52. Get button-making supplies and make 101 new buttons

What is it: For Christmas one year, I asked for a button-making kit complete with button press and the the plastic covers and button backs and tops. And I LOVED it. I've got a box full of the buttons I made, cut mostly from old magazines. I used up all of the "supplies" but I still have the button press. I want to go online and purchase the requisite materials (hopefully the website I got the press from still exists. you can get "replacements" there) and make 101 new buttons.





Status: (0/101)

32. Finish the first draft of a novel

What is it: They say everyone has at least one novel in them, and since I've still got dreams of being a writer, I'm hoping I've got more than one. Right now, I have the Elvis novel I've been developing for a couple years now. Basically I need to sit down and get to it. For this goal, I'll count whatever comes out of NaNoWriMo, but I made them two separate goals because it is likely that my "novel" will be longer than 50,000 words and/or I'll need more than a month to finish it.





Status: Haven't Started

10. Send in 10 secrets to postsecret

What is it: Postsecret is a community Art project where you mail in your secrets on a postcard of your own design. Initially, my goal was to have a post secret published (and just keep sending them in til I saw one on the site). D pointed out that this was not realistic as I have no control over what does and does not get published. He's right, hence the change. Hopefully, I'll still get to see one published.



Status: (0/10)

9. Complete a Nanowrimo

What is it: NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is a 50,000 word sprint to the finish. Officially, it takes place in November (that's when people do it en masse), but really, you can do it any month of the year (February's generally not recommended). I've always wanted to participate in a NaNoWriMo, but I've always made excuses as to why I can't. I still want to, I have a book in mind, so no time like the present, right? I'm always reluctant to because of school, but since I'm graduating this May, maybe afterwards.





Status: Haven't started

6. Write a total of 101 poems and/or short stories

What is it: 101 seems ambitious, I know. I'm hoping I'll be able to pull it off. I love writing, but for the past year or so I've had a nasty case of writer's block with occasional flashes of light, but no finished product. I'm hoping that this task will provide me with some incentive to get past that initial hump and get writing again. What I write doesn't have to be "good" but it does have to be finished--that is complete, not fully edited. Erotica written for goal 92 can be counted here as well. I'll probably post stuff here once it's finished (maybe in another blog, to get rid of clutter. there doesn't seem to be a 'cut' feature on blogger).



Status: (1/101)

1. "Erotica" finished 10/14/09

92. Write 10 pieces of erotica

What is it: Initially the number of pieces I had here was significantly higher, but I realized it was probably unrealistic to expect that kind of output, especially since I'm still getting comfortable writing erotica. We have an annual erotica night at the Writers' Workshop I run, so hopefully I'll have more material this year. Stroke stories are acceptable for fulfilling the goal, but I also want to focus on more 'artful' erotica. Using a feather instead of the whole chicken and all that.




Status: (1/10)