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August 03, 2005

summer list update

in the vein of junkmail's jeremy huggins, i want to make an update on my summer list goals. this is mainly for me...since i just returned from NYC i want to see how i did so far. i will hopefully update again when august is gone.

1. Aspire to be more childlike. (working at the boys and girls club helped and hindered this... i relearned childhood, but i had to be an authority, not just a friend)
2. Remember how to dream big. (i think NYC forces one to remember).
3. Make my family dinner on a regular basis (i still have a chance).
4. Be intentional about devotions (sorta/sometimes).
5. Write a story. (working on it)
6. Update my philosophy of life (not yet)
7. Write a poem in Central Park. (yes... after viewing the matisse exhibit in the Met).
8. Draw an animal or two in the park. (i drew a horse from a how-to-sketch book).
9. Find a new garden or park (battery park [city] is one of my new favorites)
10. Underline more of my Bible. (yes)
11. Learn something new… like… how to play chess? (i DID learn how to play chess but i'm still terrible).
12. Write a few handwritten letters.(the first couple weeks in ny i was successful at this venture... the last month it died down.)
13. Find a new favorite drink to replace the great amounts of coffee and tea I ingest when it’s cold… (new fave drink? iced tazo, homemade)
14. iced tea? (tazo)
15. chocolate milk? (not so much).
16. Watch famous movies set in New York.(i just have to say... EVERY OTHER movie is set in new york. but i did finally see breakfast at tiffany's. i like the novella better.)
17. Read Alice in Wonderland. (yes... and will return soon to reread).
18. Rediscover children and what they love and need. (i also read charlotte's web, and harriet the spy.. 2 books which fulfill this goal).
19. Attempt to see my whole life in reflection of/ correlating to ministry. (this is harder and broader than it seemed when i wrote it... not even sure what i meant by it now).
20. Find out what my gifts are. Remember them. Act on them. (i think that people bring me out better than books or private activities. i used this gift... whatever it is... a lot in the city).
21. Visit the Bowery. (no i didn't make it).
22. Make the other people in my house happy in the morning. (hmm... tough one.)
23. Get better at the art of pie-making. (not yet).
24. Read Roots of Sorrow. (no).
25. Read The Art of Crossing Cultures. (yes)
26. Visit the METropolitan museum of Art.(yes)
27. Visit the Museum of Modern Art.(yes)
28. Make some of my own art and send it to a friend.(yes, i sent out about 10 homemade cards from the city)
29. Make shish kabobs on the grill. (i watched phil do this a few nights ago)
30. See my friends up north. (hayley and erin, yep)
31. Reconnect with high school friends.(erin counts for this, and tina lee!)
32. Move into a yellow house. (august 15th)
33. Swim in God-made pools.(need to return to bear creek soon)
34. Ride more of my mom’s bike.(not at all yet)
35. Have a long conversation with my sister… long overdue.(we've had a few good ones, not necessarily very long, though. she's visiting right now, so maybe i'll find a chance)
36. Have a friend to spend the night.(no)
37. Start a project and finish it.(a sketch)
38. Visit an indie film theatre.(no)
39. Stop buying things impulsively. (no)
40. See the NY fireworks for the Fourth of July. Remember why I like America.(a big whopping "Yes, Barely!"... we were on the subway but we caught the last 5 minutes of ny fireworks from Brooklyn)
41. Do well in Mayterm.(i think i got an A)
42. Wash my car (no)
43. Sit in the gazebo with a friend (will do on saturday, with libba who's getting married at a gazebo)
44. Sit on the hammock with a friend and sip a frozen fruit drink (sounds pleasant)
45. Get advice from Shan and Hollee (older women) about my future (will do)
46. Come to a crossroads and make a good choice. (hopefully this hasn't happened yet, because i was unaware of it)
47. Practice what I preach about reconciliation.(once)
48. Learn to see people outside of their pigeon-holes. (a resounding YES... how can you not when you live in Queens? everyone is foreign, but American too)
49. Drink a few good guinesses.(i had one with matt laslo at a wovenhand concert)
50. Eat real food (like nuts and fruits and good meat) bought at real food stores.(sometimes)
51. Walk around a lot. (YESSSSS...10 blocks to the subway)
52. Eat a fresh peach.(no)
53. Take photos of Eric’s school and surrounding Cleveland.(this is an august project)
54. Learn more about different wines… by enjoying them.(yep)
55. Ask my parents to tell me stories. (yesterday my mom told me a story about an old lady whose pool we went to)
56. Be intentional in conversations.(trying)
57. Dance around a fire with Lydia before she weds. (didn't do it)
58. Go camping.(will do)
59. Make a promise to visit friends in Atlanta and keep the promise. (this saturday, ikea and ana maria)
60. Make a prayer list and stick to it. (i need to revive my prayer list. this is a good reminder)
61. Pray for people who don’t know the Lord. (revival is needed)
62. Decide the bare minimum of material possessions I can live on when I go to New York, and then continue living on those things afterward. (nope... i had to ship home a box of stuff because i couldn't fit all my new gifts and possessions in my suitcase)
63. Learn how to cook a few new dishes. (it's not a dish, but i learned how to make biscotti...it's really not bad for you either)
64. Speak to elderly people at church.(ruth)
65. Choose a Sunday school and stick with it in the fall. (still need to do it)
66. Babysit for Shan without receiving revenue.(not yet)
67. Serve my parents by surprising them.(no)
68. Cultivate my gift-giving creativity.(i think so)
69. Ask my mom about gardening. Write down her tips.(not yet. think the better option is to learn by doing, not by writing down).
70. Try a new fruit. Like boysenberries.(i tried papaya for the first time.. it was too ripe, but still good.)
71. Fellowship with someone I’ve never liked. Do it again.(yeah... not gonna say who)
72. Make plans to go out West sometime soon.(no plans, but working on a road trip)
73. Find new ways to write in my journal. Try new things.(umm... i've been writing down more quotes)
74. Treat children like my own.(this is difficult/impossible to achieve)
75. Ask em my questions and get some answers.(yes, tiffany)
76. Get Lost and then find out where I am and go back sometime. (oh my gosh.. this is the best motto for going to new york, and it was the best way to learn anything... you have to be WILLING to get lost)
77. Conquer certain fears. (yes... i can now officially navigate the ny subway successfully, AND i can hail my own cab)
78. Lead someone to know the Lord.(i prayed for opportunities, and i had a few i didn't take and a few that i did that didn't really go anywhere.)
79. Determine what my testimony is exactly. (this is something i know but cannot yet articulate in words)
80. Learn to lean on people in the body who I wouldn’t initially respect typically.(this is a good, though wordy moral i have actually benefitted from this summer... i can be pretty darn naive, and it can be good to be around people who aren't)
81. Study portions of scripture I have always shied away from. (leviticus?not yet. revelation? not so much)
82. Grow in maturity about patience and trusting. (maybe yes)
83. Learn to monitor my mouth and what issues forth. (most often i fail at this because i like to complain)
84. Sit in a foreign place and watch foreign people. (for the last 2 months)
85. Notice how I am foreign. (for the last 2 months)
86. Form new philosophies of life by asking interesting new questions. (get back to me on this one)
87. Drink thai tea. (in the union square barnes and noble while looking at books about ballet)
88. Try at least 3 new types of foreign food.(ok... let's see... i tried a japanese coconut gelatin, fish eggs at a sushi restaurant, sesame seed cookies, and other things i'm sure)
89. Modify sleeping in. (this is one thing i'm not monitoring and i don't really care to anymore)
90. Show a passion for the dispassionate. (well... "dispassionate" pretty well describes the people i worked with this summer. they were cynical, realists, who lived on welfare and didn't choose their lifestyles. i care about some of them as if they were my brothers and sisters.)
91. Dream up some new songs. (yes. and i learned an indigo girls song, "love's recovery" on the piano)
92. Follow someone around and ask them questions. (pastor ellis).
93. Meet some indie music rockers. (i met the main man and drummer in wovenhand)
94. Go to a concert or two. Try to see Feist or Beck. (wovenhand, m. ward, and yo la tengo... ALL THREE were free shows! NY rocks!)
95. Jump rope.(not)
96. Skip.(really)
97. Read a new Chaim Potok book. (no..but a lot of others)
98. See Before Sunrise and Before Sunset and Waking Life.(can still do this)
99. Learn to make White Russians. (i can look it up on the internet)
100. Eat cake. (carrot cake twice this week! and another wedding to go this week)

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