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I survive on checklists.  There's nothing more satisfying than summing up a daunting task into a word or phrase and slicing your pen through it like Zorro after it's been completed.  Grocery lists, packing lists, homework lists, favorite song lists, the lists are endless.  I think that's why I've been feeling stuck in a rut lately.  There are so many things I want to do this summer, but it's all floating around in my head (a la Catface?) and then I get cloudy and confused.  So without further ado, here is my checklist for Thursday, June 3, 2010.

Accomplishments for 6/3/10:

-book airfare

-eat lunch

-shower

-finish transferring pictures and texts from my phone onto paper and the computer

-write one page of the Culture Night 2010 script

-rehydrate myself with water

-finish Matt's birthday gift

-crochet 2 roses

-eat dinner

-read one chapter of Tao Lin's "Eeeee Eee Eeee"

-brush my teeth

-doodle in my sketchbook

Accomplishments for Summer 2010 (first draft):

-move out of J485

-spend a day at Disneyland

-When at Disneyland, eat half a shrimp po'boy, fries, 2 beignets, a Mickey Mouse ice cream sandwich, a clam chowder bread bowl, a strawberry funnel cake, popcorn, and chicken nuggets.

-eat a Disneyland caramel apple

-cheer for Leslie at the top of my lungs at her graduation from Southwestern Law School

-visit family in Norcal

-eat until I am stuffed to the gills, drink, and be merry with said family

-befriend blue jays, deer, squirrels, a lizard, and nature in general at Yosemite National Park

-become obsessed with Catface

-in progress: cheer for Susur Lee in "Top Chef Masters"

-spend a day at the beach (hermit crabs in CA, Wilmette Beach in IL?)

-skype with friends near and far

-make business cards and tags

-craft up an inventory

-open my Etsy shop

-gather recipes and cook up a storm

-read at least five books

-finish the Culture Night 2010 script

-gather music, costume, set ideas for CN2010 (arrange TED perhapsss)

-film a stop-motion sequence

-draw.  a lot.

-write.  a lot.

-take pictures. a lot.

-burn DVDs of CN and Leslie's graduation

-upload The Superheroes performance

-sew up any random holes in my clothes

-sew the straps on tank tops that are too big so that they fit me

-reconnect with friends at home

-don't lose touch with friends at school

...to be continued