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there goes another rubbertree plant
January 2, 2009
Here is my 2009 überlist. It’s uncategorized, because I write my first draft directly into the space provided in my date book and my brain doesn’t really work in a categorized way. Some of these things are new, some are slightly less ambitious than last year’s (for that self-congratulatory easy-to-complete goodness), a few are repeats from last year that didn’t get realized. I’ll try to revisit the list here every quarter with progress on how I’m doing instead of leaving it until the end of December like I usually do. Darn, I should have put that on the list!
1: no refined sugar for at least one month (I’m looking at you, January!)
2: gym 2 x weekly
3: floss 2 x weekly
4: finish straight outta brompton sweater (January)
5: finish Alice/Bridie sweater (February)
6: finish lace nightie sweater (by summer)
7: 365 days flickr project
8: finish all socks currently on needles (that’s around six pairs, I think, or maybe eight)
9: use chopsticks once a week for practice
10: finish stockings for Merouda
11: try not to swear so much
12: eat more greens (2 x or more a week)
13: drink more whiskey
14: ride my bike more, min. 3 x per week, weather permitting
15: fix the broken beam in the basement
16: don’t stall on weekly chores so much
17: start the listening project and set a schedule for it
18: clean up my work table
19: keep my work table/area clean
20: take my vitamins every day
21: try a new recipe from every cookbook we own
22: post at least one photo to flickr every day
23: organize my fabrics and sewing stuff
24: design myself a new work uniform: skirt + shirt
25: sew up a week’s worth of uniform pieces
26: wear my uniform at all times while working (at printing or at job) (not that I have a job, but eventually)
27: apply for 2 shows per month (deadlines tend to cluster, so as long as I do 24 throughout the year, it counts)
28: apply to 4 residencies per cycle (spring, fall)
29: update sketchbooks section of website
30: update in progress section of website
31: blog studio work in progress at least once weekly
32: clean out basement built-in shelves (painting stuff)
33: get the rest of my student work onto flickr (spring 2008 lithography class)
34: water plants every week, no forgetting!
35: write up the pattern for Rosaleen’s scarf
36: make my first self-published pattern (the green lace cardigan I’ve stalled on, maybe?)
37: clean out filing cabinet
38: do the hundred pushups challenge
39: get a job! I can’t believe that didn’t show up here until number 39.
40: plant my purple tulips
41: consolidate boxes in the attic
42: clean and reorganize at least one side of the attic
43: wash the windows
44: new front sidewalk
45: new front porch!
46: finish 2 new drawings per week
47: start up sketchbook project again
48: scan old family photos
49: spend a day in Huron Park taking pictures
50: visit Point Pelee
51: visit Uncle Tom’s Cabin or one of the other local Underground Railroad historical sites
52: write at least six real letters
53: become the sort of person who sends thank you cards
54: design & print cards for thank yous (letterpress)
55: write on my weblog more often
56: rework and print all of my copper plates
57: read at least one book per month
58: make a flagstone path in the front garden
59: finish wallpaper in bathroom
60: strip the basement china cabinet & paint it black
61: replace dining room glasses shelves with (#60) cabinet
62: wash out entire inside of fridge really well at least once
63: make a new shower curtain
64: visit a zoo
65: have a picnic in a park with Peter
66: shoot a roll of film with the Iloca camera
67: shoot a roll with the Canon AE-1
68: shoot a roll with my old Pentax
69: shoot at least one roll of film with one of the other old cameras we have (the Brownies?)
70: join the Printmakers Forum board
71: join the Artcite board
72: go to a Windsor Spitfires game
73: get my next tattoo
74: make homemade pasta
75: get rid of things I hang onto but don’t need
76: put music cds in a binder and give/throw away jewel cases
77: bake something I’ve never baked before
78: can something I’ve never canned before
79: go see In the Pocket at the Vic tavern
80: host 4 dinner parties
81: go to the dentist
82: go to the eye doctor: new glasses!
83: get hair cut at least 4 times (in order to grow it out awesome instead of growing it out gross like last time)
84: clean out bedroom closet
85: finish that blue blouse I cut out last year
86: wear my contacts at least one day a week
87: get my learner’s permit
88: go bowling
89: new curtains for our bedroom
90: paint our bedroom
91: shred old files
92: visit (and borrow from) the public library
93: renew my library card!
94: clean/dust everything on the plate rail in the dining room
95: organize craft materials
96: take photos of the sculptures down by the river
97: get into an international exhibition
98: show my thesis work in a gallery
99: print fabrics for the corset project with Kelly
100: design skirts to go with corset project
101: organize a show for #99 & #100
102: get my ears pierced
103: start submitting knit designs again
104: construct features for the front garden (metal bars, helms, hippo)
105: disassemble the back deck
106: do our (overdue!) taxes
107: knit up the leftover yarn from finished socks into blanket squares
108: buy those green boots I can’t stop thinking about
109: finish the dresses I started last summer and sell them on etsy
Posted by jodi on January 2, 2009 at 5.45pm
Categories: the devil's playthings, überlist
Comments on "there goes another rubbertree plant"
Your list leaves me breathless. I guess the first thing on my überlist would be to make an überlist…
13 cracks me up.
Posted by Lee Ann on January 3, 2009 at 9.51am :: link
I love that drink more whiskey directly follows eat more greens. Perfect.
And very inspiring. I feel an uberlist of my own in the making.
Posted by Ragnar on January 3, 2009 at 10.16am :: link
Good lord, your list frightens me. Don’t you know the rule that if a list has more than 10 items on it, it’s doomed to fail? I probably shouldn’t have told you that. Well, good luck anyway! XO
Posted by Norma on January 3, 2009 at 2.35pm :: link
you’ve got to be kidding me . . . Is that a list for the year or the decade?
Good luck!
sam
Posted by sam on January 3, 2009 at 5.55pm :: link
delighted to see Alice in there at number 5 – i’ll keep bugging you, shall i? looking forward to number 55 too. happy new year!
Posted by Amelia on January 4, 2009 at 2.45am :: link
I like the look of your list but list making sends me into a panic about all the stuff I have to do!!
Posted by Lin on January 4, 2009 at 6.06am :: link