January 3, 2007

• This is gonna be a doozy.

  (What the hell is a "doozy" anyways?)

  The good thing about this is that I feel significantly more organized
  in regards to what i want and need in my life (finally!) and also
  significantly more planful in how to go about implementing my
  irrepressible genius- all while still leaving room for spontaneity and
  self-forgiveness during those times i'm simply being a slacker-ninja.
  By no means do i expect to complete everything in a single year; the
  resolution here is to brainstorm & get a deez start on my evil
  plans while 2007 has
  still got it goin' on. I mean, i'm pretty much a superhero and I know i
  could finish most of it off if i put my mind to it, but then again my
  mind isn't always so cooperative and i don't care to kill myself
  trying. Also note i have not accounted for anything in
  the romance department, because although romance is nice, artistic
  world domination is better. It seems as if, at long last, my lifelong
  inner
  battle between Random-Creativity and Obsessive-Structure have come to a
  stunning compromise. Let's hope this cunning scheme is fruitful.

  And if it's not.... eh, fuck it.

  So i present to you, in technicolor violet:

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  Twelve New Year’s Aspirations
  -& concrete, cunning plans for completion-

  
  
  COMPLETE 4 PROJECTS:

  1. Art center proposal for HLW innovations team (due in February)
  

  • Establish a mission/ purpose
  • Types of youth served by program
  • Visibility & PR functions
  • Programmatic features
  • Research social/ therapeutic benefits of arts programs
  • Research other working models in community
  • Research potential grants- both social service & public arts
  • Program needs: staff, supplies, space
  • Input from HLW staff involved in kid-arts
  • Input from other community arts programs & contacts

  2. Start a foodie / alt-homemaker weblog- “The Urban Sherpa”
  

  • Enlist Ryan & Kerri’s help
  • Develop a set of features to post about:
  • Monthly get-togethers
  • Artist interviews (marta fodor, jenna waldman, egg-a-go-go, ruthless-toothless, marty allen, via audio)
  • Housekeeping hints a la Real Simple
  • Recipes- fun quick easy different 
  • Style 
  • Articles on urban observations
  • Seen in/ at; ikea, magazines, catalogs, target, the dollar store, boutiques
  • Craft-gasmic projects
  • Karma boosters
  • Wanted objects
  • Photo challenges
  • Restaurant, film & book reviews
  • Daily doodles
  • Useless information

  3. Work on story-telling:
  

  • Novel: The Hula Hoop Mary
  • Illustration: Oxymephorous and the book of xanadu
  • Graffiti: The Urban Youth Tarot

  4. Create & publicly unveil a congruous body of artwork
  

  • Draw something every day.
  • Set up a studio space in back hall and allot special time to work there.
  • Complete at least one landscape painting, on canvas or board, per month
  • Complete at least 5 watercolor or pastel landscape / studies each month
  •  Take photographs of trees- for collage & reference- whenever possible
  • Work on a photography series
  • Compile a scrapbook of influences & inspirations
  • Post to portfolio website

  HAVE 4 EXPERIENCES:

  5. Acquire more design skills
  

  • Learn Flash, complete 1 animation, and post on Newgrounds.com
  • Take an Adobe In-Design class through HLW
  • Develop & post a website

  6. Begin working towards Master’s degree
  

  • Obtain MassArt transcripts
  • Investigate grants, scholarships and federal loans
  • Put together a portfolio
  • Go to an open house
  • Work on application & essay for Lesley U.

  7. Take a trip somewhere
  

  • In an airplane. Flying is fun!
  • Get a passport.
  • Cash in credit card points towards a weekend in NYC prowling the Met.
  • Make a pilgrimage to the desert, one way or another.
  • See a volcano, an island, or a town where a different language is spoken.

  8. Learn stuff:
  

  • ….To drive, & get license
  • ….To speak another language, such as portugese or arabic
  • ….To salsa dance, or get better at faking it.

  
  
  IMPROVE 4 THINGS:

  9. Spend more time with friends
  

  • Call or email Kerri at least once a week!
  • Hang out with Ryan at least once a month!
  • Go out and have a beer or see a show with Josh at least biweekly!
  • Call or email Jasmine at least once a month!
  • Host a dinner get-together shebang at home once a month & invite everyone and their friends. (see #2, “entertaining”)

  10. Improve mental health
  

  • Beyond a wholesome discipline, BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF.
  • Make an appointment with a therapist, and see said therapist regularly.
  • Set aside Sunday mornings as Sacred personal time
  • Learn to meditate properly
  • Practice tai-chi at least once a week (see Sunday morning).

  11. Improve physical health
  

  • Make a dental appointment, & follow through
  • Make a doctor’s appointment, & follow through
  • Make a gyno appointment, & follow through
  • Make an appointment to see a nutritionist, & follow through (see #2, “foodie”)
  • Eat better; pack snacks for work & try to eat a small meal every 4 hours
  • Ride a bike regularly in warm weather.
  • Dance at least once a week (See #2 and #4).

  12. Develop organization and financial discipline
  

  • Develop a weekly and monthly spending budget, and stick to it
  • Develop a plan to consolidate & pay off debts
  • Set up auto-pay and account schedules for bills
  • Create a desire journal (see #2: “Seen at” & “Wanted objects”)
  • Quell indulgent impulses.

  
  
  
  
  

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