Today, I’m 25 years old and I’m finally adult enough to be trusted with a rental car! I’ve never been a huge New Year’s person because January 1st always feels kind of arbitrary to me. My birthday is when I take stock and reminisce and plan and push forward. This last year I feel like I’ve really come into my own and I’m so grateful for the year ahead. To celebrate, I’m stealing starting a new personal tradition, so I present:

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1. Launch an online portfolio
2. Take a Spanish class with Steve
3. Write 10 9 love letters longhand, snail-mail them
4. Find an old card catalog, alter it
5. Conceive/create a ttv photography series
6. Read Infinite Jest
7. Set up an Etsy shop
8. Plan a camping trip with friends
9. Set up automatic charity contributions
10. Begin an artistic collaboration
11. Learn to properly poach an egg
12. See an active volcano
13. Write an artist’s statement, re-write it, mean it
14. Drinks at the Den, show at the Fox DONE!
15. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, alone
16. Visit Vancouver with girlfriends
17. Create a mixed-media piece
18. Go see the Raiders play
19. Host a monthly Sunday potluck dinner
20. Pickle something
21. Go to Nightlife at the California Academy of Science
22. Wreck a journal
23. Join the darkroom studio
24. Say marriage vows DONE!
25. Do 10 real push-ups in a row
26. Submit work to a gallery/show

• June 23rd, 2009
• 26 before 26, favorites, musings
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