100 Things: 66-78

66. Versailles.

67. New York City at Christmastime/Thanksgiving. Possibly ice skate at Rockefeller Plaza. I am comfortable with my obvious tourist intentions.

68. Tour the Biltmore.

69. Live someplace that’s warm year-round.

70.  Give up adult beverages for a period of time longer than a month (don’t know if I can live without the occasional glass of wine for too long!).  See how much money I save.

71.  Take a painting class.

72.  Save up enough to take a year off of work.

73.  Redwood Forest.

74.  Sonoma.

75.  Grand Canyon.

76. Sing Karaoke every evening for exactly one week straight. (!) Karaoke Challenge!!!

77. Revisit London. I haven’t been back since my study-abroad days.

78. Live in Manhattan for a year. This might only work if I could convince my loved ones to move there, too. So, hey guys. I’m starting a colony there… Who’s in?

the best karaoke song of all time, now in flowchart form!

A flowchart for Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

How cool is this?

COLORado

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you showed me some good sky this time, buddy.

open mic!

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We did it!

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Champion the Cat vs. Sunglasses Monster!

Champion the Cat vs. Sunglasses Monster!

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Why is my cat so afraid of sunglasses?

100 Things: 51-65

51. Visit The Getty.

52. Establish a savings account.

53. Write a musical with Janet (awesome!)

54. Take my little sister to a musical (thanks, Ambika!)

55. Have a career other than interior designer.

56. Start a dinner club.

57. Visit Iceland. (Is this a repeat? Oh well.)

58. See a taping of Oprah’s show (I know everyone hates her but frankly I think it would be fun. Come on, free stuff!)

59. Own a canopy bed.

60. Audition for a movie. Go ahead… Laugh it up.

61. Live near (within driving distance from) my brother.

62. Help out with the Obama campaign.

63. Read one book per month.

64. Cruise the Mediterranean.

65. Be able to touch my toes. (perhaps impossible?)

amy stein

I pretty much laugh at anything. Easy to please that way, I guess. But I truly couldn’t stop myself from busting up when I saw this little ditty by an awesome photographer named Amy Stein:

!!!

I don’t even know what to say because words can’t even start to explain the sweetness.  And I love her style.  So much depth and honesty in these photos.

Check out her “Domesticated” album here on her website.

100 Things – #26-50

26. See a night filled with fireflies. Try to catch some.

27. See Prince in concert. Oh wait. Did that last month! YES!!!

28. Visit the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

29. Ride a horse. I’ve only done this once before when I was a kid. The horse poo’d a lot and was named Salmanilla. Let’s just say I want to have a different horse riding experience.)

30. Own a home with a big porch, with ample room for a rocking chair.

31. Take a road trip to photograph barns, specifically. I like barns.

32. Make a mobile.

33. Be in a band.

34. Finish this damned list.

35. Chase the sun for an entire winter.

36. Learn to row (crew).

37. Study up on Irish folk music. Something about those melodies always stop me in my tracks. (Check out: Ann Briggs)

38. Go golfing. Big-kid style, not that putt-putt stuff.

39. BBQ and watch the entire sunset at Golden Gardens.

40. Bake a cake from scratch.

41. Buy my little sister a plane ticket to visit me.

42. Visit this crazy place.

43. Paint a self portrait like Joni Mitchell’s.

44. Sort through my grandparents’ old photos, hear their stories about them, then frame some.

45. Hold a monkey. (There’s gotta be one around here somewhere…)

46. Take a solo trip to somewhere secluded to refresh and unwind.

47. Stand underneath a great big waterfall.

48. Get another tattoo.

49. Start an official list of movies to watch. I’m crossing this one off because I was able to see all of the Academy Award nominees this year for Best Picture in 2008.  Yes!

50. Witness a child being born.

Product Runway

I’m super excited for tomorrow night’s Product Runway fashion show here in Seattle. My team was recently featured in the Seattle Times… hopefully this has given the event some hype instead of given other teams a hint of what our garment is all about. Either way, we shall find out tomorrow!

Tickets are sold out, which is pretty impressive. Come see our awesome model strut it on the runway!

Wish us luck!

100 Things

Recently I read a blog post by the super creative Ambika- whose blog I stumbled across randomly and who also happens to live in the Northwest- about 100 things she would do before she kicks the proverbial bucket. Being a person who’s always loved lists in general and in any form (especially in High Fidelity, mmmkay?) I was automatically inspired to give the list a go for myself.

I have a feeling said list is going to be ever-evolving and some of the actions might seem silly and/or straight up impossible, but it’s my list and I’ll blog it if I want to. Blog if I want to. Blog if I want to. (You would blog, too, if it happened to you.) Okay, funny in my head, confusing in yours…

Anyway, I digress. Today, numbers 1-25 of some things I want to will do before my time is up:

1. Visit the Taj Mahal and see it with mine own eyes.

2. Start my own business and run it successfully.

3. Take a couple of classes at the Photographic Center of the Northwest. Get good at taking photos.

4. Visit my brother in Japan.

5. Have an art show of my own work, perhaps in a coffee shop somewhere. Doesn’t have to be huge.

6. Visit Janet in Philly (I will get there!)

7. Write a song. Ya know… ’cause.

8. Wallpaper a room, maybe a tiny bathroom, (preferably mine) in a large-scale print such as this one or something from here.

9. Get a cat and name him Javert, after a character in Les Mis. Maybe get a bunch of cats and name them all after characters from that musical/book. OR just a name that starts with Mr. ___. Cause that’s funny.

10. Be an extra in a movie.

11. Cinque Terre. Just look at this picture. The place is calling my name, really. Don’t worry, pretty city, we will meet one day.

12. Road trip down the West Coast.

13. Research my genealogy (borrowed from Ambika.)

14. Take a Flamenco class and preferably dance like these amazing women. They are wearing the outfits I wear in my soul… Gorgeous!

15. Visit coastal Maine.

16. Learn to cook. Really well. Probably, if I have any chance of doing this whatsoever, it will be by learning from Abby.

17. Attend New York Fashion week.

18. Rent a villa with some of my best girlfriends. Don’t care where.

19. Visit a vineyard.

20. Hang out in Santa Fe for a few weeks. Maybe let out some of my inner Georgia O’Keefe and do some painting, relax, and enjoy the beauty of the desert.

21. Visit New York during Christmastime to see all of the store windows and city decorated. The thought of this literally makes me smile.

22. Help out. Whether it’s volunteering, mentoring, or just talking to my loved ones more, I want to leave the world a bit better off. (I am a hippie.)

23. Maybe write a book or memoir. I’m learning to love writing, and realizing as I grow a little older that finally I feel like I have worthwhile things to say.

24. This is wishful thinking, but I’d love to see the Aurora Borealis. Can you believe anything this beautiful actually exists?!

25. Allow myself to “splurge” on a pair of shoes that costs over $40.

To be continued!