Pre-Opera Opera

Saturday, April 7th, Galaxy Theater, 9am, Metropolitan Opera: The Manon

This Weekend

I start my scarf.

Cheap cop-out, maybe? I don't know. I decided to do one of the things from the list this weekend before I realized it was a friends birthday on Saturday, which basically kills my Saturday and Sunday, and Friday I'm going to the movies with Momma. But I'm not not doing something! So yes, I'm starting what seems to be the "easiest" thing. But the best thing about the weekend? There is another one in just another week.




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All it Takes is One Step to Fall Off the Cliff

I am pretty positive that the most difficult part of this journey will be actually starting it.


Goal for tonight:

Pick one thing to do this weekend.


Goal for this weekend:

Actually do it.

Support Comes in the Most Unlikely of Places

I was worried a couple weeks ago.
My main friend who has been pushing me on this, reminding me to update and what, had a new life come into his in the form of a tiny, squishy, helpless, red-headed little girl, and I couldn't be happier for him. Unfortunately the consequence of this that I didn't quite realize yet was that he had no place looking after me with this project. Yes, he is still interested and whatnot, he just has more important things to look after.

What surprised me, though, was that someone else asked about this. Someone who I hardly ever see, someone who I hardly ever talk to. That was when I knew this was something bigger than I thought it was, and that was when I got really happy, and really driven.


This year I hope to become closer to people, become a better person, and have a (bleeping) adventure.

So The Tally's Are In, Ballots Counted.

Final total list:

1. Visit Gasworks Park


2. Make from-scratch fried chicken, cornbread, and BBQ sauce


3. Go to the Seattle Library


4. Underground Tour


5. Go to the Olympic National Forest (A.B.)


6. See a movie in a Gold Class Cinema (bonus points: eat gourmet popcorn and french fries with Sriracha Aioli) (M. B-N)


7. Have a cocktail at Tini Bings (bonus points: Make it an Aviation) (M. B-N)


8. Spend a weekend at the Sol Duc Hot Springs (K.B.)


9. Design and create a complete steampunk outfit for Steamcon


10. Sew myself a change purse


11. Eat grits


12. Make butternut squash soup


13. Make my own pasta


14. See Trans-Siberian Orchestra Live


15. Write a song and record it at the EMP


16. Find a photobooth and use it


17. Buy a whole fish and take it apart, then cook and eat it


18. Stay a weekend in a hotel, somewhere with a view


19. Bake an apple pie using the family recipe


20. Visit the Seattle Aquarium (P.F.)


21. Go to the top of the Space Needle and have a meal


22. Visit the Pacific Science Center (P.F.)


23. Build a Birdhouse


24. Candy Walnuts


25. Go to Wann (P.F. www.wann-izakaya.com/)


26. Make juice tapioca balls using molecular gastronomy


27. Watch a sunrise


28. Watch a sunset


29. See the Ocean


30. Visit Mount Rainier and have a picnic


31. Go to Woodland Park Zoo


32. Go to Point Defiance Zoo


33. Bite of Seattle


34. Taste of Tacoma


35. Bake at least 12 different cookie recipes


36. Go camping at least once


37. Stay at least one night in at least 3 different states


38. Make and launch a paper lantern


39. Learn to make a difficult origami piece (suggestion of P.F.)


40. Go to an opera (Suggestion of P.F.)


41. Karaoke


42. Carve a pumpkin


43. Knit a 7 foot scarf, and wear it at least 7 times


44. Stay the weekend at the ocean


45. Go to Tillicum Village


46. Go to a glass fusing class at the Museum of Glass


47. Make a souffle

So there you have it, 47 things to do in the next 12 months. This will be an awesome year.

Ruh-Roh

I had my first wave of self-doubt yesterday. It came out of nowhere and hit me hard. I kept thinking about how I could just delete this blog, not say anything about it to anyone and nobody would really notice. And even if they did notice it would all be forgotten in a couple weeks anyway. I guess half of me is still stuck in that place, the other half of me knows I have to push through. I have to do this.

I will bust through.



Just a couple days left until listing ends.

7 Days...

Visit Gasworks Park
Make from-scratch fried chicken, cornbread, and BBQ sauce
Go to the Seattle Library
Underground Tour

8 Days Left to List

I'm not scared to admit that I'm scared as hell. Which is a bit funny, because as far as I remember there is nothing particularily frightening on this list. I think I'm just a mixture of nervous and excited, which is equalling out to fear.

Also, yesterday I finally posted this project to my facebook, which I guess isn't too big of a deal, but it was a bit difficult for me to do. I hate self-promotion, I usually see it as begging for attention, but I had to get over that in order to get more ideas. And hopefully this will get more people involved in the project and wanting to come along for some of the adventures.



Go to the Olympic National Forest (A.B.)
See a movie in a Gold Class Cinema (bonus points: eat gourmet popcorn and french fries with Sriracha Aioli) (M. B-N)
Have a cocktail at Tini Bings (bonus points: Make it an Aviation) (M. B-N)
Spend a weekend at the Sol Duc Hot Springs (K.B.)
Design and create a complete steampunk outfit for Steamcon

What Does This All Mean?

A little over one week until I start this. I am excited and nervous, but mainly determined. I've already been told by one person to not beat myself up if I don't finish the list, and that "nobody will care" if I end up with things undone. But someone will care: me. I cannot let myself fail this.

I have been thinking about what this project means to me, why I care at all, and New Years Eve everything became abundantly clear. Looking around my house at all of my things, looking for one thing to tell me I've succeeded in the last year, I realized that I have nothing to show for myself. Yes, I have a loving and supporting family and group of friends. Yes, I have a new relationship that so far is going just fine. Yes, I am comfortable and very rarely want for material goods. Yes, I am marginally happy. But through all of that, something is missing. This last year I started the process of looking for a house to buy, thinking that would fulfil me. The end of the year came and went and still no house, but I don't feel any worse about myself. I have a new car from the one I was driving last year, but still, no feelings of accomplishment. In all actuality, though I have done many things in the last year, I really have done nothing. Or I have nothing done, if you will.

So as these next next nine days pass, I will think of more things. And as this next year passes, I will succeed, I will embrace myself, I will do this. I cannot, will not, fail. For nobody else but me, I will complete this project.



Sew myself a change purse
Eat grits
Make butternut squash soup
Make my own pasta
See Trans-Siberian Orchestra Live (this may be cheating, I do this every year anyway)