So I cheated a little bit, in terms of taking the creative writing prompt from the site I said I would. They had a suggestion to take the last line from a poem I liked, and write my own poem from that. What I really did was go to explodingdog.com, which is a Web site where users submit a phrase or sentence, and an artist, Sam Brown, creates illustrations from them. I like to take the titles and use them either in poetry, or as inspiration. Although I don't call it poetry. I call them lyrics... because I have an aversion to poetry. In any case, I wrote something. It counts. I titled it, "I dream of treehouses, I fear great heights." And some time in the future, when it's not so personal and doesn't hit so close to home, I'll post it. For now, it's saved on my desktop.
22. Compile the lyrics I've written somewhere, creatively - in progress
I had an assignment for a class to express myself in a combination of words and image, on a paper at least 18 x 24 inches. So I used a handful of my lyrics--but not all of them, so I don't believe this counts. I am still proud of it though, so I'll post a picture when I get home today.
44. Bookmark heyitsfree.net and check it regularly - in progress
I bookmarked this in March, and I am supposedly receiving two free issues of Redbook sometime soon... we'll see if that happens. Otherwise I haven't done anything with that yet. But I'm on the lookout.
56. Exercise 2-3 times a week (2/143) - in progress
Took a step class & a power yoga class last week, AND walked home up Port twice. If that's not exercise, I don't know what is. Although after my yoga class I nearly decided to never exercise again. Being sore is the strangest combination of feeling accomplished and never wanting to move again.
66. Stop using plastic grocery bags - in progress
I only slipped once so far. I do always feel like the cashier is irritated by my request to use my own bag though... but I would like to know, is it really that much more difficult? I've never been a cashier, so I don't know. My plastic bag knitted from plastic bags is coming along slowly though. I haven't had much free time recently.
In other news, last week when I went to Wal-Mart for groceries, I had used my canvas bag for a gym bag, and so I had my street clothes in it. Which meant I had to transfer my jeans and shirt and bra to my backpack in the back seat of my car so I could use the empty canvas bag for groceries... and I dropped my bra in the parking lot. It just sort of... fell out of my hands? I don't think anyone saw. Just another adventure in my pursuit of environmentally friendly practices.
-Till next time
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