i would since i graduated in may, and i really should try to spend as much time with them that i can, while i can/before i move (as i will probably be moving farther away rather than back to cleveland.)
*i didn't start a band yet, but i joined my friends' band, like the days, back in march.
**this one hasn't happened yet, but we did start writing material for a new album that we'll hopefully be recording towards the beginning of next year.
***still can't do over-easy well, but i made a perfect poached egg one day!
technically, i didn't get to cross much off this list, but still, i feel pretty accomplished. especially since GRADUATING was a huge huge deal. looking back, this was a lot to ask myself to achieve in only a year. especially with daily/weekly/monthly type goals. and though i may not write a letter per week, or play my guitar daily, or write in my journal daily, i did manage to do these things far more often than i did before.
i also posted a list of some overall life goals. haven't really gotten to any of them yet, though moving out of ohio may happen next year, and i technically went on a three day tour with annabel the weekend after thanksgiving, but i'm hoping to do a real one next summer with my own band or with friends.
so what about my goals for 2011?
1. decide where to move once my lease is up (HAS to be done.)
2. read at least half of the unread books on my shelf.
3. don't purchase any more books until #2 is achieved (thanks to maranda for that idea).
4. start a band with jordan.
5. continue writing in my journal, hopefully at least once a week.
6. write a split zine with amber.
7. attend SXSW.
8. not dye my hair until it is chin length again (doubtful!)
9. find a big girl job.
10. continue practicing my guitar and learn to play standing up (seriously.)
11. GET MY LICENSE (yea right.)
taking it a little easier this time around.
in other news:
tonight was my last night working as an employee of professors pub. i have worked there for almost two years now. the bar has been bought and will reopen in january as "stone tavern." and yes, i will be working there still. it should still be a really cool bar/venue and i'm excited to see what the new owners do with the space. i am not, however, excited to no longer spend nearly every day with brad (the previous owner/my former boss). since reopening professors in july (after we closed in may, thinking it was possibly for good that time around), i have become the senior bartender. for awhile i was brad's only employee upon reopening, and he is the only person that worked at the bar more often than me even since we hired others.
brad saved my ass when he hired me. i had been working at wendy's for two years without a real raise, working 30-40 hours a week for minimum wage. i was starting to feel like a better job was not possible when one night, i walked into the bar with a bunch of friends and shannon- the door guy that night and a longtime friend- asked if i still wanted a job. he introduced me to brad and i was pretty much hired on the spot. started out working door, where essentially i got paid to sit and read and occasionally look at someone's ID, for more than i was getting paid to bust my ass at wendy's! after six months or so i got moved to serving food (while we still had it) and then eventually i got trained to bartend- a skill that will definitely come in handy for quite awhile.
brad and the majority of my fellow employees became like family. especially brad. he's always been there for me, and has been a serious rock for me for the past several months. i really don't know what i'm gonna do when he moves away! just keeping my fingers crossed that he chooses to go somewhere that i want to go to as well.
anyway, this now means i have a month of unemployment ahead of me. i am half excited, mostly because i'm currently financially stable enough to get through a month without working (this hasn't happened in several years), but also half scared because i struggle to keep myself active and feeling productive as is. work is the one thing that has gotten me to leave my bed most days for the past few months. i am bad at that kind of self-discipline. hopefully i will take advantage of this time off. i'd really like to go on a little vacation but i'm not sure where to. i can't spend too too much on travelling. i may just end up spending a week in cleveland with my grandparents as i've been promising them i would since i graduated in may, and i really should try to spend as much time with them that i can, while i can/before i move (as i will probably be moving farther away rather than back to cleveland.)