Phoenix New Times

1. Learn how to make pickles.
2. Find a way to chop onions without crying.
3. Get a beautiful birdcage and fill it with birds. Or get one huge talking parrot. Or buy a bird for my classroom. Or fill my apt with bird decor...
4. Learn how to do a french braid... better. Oh, and a maiden braid!
5. Learn how to poach an egg.
6. Do a self portrait project. 1 self portrait a month for the year.
7. Go to Hong Kong. Shanghai. Beijing. Guangzhou. And at least one other place in China.
8. Host 6 dinner parties to celebrate life with friends!
9. Learn about wine via a wine appreciation class or wine tasting group.
10. Perfect my left hand writing skills.
11. Get my teeth cleaned.
12. Have a photography exhibit in China.
13. Find the post office in China and send lots of postcards.
14. Buy a new Zero Image Pinhole Camera from Zernike Au himself.
15. Stay in the Shanghai Shimao Wonderland and/or Mausoleum Inn, Tianzi Hotel, Hotel of Modern Art.
16. Get published at least 10 times.
17. Write a book.
18. Do a juice fast.
19. Have a picnic, fly a kite.
20. Read at least 12 books and make note of what I read.
21. Teach my students the words/dance to one super rad song for Monday morning flag raising.
22. Design and print a 'best of Korea' photography book. Including trip to Philippines and Thailand.
23. Learn how to say my address in Chinese and learn basic Chinese.
24. Master the squatter potty. First in a dress, then in pantyhose and finally in pants.
25. Find at least 5 ( 1 ,2,3,4,5) dishes I enjoy in China AND be able to order them in Chinese.
26. Continue my dream journal.
27. Try to do something new for 30 days, every 30 days.
28. Start and complete one new pinhole photography series.
29. Play the abundance game.
30. Start and end my day with meditation.
31. Start an herb garden.
32. Find someone with whom I only correspond via long flowery letters. Introductions welcomed!