Goals, plans, crazy ideas
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urbpanOkay, so I finished that year long project in only 22 months. I don't have a specific blog project in mind to replace it, but I do have a whole long list of crazy ideas, plans and goals for 2014:
On Sunday morning, I led an Urban Nature Walk (post forthcoming) that was enjoyable, but I didn't have the answers to a lot of questions--questions that I was asking myself even! I'm thinking that for 2014 I will write up a curriculum, a coherent list of places to visit for walks that logically lead from one to another. That will give me time to research them ahead of time and look a little more like I know what I'm talking about.
On Sunday afternoon I went to the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, where I ran into old friends from my comic book days, and met the creator of Bird and Moon comics (SO AWESOME). I've been getting some pressure from some friends about getting my old comic anthology back in publication, perhaps with a kickstarter-funded greatest hits collection. I will at the very least talk to my art director about what it takes to publish a comic book in this day and age and figure out if the idea is plausible. Also start a tumblr for it and maybe make some buttons.
Next year happens to include my 10th wedding anniversary, and I am planning for us to take a trip to California to celebrate.
I haven't been to the Doctor in a couple years, and I haven't been to a dentist in a couple decades. Now that we all have Obamacare I should probably take care of that.
Assuming I continue to be the president of our local chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (a likely bet) I'm thinking of applying for scholarships to go to the national conference in Orlando; to justify the scholarships I would need to come up with a presentation on zoo pest control that I could do in front of a room full of zookeepers who are much more well educated and much more gung-ho than I am. *Gulp*
What else? Oh yeah, I wanted to give myself an art assignment, like doing a painting once a week or something. And I wanted to make more beer, and drink less. All this stuff occurred to me this morning when I was at peak caffeination, which isn't really sustainable. I guess I need to prioritize all this stuff and plot out a schedule and take things a little at a time so that it doesn't seem horribly overwhelming.
On Sunday morning, I led an Urban Nature Walk (post forthcoming) that was enjoyable, but I didn't have the answers to a lot of questions--questions that I was asking myself even! I'm thinking that for 2014 I will write up a curriculum, a coherent list of places to visit for walks that logically lead from one to another. That will give me time to research them ahead of time and look a little more like I know what I'm talking about.
On Sunday afternoon I went to the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, where I ran into old friends from my comic book days, and met the creator of Bird and Moon comics (SO AWESOME). I've been getting some pressure from some friends about getting my old comic anthology back in publication, perhaps with a kickstarter-funded greatest hits collection. I will at the very least talk to my art director about what it takes to publish a comic book in this day and age and figure out if the idea is plausible. Also start a tumblr for it and maybe make some buttons.
Next year happens to include my 10th wedding anniversary, and I am planning for us to take a trip to California to celebrate.
I haven't been to the Doctor in a couple years, and I haven't been to a dentist in a couple decades. Now that we all have Obamacare I should probably take care of that.
Assuming I continue to be the president of our local chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (a likely bet) I'm thinking of applying for scholarships to go to the national conference in Orlando; to justify the scholarships I would need to come up with a presentation on zoo pest control that I could do in front of a room full of zookeepers who are much more well educated and much more gung-ho than I am. *Gulp*
What else? Oh yeah, I wanted to give myself an art assignment, like doing a painting once a week or something. And I wanted to make more beer, and drink less. All this stuff occurred to me this morning when I was at peak caffeination, which isn't really sustainable. I guess I need to prioritize all this stuff and plot out a schedule and take things a little at a time so that it doesn't seem horribly overwhelming.
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Date: 2013-10-03 12:18 pm (UTC)I'm very excited about any new projects you come up with.
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Date: 2013-10-03 12:43 pm (UTC)Just kidding, sounds good!
I like very short lists and I have one on my white board by my computer it said: Cake: check, Furnace Room, Rocking Chair: check, Dress: check. I just realized I only have the Furnace Room to do now. I have a workbench and the tools are just piled on it. I promised the ghost of my OCD father I would clean it up.
Hey CONGRATS ON TEN YEARS!!!! You guys are the best! Have a dream vacation!
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Date: 2013-10-03 02:13 pm (UTC)We probably should hang a white board in the kitchen (where we do everything), but I'm a little hesitant to make home feel more like a work place.
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Date: 2013-10-04 11:48 am (UTC)And I LOVE the stuff at the Bird and Moon link. Wow! I'm going to order some for my nephews for Christmas.
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Date: 2013-10-04 02:02 pm (UTC)Everything is possible with the correct application of lots of money.
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Date: 2013-10-04 02:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-06 09:54 pm (UTC)