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Saturday, December 11, 2010

You’re Going to Outer Space

I like the idea of outer space.

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Outer Space

One evening a year and a half ago I was having a particularly rough time and my friend Katie M and I went to a coffee shop to study.  I was so distracted I accomplished nothing but the creation of a to-do list which only intensified my despondent mood.

I decided to leave the coffee shop and take a walk.  My journey led me to a different coffee shop two doors away from the one I was already at.  I walked up to the counter to look at the cakes and the cashier told me to pick out which ever one I would like because the previous customer just bought dessert for the next three customers.

So I ate my lemon berry mascarpone cake and returned to my labtob computer and I erased the title of my to-do list and changed it to “You’re Going to Outer Space.”  Ever since then I have titled all of my to-do lists in this same way.  It makes me feel better about having to do unfortunate grownup things, like reports or paying college loans.

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You’re Going to Outer Space list with artwork from Mike D, Katie F, and Tim and Mary F

But I digress…

What I am trying to say is that now I am twenty-four. Twenty-four is a very good age.  It is an age that I am still allowed to sleep on friends’ futons and eat ramen, but I can also enjoy the comforts of my apartment which is filled with books, snacks, and candles.  My librarian friend and I promised to blog about being twenty-four on my birthday (which was two weeks ago).  Instead I am going to create a “You’re Going to Outer Space” list of twenty-four things I expect to do while I am twenty-four.

  1. Acquire an English teaching position
  2. Create an intramural quidditch tournament
  3. Earn “The Power of Love”
  4. Vacation in some sort of wilderness type area
  5. Change my brakes (or someone else’s if the opportunity does not present itself)
  6. Write (and illustrate?) a minimum of six original comic books
  7. Read Anna Karenina
  8. Right a past wrong
  9. Fix William Oliver Whale (my teapot)
  10. Visit Andrew Preston at least twice because he is my friend and I love him
  11. Dye my hair again
  12. Get a pet
  13. Perform an Ad Liberation improv show for an audience
  14. Attend an opera
  15. Follow through with what I learned from the Fit Lunch Program
  16. Wear a silly costume to work
  17. Send a Post Secret
  18. Write 24 letters
  19. Host a fancy party
  20. Learn to cook a few things other than eggs
  21. Obtain a briefcase
  22. Get very very lost (and then very very found)
  23. Permanently delete my Facebook page
  24. Turn twenty-five