Music Monday: Arcade Fire

Current favorite song at the moment. Enjoy :)

101 in 1001 Days

So, I am jumping back on the 101 in 1001 days bandwagon. I love me a good list, and what's not to love about a list of things I would like to accomplish in 1001 days? 

26 July 2012-27 April 2015

1.     Get a stamp (or two) in my passport

2.     Read Anna Karenina

3.     Complete 52 books in 52 weeks

4.     Go skydiving

5.     Run a marathon (start training in the fall 2013)

6.     Complete a triathlon

7.     Start sewing my own dresses

8.     Buy a condo in the city

9.     See The Kills live

10. Learn to play guitar

11. Become pretty fluent in German

12. Write a novel

13. Knit a sweater that fits

14. Road trip to Rhinebeck

15. Return to Portland

16. Watch all of Woody Allen’s movies

17. Go to a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture show

18. Get a new tattoo

19. Pay off credit card

20. Fall in love

21. Stop buying “stuff”

22. Adopt a sister or brother for Yoda

23. Buy a bike

24. Meditate daily

25. Bake macarons

26. Sew a quilt

27. Open an Etsy store

28. Organize books by binding color

29. Take a yoga class

30. Read every book on my bookshelf that I haven’t read yet

31. Arrange my house according to feng shui

32. Have palm read

33. Get a tarot reading

34. Have some writing published

35. Dye a piece of my hair hot pink

36. Take a train somewhere

37. Go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando

38. Go to the beach

39. Find the perfect leopard print coat

40. Go to  a show at the Muny & sit in the free seats

41.  Go to a hookah bar

42. go to Chicago for a concert

43. run a half-marathon

44. knit a cardigan that fits

45. take pictures of little moments of every day life

46. Make a new friend

47. Own a pair of Fluevogs

48.  Gauge ears to ½ inch

49. go to food truck Friday

50. go to the Japanese festival

51. do a race out of state

52. go to a book signing

53. learn to appreciate bourbon

54. learn an ani difranco song on guitar

55.  go horseback riding

56. buy a really nice pair of heels

57. go snowboarding

58. get a facial

59. go to six flags for fright fest

60. make cake pops for special events

61. make a special vegetarian dish for turkey day every year

62. start a blog..and stick with it

63. make writing a habit

64. win a giveaway

65. learn to play the ukele

66. visit a haunted place

67. get a new piercing

68. go to a vegan café

69. get a CSA box

70. read a book in german

71. find a mint green typewriter

72. roast pumpkin seeds at Halloween

73. crochet a granny square afghan

74. go to a drive-in movie

75. do a from sheep (fleece) to sweater project

76. give up drinking alcohol for 30 days

77. go full-time vegan

78. try a new restaurant

79. knit or sew all Christmas gifts

80. go ice-skating

81. buy books from independent bookstores

82. buy coffee from non-chain places

83. get an electric guitar

84. go to the dogtown st. pat’s parade

85. go to a pumpkin patch for a pumpkin

86. learn most Hole songs on guitar

87. go back to natural hair color and do blonder highlights

88. be genuinely happy for someone’s good news

89. bake a pumpkin pie from scratch

90. design a sock pattern

91. buy anthropologie quilt & bed sheets

92. buy & wear a bikini proudly!

93. Visit my brother in AZ

94. Attend an official Japanese tea ceremony

95. Do the warrior dash

96. Make a zine
97. Go to a Renegade craft fair
98. Get eyebrows threaded
99. Save $2000
100. Do a clease
101. Bake a real red velvet cake

I think I have some pretty good things on there. It's hard to think of things and I felt like I was getting repetitive with some. Hopefully it won't take too long to think of others. Finished! Now I need to get working on some of these.

xoxo.

Dogsitting

Not much had been going on. Watching my brother's boxer, Brutus, again this week. He's about 8 months and a BIG puppy. I'm not used to it. He gets into things my Yoda never got into.

This was from the last time (about two weeks ago). I think he got bigger. But I love him and he's pretty much the shit. 

And I am currently OBSESSED with Game of Thrones. I started watching it somewhat last year, and then forgot about it until the end of the second season. I borrowed the Kindle version of the book from the library and I have not been able to put it down. And I'm watching season 1 as a go along. SO GOOD. I never really got into fantasy that much. I don't know why. It's fabulous. I think I'm going to watch one more episode before I go to bed. Or maybe I should just hit the hay because the dogs are laying down and being quiet. 

It's quite nice.

xoxo.

Another Day, Another Blog

I'm going to skip the part where I say this is like my millionth blog that I started. I'm always down for new beginnings. BUT. This is a new space, and I'm going to use it however I see fit, be it book reviews or concert reviews or projects. Or to talk about my most favorite thing ever, RUNNING. But mainly, it's going to be a lifestyle blog. Of things I like. No themed posts or whatever. Just whatever my jam is at the moment. And also to help me get into the habit of writing. I know it's not working on my novel, but whatevs. I can do that tomorrow.


Anywho.


I ran tonight for the first time in a couple weeks. I thought it would be a miserable 3.5 miles. But no. I had the power of music. And it made the 4 miles seem bearable. I stopped listening to music on my runs when my ear buds broke. I'm broke and couldn't really afford new ones. $10 seemed like a lot to spend on one thing at the moment. But luckily my dad had an extra pair, so I took those. And I will never run without music again. It helped me to not focus on the actual running part, but on the music part. It helped pass the miles. I think I fell in love with running all over again! Which is good, because I have a 10K coming up in October and I want to be able to run the whole thing. 


And it's a short work week! It's always a happy week when I get at least one day off of work. 


xoxo.