Ref. This post. My ten-year high school reunion is coming up pretty soon. Two-and-a-half years ago, I started working on my lies. Now I’m going to finish them up. As you may know, the secret to a good reunion lie…
Five years ago I made this list: Have a terrible secret discovered (preferrably not by someone malevolent) None of you know it yet, do you? (Please don’t. It’s ever so terrible.) Be hit on by three girls in one 24…
My friend Benjamin Jagear used to always say to me, “Pixel – look at all of the problems in your life and ask yourself: how many of those problems were caused by your enemies and how many can be traced…
It’s a multi-step process, actually. I’ll divide it into Before, During, After, and Throughout. Before Be friends. Let simmer for at least three months, but ideally six. Treat your friends and their friends well. Sprinkle good experiences throughout. During Don’t…
I think I’ve improved a bit since last year.
I love having my own blog. It means I can publish things that I want that will in no way benefit nor make complete sense to anyone. You’re reading this, so it’s pretty much your fault. The lists aren’t in…
By the way, I’ve declared the Year of Living Creatively a total failure. I just haven’t had the time, motivation, nor inclination to do even challenges that I want to do. Also, I feel like I’ve gotten lazy in my…
The trope is to say something like, “I wouldn’t skip any of the adversity I had to face, because that made me who I am today. And I like myself.” Luckily, I don’t have that problem. I don’t like myself.…
Creative Challenge 7: (Drawing) Catch up with your previous challenges. Also, draw a really nice hand.
Creative Challenge 6: (Drawing) Draw 250 pairs of eyes
Almost forgot to post this so that you and yours can stalk me. 🙂 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Wake up Wake Up, Bike to West Campus Wake Up Wake Up, Bike to West Campus Wake Up, Bike to West…
Creative Challenge 5: (Drawing) Take part in Hourly Comic Day.
Creative Challenge 4: (Photography) Make a short photographic essay of five pictures. With a theme. 1 This is purely diagnostic: To be repeated at the end of the year. [↩]
I was told to never apologize for my gross failures in life. So here you go. A Piano Diagnostic
Creative Challenge 3: (Music) Record one minute of yourself playing/singing something you wrote yourself. Label it “January 2010.”1 This is purely diagnostic: To be repeated at the end of the year. [↩]
Traynor and Well worked at Well’s dad’s copy shop after school. Traynor thought that he owed it to his foster family and Well agreed, but his parents thought that he had to work anyway. “Maxwell, adversity builds character,” his father…
Creative Challenge 2: (Writing) Write a short story Fictional, non-fictional, sequitur or non. Length is up to you. Content is free.1 This is purely diagnostic: To be repeated at the end of the year. [↩]
Creative Challenge 1: (Drawing) Draw the best drawing you possibly can of a scene involving at least one human. 1 To be repeated at the end of the year. [↩]