To Do

I made this list during winter break and though I don't have it with me I can probably remember most of it:

Things I want to Do in my Last 6 months in Japan
-get into grad school
-get my green belt
-get better at snowboarding
-visit nara and shikine island in japan
-travel as much as possible (go to china, korea, philippines)
-continue to cultivate my important relationships here
-study some japanese
-write everyday
-send some of my writing to real journals in the hopes of getting it published
-work on video editing
-make my JAPAN MOVIE
-continue to get new music, and try to branch out musically
-take lots of pictures
-sort through all my shit and keep only really important, necessary things
-along that line, keep my life stream-lined
-cook new things
-stay in shape, get back into running
-enjoy this time that i have, as it is relatively free and obligationless, and i may not have a time like this in my life ever again
-catalouge my ever growing collection of pirate jokes
-be more thoughtful
-become more tech savvy
-scuba dive

After Japan
-do some damn good research in grad school
-pick up spanish again
-continue to practice karate, get my black belt
-take a photography class
-take a video editing class
-fall in love
-get married and stay married
-have my own practice
-teach at a university
-have 3 kids
-own a house with a hot tub
-get writing other than research published
-continue to travel (next i'd like to go to south america and africa)
-own a house near water
-own a boat
-get together with my friends as often as possible in exotic locations
-be more thoughtful
-learn a new sport, probably paragliding
-scuba dive as much as possible
-live near my mom
-own a black porsche 9-11
-stay current in art, literature and architecture
-become more knowledgeable about poetry, theater and architecture
-be uber fashionable
-win the pulitzer prize for fiction

i guess i'll stop now, but this was really fun, thanks for the idea sarah-chan.