95. Make a list of 100 things I love for future inspiration for art projects

1. lightening
2. astronauts/outer space
3. plaid
4. doilies
5. vintage handkerchiefs
6. birch, dogwood, Bradford pear, cherry trees
7. teeth
8. lace
9. tutus/petticoats
10. horse show ribbons
11. vintage/romantic photography
12. old maps
13. dandelions
14. peonies
15. ranunculus
16. unicorns
17. woodland creatures
18. dinosaurs
19. corsets
20. glitter/sparkles/sequins/shiny things
21. typewriters
22. engineer/graph paper
23. stockings/long socks
24. fur
25. masks
26. perfect fitting t-shirts
27. satin shorts/slips
28. abnormally large and gaudy jewelry
29. teacups
30. Ouija boards
31. anatomy illustrations
32. ribbon
33. terrariums/bell jars
34. feathers, especially ostrich feathers
35. gnomes
36. cocktail rings
37. princess and the pea references
38. alice in wonderland references
39. eggs, but only the ones that are colored or speckled
40. birdcages
41. owls
42. cupcakes
43. tulle
44. moss
45. skeleton keys
46. mushrooms
47. beach cruisers
48. palm trees
49. pink/red eye makeup
50. platinum blonde hair
51. balloons
52. vintage suitcases
53. old picture frames or furniture that were painted white and now the paint is chipping away
54. bats
55. ridiculous raver outfits
56. diptychs
57. double exposures
58. butterflies
59. coral
60. curls
61. mason jars
62. hydrangea
63. wrought iron bed frames
64. day beds
65. floor cushions
66. French doors
67. apples
68. peaches
69. pears
70. cowboy boots
71. any light, flowy fabrics
72. polaroids
73. plastic/toy cameras
74. sparklers
75. hammocks/swings
76. serving trays
77. cute little tiny colorful birds
78. dress forms
79. mantels
80. tin ceiling tiles
81. ivy/vines
82. quilts
83. aprons
84. white eyelet dresses
85. globes
86. grass
87. clothes lines
88. white picket fence
89. fields of flowers
90. silver
91. pirates
92. orcas/dolphins
93. carousels
    
94. hot chocolate
95. stars
96. skeleton keys
97. hearts
98. sheet music
99. tattoos
100. tears
     

#2 Have my Photography Published on Paper

I have been kind of neglecting my 101 Things in 1001 Days obligations and even when I have accomplished things I haven't been marking them off my list. About a month ago Silhouette, the literary magazine for Virginia Tech, featured four of my photographs. These are the four photos that were featured:





If you are interested in buying prints of any of these, they are available here along with many of my other photographs. [Plus if you buy one then that's just one more thing I can mark of the 101 things list!]

Number 8

1. aries, 2. Untitled, 3. 0218, 4. Untitled

Final grades are in for the Fall semester. I didn't do quite as well as I had hoped, but I still reached my goal and can check one more thing off on my 101 things in 1001 days list :)

Final GPA for my first semester at Virginia Tech: 3.85

I'm sure some of you think that's not bad. I know it isn't bad, in fact it is much much much better than I did at community college which means my transition kicked ass. I just thought that this would be my only opportunity to get a 4.0 GPA and I didn't quite make it.

Happy Holidays folks! :)

28. Write a love letter in nothing but song lyrics

love note by hollyanne

Whenever I’m alone with you, you make me feel like I am home again. To see you when I wake up is a gift I didn’t think could be real. To know that you feel the same as I do is a three-fold, utopian dream. Always when we fight, I kiss you once or twice, and everything’s forgotten ‘cause everybody wants some love, shooting from the stars above.

In you I see dirty, in you I count stars, in you I feel so pretty, in you I taste god, in you I feel so hungry, in you I crash cars… We must never be apart. You’re asking me will my love grow, I don’t know. Stick around, and it may show. Trust I seek and I find in you, every day for us something new. Open mind for a different view, and nothing else matters… because maybe you’re going to be the one who saves me? You’re just like an angel; your skin makes me cry. You float like a feather in a beautiful world.

I would die for you. I’ve been dying just to feel you by my side, to know that you’re mine. And my love for you is better than diamonds. To you, everything I bestow. Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and everything you do. Amber is the color of your energy. Shades of gold displayed naturally.

Can you name all of these songs?... Gold star if you can. One day I will be madly in love and I will give this love letter to that person... Somehow it seems that by posting it on the internet they may not appreciate it as much, but I'm willing to take that risk.
This is #28 on my list of 101 things in 1001 days.

101 Things in 1001 Days

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Ok, so I heard about this 101 Things in 1001 Days project and I thought that it would be a good idea. It gives you almost three years to knock out 101 goals. I haven't been able to finish up my list yet, but I do want to go ahead and list it here so I can show any progress that I might make on it. [completed items will be shown in bold]

Completion Date: Friday, August 12, 2011

1. Crash a wedding
2. Have my photography published (on paper)
3. Have my writing published (on paper)
4. Host a tea party
5. Climb a tree with someone beautiful
6. Have a picnic in a tree
7. Photograph a Suicide Girl
8. Have above a 3.5 GPA at Virginia Tech... it was a 3.85
9. Have my portrait painted
10. Go skinny-dipping at night in another country
11. Write a mini-memoir
12. Stay out all night dancing and go to work the next day without having gone home
13. Shower in a waterfall
14. Find a worth cause and spend time and money helping it
15. Seduce a stranger
16. Drive across America
17. Make a living doing something I love
18. Grow food and eat it
19. Create my family tree
20. Catch a jar full of fireflies
21. Leave a dollar where a kid will find it
22. Take a pole dancing fitness class
23. Figure out my religious standpoint
24. Sell a painting
25. Sell a print of my photography
26. Visit the Playboy mansion (at least see the outside)
27. Stand up for someone who won’t stand up for themselves
28. Write a love letter in nothing but song lyrics
29. Leave beer on someone’s doorstep with a note from the “Beer Fairy”
30. Have a picnic with a homeless person or just buy them lunch
31. Have a sleepover with friends… hair, makeup, movies, popcorn, hot chocolate
32. Visit a dinosaur park
33. Build a tepee
34. Camp out under the stars
35. Write a letter to someone I don’t like telling them how great they are
36. Put together a cookbook full of my favorite family recipes
37. Update my wardrobe so I don’t look like a ragamuffin on a daily basis
38. Bleach my hair and dye it orange or red, some completely unnatural color
39. Take a road trip with no specific destination
40. Eat vegan for one week
41. Get my teeth whitened
42. Go one week without soda
43. Put change in someone’s expired parking meter
44. Kiss in the rain
45. Complete Project 365
46. Fall in love with myself
47. Fall in love
48. Start my own website
49. Send a message in a bottle
50. Attend a music festival
51. Finish coming up with 100 items for this list
52. Go on vacation/road trip with a friend that I have never been on a trip with
53. Buy a house (or at least rent one… no more apartments with no yards!)
54. Travel by train
55. Get an actual address book and put people’s information in it… In case any more phones are suicidal or *gasp* to write a letter
56. Collect something
57. Learn another language (a new one altogether or re-learn French)
58. Go to Mexico
59. Go to Canada
60. Go to Europe and see as many countries as possible while there
61. Plant a beautiful garden full of colorful flowers
62. Send postcards to at least 5 friends/family from an amazing far away places that I go
63. Learn to play an instrument (new or re-learn piano)
64. Make a quilt
65. Get a bike and actually ride it
66. Karaoke
67. Get a new tattoo
68. Get a new piercing
69. Mail a secret to Post Secret
70. Catch a jellyfish in a jar... take his picture... let him go.
71. Learn to make my own cucumber rolls
72. Write a letter to no one and release it into the wind
73. Color every picture in a coloring book
74. Jump into a pile of leaves
75. Carve my name into a tree
76. Build a piece of furniture
77. Take a walk every night for one week
78. Get rid of my parking pass and start walking to work (or biking, or riding the bus)
79. Post my "Things I Love Thursday" list every Thursday for one month
80. Have a meaningful conversation on a swing set
81. Hand out Valentines to strangers on a day that isn’t Valentine’s Day
82. Dance with someone in the rain
83. Spend an entire day barefoot
84. Have my art or photography displayed in a public location (gallery or restaurant)
85. Exercise at least 7250 minutes in 2009
86. Turn a stranger into a friend in one day
87. Sort through everything I own, unclutter and donate as much to the YMCA as possible
88. Write 28 articles in one month for Associated Content
89. Climb the buffalo mountain
90. Paint something that I am proud of
91. Complete all Unusual (and fun) Date Ideas by oncealways
92. Create a book of my photography and musings
93. Get said book published
94. Paint my house
95. Make a list of 100 things I love for future inspiration for art projects
96. Write about every thing on the list of things nobody writes about but should