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Things to do...
Jan. 16th, 2006 09:23 pm(01) type something whilst wearing mittens or socks on your hands.
(02) bake an unbirthday cake for someone & decorate it.
(03) rent a stack of silent films and listen to eerie music while you watch them.
(04) make a mixtape that expresses what a fever feels like.
(05) start teaching yourself german.
(06) write a song for your pet.
(07) write haiku somewhere it doesn't belong.
(08) paint your skin with watercolour paint.
(09) go for a walk in a cemetery.
(10) go to the greenhouse/plantstorething and plant some catnip in a pot. be sure to share with your cats later.
(11) wake up to watch the sunrise. make cinnamon toast. listen to joni mitchell.
(12) go to the mall and throw glitter from the upper floors.
(13) spend an entire night drinking coffee or tea & writing beat poetry at the local diner.
(14) knit a particularly ugly scarf. give it to the person who always gives you ugly presents. or keep it and feel snazzy.
(15) rent hedwig & the angry inch and dance around the room during all the songs.
(16) go to an estate sale. talk to all the old people who spend their weekends at the auctions. buy some small grandma type trinkets. or a box of old musty hats.
(17) make paper hearts and hang them all over your house or flat.
(18) go out to eat and leave a love letter for the waiter/waitress with the tip.
(19) make your own comic book, no matter how terrible your drawing skills are.
(20) go to a museum and write poetry about the dinosaur skeletons.
(21) spend your day completely delving into something that has always interested you. apocalypticism, time travel, tarot, etc. go to the library, use the internet, make detailed & important looking notes.
(22) write some really bad happy days fan fiction.
(23) and while you're at it, pretend you are the fonz for the day. it confuses people.
(24) gather some people and play tag.
(25) host a poker game in which everyone brings a box of random stuff they no longer want. use these things to bet. do not use actual people as stakes. if you don't know why, watch benny & joon. or actually, maybe you should use people, as you might come home with a johnny depp.
(26) have a wedding. third grade style, with some random friend as a priest. complete with one embarassing kiss on the cheek. make sure everyone dresses up in fancy clothes. and there should be a reception. play in the sandbox in the park for your honeymoon. i'm serious. do this.
(27) play in the sprinkler.
(28) if it is winter, go sled riding and wear a really funny hat.
(29) rent a pile of horrible teen films with your best friend. make popcorn and wear adorable pyjamas as you watch them. giggle a lot and talk about boys. perhaps toss some pillows around as well.
(30) go to an amusement park or carnival. at the end of the night, when the crowds are filtering out, randomly kiss someone and run like hell.
(31) spend a good few hours reading in the tub by candlelight.
(32) mix all the cereal in the cupboard and eat it.
(33) have backwards day.
(34) spin around a lot. very, very quickly. fall over. repeat.
(35) draw a picture with your feet using crayons. send it anonymously to an important government person or celebrity.
(36) ask someone on a date. go toy shopping together.
(37) go to the cinema alone and marvel at how refreshing it feels.
(38) get a p.o. box, and post the address everywhere. make flyers. you will be happy when you have random mail. (39) make a mixtape for someone you've never talked to before and give it to him or her.
(40) climb trees.
(41) make a list of the things you would do if you won the lottery.
(42) ask your grandmother how she met your grandfather. (43) buy a used bicycle if you don't already have one. fix it up with paint, glittery things for the spokes, ribbons, a basket, etc. go for leisurely rides often.
(44) watch charlie chaplin films if you're sad.
(45) cook an elaborate thai or indian dinner and listen to cocorosie as you cook.
(46) make up a pretend city, complete with sketches and paintings, and most importantly, a map of the subway system. name it, and make yourself the absolute monarch, inforcing rules such as 'everyone wears glittery wings on thursdays'.
(47) make secret spy notes about your neighbours- their little habits and strange clothes. if you're a writer, this makes excellent material for future characters.
(48) make pancakes in bed for someone. offer all sorts of toppings such as maple syrup, jam, nutella, yogurt, & peanut butter.
(49) go on a decorating spree and decorate all of your possessions. sticker your closet door, paint on your bag, attach pictures to your mirror, etc.
(50) have a poem an hour day. write one poem each hour, no matter how rubbish it is. one of them is bound to be a masterpiece, if not all.
(51) build an impressively beautiful fort. hang out in it- read, write, draw, listen to music, have friends over. forts make such comforting, warm wombs.
(52) crazy-underwear-dance alone in your bedroom. it is one of the best things ever.
(53) make an entire children's book in one weekend.
(54) go for a wander in the nearest woods, bringing no portable music with you.
(55) memorise a shel silverstein poem.
(56) paint a picture of a mythological god or goddess such as pele, ra, or demeter.
(57) buy some flimsy silverware from a thrift store and make a sculpture from it.
(58) make a self portrait of yourself in the style of your favourite artist. it can be a photograph, sculpture, painting, drawing, musical composition...anything.
(58) have an i love lucy marathon day.
(59) have a frida kahlo day. create vivid, colourful paintings. wear flowers in your hair and dangly earrings. read frida kahlo's diary, watch frida and drink margaritas.
(60) go to the airport and sit in the arrivals area with your journal. watch as people are reunited, and wonder where they were and why.
(02) bake an unbirthday cake for someone & decorate it.
(03) rent a stack of silent films and listen to eerie music while you watch them.
(04) make a mixtape that expresses what a fever feels like.
(05) start teaching yourself german.
(06) write a song for your pet.
(07) write haiku somewhere it doesn't belong.
(08) paint your skin with watercolour paint.
(09) go for a walk in a cemetery.
(10) go to the greenhouse/plantstorething and plant some catnip in a pot. be sure to share with your cats later.
(11) wake up to watch the sunrise. make cinnamon toast. listen to joni mitchell.
(12) go to the mall and throw glitter from the upper floors.
(13) spend an entire night drinking coffee or tea & writing beat poetry at the local diner.
(14) knit a particularly ugly scarf. give it to the person who always gives you ugly presents. or keep it and feel snazzy.
(15) rent hedwig & the angry inch and dance around the room during all the songs.
(16) go to an estate sale. talk to all the old people who spend their weekends at the auctions. buy some small grandma type trinkets. or a box of old musty hats.
(17) make paper hearts and hang them all over your house or flat.
(18) go out to eat and leave a love letter for the waiter/waitress with the tip.
(19) make your own comic book, no matter how terrible your drawing skills are.
(20) go to a museum and write poetry about the dinosaur skeletons.
(21) spend your day completely delving into something that has always interested you. apocalypticism, time travel, tarot, etc. go to the library, use the internet, make detailed & important looking notes.
(22) write some really bad happy days fan fiction.
(23) and while you're at it, pretend you are the fonz for the day. it confuses people.
(24) gather some people and play tag.
(25) host a poker game in which everyone brings a box of random stuff they no longer want. use these things to bet. do not use actual people as stakes. if you don't know why, watch benny & joon. or actually, maybe you should use people, as you might come home with a johnny depp.
(26) have a wedding. third grade style, with some random friend as a priest. complete with one embarassing kiss on the cheek. make sure everyone dresses up in fancy clothes. and there should be a reception. play in the sandbox in the park for your honeymoon. i'm serious. do this.
(27) play in the sprinkler.
(28) if it is winter, go sled riding and wear a really funny hat.
(29) rent a pile of horrible teen films with your best friend. make popcorn and wear adorable pyjamas as you watch them. giggle a lot and talk about boys. perhaps toss some pillows around as well.
(30) go to an amusement park or carnival. at the end of the night, when the crowds are filtering out, randomly kiss someone and run like hell.
(31) spend a good few hours reading in the tub by candlelight.
(32) mix all the cereal in the cupboard and eat it.
(33) have backwards day.
(34) spin around a lot. very, very quickly. fall over. repeat.
(35) draw a picture with your feet using crayons. send it anonymously to an important government person or celebrity.
(36) ask someone on a date. go toy shopping together.
(37) go to the cinema alone and marvel at how refreshing it feels.
(38) get a p.o. box, and post the address everywhere. make flyers. you will be happy when you have random mail. (39) make a mixtape for someone you've never talked to before and give it to him or her.
(40) climb trees.
(41) make a list of the things you would do if you won the lottery.
(42) ask your grandmother how she met your grandfather. (43) buy a used bicycle if you don't already have one. fix it up with paint, glittery things for the spokes, ribbons, a basket, etc. go for leisurely rides often.
(44) watch charlie chaplin films if you're sad.
(45) cook an elaborate thai or indian dinner and listen to cocorosie as you cook.
(46) make up a pretend city, complete with sketches and paintings, and most importantly, a map of the subway system. name it, and make yourself the absolute monarch, inforcing rules such as 'everyone wears glittery wings on thursdays'.
(47) make secret spy notes about your neighbours- their little habits and strange clothes. if you're a writer, this makes excellent material for future characters.
(48) make pancakes in bed for someone. offer all sorts of toppings such as maple syrup, jam, nutella, yogurt, & peanut butter.
(49) go on a decorating spree and decorate all of your possessions. sticker your closet door, paint on your bag, attach pictures to your mirror, etc.
(50) have a poem an hour day. write one poem each hour, no matter how rubbish it is. one of them is bound to be a masterpiece, if not all.
(51) build an impressively beautiful fort. hang out in it- read, write, draw, listen to music, have friends over. forts make such comforting, warm wombs.
(52) crazy-underwear-dance alone in your bedroom. it is one of the best things ever.
(53) make an entire children's book in one weekend.
(54) go for a wander in the nearest woods, bringing no portable music with you.
(55) memorise a shel silverstein poem.
(56) paint a picture of a mythological god or goddess such as pele, ra, or demeter.
(57) buy some flimsy silverware from a thrift store and make a sculpture from it.
(58) make a self portrait of yourself in the style of your favourite artist. it can be a photograph, sculpture, painting, drawing, musical composition...anything.
(58) have an i love lucy marathon day.
(59) have a frida kahlo day. create vivid, colourful paintings. wear flowers in your hair and dangly earrings. read frida kahlo's diary, watch frida and drink margaritas.
(60) go to the airport and sit in the arrivals area with your journal. watch as people are reunited, and wonder where they were and why.
